MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ MAÑÁ NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE
BOISE, IDAHO. (Maio 19, 2016) –The official weigh-ins for "Bellator 155: carballo 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 mañá at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. E/8 p.m. CT.
Campión dos medios Rafael Carballo (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) e 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) e 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: carballo vs. Manhoef " will also feature a duo of heavyweight matchups with Joey Beltran (17-12) reto Persecución Gormley (12-5) e 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) e Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.
Very few tickets for the event remain, e están dispoñibles en Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.
Tarxeta Principal: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. E/8:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA Middleweight título mundial loita: Rafael Carballo (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)
Bellator MMA Co-Main Event Pena: Pat Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight 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 Heavyweight Bout Característica: Joey Beltran (236.8) vs. Persecución Gormley (264.5)
Card preliminar: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. E/6:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight preliminar Bout: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)
Bellator MMA Lightweight preliminar Bout: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin Held (155.9)
Bellator MMA Flyweight preliminar Bout: veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)
Bellator MMA Pena preliminar Bout: Hamilton Ash (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight preliminar Bout: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)
Bellator MMA Lightweight preliminar Bout: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)
Bellator MMA Middleweight preliminar Bout: Sean Powers (182.4) vs. Will Noland (185.6)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight preliminar Bout: Jesse Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)