Santa MONICA, Calif. (Mahuru 1, 2015) - He 120-pauna kororia kickboxing a'ee pitting Ker Anne Taylor-Melendez (2-1) ki Hadley "ta'etuku" Griffith (no te tuatahi) whakaoti te kāri Koi-teata o "Bellator MMA: Mua 1 " i runga i Mahuru 19 i Center SAP i San Jose, Calif.

 

Hoki te wā tuatahi ake, "Bellator MMA: Mua 1 " Ka ngā raua i te whare herehere Bellator MMA me te mowhiti kororia kickboxing i runga i tetahi tahua i te wa ano. I roto i te hui matua o te ahiahi, Tito Ortiz (18-11) ka wero i te tūturu Bellator Light Heavyweight World Champion, Liam McGeary (10-0) mo te taitara.

 

I tua atu, te kāri whawhai faaite i mua ngā te whawhai kororia taitara kickboxing ngā Zack Mwekassa (13-2, 12 KO) a Haora Cavalari (31-2, 19 KO) mo te wātea Light taumahamaha Championship, me te whakataetae Bellator MMA Daley "Semtex" Paora (37-13-2) a Fernando "te Menifee mauahara" Gonzalez (24-13) whakataetae ano i roto i te kororia mahi, ina hokohoko-i roto i ratou i te karapu MMA mō karapu kickboxing.

 

I runga i te taha toi hōia whakauru, Ka hoki te whakahaere i Bellator MMA te-tangata e wha, kotahi-po te marama whakataetae taumahamaha ki te whakatau i te No. 1 nguha i roto i te wehenga e āhuatanga Phil Davis (13-3) tango i runga i Emanuel Newton (25-8-1) a Linton Vassell (15-4-1) e anga Muhammed "Kingi Mo" Lawal (15-4, 1 NC). Hainatia hou a Ākuira he Kōmāmā Josh "Ko e Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) Ko te hoki i roto i te mahi, ka hanga e ia tona tuatahi Bellator MMA ki Mike "Te kaikōhuru Kariki" Bronzoulis (18-8-1).

 

"Bellator MMA: Mua 1 " te pahiatia e ora, me te noa i runga i te Koi i te 9 / 8c. Tīmata tīkiti mo te hui hītori i te tika $30 a kei inaianei i runga i te hoko i te tari pouaka Center SAP me te he hoki e wātea ana mō te hoko i Ticketmaster.com me Bellator.com.

 

I anake 31 tau o te ao, Kua whakataetae mua Taylor-Melendez i roto i rua kickboxing me Muay Thai, engari kakato e hiahia ana i runga i te whakawhitinga ki te hākinakina o whakauru toi hōia i roto i te heke mai e tata ana. Ko te hoa o mua WEC me Strikeforce Champion Gilbert Melendez me te tahi-rangatira o El Nino Center Training i roto i San Francisco, Ka tango tuatahi Taylor-Melendez ake hākinakina whawhai tata ki 10 matahiti i ma'iri a'e, hanga i te ingoa mō te whawhai ia i roto i te Area Bay. I muri i racking ake te 4-1 record amateur, ka tango ia i ona mau taleni ki te ara iahiko ngaio, te wahi i te ia wā mau 2-1 lekooti kickboxing.

 

He rima-whawhai hōia toi hōia i konatunatua, Ka hoki mai Griffith ki te mahi mo te wa tuatahi i roto i 2015, kahore tenei wa ka waiho te reira i roto i te mowhiti kororia kickboxing. "Ta'etuku" tia'i ia hoki ki hākinakina whawhai i muri i te i roto i te mahi mo te neke atu i te tau e tika ana ki te whara i meinga te tapuhia o te tihi o tona maihao waenganui. He Māori o Washington, a te whakangungu i roto i Colorado, Ka pea e Hadley nui o te tautoko tahi i runga i Mahuru 19 i roto i te San Jose, Calif.

 

"Bellator MMA: Mua 1 "- Rāhoroi, Mahuru 19 - Center SAP, San Jose, Calif.

Whawhai Bellator Light Heavyweight Taitara: Tito Ortiz (18-11) vs. © Liam McGeary (10-0)

Bellator Light taumahamaha Tournament Final: TBD vs. TBD

Kororia Whawhai Light Heavyweight Taitara wātea: Haora Cavalari (31-2) vs. Zack Mwekassa (13-2)

Bellator Whawhai Āhuahira Kōmāmā: Josh Thomson (20-8) vs. Mike Bronzoulis (18-8-1)

Kororia Welterweight Āhuahira Fight: Paora Daley (37-13-2 MMA / 20-3 Kickboxing) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (24-13/1-2 Kickboxing)

Kororia whā Āhuahira Fight: Kerri Anne Taylor-Melendez (2-1) vs. Hadley Griffith (Tuatahi)

Bellator Light taumahamaha Tournament Fight: Phil Davis (13-3) vs. Emanuel Newton (25-8-1)

Bellator Light taumahamaha Tournament Fight: Linton Vassell (15-4-1) vs. Muhammed Lawal (15-4, 1 NC)

Bellator Light taumahamaha Tournament anō a'ee: Francis Carmont (23-10) vs. Philipe Lins (9-1)

 

*Whawhai kāri kaupapa ki te huringa