The headliner is set for CES MMA 44 this May. Featherweight champion Matt Bessette (21-7) will put his title on the line against challenger Jeremy Spoon (19-3), the promotion recently announced. The event will take place May 12 at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., with a main card on AXS TV. Bessette, from Connecticut, will be fighting only about 90 minutes from home when he makes the title defense. “The Mangler,” whose resume includes nine fights for Bellator, for which he has a 7-2 record, has won six straight and eight of his past nine. Bessette won the vacant featherweight title this past August with a second-round submission of Joe Pingitore at CES MMA 37.
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Featherweight champ Matt Bessette meets Jeremy Spoon in CES MMA 44 main event – MMA Junkie