EASY TWEET: #BellatorMMA adds @morcego_mma and @thewolf_mma to the May 15 Event headlined by @BrandBullHalsey & @kendallgrovemma

 

Santa MONICA, Calif. (April 15, 2015) – A four-fight Spike-broadcast main card for May’s “Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Grove” has received another thrilling contest, as undefeated bantamweight prospect Darrion “The Wolf” Caldwell (6-0) e i runga i Rafael “Morcego” Silva (22-4).

 

The new addition finalizes the four-bout main card for “Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Grove,” which includes undefeated Bellator MMA World Middleweight Champion Brandon “Bull” Halsey (8-0) ki tiketike scrapper HawaiianKendall “Ko te Spyder” Grove (21-14), former Bellator MMA World Champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas (16-4) vs. Mike “Ko te Marine” Richman (18-5), me welterweights Fernando “Ko te Menifee rewera” Gonzalez (23-13) vs.“Curtious” Curtis Millander (7-1).

 

“Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove” e wahi i runga i Rāmere, Kia 15, i Pechanga Resort & Casino i roto i te Temecula, Calif. The night’s main card airs live on Spike at 9 p.m. AND (6 p.m. PT wā rohe), i te awa pāngia tuatahi i runga i Spike.com.

 

Tikiti hoki “Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove,” e tīmata i tika $50, E tēnei wā i runga i te hoko i Pechanga.com me te Pechanga Resort & Casino tari pouaka.

 

Doors hoki “Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove” tuwhera i 4 p.m. PT wā rohe, me te whakataetae tuatahi e wahi 45 meneti i muri.

 

Two new bouts have also been added to the night’s preliminary card, with middleweights A.J. “The Mercenary” Matthews (7-3) vs. Ben “Ko te Hunter” Reiter (15-0) me lightweights Steve “Thunderbeast” Kozola (5-0) vs. Ian Butler (1-1).

 

I tua atu, a light heavyweight matchup of Virgil “Rezdog” Zwicker (13-4-1) vs. “Heu” Razak Al-Hassan (12-4) that was initially announced as a main-card matchup will now be featured on the night’s preliminary card, instead.

 

Kia ka kauwhautia pāngia tahi atu mau tata.

 

A New Jersey native now fighting out of Arizona, Caldwell was a Division I wrestler at North Carolina State. Caldwell made his MMA debut in 2012 and has kept his record perfect through the first six fights of his career, including Bellator MMA wins over Anthony Dizy, Joe Pingitore and Lance Surma. Previously competing as a featherweight, the 27-year-old Caldwell now moves down to the bantamweight division.

 

He now faces “Morcego” Silva, a battle-tested 30-year-old fighter with championship-level experience in the Bellator MMA cage. With nearly a decade of professional fights to his name, Silva is an incredible 14-1 i roto i tona mua 15 overall appearances. His only loss during that run was a 25-minute decision against former Bellator MMA Bantamweight World Champion Joe Warren. Seventeen of Silva’s 22 Kua tae mai ngā mahi whakauru i te Tuhinga, including eight knockouts and nine submissions.

 

A former cast member on Bellator MMA’s “Fight Master” raupapa, Matthews fought most recently in November, earning a decision win over Kyle Bolt. He now meets undefeated prospect Reiter, an intriguing individual who left Wall Street to pursue a career in MMA and now fights for the second time under the Bellator MMA banner after spending much of his early career in Peru.

 

Kozola, o San Diego, Calif., fights for the second time under the Bellator MMA banner after debuting with a knockout victory over Jonathan Rivera in January. He now meets Butler, who returns to the promotion after a November Bellator MMA debut that saw him suffer a submission loss to Joao Paulo Faria.

 

“Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove” - Rāmere, Kia 15, Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, Calif.

Kāri Main (9 p.m. AND)

 

Whawhai Bellator whitu Taitara: Champ Brandon Halsey (8-0) vs. Kendall Grove (21-14)

Ngā Bellator whā Whawhai: Eduardo Dantas (16-4) vs. Mike Richman (18-5)

Bellator Ngā Whawhai Welterweight: Fernando Gonzalez (23-13) vs. Curtis Millender (7-1)

Ngā Bellator whā Whawhai: Darrion Caldwell (6-0) vs. Rafael Silva (22-4)

Kāri hukihuki (7:45 p.m. AND)

 

Bellator whitu Prelim Whawhai: A.J. Matthews (7-3) vs. Ben Reiter (14-0)

Bellator Light Heavyweight Prelim Whawhai: Virgil Zwicker (13-4-1) vs. Razak Al-Hassan (12-4)

Bellator whā Prelim Whawhai: Joe Taimanglo (20-6-1) vs. Antonio Duarte (18-5)

Bellator mā whitu Prelim Whawhai: Horano Parsons (10-1) vs. Julio Cesar Neves Jr. (30-0)

Bellator Welterweight Prelim Whawhai: Hehe Juarez (22-9) vs. Ricky Rainey (10-3)

 

Dark pāngia (āhua. 11 p.m. AND)

 

Bellator Kōmāmā Dark Prelim: Steve Kozola (5-0) vs. Ian Butler (1-1)