MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ JUTRI NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE

 

Complete Weigh-In Photos Here

 

BOISE, IDAHO. (Maj 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 jutri at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. IN/8 p.m. CT.

 

Prvak v srednji kategoriji 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) in 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) in 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) zahtevno Chase Gormley (12-5) in 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) in Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.

 

Very few tickets for the event remain, in so na voljo na Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.

Glavni Card: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. IN/8:00 p.m. CT)

 

Bellator MMA Srednja kategorija svetovnega Naslov Fight: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)

 

Bellator MMA lahka stvar Co-Main Event: Pat Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)

 

Bellator MMA Težji Feature Bout: 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 Težji Feature Bout: Joey Beltran (236.8) vs. Chase Gormley (264.5)

 

Predhodni Card: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. IN/6:00 p.m. CT)

 

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Predhodni Bout: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)

Bellator MMA Lahka Predhodni Bout: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin Held (155.9)

Bellator MMA Optimizacija učinkovitosti Predhodni Bout: Veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)

Bellator MMA lahka stvar Predhodni Bout: Hamilton Ash (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Predhodni Bout: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)

Bellator MMA Lahka Predhodni Bout: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)

Bellator MMA Srednja kategorija Predhodni Bout: Sean Powers (182.4) vs. Will Noland (185.6)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Predhodni Bout: Jesse Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)