SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (Mart 30, 2016) – Fans attending "Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson " naApril 22 na Mohegan Sun Areni u Uncasville, Conn. will be able to meet two of the sport’s most popular athletes:Royce Gracie i Wanderlei Silva.

The two legendary Brazilian superstars will be participating in an exclusive meet and greet for ticketholders on the Mohegan Sun Arena concourse beginning at 6 poslije podne. I.

 

The highly anticipated event features the debut of Benson "Smooth" Henderson (23-5), kao on osporava velter prvak Andrey Koreshkov (18-1) za svoj pojas. Bivši pero titlist Patricio "Pitbull" Freire(24-3) ispunjava John "Macapa" Teixeira (19-1-2) in the co-main event while other bouts on the card include Connecticut’s own "Irish" Brennan Ward (13-3) and British striking sensation Michael Page (9-0) borbaEvangelista "Cyborg" Santos (20-16) i Jeremie Holloway (7-1) respectively in welterweight attractions.

 

Ulaznice za "Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson " počinju od samo $30 i nude popust sada na Bellator.com, Ticketmaster.com i Ured Mohegan Sun Box. Manifestacija se emitira uživo i besplatno na SPIKE u 8 poslije podne. I/7 poslije podne. CT, dok preliminarni napadi će stream uživo na Bellator.com i Bellator Mobile App. U emisiji će biti odmah slijedi revolucionarnu, inauguralni "Bellator Kickboxing: Torino " događaj.

 

Ime Gracie je sinonim za MMA, i to je u velikoj mjeri u dijelu u Royce Gracie, čovjek koji se smatra da je izmislio sport kao što danas poznajemo. Pobjednik prvog nekoliko UFC događaja, Gracie bi demontažu više protivnika u jednoj noći, od kojih mnogi su bili mnogo veći od njega. For many years there was no answer for the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu technique that he brought into a fight, danas, teško je naći MMA borac koji nije trenirao u umjetnosti jiu jitsu. This past February, Gracie defeated Ken Shamrock in a record-shattering fight that was witnessed on Spike by over 3.5 milijuna gledatelja.

 

Having first fought in the sport almost twenty years ago, very few men have a more legendary resume than Wanderlei Silva, who was recently signed to a Bellator MMA contract. “The Axe Murderer” is a Pride and UFC veteran, who brings an intimidating and imposing presence with him every time he steps into the cage. Silva hopes of adding to an already-impressive list of wins that include: Guy Mezger, Dan Henderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, Ricardo Arona, Kazuyuki Fujita, Michael Bisping, Cung Le, Brian Stann and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (2x).

 

Complete "Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson "Fight Card:

Bellator MMA velter kategoriji Svijet Naslov Bout: Andrey Koreshkov (18-1) vs. Benson Henderson (23-5)

Bellator MMA Featherweight Co-Main Event: Patricio Freire (24-3) vs. John Teixeira (19-1-2)

Bellator MMA Welterweight karakteristike Bout: Brennan Ward (13-3) vs. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos (20-16)

Bellator MMA Welterweight karakteristike Bout: Michael Page (9-0) vs. Jeremie Holloway (7-1)

Bellator MMA Lagana karakteristike Bout: Brent Primus (6-0) vs. Gleristone "Toninho Furia" Santos (27-5)

 

Preliminarni Card:

Bellator MMA Welterweight Preliminarni Bout: Chris Honeycutt (6-1) vs. Matt Secor (7-2)

Bellator MMA Welterweight Preliminarni Bout: Djamil Chan (11-2) vs. Richard Patishnock (6-3)

Bellator MMA Lagana Preliminarni Bout: Sam Watford (1-0) vs. Dean Hancock (2-0)

Bellator MMA Featherweight Preliminarni Bout: Chris Foster (8-4) vs. felipe Lavandoski (5-0)

Bellator MMA Lagana Preliminarni Bout: Jason Bakanowski (3-2) vs. T.J. Hepburn (4-2)

Bellator MMA Featherweight Preliminarni Bout: Pete Rogers (2-3) vs. Mike Mangan (0-3)

Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Preliminarni Bout: Mike Zichelle (7-4) vs. Joe Cronin (19-16)

Bellator MMA Featherweight Preliminarni Bout: Matt Bessette (17-7) vs. Keith Richardson (14-6)

Bellator MMA srednjoj Preliminarni Bout: Tim Caron (3-0) vs. Justin Sumter (0-0)

Bellator MMA Flyweight Preliminarni Bout: Blair Tugman (7-6) vs. Jay Perrin (2-1)