THE INTERNATIONAL BELLA – TOUR CONTINUES
Ambony: Scott Coker sy Carlo Di Blasi
TORINO (Feb. 7, 2017) – Bellator President Scott Coker today announced that his fast-rising promotion will be revisiting Torino, Italy for Bellator 176, which will be immediatelyfollowed by Kickboxing Bellator 5 at the Pala Alpitour on Asabotsy, Aprily 8.
Less than one year ago, Bellator hosted it’s first-ever international event at the Pala Alpitour in front of a sold-out crowd of over 15,000 mpankafy. Since that show, the company has rapidly and successfully expanded across the globe under the direction of Coker, visiting London, Dublin, Budapest, Ny Isiraely, Florence and has an event booked in Belfast later this month.
The highly-anticipated return to Torino will feature MMA action starting amin'ny Carrington “Jetsetter” Banks (6-0) vs. Mihail Nica (5-0) in welterweight action as well as Djamal Chan (12-3) vs. Mircea Valeriu (13-4) in a lightweight affair. Additional bouts, including a main event will be announced shortly.
In kickboxing action, Bellator’s female flyweight World Champion Denise Kielholtz (46-3) defends her strap for the first time against ISKA and WKU World Champion Martine Michieletto (34-12-5) in the main event while Giorgio Petrosyan (83-2-2, 1NC) maka amin'ny Amansio Paraschiv (23-5-1)
Bellator 176 ary Kickboxing Bellator 5 will be aired on SPIKE in America and further broadcast details will be announced shortly.
Tickets for the event are available now at www.oktagon.it and include access to an Oktagon Kickboxing event in addition to the Bellator 176 ary Kickboxing Bellator 5 zava-nitranga.
“We are thrilled to be returning to the amazing city of Torino and once again working with my friend Carlo Di Blasi and his team,"Hoy Coker. “Carlo is a great partner, and we look forward to replicating the success we had in this sold-out arena last year.”
“Oktagon is fortunate to be based in Italy, which is home to the most loyal and passionate sports fans in the world,” said Oktagon President Di Blasi. “The past two co-promotions with Scott and Bellator have been incredibly successful, and I know that this show will be no different.”
About Bellator MMA:
Bellator MMA dia mpitarika fikambanana samy hafa firenena mampiseho Martial Arts maro ny mpiady tsara indrindra eran-tany. Teo ambany fitarihan 'ny za-draharaha ady mampiroborobo Scott Coker, Bellator dia natao ho an'ny efa ho 500 tapitrisa maneran-tany any amin'ny tany maherin'ny trano 140 firenena. Any ny United States, Bellator Azo jerena ao amin'ny Spike, the MMA television leader. Bellator MMA is comprised of an executive team that includes top industry professionals in television production, hetsika velona orchestration, mpiady fampandrosoana / fifandraisana, toerana procurement, fanohanana famoronana / ny fampandrosoana, fahazoan-dalana iraisam-pirenena, -barotra, dokam-barotra, publicity and commission relations. Bellator is based in Santa Monica, California sy ny fialam-boly tompony goavana Viacom, an-trano ho an'izao tontolo izao ny fialam-boly Premier marika izay mifandray amin'ny mpijery amin'ny alalan'ny fahitalavitra manerana mavesa-danja afa-po, sarimihetsika, an-tserasera sy ny finday sehatra.
About Spike:
Spike is available in 98.7 million homes and is a division of Viacom Media Networks. A unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike’s Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike’s press site at http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter spiketvpr for the latest in breaking news updates, ambadiky-the-sehatra vaovao sy ny sary.
About Oktagon:
Oktagon has been a mainstay in combat sports for over 20 taona izao, after officially being founded by Carlo Di Blasi in 1996. At its beginning the show was dedicated to free fight, the name that was given initially to MMA (Mifangaro Martial Arts). Other disciplines such as Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Savate were gradually added. From the early 2000’s onwards. During the last years Oktagon has reached a huge popularity, both in Italy and abroad, creating many superstars in the process. Under the watchful eye of Di Blasi, ny fisondrotana efa hitafy sasany tsy hay hadinoina matchups nandritra ny taona maro miaraka amin'ny mpiady ambony anisan'izany Bellator welterweight Paul Daley ary koa ny The Petrosyan rahalahy (Giorgio sy Armen), Robin Van Roosmalen, Valentijn Overeem, Rico Verhoeven sy Artem Levin.