Kristina Katsikis Archives - Cageside Press Cageside Press - Everything MMA! Thu, 20 May 2021 22:21:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://cagesidepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-cagesidepress512-3-32x32.png Kristina Katsikis Archives - Cageside Press 32 32 Bellator 259’s Kristina Katsikis on Inaba Fight: “I Can Finish Her” https://cagesidepress.com/2021/05/20/bellator-259-new-englands-kristina-katsikis-i-can-finish-her/ https://cagesidepress.com/2021/05/20/bellator-259-new-englands-kristina-katsikis-i-can-finish-her/#respond Thu, 20 May 2021 22:21:04 +0000 https://cagesidepress.com/?p=103428 Bellator 259 has a fellow New Englander on the card, after her teammate Johnny “Cupcakes” Campbell made his debut finishing Henry Corrales at Bellator 258. Kristina Katsikis steps in to fight the much-hyped Sumiko Inaba at the event. Just like “Cupcakes,” she will be riding the underdog train into the cage, but that doesn’t bother […]

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]]> Bellator 259 has a fellow New Englander on the card, after her teammate Johnny “Cupcakes” Campbell made his debut finishing Henry Corrales at Bellator 258. Kristina Katsikis steps in to fight the much-hyped Sumiko Inaba at the event. Just like “Cupcakes,” she will be riding the underdog train into the cage, but that doesn’t bother her.

“She’s got a lot of hype around her name,” Katsikis began. “My expectation is to go into there and give it everything. Put a lot of work into this one. It is a lot of pressure but it is less pressure being an underdog, I’m looking for a big upset.”

The 1-1 Cage Titans veteran is not taking this Bellator opportunity for granted. She explained how different fight week has been for her, especially seeing as her usual “fight week” is a drive down to the Plymouth Mass Cage Titans spot. Katsikis thanks Johnny Campbell for helping her to the big stage of Bellator MMA.

“I would love to make this home,” Katsikis stated. “This is a great promotion, hopefully I can impress and call this place home. This is really big, the cage is even bigger. It is great having my teammate Johnny Campbell in my corner, who just did this all two weeks ago. Campbell started me in MMA, I became obsessed because of him.”

Katsikis believes her main path to victory is finding the finish against undefeated Inaba. Katsikis is hopeful, and confident, that she can find it on fight night.

“I’m looking for the finish, I can finish her.”

Bellator 259 takes place this Friday, May 21 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. The main card airs live on Showtime following prelims that can be viewed right here on Cageside Press.

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]]> https://cagesidepress.com/2021/05/20/bellator-259-new-englands-kristina-katsikis-i-can-finish-her/feed/ 0 Bellator 259 Adds Hawaiian Sensation Sumiko Inaba vs. Kristina Katsikis https://cagesidepress.com/2021/05/10/bellator-259-adds-hawaiian-sensation-prelim-battle/ https://cagesidepress.com/2021/05/10/bellator-259-adds-hawaiian-sensation-prelim-battle/#respond Mon, 10 May 2021 23:46:38 +0000 https://cagesidepress.com/?p=102930 Bellator 259 has added a women’s flyweight preliminary fight, which will see Hawaiian sensation Sumiko Inaba return to the Bellator cage. Cageside Press confirmed with promotion officials on Monday that Hawaii’s Inaba is set to return to action at Bellator 259, where she will battle New England’s Kristina Katsikis. Katsikis who will be making her […]

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]]> Bellator 259 has added a women’s flyweight preliminary fight, which will see Hawaiian sensation Sumiko Inaba return to the Bellator cage.

Cageside Press confirmed with promotion officials on Monday that Hawaii’s Inaba is set to return to action at Bellator 259, where she will battle New England’s Kristina Katsikis.

Katsikis who will be making her promotional debut in the bout.

Inaba (1-0) made her professional debut for Bellator in November of 2020. She earned herself a first-round finish via vicious ground and pound against Jessica Ruiz (0-2). The 30 year old prospect had an impressive 7-1 amateur career before turning pro in 2020. Inaba is one of the many highly touted prospects coming out of Hawaii of late. After starting her MMA career 1-1, she has won 6 straight including her amateur run.

New England native Katsikis is a South Shore SportFighting team member, who watched her teammate Johnny “Cupcake” Campbell win his Bellator debut last weekend. She’ll be making her first walk to the Bellator cage at the event. Katsikis is 1-1 as a pro, previously competing under the Massachusetts Cage Titans banner. Katsikis did not compete in 2020; her last fight was a win in 2019.

Bellator 259 takes place on May 21, 2021 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. The card is headlined by a featherweight title fight between Cris Cyborg and Leslie Smith.

Cris Cyborg (c) vs. Leslie Smith
Austin Vanderford vs. Fabian Edwards
Darrion Caldwell vs. Leandro Higo
Christian Edwards vs. Ben Parrish
Valerie Loureda vs. Hannah Guy
Alfie Davis vs. Alexander Shabliy
Grant Neal vs. Tyree Fortune
Saad Awad vs. Nate Andrews
Aviv Gozali vs. Sean Felton
Leah McCourt vs. Janay Harding
Brett Johns vs. Matheus Mattos
Davion Franklin vs. Tyler King
Sumiko Inaba vs. Kristina Katsikis

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