CHRIS HONEYCUTT-BEN REITER MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT PUTS STAMP ON STACKED MAIN CARD

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (十月 31, 2016) – A bantamweight feature fight pitting 馬科斯加爾旺 (17-7-1) 針對 C.R。. 戴維斯 (23-7) and a middleweight clash between 克里斯·哈尼科特 (8-1, 1 NC) 和 本·瑞特 (17-1-1) 已被添加到的主卡 “Bellator 166: Dantas vs. Warren 2” inside WinStar World Casino & 度假村在Thackerville, 確定。, 上 十二月 2.

The first night of entertainment – “Bellator 166: Dantas vs. Warren 2” — will feature a bantamweight world title rematch between current champion 愛德華多·丹塔斯 (18-4) and former belt holder 喬·沃倫 (14-5). 此外, a featherweight clash pitting undefeated prospect A.J. 麥基 (5-0) 針對 伊曼紐爾·桑切斯 (13-3) will also air live and free on the SPIKE-televised card.

Tickets for the unique doubleheader event start at just $45 and can be purchased at the WinStar World Casino & Resort Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com.

“Bellator 166: Dantas vs. Warren 2” airs live and free 在週五 on SPIKE at 9 P.M. AND/8 P.M. CT. “Bellator 167” airs live and free 週六 on SPIKE at 9 P.M. AND/8 P.M. CT. Preliminary bouts for both events will stream live on Bellator.com 和 該Bellator移動應用. 另外的較量將在未來幾週內公佈.

Brazilian superstar Marcos Galvao returns to action having won seven of his last nine and is ready for another push at the division’s belt. Hailing from Amazonas, 巴西, the illusive “Loro” has only been finished once in the past seven years, while conversely finishing his opponent in five of his 11 wins over that same period. Now Galvao returns to WinStar World Casino & 度假村, the same venue where he fought and defeated Joe Warren for bantamweight gold at “Bellator 135.” Subsequently, Warren will also prepare to compete at “Bellator 166: Dantas vs. Warren 2,” as he and Eduardo Dantas will face off in the main event. Needless to say, the 34-year-old Galvao will have tremendous motivation to win, as the division he once championed dominates a stacked main card in Thackerville.

Davis enters the contest for the fifth time under the Bellator MMA banner, earning victories in three of his first four bouts with the promotion. The 35-year-old bantamweight has finished his opponent in 15 他 23 career wins, 含 11 在首輪. A winner in seven of his last nine contests, the Kansas City, Missouri native consistently finds himself amid conversation with the division’s top contenders. Davis hopes to replicate the same success that he had in his most recent victory over Hideo Tokoro at “Bellator 135,” where his split decision win was labeled Yahoo! Sports’ “Best Fight of the Half-Year.” The former Pratt Community College wrestling coach now faces an opportunity to climb the ranks in a tasty matchup against one of the game’s best.

A six-fight veteran of Bellator MMA, Honeycutt made a lasting impression in his first two appearances under the promotion, recording back-to-back knockouts. Fighting out of Fresno, 加利福尼亞州。, the 28-year-old knockout artist began his professional career with an impressive streak of six consecutive victories, including five finishes and four knockouts. “The Cutt” made a successful transition to the welterweight division in his Bellator MMA debut in 2014, before returning to the middleweight class in his most recent win over Mikkel Parlo 在 “Bellator 156.”

After making his professional debut in 2011, Reiter collected sixteen wins before surrendering his first career loss. The 29-year-old New Yorker competed mainly in Peru early in his career, fighting under the direction of Inka Fighting Championship, before joining the Bellator MMA fray in 2014. Since making his promotional debut for the Scott Coker-led organization, “The Hunter” has added three more victories to his already impressive résumé, as he quickly finds himself among the division’s elite. With nine of his 17 事業勝利所擊倒或提交的方式來, Reiter hopes to add to that total with another finish in the first of a two-night special doubleheader in Thackerville, 行. Standing at six feet three inches, Reiter will look to expose his opponent Honeycutt with a significant advantage in both height and reach.

 

完成“Bellator 166: Dantas vs. Warren 2” Main Card:

Bantamweight World Title Main Event: 愛德華多·丹塔斯 (18-4) VS. 喬·沃倫 (14-5)

輕量級主賽事: A.J. 麥基 (5-0) VS. 伊曼紐爾·桑切斯 (13-3)

輕量級特徵回合: 馬科斯加爾旺 (17-7-1) VS. C.R。. 戴維斯 (23-7)

中量級功能賽: 克里斯·哈尼科特 (8-1, 1 NC) VS. 本·瑞特 (17-1-1)

 

更新初步卡:

羽初步回合: Treston Thomison (9-4) VS. 雷·伍德 (7-2)

輕量級初步回合: 克里斯·瓊斯 (10-4) VS. Derrick Adkins (7-2)

輕重量級的初步回合: Kennedy Nzechukwu (登場) VS. Jon Lair (2-0)

重量級初步回合: Chance Rencountre (8-2) 列維女王 (8-3)

中量級初步回合: 格雷戈里·巴本 (17-11) VS. 埃米利亞諾索爾迪 (14-5)