CHRIS HONEYCUTT BATTLES UNDEFEATED JIU-JITSU ACE RAFAEL LOVATO JR. IN MIDDLEWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT
LOS ANGELES – The Bellator women’s featherweight championship will be up for grabs on 星期五, 十二月. 1 什麼時候 朱莉婭·巴德 (10-2) defends her title in a rematch against 阿琳Blencowe (10-6) 在 Bellator 189 inside WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, 俄克拉何馬州。, the same venue where Budd captured the inaugural belt earlier this year.
此外, the co-main event of Bellator 189: 巴德VS. Blencowe 2 will feature a middleweight contest pitting rising contender 克里斯·哈尼科特 (10-1) 對不敗 小拉斐爾·洛瓦托（Rafael Lovato）. (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. AND/8 P.M. CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and the Bellator Mobile App. 門票 Bellator 189: 巴德VS. Blencowe 2 現已公開發售，並可在溫斯塔賭場和度假村的票房購買, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com.
A STRIKEFORCE veteran, Budd enters the Bellator cage on 十二月. 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 馬洛斯沙科嫩, 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, 澳大利亞, Arlene Blencowe enters her fight with Budd riding a three-fight winning streak, most recently edging out a split decision against 西尼德·卡瓦納 八月. 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: 巴德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.
更新 Bellator 189: 巴德VS. Blencowe 2 戰卡:
Women’s Featherweight World Title Main Event: 朱莉婭·巴德 (10-2) VS. 阿琳Blencowe (10-6)
Middleweight Co-Main Event: 克里斯·哈尼科特 (10-1) VS. 小拉斐爾·洛瓦托（Rafael Lovato）. (6-0)