MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ Echi NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE
BOISE, IDAHO. (Ka 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 echi at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. NA/8 p.m. CT.
Middleweight onye mmeri 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) na 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) na 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 Life Beltran (17-12) aka Chase Gormley (12-5) na 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) na Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.
Very few tickets for the event remain, na dị na Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.
Main Kaadị: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. NA/8:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator Emmanuel Middleweight World Title Ọgụ: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)
Bellator Emmanuel Featherweight Co-Main Omume: Pat Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)
Bellator Emmanuel Heavyweight Njirimara n'obi: Dan Charles (242.2) vs. Augusto Sakai (262.5)
Bellator MMA Catchweight Feature Bout: Marloes Coenen (145.6) vs. Alexis Dufresne (150.7)
Bellator Emmanuel Heavyweight Njirimara n'obi: Life Beltran (236.8) vs. Chase Gormley (264.5)
Mbido Kaadị: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. NA/6:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator Emmanuel Bantamweight Preliminary n'obi: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)
Bellator Emmanuel fechaa Preliminary n'obi: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin N'ịbụ (155.9)
Bellator Emmanuel Flyweight Preliminary n'obi: Veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)
Bellator Emmanuel Featherweight Preliminary n'obi: Hamilton Ash (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)
Bellator Emmanuel Bantamweight Preliminary n'obi: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)
Bellator Emmanuel fechaa Preliminary n'obi: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)
Bellator Emmanuel Middleweight Preliminary n'obi: Sean Powers (182.4) vs. uche Noland (185.6)
Bellator Emmanuel Bantamweight Preliminary n'obi: Jesse Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)