MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ Mawa NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE
BOISE, IDAHO. (Mulole 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 mawa at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. AND/8 p.m. CT.
Middleweight ngwazi 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) ndipo 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) ndipo 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) yesa Chase Gormley (12-5) ndipo 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) ndipo Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.
Very few tickets for the event remain, ndipo akupezeka pa Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.
Main Khadi: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. AND/8:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA Middleweight World Title Nkhondo: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)
Bellator MMA Featherweight Co-Main Chochitika: Pat Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)
Bellator MMA katswiri woposa onse Mbali podwala: 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 katswiri woposa onse Mbali podwala: Joey Beltran (236.8) vs. Chase Gormley (264.5)
Kuyambirira Khadi: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. AND/6:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight kuyambirira podwala: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)
Bellator MMA opepuka kuyambirira podwala: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin Lichitika (155.9)
Bellator MMA Flyweight kuyambirira podwala: Veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)
Bellator MMA Featherweight kuyambirira podwala: Hamilton Ash (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight kuyambirira podwala: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)
Bellator MMA opepuka kuyambirira podwala: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)
Bellator MMA Middleweight kuyambirira podwala: Sean Luntha (182.4) vs. Will Noland (185.6)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight kuyambirira podwala: Jese Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)