SANTA MONICA, CALIF (สิงหาคม 4, 2016) – A flyweight bout pitting Anastasia Yankova (3-0) กับ Veta Arteaga (2-0) has been added to the SPIKE-televised portion of "Bellator 161: คองโกครับ. จอห์นสัน," ซึ่งจะเกิดขึ้นใน กันยายน 16 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, เท็กซัส.

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

ประตูสำหรับเหตุการณ์ที่เปิด 7:45 p.m. CT local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com และ Bellator App มือถือ — เริ่มต้นที่ 8:00 p.m. CT. ตั๋วสำหรับเหตุการณ์เริ่มต้นที่เพียง $25 and can be purchased now at Bellator.com, ทิ, 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: พิตบูล 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 เจ็ด. 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: วัลโญ่ VS. Manhoef. " ป่านนี้, 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.

อัปเดต "Bellator 161: คองโกครับ. Johnson” Main Card:

Bellator วีคเฮฟวี่เวทเหตุการณ์: Cheick คองโก (24-10-2) vs. โทนี่จอห์นสัน (10-2)

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