MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ MAÑANA NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE
BOISE, IDAHO. (Mayo 19, 2016) –Los pesajes oficiales de "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef "took place this afternoon in front of a packed house at the Knitting Factory here in Boise, IDENTIFICACIÓN. All competitors are now ready for action mañana at CenturyLink Arena, con el evento transmitido EN VIVO y GRATIS en SPIKE en 9 p.m. Y/8 p.m. Connecticut.
Campeón de peso medio Rafael Carvalho (12-1) will defend his title against Dutch striking ace Melvin Manhoef (30-12-1) in the main event of a fantastic night of fights that also includes a co-main event between Pat Curran (21-7) y Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1), who square off in a featherweight scrap that has future title-shot implications written all over it. The main card also includes a women’s catchweight showdown between slick Dutch veteran Marloes Coenen (23-6) y Alexis Dufresne (5-2). Dufresne, who returns to action after a recent pregnancy and on short notice, missed the 146-pound weight limit, but the fight will proceed as planned.
"Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " will also feature a duo of heavyweight matchups with Joey Beltrán (17-12) desafiante De Chase Gormley (12-5) y Dan Charles (20-3) looking to put an end to Augusto Sakai’s (9-0) unblemished record.
An undercard bout between Ricky Steele (5-0) y Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.
Very few tickets for the event remain, y están disponibles en Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.
Tarjeta principal: (En vivo por Spike - 9 p.m. Y/8:00 p.m. Connecticut)
Bellator MMA de peso medio título mundial de lucha: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)
Bellator MMA peso pluma Co-Evento Principal: Pat Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)
Bellator MMA de peso pesado Bout Característica: Dan Charles (242.2) vs. Augusto Sakai (262.5)
Bellator MMA Catchweight Feature Bout: Marloes Coenen (145.6) vs. Alexis Dufresne (150.7)
Bellator MMA de peso pesado Bout Característica: Joey Beltrán (236.8) vs. De Chase Gormley (264.5)
Tarjeta Preliminar: (Bellator.com - 7:00 p.m. Y/6:00 p.m. Connecticut)
Bellator MMA peso gallo preliminar Bout: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)
Bellator MMA Ligera preliminar Bout: De Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin Held (155.9)
Bellator MMA peso mosca preliminar Bout: Veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)
Bellator MMA peso pluma preliminar Bout: Hamilton Ash (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)
Bellator MMA peso gallo preliminar Bout: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)
Bellator MMA Ligera preliminar Bout: De Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)
Bellator MMA de peso medio preliminar Bout: Sean Powers (182.4) vs. Will Noland (185.6)
Bellator MMA peso gallo preliminar Bout: Jesse Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)