Bellators newest heavyweights Ewerton Teixeira (tshuav) and Lorenzo Hood

 

Raug Monica, California. (Tej zaum 4, 2015) – Bellator MMA’s heavyweight division will now play host to a pair of the hardest-hitting heavyweights in the game, as promotion officials are proud to announce the addition of Brazilian K-1 champion Ewerton Teixeira (3-0), as well as Blackzilians slugger Lorenzo “The Samoan Silverback” Hood (9-2).

 

Debut dates and opponents will be announced for both fighters in the near future.

 

A third dan black belt in Kyokushin karate, 33-xyoo-laus Teixeira tau racking li lub npe nyob rau hauv kev sib tw tawm rau ntau tshaj ib xyoo caum. Teixeira mus txog lub pinnacle ntawm standup sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv 2008, thaum nws khwv tau uas xyoo K-1 ntiaj teb Grand Prix nyob rau hauv Fukuoka npe thiab ces tiv thaiv nws txoj kev mus rau lub K-1 ntiaj teb Grand Prix kawg lub championship bout, where he would come up just short against Errol Zimmerman (though Teixeira would avenge that result in 2010).

 

Teixeira then turned his attention to MMA in 2012, and he has remained undefeated through his first three professional contests in the sport and is now ready to try his hand at MMA’s highest level.

 

Meanwhile, 6-taw-3 Hood tau sib tw paub txij li thaum 2009 and has never had a fight go past the first round. Ntawm nws cuaj txoj hauj lwm yeej, all nine have come by knockout. Hood tau tiv thaiv thoob plaws hauv lub U.S. thaum sib tw nyob rau hauv lub regional Circuit Court, earning himself recognition as one of the top heavyweight prospects in the sport.

 

Competing under the tutelage of former world champion Rashad Evans, the 26-year-old Hood’s work at Florida’s Blackzilians camp has prepared him for an opportunity to compete against the world’s best fighters, and Bellator MMA will now offer him a platform to prove his talent.