SANTA MONICA, КАЛИФОРНИЯ (Серпня 4, 2016) – A flyweight bout pitting Anastasia Yankova (3-0) проти Вета Артеага (2-0) has been added to the SPIKE-televised portion of "Bellator 161: Конго проти. Джонсон," який відбудеться Вересень 16 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, Техас.

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

Двері для цього заходу відкритого в 7:45 p.m. Коннектикут local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com і Bellator Mobile App — починається з 8:00 p.m. Коннектикут. Квитки на заходи починаються всього $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 проти. 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 Сім. 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: Карвалью проти. Манхуф ". Досі, 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.

Оновлене "Bellator 161: Конго проти. Johnson” Main Card:

Bellator MMA в суперважкій Головна подія: Шейх Конго (24-10-2) проти. Тоні Джонсон (10-2)

Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Anastasia Yankova (3-0) проти. Вета Артеага (2-0)