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

 

Complete Weigh-In Photos Here

 

BOISE, IDAHO. (Le 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 ọla at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. ATI/8 p.m. CT.

 

Middleweight asiwaju 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) ati 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) ati 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) nija Chase Gormley (12-5) ati 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) ati Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.

 

Very few tickets for the event remain, ki o si wa o si wa ni Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.

Akọkọ Kaadi: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. ATI/8:00 p.m. CT)

 

Bellator MMA Middleweight World Title ija: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) la. Melvin Manhoef (185)

 

Bellator MMA Featherweight Co-Main ti oyan: Pat Curran (145.6) la. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)

 

Bellator MMA Heavyweight ẹya ara Bout: Dan Charles (242.2) la. Augusto Sakai (262.5)

 

Bellator MMA Catchweight Feature Bout: Marloes Coenen (145.6) la. Alexis Dufresne (150.7)

 

Bellator MMA Heavyweight ẹya ara Bout: Joey Beltran (236.8) la. Chase Gormley (264.5)

 

Alakoko Kaadi: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. ATI/6:00 p.m. CT)

 

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Alakoko Bout: Tyler Freeland (137.4) la. Joe Hamilton (135.4)

Bellator MMA Lightweight Alakoko Bout: Dave Jansen (155.9) la. Marcin Held (155.9)

Bellator MMA Flyweight Alakoko Bout: Veta Arteaga (127.1) la. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)

Bellator MMA Featherweight Alakoko Bout: Hamilton Ash (145.8) la. Vince Morales (144.9)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Alakoko Bout: Brendon Raftery (134) la. Casey Johnson (134.9)

Bellator MMA Lightweight Alakoko Bout: Scott Thometz (155.7) la. Josh Tyler (155.7)

Bellator MMA Middleweight Alakoko Bout: Sean Powers (182.4) la. Will Noland (185.6)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Alakoko Bout: Jesse Brock (135.7) la. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)