Санта Моника, Калифорнија (Август 4, 2016) – A flyweight bout pitting Anastasia Yankova (3-0) против Вета Arteaga (2-0) has been added to the SPIKE-televised portion of "Bellator 161: Kongo vs. Џонсон," што се одвива на Септември 16 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, Тексас.

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

Врати за настанот отворени 7:45 вечер. КТ local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com и На Bellator мобилен стан — почнува на 8:00 вечер. КТ. Билетите за настанот со почеток во само $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 наспроти. 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 Седум. 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: Карваљо vs. Manhoef. " Досега, 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.

Ажурирано "Bellator 161: Kongo vs. Johnson” Main Card:

Bellator МЛД во тешка категорија на главниот настан: Cheick конго (24-10-2) наспроти. Тони Џонсон (10-2)

Меч за одлики во лесна категорија Bellator MMA: Anastasia Yankova (3-0) наспроти. Вета Arteaga (2-0)