MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ Berri NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE
BOISE, IDAHO. (May 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 berri at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. IYO/8 p.m. CT.
Kooxda heysata horyaalka dhexe 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) iyo 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) iyo 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) adag Chase Gormley (12-5) iyo 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) iyo Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.
Very few tickets for the event remain, oo waxaa laga heli karaa Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.
Card Main: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. IYO/8:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA dhexe World Title Dagaallami: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)
Bellator MMA featherweight Co-Main Event: Pat Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)
Bellator MMA culus Feature xumad: 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 culus Feature xumad: Joey Beltran (236.8) vs. Chase Gormley (264.5)
Card hordhac ah: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. IYO/6:00 p.m. CT)
Bellator MMA bantamweight hordhaca xumad: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)
Bellator MMA khafiif hordhaca xumad: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin Haynayo (155.9)
Bellator MMA flyweight hordhaca xumad: veta Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)
Bellator MMA featherweight hordhaca xumad: Hamilton Ash (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)
Bellator MMA bantamweight hordhaca xumad: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)
Bellator MMA khafiif hordhaca xumad: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)
Bellator MMA dhexe hordhaca xumad: Sean Powers (182.4) vs. Will Noland (185.6)
Bellator MMA bantamweight hordhaca xumad: Jesse Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)