Bellators newest heavyweights Ewerton Teixeira (left) and Lorenzo Hood

 

SANTA MONICA, 加利福尼亚州. (五月 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特谢拉 (3-0), as well as Blackzilians slugger Lorenzo “The Samoan Silverback” 兜帽 (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岁的特谢拉已经费尽了在醒目标题比赛超过十年. 特谢拉达到站立格斗的巅峰中 2008, 当他赢得了那年的K-1世界大奖赛福冈标题，然后打他的方式向K-1世界大奖赛总决赛的冠军布特, 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.

 

与此同时, 6尺3寸的胡德已经竞争自从专业 2009 and has never had a fight go past the first round. 他的九个职业生涯的胜利, all nine have come by knockout. 胡德已转战各地U.S. 而区域线路上竞争, 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.