MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ DEMEN NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE
BOISE, IDAHO. (Me 19, 2016) –The official weigh-ins for "La ap 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 demen at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. AK/8 p.m. CT.
Middleweight chanpyon 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 Breve Curran (21-7) ak 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) ak 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.
"La ap 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " will also feature a duo of heavyweight matchups with Joey Beltran (17-12) defi Chase Gormley (12-5) ak Dann Charles (20-3) looking to put an end to Augusto Sakai’s (9-0) unblemished record.
An undercard bout between Ricky Steele (5-0) ak Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.
Very few tickets for the event remain, ak yo disponib nan Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.
Kat Main: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. AK/8:00 p.m. CT)
La ap mma Middleweight Mondyal Tit goumen: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)
La ap mma Plum Ko-Main Evènman: Breve Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)
La ap mma lour Feature Bout: Dann Charles (242.2) vs. Augusto Sakai (262.5)
Bellator MMA Catchweight Feature Bout: Marloes Coenen (145.6) vs. Alexis Dufresne (150.7)
La ap mma lour Feature Bout: Joey Beltran (236.8) vs. Chase Gormley (264.5)
Kat Preliminè: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. AK/6:00 p.m. CT)
La ap mma bantamweight Preliminè Bout: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)
La ap mma lejè Preliminè Bout: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marsing Fèt (155.9)
La ap mma Mouch Preliminè Bout: Veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)
La ap mma Plum Preliminè Bout: Hamilton Ash (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)
La ap mma bantamweight Preliminè Bout: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)
La ap mma lejè Preliminè Bout: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)
La ap mma Middleweight Preliminè Bout: Sean Pouvwa (182.4) vs. Will Noland (185.6)
La ap mma bantamweight Preliminè Bout: Izayi Brock (135.7) vs. oli Bradstreet (135.7)