COMPTON’S JOEY DAVIS AND ‘BABY SLICE’ KEVIN FERGUSON JR. TO ANCHOR BELLATOR.COM-STREAMED PRELIMINARY CARD
سانتا مونيكا, CALIF (يوليو, 26) - وتأليب نوبة خفيفة الوزن كنت عوض (19-7) ضد ديريك أندرسون (13-2) has been added to the main card of the recently announced "Bellator 160: هندرسون مقابل. Pitbull” الحدث على أغسطس 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim, كاليفورنيا.
بالإضافة, the highly-anticipated professional debuts of wrestling sensation Joey Davis و “Baby Slice” Kevin Ferguson Jr. are set for must-see preliminary action against opponents to be named later.
"Bellator 160: هندرسون مقابل. Pitbull” يقام على أغسطس 26 from Anaheim California’s Honda Center, and will air LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 10 عصرا. و/9 عصرا. CT.
تذاكر لهذا الحدث يبدأ في فقط $30 and can be purchased now on Ticketmaster and at the Honda Center Box Office. الأبواب لهذا الحدث مفتوحا في 4:45 عصرا. PT local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com و وBellator موبايل التطبيق — يبدأ في 5:00 عصرا. PT. Additional contests will be announced in the coming weeks.
The lightweight encounter joins a card that already features another stellar 155-pound affair in the main event, متى بنسون هندرسون (23-6) ترتفع ضد باتريك "بيتبول" (25-3). بالإضافة إلى ذلك, two standout featherweight fights have also been announced, seeing the young and undefeated A.J. ماكي (4-0) meet former KOTC titlist هنري كوراليس (12-3) and NCAA National Champion Wrestler بوبا جنكينز (11-2) تأخذ على جورجي "مجنون" كاراخانيان (24-6-1).
An 11-fight veteran of Bellator MMA, Awad is currently in the midst of his second stint with the Scott Coker-led promotion, posting a 7-4 mark since making his promotional debut in 2009. Awad hopes to build off his impressive win over Brazilian standoutEvangelista “Cyborg” في "Bellator 154: ديفيس مقابل. الملك مو," where “Assassin” was able to escape Santos’ ferocious ankle lock submission attempt and emerge victorious with a series of pummeling blows. Now the 33-year-old San Bernardino, كاليفورنيا. native will look to put his unique skillset on full display in front of his friends and family when he enters the cage in Anaheim, كاليفورنيا.
على غرار خصمه, Anderson was able to make a name for himself early in his professional career, exploding out of the gate with victories in 11 من له أولا 12 نهايات. During his Bellator MMA debut in 2013, “Barbaric” earned a win over the savvy veteranباتريكي "بيتبول.” Since then, the 26-year-old Anderson has made five more appearances under the promotion’s direction, including a second victory over the elder “Pitbull” brother. Also hailing from the Southern California area, Anderson expects to have a large hometown following of his own in attendance on أغسطس 26.
Joey Davis is a 21-year-old standout wrestler, who competed at Notre Dame College where he accumulated an incredible undefeated 131-0 record and four consecutive NCAA Division II Championships, becoming the only Division II wrestler to ever win four national titles and go unbeaten in a career. The most recent signing of Bellator’s “New Breed,” a group of top wrestling products that the promotion has signed including هارون بيكو, وروث, للشمس. و Terrell Fortune, will be the first to make his promotional debut. Davis trains at Antonio McKee’s “Body Shop Gym” alongside other “Bellator 160” competitors A.J. ماكي, Bubba Jenkins and “Baby Slice.”
Signed to a developmental deal in April, Ferguson Jr., also known as “Baby Slice” will anchor the Bellator.com-streamed preliminary card along with Davis, his aforementioned “Body Shop Gym” teammate. In an eerily similar storyline to the hit-movie “Creed,” the son of the late, great “Kimbo Slice,” quietly broke onto the scene earlier this year in an amateur bout that played out in Western Massachusetts, where he scored a knockout victory just 83 ثانية في الجولة الأولى. MMA reporter Chuck Mindenhall was on-site to cover the story.
"Bellator 160: هندرسون مقابل. Pitbull” SPIKE-Televised Main Card:
Bellator MMA Lightweight No. 1 Contender Main Event: بنسون هندرسون (23-6) مقابل. باتريسيو "بيتبول" فريري (25-3)
Bellator MMA ميزة خفيفة الوزن بوت: كنت عوض (19-7) مقابل. ديريك أندرسون (13-2)
Bellator MMA وزن الريشة ميزة بوت: A.J. ماكي (4-0) مقابل. هنري كوراليس (12-3)
Bellator.com-Streamed Preliminary Card:
Bellator MMA وزن الوسط الأولية بوت: Joey Davis (الموالية لاول مرة) مقابل. يحدد لاحقا
Bellator MMA وزن الوسط الأولية بوت: Kevin Ferguson Jr. (الموالية لاول مرة) مقابل. يحدد لاحقا