ГОЛЛИВУД, КАЛИФОРНИЯ. (Январь 27, 2017) – A lightweight feature bout pitting Джош Томсон (22-8, 1 Северная Каролина) против Патрики "Питбуль" (16-8) will serve as the co-main event of Bellator 172 в SAP Center в Сан-Хосе, Халиф. фев. 18.
The contest joins a stacked main card that includes a pair of heavyweight competitors featuring Федор Емельяненко (36-4, 1 Северная Каролина) против Matt Mitrione(11-5) in the main event and Шейх Конго (25-10-2) против Oli Thompson (17-9) в основном действии карты. В дополнение, undefeated lightweights Адам Piccolot (9-0) и Брент Примус (7-0) round out the Spike-televised main card. Дополнительные конкурсы будут объявлены в ближайшее время.
Bellator 172 will be broadcast live and free on SPIKE at 9 p.m. И/8 p.m. Коннектикут, а предварительные мероприятия будут транслироваться на Bellator.com и в мобильном приложении Bellator.. 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. С 16 из его 22 карьерные победы нокаутом или сабмишном, Thomson is always a threat to end his opponent’s night early. Hailing from San Jose, Калифорния., 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 Дэвид 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, Дерек Поля, и Райан Couture. Hailing from Rio Grande Do Norte, Бразилия, 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 Февраль. 18.
полный Bellator 172: Федор против. Митрион Главная Карта:
Heavyweight Main Event: Федор Емельяненко (36-4, 1 Северная Каролина) против. Matt Mitrione (11-5)
Легкий совместно Главным событием: Джош Томсон (22-8, 1 Северная Каролина) против. Патрики «Питбуль» (16-8)
Heavyweight Feature Bout: Шейх Конго (25-10-2) против. Oli Thompson (17-9)
Легкая особенность Бута: Адам Piccolot (9-0) против. Брент Примус (7-0)
Preliminary Bouts:
Welterweight Prelim Bout: Джеймс Терри (18-9) против. David Douglas (9-6)
Lightweight Prelim Bout: Nikko Jackson (1-1) против. Cesar Gonzalez (0-1)
Featherweight Prelim Bout: Juan Cardenas (1-0) против. Луис Варгас (0-1)
Welterweight Prelim Bout: Danasabe Mohammed (5-1) против. Карлос Роча (9-4)
Flyweight Prelim Bout: Энтони ли (4-1) против. Bobby Escalante (4-5)
Flyweight Prelim Bout: Мэтт Рамирес (1-2) против. Jeremy Murphy (3-3)
Lightweight Prelim Bout: НИ СЛОВА. Оканович (3-1) против. рай Vaovasa (5-1)
Featherweight Prelim Bout: Justin Holding (Дебют) против. Roque Reyes (0-3)