SANTA MONICA, CALIF (აგვისტო 4, 2016) – A flyweight bout pitting Anastasia Yankova (3-0) წინააღმდეგ Veta Arteaga (2-0) has been added to the SPIKE-televised portion of "Bellator 161: კონგო vs. Johnson," რაც ხდება სექტემბერი 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 კონგო (24-10-2) against the streaking ტონი ჯონსონი (10-2). Additional main and preliminary contests will be announced shortly.

კარები ღონისძიება გახსნა 7:45 საათამდე. CT local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com და Bellator მობილური აპლიკაცია — იწყება 8:00 საათამდე. CT. ბილეთები ღონისძიება დაიწყოს მხოლოდ $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 შვიდი. 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: Carvalho vs. Manhoef ". დღემდე, 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.

განახლებულია "Bellator 161: კონგო vs. Johnson” Main Card:

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Main Event: Cheick კონგო (24-10-2) vs. ტონი ჯონსონი (10-2)

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