Jonas Bilharinho excited for Bellator Paris debut after ‘painful’ Dana White snub

Jonas Bilharinho enters the Bellator cage Friday to battle Yves Landu in Paris and celebrates it as the culmination of a strange ride.

Bilharinho scored a spinning wheel kick TKO over Canaan Kawaihae at Dana White’s Contender Series in November 2021, improving to 9-1-1 as a professional fighter with all but one of his MMA victories coming by way of stoppage. White called it a “spectacular finish” at the time, but opted not to sign the Brazilian prospect to the UFC roster.