Галівуд, Каліфорніі. (Студзеня 27, 2017) – A lightweight feature bout pitting Джош Томсан (22-8, 1 Паўночная Караліна) супраць Патрыкі «Пітбуль» (16-8) will serve as the co-main event of Bellator 172 у SAP Center ў Сан-Хасэ, Халіф. лютага. 18.
The contest joins a stacked main card that includes a pair of heavyweight competitors featuring Фёдар Емяльяненка (36-4, 1 Паўночная Караліна) супраць Митрион(11-5) in the main event and Шэйх Конга (25-10-2) супраць Oli Thompson (17-9) in main card action. У дадатак, undefeated lightweights Адам Piccolot (9-0) і Брент прымус (7-0) round out the Spike-televised main card. Дадатковыя конкурсы будуць абвешчаныя ў бліжэйшы час.
Bellator 172 will be broadcast live and free on SPIKE at 9 p.m. І/8 p.m. Канэктыкут, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and the Bellator Mobile App. Tickets for the event are on sale now at the SAP Center Box Office as well as Ticketmaster.com.
After earning victories in each of his first seven professional contests, the 38-year-old Thomson joined forces with the UFC and Strikeforce, stringing together an impressive resume that included notable wins over Nate Diaz and Gilbert Melendez. Now under the direction of Bellator MMA, “The Punk” has recorded back-to-back finishes in his first two bouts with the Scott Coker-led promotion. З 16 з яго 22 кар'ерныя перамогі бліжэйшых шляхам накаўту або прадстаўлення, Thomson is always a threat to end his opponent’s night early. Hailing from San Jose, Каліфорнія., Thomson hopes to put on a show in front of his hometown faithful and move one step closer to finally meeting Bellator MMA Lightweight Champion Майкл Чандлер.
The 31-year-old “Pitbull” enters the cage for the 17й time under the Bellator MMA umbrella, second most in the promotion’s history behind only Дэвід Rickels. The Brazilian knockout artist continues to be at the forefront of Bellator MMA’s lightweight division and has tallied six wins over his past nine bouts, including a trio of knockouts over proven veterans Rickels, Дэрэк Палі, і Раян Couture. Hailing from Rio Grande Do Norte, Бразілія, Freire has notched 10 knockouts over his professional career, with five of the finishes coming in the opening round of action. “Pitbull” will once again look to play the role of spoiler when he tries to take down San Jose’s own Thomson on Лютага. 18.
Complete Bellator 172: Фёдар супраць. Mitrione Галоўная Карта:
Heavyweight Main Event: Фёдар Емяльяненка (36-4, 1 Паўночная Караліна) супраць. Митрион (11-5)
Лёгкі сумесна Галоўнай падзеяй: Джош Томсан (22-8, 1 Паўночная Караліна) супраць. Patricky “Pitbull (16-8)
Heavyweight Feature Bout: Шэйх Конга (25-10-2) супраць. Oli Thompson (17-9)
Lightweight Feature Bout: Адам Piccolot (9-0) супраць. Брент прымус (7-0)
Preliminary Bouts:
Welterweight Prelim Bout: Джэймс Тэры (18-9) супраць. David Douglas (9-6)
Lightweight Prelim Bout: Nikko Jackson (1-1) супраць. Cesar Gonzalez (0-1)
Featherweight Prelim Bout: Juan Cardenas (1-0) супраць. Luis Vargas (0-1)
Welterweight Prelim Bout: Danasabe Mohammed (5-1) супраць. Карлас Роча (9-4)
Flyweight Prelim Bout: Энтані ці (4-1) супраць. Bobby Escalante (4-5)
Flyweight Prelim Bout: Мэт Рамірэс (1-2) супраць. Jeremy Murphy (3-3)
Lightweight Prelim Bout: J.J. Okanovich (3-1) супраць. Paradise Vaovasa (5-1)
Featherweight Prelim Bout: Justin Tenedora (Дэбют) супраць. Roque Reyes (0-3)