SIRWAN KAKAI MAKES PROFESSIONAL DEBUT AGAINST JOE TAIMANGLO
Санта Моника, Калифорнија. (Февруари 10, 2015) – The main card of "Bellator 151: Ворен наспроти. Caldwell” наМарт 4 is complete with today’s announcement that Гилберт Смит (12-4) will replace Мајкл страна and now face Фернандо Гонзалез (24-13) in the evening’s co-main event.
Во прилог, Sirwan Kakai (12-3) ќе направи промотивна деби против Joe Taimanglo (21-6) in the fourth and final main card contest. Seven preliminary scraps have also been confirmed and can be found below.
Билети за "Bellator 151: Ворен наспроти. Caldwell” are on sale now and start at just $45. You can purchase tickets at the WinStar World Casino and Resort Box Office, како и Ticketmaster.com и Bellator.com. Врати за настанот отворени 5:00 вечер. КТ по локално време, with the first contest taking place one hour later.
"Bellator 151: Ворен наспроти. Caldwell” емитува во живо и бесплатно на Спајк во 9 вечер. И/8 вечер. КТ, while preliminary boutswill stream live on Bellator.com и На Bellator мобилен стан.
Smith will be making his Bellator MMA debut against a fighter who is currently in the midst of a four-fight winning streak. "Полноќ Magic” is on a bit of a roll of his own, coming into the promotion riding a two-bout winning streak. A veteran of UFC and most recently RFA, Smith won the regional promotion’s welterweight belt in June, defending the title one time before signing with Bellator.
Gonzalez took a brief hiatus from MMA to compete in the kickboxing portion of the groundbreaking "Bellator МЛД: Динамит 1 " event in September, losing a tightly contest decision to world-renowned striker Павле "семтекс" Дејли. Gonzalez now returns to his comfort zone of MMA, where he has strung together an impressive four-fight winning streak. A veteran of the Scott Coker-founded Strikeforce promotion, as well as World Extreme Cagefighting, Gonzalez has been competing professionally since 2003.
Kakai is one of Bellator MMA’s latest signings, joining the fray after a two-fight stint in the UFC. “Zohan," 26, hails from Sweden and owns 10 finishes in his 12 victories as a professional fighter. With a bantamweight title fight one-week prior and another marquee 135-pound pairing in the main event, it will be interesting to see what a win does for Kakai in the grand scheme of things.
Taimanglo will be making his seventh appearance under the Bellator MMA umbrella, and is riding a two-fight winning streak. A Guam-native, “The Juggernaut” has stopped his opponent in 21 of his victories and has only lost twice in his last 14 тепачки. Look for the 31-year-old to make an impression against the bantamweight division’s newest commodity.
Ажурирано "Bellator 151: Ворен наспроти. Caldwell” Fight Card:
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Main Event: Џо Ворен (13-4) наспроти. Darrion Колдвел (8-0)
Ко-главен настан за белтер категорија Bellator MMA: Гилберт Смит (12-4) наспроти. Фернандо Гонзалез (24-13)
Bellator МЛД Featherweight Функција Бу: Јамаучи до (19-2) наспроти. Bubba Џенкинс (10-2)
Меч за одлики на Bellator MMA Bantamweight: Sirwan Kakai (12-3) наспроти. Joe Taimanglo (21-6-1)
Прелиминарните картички:
Bellator МЛД Featherweight Прелиминарните Бу: Крис Џонс (10-3) наспроти. Реј Вуд (5-1)
Bellator МЛД bantamweight Прелиминарните Бу: Стив Гарсија (6-0) наспроти. Ricky Turcios (5-0)
Bellator МЛД боксер од полусредна категорија Прелиминарните Бу: Џастин Патерсон (6-1) наспроти. Chance Rencountre (8-1)
Bellator МЛД Featherweight Прелиминарните Бу: Treston Thomison (8-4) наспроти. Aaron Roberson (5-3)
Bellator МЛД боксер од полусредна категорија Прелиминарните Бу: Роџер Керол (16-13) наспроти. Ниман Gracie (3-0)
Bellator МЛД средна Прелиминарните Бу: Derek Palmer (Деби) наспроти. Jermayne Barnes (0-1)
Bellator МЛД Featherweight Прелиминарните Бу: Shane Peterson (13-4) наспроти. Стивен Banaszak (5-5)