SANTA MONICA, CALIF (Out 4, 2016) – A flyweight bout pitting Anastasia Yankova (3-0) kont Veta Arteaga (2-0) has been added to the SPIKE-televised portion of "La ap 161: Kongo vs. Johnson," ki te pran plas sou Septanm 16 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, Texas.

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

Pòt pou evènman an louvri nan 7:45 p.m. CT local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com ak La ap mobil App a — kòmanse nan 8:00 p.m. CT. Tikè pou evènman an kòmanse nan jis $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 "La ap 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 Sèt. 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 "La ap 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef. " Se konsa, lwen, 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.

À "la ap 161: Kongo vs. Johnson” Main Card:

La ap mma lour Main Evènman: Cheick Kongo (24-10-2) vs. Tony Johnson (10-2)

Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Anastasia Yankova (3-0) vs. Veta Arteaga (2-0)