SANTA MONICA, קליפורניה (נִשׂגָב 4, 2016) – A flyweight bout pitting אנסטסיה Yankova (3-0) נגד וטה Arteaga (2-0) has been added to the SPIKE-televised portion of "Bellator 161: קונגו לעומת. ג'ונסון," המתקיים ב ספטמבר 16 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, טקסס.

The fight joins a main card that features a heavyweight main event pitting French phenom Cheick קונגו (24-10-2) against the streaking טוני ג'ונסון (10-2). Additional main and preliminary contests will be announced shortly.

דלתות לאירוע פתוח ב 7:45 p.m. CT local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com ו את האפליקציה לנייד Bellator — מתחיל ב 8:00 p.m. CT. כרטיסים לאירוע להתחיל רק $25 and can be purchased now at Bellator.com, Ticketmaster, or the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park Box Office.

The 25-year-old Yankova will make her second appearance of the year, after garnering the attention of the MMA world with an impressive promotional debut in Italy at "Bellator 152: Pitbull vs. Souza.” The Russian submission specialist began her professional career 2-0, before earning her first victory under the direction of Bellator MMA with an impressive first round armbar victory. An avid artist outside of the cage, Yankova hopes to carve out her next masterpiece when she returns to action on שבע. 16.

Since making her professional debut earlier this year, Arteaga has strung together back-to-back wins, including a unanimous decision victory over Jackie Vandenburgh in her promotional debut at "Bellator 155: קרבאליו vs. Manhoef. " עד כה, each of Arteaga’s first two wins have gone to the judges’ table, leaving the 28-year-old Boise, Idaho native itching for her first career stoppage win.

עדכון "Bellator 161: קונגו לעומת. Johnson” Main Card:

Bellator MMA במשקל כבד באירוע מרכזי: Cheick קונגו (24-10-2) לעומת. טוני ג'ונסון (10-2)

Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: אנסטסיה Yankova (3-0) לעומת. וטה Arteaga (2-0)