CHRIS HONEYCUTT BATTLES UNDEFEATED JIU-JITSU ACE RAFAEL LOVATO JR. IN MIDDLEWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT
لس آنجلس – The Bellator women’s featherweight championship will be up for grabs on جمعه, دسامبر. 1 چه زمانی جولیا باد (10-2) defends her title in a rematch against آرلن Blencowe (10-6) در Bellator 189 داخل کازینو و استراحتگاه جهانی WinStar در Thackerville, اوکلاهما., the same venue where Budd captured the inaugural belt earlier this year.
بعلاوه, the co-main event of Bellator 189: باد در مقابل. Blencowe 2 will feature a middleweight contest pitting rising contender کریس Honeycutt (10-1) در برابر شکست نخوردگان رافائل لواتو جونیور. (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. و/8 p.m. CT, در حالی که اقدامات اولیه در Bellator.com و برنامه موبایل Bellator پخش می شود. بلیط Bellator 189: باد در مقابل. Blencowe 2 اکنون در حال فروش هستند و می توانید آنها را در گیشه WinStar World Casino and Resort خریداری کنید, و همچنین Ticketmaster و Bellator.com.
A STRIKEFORCE veteran, Budd enters the Bellator cage on دسامبر. 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 Marloes Coenen, 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, استرالیا, Arlene Blencowe enters her fight with Budd riding a three-fight winning streak, most recently edging out a split decision against سیند کاوانا در ماه اوت. 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, کوشک روشن کرده است که امیدوار است یک بار دیگر ملاقات کند, 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 کوین کیسی, “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: باد در مقابل. 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.
به روز شده Bellator 189: باد در مقابل. Blencowe 2 کارت مبارزه:
رویداد اصلی عنوان قهرمانی جهان پر وزن زنان: جولیا باد (10-2) در مقابل. آرلن Blencowe (10-6)
رویداد مشترک اصلی وزن متوسط: کریس Honeycutt (10-1) در مقابل. رافائل لواتو جونیور. (6-0)