සැන්ටා මොනිකා, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ. (ජූලි 24, 2015) – Bellator MMA is pleased to announce the signing of Keri ඈන් ටේලර්-Melendez සුවිශේෂී කිරීමට, බහු-සටන ගනුදෙනුව. The 31-year-old has previously competed in kickboxing and muay Thai, but fully intends on transitioning to the sport of mixed martial arts in the future.

Taylor-Melendez will debut as a kickboxer in front of her home town on ජූනි මස 19 at the highly anticipated "Bellator: Dynamite”show in San Jose, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ. An opponent for Taylor-Melendez has yet to be decided upon.

හිටපු WEC හා Strikeforce ශූරයා ගිල්බට් Melendez කලත්රයා සහ සැන් ෆ්රැන්සිස්කෝ එල් නිනෝ පුහුණු මධ්යස්ථානය සම හිමිකරු, ටේලර්-Melendez පළමු සමීප සටන් ක්රීඩා අතට ගත්තා 10 වර්ෂයකට ඉහත, making a name for herself on unsanctioned cards held in the Bay Area. මහනුවර දක්වා වන මිළද පසු 4-1 ආධුනික වාර්තා, ඇය වෘත්තීය පරිපථ ඇය දක්ෂතා ගෙන, ඇය දැනට පවත්වයි එහිදී 2-1 කතාවට අනුව ගෙදර ස්වාමියාගේ බෑනාද වාර්තා.

“I’m very honored for the opportunity to fight on such a big stage with a great promotion and promoter. I actually fought for Scott Coker before Gilbert and we both have a great relationship with him, so I feel very comfortable with this situation,” Taylor-Melendez said. “Even though I haven’t been super active as a fighter I have never really stopped training and look forward to testing my skills as a muay Thai fighter and a mixed martial artist. My goal is to go out there and do my best and make my daughter, my family and team proud.”