Bellators newest heavyweights Ewerton Teixeira (左) and Lorenzo Hood

 

SANTA MONICA, 加利福尼亞州. (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特謝拉 (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歲的特謝拉已經費盡了在醒目標題比賽超過十年. 特謝拉達到站立格鬥的巔峰中 2008, 當他贏得了那年的K-1世界大獎賽福岡標題，然後打他的方式向K-1世界大獎賽總決賽的冠軍布特, 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.

 

與此同時, 6尺3寸的胡德已經競爭自從專業 2009 and has never had a fight go past the first round. 他的九個職業生涯的勝利, all nine have come by knockout. 胡德已轉戰各地U.S. 而區域線路上競爭, 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.