GOITI YAMAUCHI-RYAN COUTURE SQUARE OFF IN LIGHTWEIGHT MAIN CARD BOUT – RICKY RAINEY VS. GILBERT SMITH CONFIRMED FOR PRELIMINARY CARD
സന്ത മാനിക, Calif. (സെപ്തംബര് 16, 2016) – A middleweight pairing pitting Hisaki Kato (6-2) എതിരായി A.J. Matthews (8-5) has been added to the main card of “Bellator 162: Shlemenko വി.എസ്. തോപ്പ്” at FedExForum in Memphis, ടെൻ., ഒക്ടോബർ ന് 21.
ഇതുകൂടാതെ, a lightweight faceoff pitting Yamauchi അപ്പ് (19-3) എതിരായി റിയാൻ Couture (10-4) completes the SPIKE-televised main card. The first of what will be a stacked preliminary card is also official, with the news that Ricky “The Sniper” Rainey (11-4) യുദ്ധം ചെയ്യും Gilbert “Chocolate Thunder” Smith (12-5). Additional undercard bouts will be announced shortly.
Tickets for the event are on sale now at Bellator.com, Ticketmaster or FedExForum Box Office. Main card action kicks off LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 മികവിനും. കൂടാതെ/8 മികവിനും. സിടി, while prelims streams live on Bellator.com ഒപ്പം Bellator മൊബൈൽ അപ്ലിക്കേഷൻ.
Since signing with Bellator MMA, the calm and subdued Kato has been in nothing but absolute barn burners once the cage door shuts. The exciting fights have even transcended combat sport iterations, when at "Bellator MMA ൽ: Dynamite 2” Kato delivered a spinning back fist that stopped ജോ ഷില്ലിംഗ് in his tracks, the second finish in as many tries for “The Japanese Musketeer” against “Stitch Em’ Up.” Currently situated in France, the 33-year-old has had one MMA contest thus far in 2016, stopping Yuta Watanabe in April.
When he’s not traveling the world in an effort to learn everything there is to know about the different martial arts disciplines, Matthews is putting his skills to the test under the Bellator MMA umbrella. A veteran of Strikeforce, “The Mercenary” has laced up the gloves seven times previously for the Viacom-owned promotion, stopping his opponent in all but one of his victories. Primarily training at Alliance MMA throughout his career, Matthews has spent much of his time as of late in Thailand, even taking a Muay Thai bout before meeting ബെൻ Reiter ഭൂതകാല "Bellator 156: Galvao ഹരിശ്രീ. Dantas 2.”
വെറും 23-വർഷങ്ങൾ പഴക്കമുള്ള വെച്ച്, Yamauchi is one of the premiere young talents in the sport of MMA today. Prior to joining Bellator MMA, the Japanese submission specialist amassed an unfathomable 14-1 റെക്കോർഡ് 11 submissions and one knockout. Since merging with the Scott Coker-led promotion, Yamauchi has strung together a promising mark of 5-2 with three rear-naked choke submissions. Of his 19 കരിയർ വിജയിക്കുന്നു, 15 സമർപ്പണം വഴിയായി വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു, while no opponent has yet been able to finish the elusive fighter. Yamauchi will now jump up in weight class and join the lightweight division for a clash with one of the most legendary last names in MMA, Couture.
Known to many as the son of former world champion Randy Couture, Ryan has made 14 professional appearances over his career, all of which took place under the bright lights of a national promotion like Strikeforce or Bellator MMA. Residing in Las Vegas, the 34-year-old submission specialist enters the cage having won four of his past five contests, with each of his victories coming by way of rear-naked choke submission. Although there is a noticeable age difference between his opponent, Yamauchi made his professional debut a mere two months after Couture, in October of 2010. Tune in to SPIKE on ഒക്ടോബര് 21 to see which Bellator MMA lightweight powerhouse will emerge victorious.
"Bellator പൂർത്തിയാക്കുക 162: Shlemenko വി.എസ്. Grove” Main Card:
Middleweight Main Event: അലക്സാണ്ടർ Shlemenko (53-9) Vs. കെന്റാൽ ഗ്രോവ് (23-15)
Heavyweight Co-Main Event: ബോബി Lashley (14-2) Vs. Josh Appelt (12-5)
Middleweight Feature Bout: Hisaki Kato (6-2) Vs. A.J. Matthews (8-5)
Lightweight Feature Bout: Yamauchi അപ്പ് (19-3) Vs. റിയാൻ Couture (10-4)
പ്രാഥമിക കാർഡ്:
വെൽട്ടർവെയ്റ്റ് പ്രാഥമിക മത്സരം: റിക്കി Rainey (11-4) Vs. ഗിൽബർട്ട് സ്മിത്ത് (12-5)