BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION DARRION CALDWELL RETURNS TO 145-POUNDS AGAINST NOAD LAHAT IN BELLATOR 204 HEADLINER

 

SOUTH DAKOTA’S OWN LOGAN STORLEY SET FOR CO-MAIN EVENT AGAINST A.J. MATTHEWS

LOS ANGELES – Bellator will hold its first-ever event in Sioux Falls, 标准差. 在周五, 八月. 17 at Sanford Pentagon. Bellator 204 will be headlined by the promotion’s bantamweight champion Darrion考德威尔 (12-1) testing himself against Noad所有 (12-3) in a non-title featherweight matchup.

 

 

 

A welterweight bout will serve as the co-main event of the card, when South Dakota-native 洛根Storley (8-0) takes on the always-dangerous A.J. 马修斯 (9-7).

 

 

 

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, 六月 28 在 10 A.M. CT. 门票开始只是 $28 and will be available at the Sanford Pentagon box office, 以及特玛.

 

 

 

该活动将在以下网站上免费现场直播： 9 P.M. ET / 8时三十分. CT, 而初步行动将流于Bellator.com和全球的Bellator移动应用. 另外的较量将在未来几周内公布.

 

 

 

“I’m excited to bring Bellator to Sioux Falls this summer with a great venue partner in the Sanford Pentagon,” Bellator总裁Scott Coker的说. “I always look forward to visiting a new market and having a crowd experience a live Bellator event for the first time. This is a great card with a lot of intriguing matchups that I know fans will enjoy. With this being such a strong wrestling community, I’m also excited to feature several former collegiate wrestlers on Aug. 17, including Darrion Caldwell and South Dakota’s Logan Storley.”

 

 

 

考德威尔, a 30-year-old Rahway, New Jersey native and the current Bellator bantamweight champion, will step up a weight class to take on Lahat in an exciting featherweight non-title affair on Aug. 17. 战斗圣地亚哥出来, 加利福尼亚州。, “The Wolf” has emerged as one of the most well-rounded fighters in the 135-pound class, collecting nine victories since signing with Bellator in 2013. 该 2009 NCAA D1 National Champion wrestler from NC State boasts a resume that includes five first-round finishes, a 25-minute war against 爱德华多·丹塔斯 for the world title and a textbook guillotine choke submission victory over 莱昂德罗肥后 in his first career title defense earlier this year. Caldwell will look for his 13th professional and fourth consecutive win when he enters the cage as a 145-pounder for the first time since 2014.

 

 

 

A black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu currently training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, 拉哈特职业生涯首次亮相 2008 在那里他开始了令人印象深刻的七连胜. The 34-year-old hails from Alfei Menashe, Samaria, 以色列, Lahat and served as a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces before transitioning to his MMA career. Lahat holds a 3-1 record in Bellator with his most recent win coming against 耶利米·莫纳汉 this past November and now welcomes the Bellator bantamweight champion to his weight class when he enters the cage on Aug. 17.

 

 

 

来自韦伯斯特的欢呼, 标准差, the 25-year-old Storley will fight in front of his hometown fans at Bellator 204 when he makes his fourth appearance for Bellator. The 4x NCAA All-American wrestler from the University of Minnesota has quickly climbed the ranks as one of the most dangerous welterweights in mixed martial arts, earning eight-straight victories to begin his career, including six knockouts and five first-round finishes. A win over the equally-dangerous Matthews on Aug. 17would only further cement his name amongst the division’s best, as Storley hopes to protect his unblemished mark of 8-0.

 

 

 

战斗卡尔斯巴德的出, 加利福尼亚州。, Matthews will be making his 11th appearance under the Bellator MMA umbrella; a seven-year stretch that has earned the promotional veteran five victories, including a pair of first-round knockouts and a highlight reel-soccer kick finish over Charlie Rader. The 30-year-old certainly knows how to put on a show, with nine of his 16 career fights ending in a knockout, including six in the first round. “Mercenary” will look to build on his recent win over Kendall Grove at Bellator 193, as he enters the cage against hometown favorite Storley in the co-main event.

 

更新 Bellator 204: 考德威尔 VS. 所有 战卡:

羽量级主赛事: Darrion考德威尔 (12-1) VS. Noad所有 (12-3)

重量级的合作主要事件: 洛根Storley (8-0) VS. A.J. 马修斯 (9-7)

 

 

 

*卡可能发生变化.