MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ Gobe NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE
BOISE, IDAHO. (Mayu 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 gobe at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. DA/8 p.m. CT.
Middleweight Zakaran 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) da kuma 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) da kuma 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) kalubale Bi Gormley (12-5) da kuma 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) da kuma Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.
Very few tickets for the event remain, kuma suna samuwa a Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.
Babban Card: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. DA/8:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA Middleweight World Title 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 matakin matsakaicin nauyi Feature fadan: 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 matakin matsakaicin nauyi Feature fadan: Joey Beltran (236.8) vs. Bi Gormley (264.5)
Na farko Card: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. DA/6:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight farko fadan: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)
Bellator MMA Hur farko fadan: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin rike (155.9)
Bellator MMA Flyweight farko fadan: Veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)
Bellator MMA Featherweight farko fadan: Hamilton Ash (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight farko fadan: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)
Bellator MMA Hur farko fadan: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)
Bellator MMA Middleweight farko fadan: Sean Powers (182.4) vs. Will Noland (185.6)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight farko fadan: Yesse Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)