Kirill Sidelnikov, the man perhaps best known as “Baby Fedor,” is Bellator bound.

Bellator officials today informed MMAjunkie that Sidelnikov (11-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) has signed an exclusive, multi-fight deal with the organization and will debut at Bellator 209 against Israel’s Adam Keresh (2-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA). That event takes place Thursday, Nov. 15 in Tel Aviv, though it airs in the U.S. on Paramount and DAZN one day later via tape delay.

Keresh vs. Sidelnikov kicks off the main card.

Russia’s Sidelnikov is a longtime training partner of current Bellator heavyweight grand prix finalist Fedor Emelianenko, hence the nickname. While he’s spent the majority of his career fighting abroad, Sidelnikov did first make waves in the U.S. as a 20-year-old prospect competing in 2009 under the Affliction banner. Now 30, Sidelnikov looks to rebound from a failed November 2017 bid for the Fight Nights Global heavyweight title. Prior to the setback, Sidelnikov had boasted a five-fight winning streak.

Meanwhile, Keresh competes for the second time under the Bellator banner. This past November, in his promotional debut, he picked up a second-round TKO over Roma Kushnir at Bellator 188, which also took place in Israel.

MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 9 p.m. ET)

Champ Patricio Freire vs. Emmanuel Sanchez – for featherweight tile Ryan Couture vs. Haim Gozali Phil Davis vs. Vadim Nemkov Cindy Dandois vs. Olga Rubin Adam Keresh vs. Kirill Sidelnikov

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 8 p.m. ET)

Ido Halfon vs. Itay Tratner Nisim Rozalis vs. Nika Ben Tuashy Roy Peretz vs. Itsik Rubinov Matan Levi vs. Simon Smotritsky Fadi Haiyadre vs. Christos Nicolaou Ram Banano vs. Natan Borovytskyi Honor Kelesh vs. Andrei Barbarosa Viktoria Makarova vs. Yulia Sachkov Kirill Medvedovsky vs. Denis Palancica Ejargew Tariku vs. Sidemar Honorio Jackie Gosh vs. Jamil Ibragimov

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