Bellators newest heavyweights Ewerton Teixeira (बायाँ) and Lorenzo Hood

 

SANTA MONICA, क्यालिफोर्निया. (मई 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, यो 33 वर्षीया Teixeira अधिक एक दशक को लागि जिते प्रतियोगिताहरु शीर्षक माथि racking गरिएको छ. Teixeira मा standup लड को शिखर पुगेको 2008, उहाँले त्यसपछि फुकुओका शीर्षक त्यो वर्षको K-1 विश्व महान् Prix कमाएका र जब K-1 विश्व महान् Prix अन्तिम गरेको च्याम्पियनशिप bout गर्न आफ्नो बाटो लडेका, 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.

 

यसैबीच, 6-खुट्टा-3 हुड देखि पेशेवर प्रतिस्पर्धा गरिएको छ 2009 and has never had a fight go past the first round. आफ्नो नौ क्यारियर victories को, all nine have come by knockout. हुड को होटल Stay भर लडेका छ. क्षेत्रीय सर्किट मा प्रतिस्पर्धा गर्दा, 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.