Santa Monica, CALIF (August 4, 2016) – A flyweight bout pitting Anastasia Yankova (3-0) lodi si Veta Arteaga (2-0) has been added to the SPIKE-televised portion of "Bellator 161: Kongo vs. Johnson," eyi ti gba ibi lori Kẹsán 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.

Ilẹkun fun awọn iṣẹlẹ-ìmọ ni 7:45 p.m. CT local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com ati The Bellator Mobile App — bẹrẹ ni 8:00 p.m. CT. Tiketi fun awọn iṣẹlẹ bẹrẹ ni o kan $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: Maluiwoile la. 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 Meje. 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. " Bayi jina, 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.

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

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Main ti oyan: Cheick Kongo (24-10-2) la. Tony Johnson (10-2)

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