MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ DOMANI NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE
BOISE, IDAHO. (Maggio 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 domani at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. E/8 p.m. CT.
Medio campione 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) 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: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " will also feature a duo of heavyweight matchups with Joey Beltran (17-12) stimolante Chase 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 sono disponibili presso Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.
Scheda principale: (In diretta su SPIKE – 9 p.m. E/8:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA medi titolo mondiale lotta: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)
Bellator MMA piuma Co-Main Event: Pat Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight funzione di incontro: 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 funzione di incontro: Joey Beltran (236.8) vs. Chase Gormley (264.5)
Carta preliminare: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. E/6:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA Pesi Gallo preliminare Bout: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)
Bellator MMA leggero preliminare Bout: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin Held (155.9)
Bellator MMA mosca preliminare Bout: Veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)
Bellator MMA piuma preliminare Bout: Hamilton Ash (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)
Bellator MMA Pesi Gallo preliminare Bout: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)
Bellator MMA leggero preliminare Bout: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)
Bellator MMA medi preliminare Bout: Sean Powers (182.4) vs. Will Noland (185.6)
Bellator MMA Pesi Gallo preliminare Bout: Jesse Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)