CHRIS HONEYCUTT BATTLES UNDEFEATED JIU-JITSU ACE RAFAEL LOVATO JR. IN MIDDLEWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT
לוס אנג'לס – The Bellator women’s featherweight championship will be up for grabs on יום שישי, דצמבר. 1 כאשר ג'וליה באד (10-2) defends her title in a rematch against ארלין Blencowe (10-6) ב Bellator 189 inside WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, אוקלהומה., the same venue where Budd captured the inaugural belt earlier this year.
בנוסף, the co-main event of Bellator 189: באד נגד. Blencowe 2 will feature a middleweight contest pitting rising contender כריס Honeycutt (10-1) נגד בלתי מנוצח רפאל לובאטו ג'וניור. (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. ו/8 p.m. CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and the Bellator Mobile App. כרטיסים ל Bellator 189: באד נגד. Blencowe 2 נמכרים כעת וניתן לרכוש אותם בקופת הקזינו WinStar World ובקופות הנופש, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com.
A STRIKEFORCE veteran, Budd enters the Bellator cage on דצמבר. 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, אוסטרליה, Arlene Blencowe enters her fight with Budd riding a three-fight winning streak, most recently edging out a split decision against שינייד קוונה בחודש אוגוסט. 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 קווין קייסי, “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: באד נגד. 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.
עדכון Bellator 189: באד נגד. Blencowe 2 כרטיס להילחם:
Women’s Featherweight World Title Main Event: ג'וליה באד (10-2) לעומת. ארלין Blencowe (10-6)
אירוע משותף של משקל בינוני: כריס Honeycutt (10-1) לעומת. רפאל לובאטו ג'וניור. (6-0)