CHRIS HONEYCUTT BATTLES UNDEFEATED JIU-JITSU ACE RAFAEL LOVATO JR. IN MIDDLEWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT

Лос-Анджэлес – The Bellator women’s featherweight championship will be up for grabs on Пятніца, Снежні. 1 калі Юлія Бадзі (10-2) defends her title in a rematch against Арлин Blencowe (10-6) на Bellator 189 inside WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Аклахома., the same venue where Budd captured the inaugural belt earlier this year.

 

У дадатак, the co-main event of Bellator 189: Budd vs. Blencowe 2 will feature a middleweight contest pitting rising contender Крыс Honeycutt (10-1) супраць непераможнага Рафаэль Ловаці малодшы. (6-0). Additional main card and preliminary bouts will be announced in the coming weeks.

 

The event will be broadcast live and free on SPIKE at 9 p.m. І/8 p.m. Канэктыкут, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and the Bellator Mobile App. Квіткі на Bellator 189: Budd vs. Blencowe 2 are on sale now and can be purchased at the WinStar World Casino and Resort box office, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com.

 

A STRIKEFORCE veteran, Budd enters the Bellator cage on Снежні. 1 as the first and only women’s featherweight champion in promotional history. Currently in the midst of an eight-fight, six-year winning streak, the British Columbia native owns victories over the course of her career against Марлоес Коенен, Germaine de Randamie, as well as Gina Carano in kickboxing. Budd has also previously competed at bantamweight, going toe-to-toe with both Amanda Nunes and Ronda Rousey during her tenure in STRIKEFORCE. Continuing the trend of taking on top-flight competition, Budd meets Blencowe at Bellator 189, in her second main event with Bellator.

 

The fighting pride of New South Wales, Аўстралія, Arlene Blencowe enters her fight with Budd riding a three-fight winning streak, most recently edging out a split decision against Шынэд Кавана у жніўні. A former world champion boxer under the World Boxing Federation and Women’s International Boxing Association, “Angerfist” nearly defeated Budd during their previous meeting at Bellator 162. A proud mother of two, the 34-year-old now has a chance to add more gold to her mantle, this time coming in the form of a Bellator MMA championship.

 

Since making the jump from welterweight to middleweight, the Fresno, Calif.-based Chris Honeycutt feels as though he is right at home in his newfound division. Riding a wave of momentum, which most recently culminated in a vicious stoppage against Kevin Casey, “The Cutt” must now get through BJJ ace Rafael Lovato Jr. The undefeated Lovato Jr. has experienced his own wave of success since signing with Bellator, including a submission victory over Mike “Biggie” Rhodes. These two middleweights will meet in the co-main event of Bellator 189: Budd vs. Blencowe 2 in an exciting battle between a two-time NCAA Division I Wrestling All-American at Edinboro University taking on a World Jiu-Jitsu and World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu champion.

 

Абноўлены Bellator 189: Budd vs. Blencowe 2 Карта барацьбы:

Women’s Featherweight World Title Main Event: Юлія Бадзі (10-2) супраць. Арлин Blencowe (10-6)

Middleweight Co-Main Event: Крыс Honeycutt (10-1) супраць. Рафаэль Ловаці малодшы. (6-0)