门票： BELLATOR 195 开始销售 这个星期五 AT 10 上午. CT
LOS ANGELES – The Bellator bantamweight championship will be up for grabs 星期五, 三月 2 什么时候 Darrion考德威尔 (11-1) 首次卫冕冠军 莱昂德罗肥后 (18-3) 在 Bellator 195 inside WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, 俄克拉何马州。, the same venue where “The Wolf” captured the belt earlier this year.
“Darrion Caldwell is an exciting young fighter that has worked his way to the top of a very competitive bantamweight division to become a world champion,” Bellator总裁Scott Coker的说. “I’m excited to see what he can do in his first title defense against Leandro Higo, who is an incredibly tough competitor with the ability to submit his opponent at any time. The fans are in for a great matchup between these two grapplers.”
该活动将在以下网站上免费现场直播： 9 P.M. AND/8 P.M. CT, 而初步行动将在流 Bellator.com 和全球的 Bellator移动应用. 门票 Bellator 195: 考德威尔 VS. 无花果 开始销售这种 星期五, 十二月. 22 在 10 A.M. CT and can be purchased at the WinStar World Casino and Resort box office, 以及通过 Ticketmaster 和 Bellator.com. 另外的较量将在未来几周内公布.
Caldwell has been on a steady ascension to championship status since signing with Bellator in 2014. Ahead of his championship victory over 爱德华多·丹塔斯 在 Bellator 184, which brought his Bellator record to 8-1, the 30-year-old collected five wins by way of first-round knockout or submission. The run was highlighted by a remarkable stoppage of former multi-division champion 乔·沃伦. Hailing from Rahway, N.J. and training alongside Bellator standouts 菲尔·戴维斯 和 贾斯汀·劳伦斯 at Alliance MMA in San Diego, 加利福尼亚州。, “The Wolf” also serves as one of the main sparring partners of former UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz.
Higo signed with Bellator in February riding an eight-fight win-streak and earned the Legacy Fighting Alliance 135-pound crown in the process. Fresh off animpressive win 针对 乔Taimanglo, the 28-year-old Pitbull Brothers product also competed on 终极战士: 巴西 4 在 2015. A proud carrier of the Olympic torch ahead of the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil, “Pitbull” will now set his sights on carrying the torch in Bellator’s bantamweight division.
更新 Bellator 195: 考德威尔 VS. 无花果 战卡:
最轻量级世界冠军主赛事: Darrion考德威尔 (11-1) VS. 莱昂德罗肥后 (18-3)
****