Santa Monica, CALIF. (Mei 10, 2016) – Due to injury, Julia Budd (8-2) has been forced to withdraw from her inaugural Bellator MMA Women’s Featherweight Championship Bout against Marloes Coenen (23-6). Salaku hasilna, Alexis Dufresne (5-2) will take her place and challenge Coenen during the featured preliminary contest of "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " di CenturyLink sarena di Boise, Kabupatén Purbalingga, dina Mei 20.

The fight joins a card that already features a colossal Middleweight World Championship main event, nu Rafael Carvalho (12-1) defends beubeur ngalawan fiery nu Melvin "Teu Mercy" Manhoef (30-12-1). Salaku tambahan, former Bellator MMA featherweight titlist Agus Karana (21-7) bakal mulang ka aksi pikeun kahiji kalina saprak Juni, sabot nyanghareup nu tahan banting Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1) dina ko-utama acara kartu sacara. The last two men to challenge for Will Brooks’ lightweight title, Marcin diayakeun (21-4) jeung Dadang Jansen (20-3) oge jadi dina aksi. Rounding out the televised portion of the event will be two heavyweight fights, iraha Dan Charles (10-3) meets Augusto Sakai (9-0) jeung Angga Beltran (17-12) dicokot Chase Gormley (12-5).

Tiket pikeun "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " mimitian jam saukur $25 jeung anu diobral ayeuna di Bellator.com, nu CenturyLink sarena Box Kantor atawa CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com. Acara airs hirup jeung bébas dina Spike di 9 p.m. AND/8 p.m. CT, while the can’t-miss preliminary card airs live on Bellator.comjeung Nu Bellator Mobile App.

A former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion, Marloes Coenen, is riding a two-fight winning streak and undefeated record under the Bellator MMA fray into her bout with Dufresne. “Rumina” began her career winning eight consecutive fights and 13 of her first 14. The 35-year-old has been competing professionally since 2000 and has been an integral part of the progression of women’s mixed martial arts, challenging some of the best that the sport has to offer. Ayeuna, it’s back to the drawing board for the Dutch submission specialist when she looks to spoil the Bellator MMA debut of Alexis Dufresne.

The 25-year-old Alexis Dufresne began her career with a blazing start, earning victories in her first five scraps, all of which she ended in the first round. Born in Temecula, Calif., “Sneaky Zebra” has strung together an impressive resume, including three straight first round knockout wins dating back to her 2013-14 seasons and most recently two appearances for the UFC. Dufresne will be making her Bellator MMA debut Jumaah saterusna and hopes to get back to her winning ways when she fills in for the absent Julia Budd on short notice.

Lengkep "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef "ngalawan Card

Bellator MMA Middleweight Dunya Judul ngalawan: Rafael Carvalho (12-1) vs. Melvin Manhoef (30-12-1)

Bellator MMA featherweight Co-Main Kajadian: Agus Karana (21-7) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1)

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Feature bout: Dan Charles (10-3) vs. Augusto Sakai (9-0)

Bellator MMA Feature Lightweight bout: Dadang Jansen (20-3) vs. Marcin diayakeun (21-4)

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Feature bout: Angga Beltran (17-12) vs. Chase Gormley (12-5)

 

Card awal

 

Bellator MMA featherweight awal bout: Marloes Coenen (23-6) vs. Alexis Dufresne (5-2)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight awal bout: Joe Hamilton (3-0) vs. Tyler Freeland (3-0)

Bellator MMA Flyweight awal bout: Veta Arteaga (1-0) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (0-1)

Bellator MMA featherweight awal bout: Vince Morales (3-1) vs. Hamilton Ash (3-1)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight awal bout: Brendon Raftery (4-2) vs. Casey Johnson (4-0)

Bellator MMA Lightweight awal bout: Scott Thometz (9-5) vs. Josh Tyler (7-3)

Bellator MMA Middleweight awal bout: Sean Powers (9-5) vs. Will Noland (15-6)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight awal bout: Ricky Apan (5-0) vs. Erick Cronkhite (2-1)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight awal bout: Jesse Brock (21-8) vs. Olly Bradstreet (39-12)