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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (თებერვალი 22, 2015) - ამ პარასკევს, Bellator MMA brings a world championship matchup between two highly skilled mixed martial arts practitioners when bantamweight champion Marcos "Loro" Galvao (17-6-1) defends his strap against former champion and former friend and training partner, Eduardo "დუდუ" Dantas (17-4) დღეს "Bellator 150: Galvao წინააღმდეგ. Dantas 2.
The event emanates from the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas this პარასკევი, თებერვალი 26, and airs live on Spike at 9 საათამდე. და/8 საათამდე. CT, ხოლო წინასწარი სმით ნაკადი პირდაპირ ეთერში Bellator.com და Bellator მობილური აპლიკაცია. ბილეთები "Bellator 150: Galvao წინააღმდეგ. Dantas 2 " რომელიც იწყება მხოლოდ $27, ამჟამად იყიდება KansasStarEventCenter.com or Ticketmaster.com, ისევე როგორც Kansas Star Arena სალაროებში.
In addition to the title fight, a heavyweight co-main event of Cheick კონგო (23-10-2) წინააღმდეგ Vinicius Queiroz (8-3) will anchor the number two spot. ასევე ბარათზე, Kendall Grove (22-15) იღებს Francisco “Kiko” France (13-3-1), მშობლიურ საყვარელი დავით Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) will return to action against Bobby Cooper (12-5), plus the Bellator MMA debut of newly signed women’s flyweight Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3), რომელიც იღებს Rebecca Ruth (5-1).
"ისინი,"ვინც იბრძოდა მსოფლიოში ცნობილი აქციები მოსწონს World Extreme Cagefighting და SHOOTO წლიდან 2003, იქნება კონკურენტი 11ე დრო ქვეშ Bellator MMA banner. 34 წლის არის დღეს საქართველოს შუაგულში ოთხი ბრძოლა გამარჯვებული streak და გაჩნდა გამარჯვებული მისი შვიდი რვა ცალი. მისი ბოლო outing, Galvao დასრულდა Joe Warren at "Bellator 135: Warren vs. Galvao " via submission to win his first-ever championship and fulfil a promise he made to his mother before her unfortunate passing.
ამასობაში, Dantas იქნება ეძებს დუბლიკატი წარმატება მას ჰქონდა Galvao მათ პირველი შეხვედრა, which resulted in a second-round knockout at “Bellator 89.” Last May, the 27-year-old Nova Uniao product dispelled of Mike Richman მეშვეობით ერთსულოვანი გადაწყვეტილება "Bellator 137: Halsey vs. Grove. " Bellator სეზონი 5 Bantamweight Tournament winner is looking to become a two-time bantamweight champion come ოქტომბერი 23.
Kongo will be making his eighth appearance under the Bellator MMA banner, looking to add to his impressive promotional mark of 5-2. The Parisian native has fought a who’s who in the mixed martial arts landscape, with notable wins against Mirko Cro Cop, Pat Barry, მეთიუ Mitrione, and Alexander Volkov already on his record. In his last outing – which just so happened to be inside the Kansas Star Arena — Kongo impressively defeated Volkov via unanimous decision.
After nearly two years out of action, Queiroz returned to the Bellator MMA cage against Ewerton Teixeira at "Bellator 139: კონგო vs. ვოლკოვი," defeating his fellow Brazilian opponent via second round arm-triangle choke. “Spartan” hopes to plant the seeds for a busy 2016 with the matchup against Kongo, where a win can undoubtedly place him in the midst of the heavyweight title picture.
Grove capped off 2015 with an emphatic knockout of Joey Beltran at "Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis," სექტემბერში. The winner of“The Ultimate Fighter: 3," has fought professionally since 2003 for promotions all around the world, notably ProElite and UFC. This will be “Da Spyder’s” sixth appearance under the Bellator MMA banner as he hopes to climb back towards a 185-pound title shot – he competed for the gold last year against Brandon Halsey.
A veteran of Strikeforce, “Kiko” France has strung together a five-fight winning streak as of late, most recently handing the formerly undefeated ბენ რეიტერის the first loss of his young career at "Bellator 146: კატო vs. Manhoef ". It’s safe to classify the 33-year-old Arizona native as a “submission specialist,"ერთად 12 მისი 13 wins as a professional coming by way of making his opponent tap.
A Bellator MMA event in Mulvane, Kansas just wouldn’t be the same without “The Caveman,” who will return to action for the first time since competing against Michael Chandler გასულ ნოემბერს. Rickels always comes ready to put on a show, არის თუ არა ეს მისი გზა გალიაში, ან როდესაც ის აღება ვინ არის ვინ Bellator MMA მსუბუქი ნიჭი. The 27-year-old will be making his 16ეappearance under the promotional banner.
The last time Bobby Cooper fought inside the Kansas Star Arena, he took home a closely contested split decision victory over“Bellator 147” co-headliner Pablo Villaseca. ახლა, “Super Duper” will look to move to 3-0 under the Bellator MMA banner when he faces Rickels in hostile territory. It’s worth noting that the Missouri native has only lost twice in his last eight MMA appearances.
Hailing from Ukraine, Ovchynnikova will enter the fray fresh off a new exclusive, multi-fight contract with Bellator MMA. “Hunter” has previously fought the likes of Joanne Calderwood and at only 28-years-old has already competed professionally since 2006. ახლა, Ovchynnikova looks to solidify herself as a top contender in the budding women’s flyweight division on თებერვალი 26 against a tough foe in Ruth.
“Becky” Ruth was undefeated in 2015, winning all three of her matchups by technical knockout under the Shamrock Fighting Championships banner. The lone loss on the Missouri native’s record came against Resurrection Fighting Alliance champion Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger, via controversial split decision.
სრული "Bellator 150: Galvao წინააღმდეგ. Dantas 2” Fight Card:
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title Main Event: Marcos Galvao (17-6-1) vs. Eduardo Dantas (17-4)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight Co-Main Event: Cheick კონგო (23-10-2) vs. Vinicius Queiroz (8-3)
Bellator MMA მსუბუქი მხატვრული Bout: Dave Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) vs. Bobby Cooper (12-5)
Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Kendall Grove (22-15) vs. Francisco France (13-3-1)
Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3) vs. Rebecca Ruth (5-1)
წინასწარი ბარათი:
Bellator MMA Heavyweight მხატვრული Bout: David Hammons (1-1) vs. Kyle Noblitt (1-0)
Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Brandon Farran (12-10) vs. Gregory Babene (16-11)
Bellator MMA Welterweight მხატვრული Bout: Manny Meraz (7-1) vs. Andre Fialho (5-0)
Bellator MMA Featherweight მხატვრული Bout: Gaston გაერთიანებული (5-0) vs. Chuka Willis (6-2)
Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Chris Harris (4-0) vs. Julian Marquez (2-0)
Bellator MMA მსუბუქი მხატვრული Bout: Marcio Navarro (14-11) vs. Henry Lindsay (4-5)
Bellator MMA Featherweight მხატვრული Bout: Thai Clark (5-0) vs. Deron Carlis (4-1)
Bellator MMA მსუბუქი მხატვრული Bout: Jason Witt (7-2) vs. Jonathan Gary (11-6)