MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ BIHAR NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE
BOISE, IDAHO. (Maiatza 19, 2016) –The official weigh-ins for "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef "took place this afternoon in front of a packed house at the Knitting Factory here in Boise, ID. All competitors are now ready for action bihar at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. ETA/8 p.m. CT.
Middleweight txapelduna 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) eta 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) eta 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 Beltran (17-12) erronka Chase Gormley (12-5) eta 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) eta Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.
Very few tickets for the event remain, eta daude eskuragarri Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.
Txartel nagusia: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. ETA/8:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA middleweight World Izenburua Fight: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)
Bellator MMA Featherweight Co-Main Event: Pat Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)
Bellator MMA heavyweight Film Bout: 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 heavyweight Film Bout: Joey Beltran (236.8) vs. Chase Gormley (264.5)
Aurrematrikula Txartela: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. ETA/6:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA bantamweight aurrematrikula Bout: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)
Bellator MMA arin aurrematrikula Bout: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin Held (155.9)
Bellator MMA flyweight aurrematrikula Bout: Veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)
Bellator MMA Featherweight aurrematrikula Bout: Hamilton Lizarra (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)
Bellator MMA bantamweight aurrematrikula Bout: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)
Bellator MMA arin aurrematrikula Bout: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)
Bellator MMA middleweight aurrematrikula Bout: Sean Powers (182.4) vs. Will Noland (185.6)
Bellator MMA bantamweight aurrematrikula Bout: Jesse Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)