MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT PITTING KENDALL GROVE AGAINST FRANCISCO FRANCE COMPLETES ‘BELLATOR 150’ MAIN CARD

SANTA MONICA, Califòrnia. (Febrer 11, 2015) – A fifth and final main card fight has been added to “Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2” at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas on Febrer 26, with the news that Kendall Grove (22-15) has agreed to fight Francisco “Kiko” France (13-3-1).

 

Addicionalment, Bellator MMA’s Bantamweight Championship will be on the line in a rematch pitting Marcos "Loro" Galvao (17-6-1) contra l'ex campió Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas (17-4) and hometown favorite, David Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) will return to action against Bobby Cooper (12-5). "Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2 " also features the Bellator MMA debut of newly signed women’s flyweight Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3), when she meets Rebecca Ruth (5-1) and a heavyweight co-main event of Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) contra Vinicius Queiroz (8-3)

 

The contests make up the televised portion ofBellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2,” que es transmet en viu per Spike en 9 p.m. I/8 p.m. Connecticut, mentre que els combats preliminars transmetre en directe per Bellator.com i L'aplicació mòbil de Bellator.

 

Les entrades per a "Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2 " que comencen en només $27, are on sale now at KansasStarEventCenter.com or Ticketmaster.com, així com de la taquilla de Kansas Estrella Arena.

Grove capped off 2015 amb una eliminatòria emfàtica de Joey Beltrán a "Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis," al setembre. The winner of “The Ultimate Fighter: 3," has fought professionally since 2003 for promotions all around the world, notably ProElite and UFC. This will be “Da Spyder’s” sixth appearance under the Bellator MMA banner as he hopes to climb back towards a 185-pound title shot – he competed for the gold last year against Brandon Halsey.

 

A veteran of Strikeforce, “Kiko” has strung together a five-fight winning streak as of late, most recently handing the formerly undefeated Ben Reiter the first loss of his young career at "Bellator 146: Kato vs. Manhoef ". It’s safe to classify the 33-year-old Arizona native as a “submission specialist,"Amb 12 de la seva 13 wins as a professional coming by way of making his opponent tap.

Completi "Bellator 150: Galvao vs.. Dantas 2” Fight Card:

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title Main Event: Marc Galvao (17-6-1) vs. Eduardo Dantas (17-4)

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Co-Main Event: Cheick Kongo (23-10-2) vs. Vinicius Queiroz (8-3)

Bellator MMA Característica Lleugera Bout: David Rickels (16-4, 1 NC) vs. Bobby Cooper (12-5)

Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Kendall Grove (22-15) vs. Francisco França (13-3-1)

Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3) vs. Rebecca Ruth (5-1)

 

Targeta preliminar:

Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Gregory Babene (16-11) vs. Brandon Farran (12-10)

Bellator MMA pes ploma Característica Bout: Gaston Reyno (5-0) vs. Chuka Willis (6-2)

Bellator MMA de pes pesat Bout Característica: David Hammons (1-1) vs. Kyle Noblitt (1-0)

Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Chris Harris (4-0) vs. Julian Marquez (2-0)

Bellator MMA Característica Lleugera Bout: Marcio Navarro (14-11) vs. Henry Lindsay (4-5)

Bellator MMA pes ploma Característica Bout: Thai Clark (5-0) vs. Deron Carlis (4-1)

Bellator MMA welter de funcions: Manny Meraz (7-1) vs. Andre Fialho (5-0)

Bellator MMA Característica Lleugera Bout: Jason Witt (7-2) vs. Jonathan Gary (11-6)

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