COMPTON’S JOEY DAVIS AND ‘BABY SLICE’ KEVIN FERGUSON JR. TO ANCHOR BELLATOR.COM-STREAMED PRELIMINARY CARD
SANTA MONICA, CALIF (Հուլիս, 26) - Թեթեւ մենամարտը pitting Դուք Awad (19-7) դեմ Derek Anderson (13-2) has been added to the main card of the recently announced «Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” միջոցառում Օգոստոս 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Կրոնապետ.
Ի լրումն, the highly-anticipated professional debuts of wrestling sensation Joey Davis իսկ “Baby Slice” Kevin Ferguson Jr. are set for must-see preliminary action against opponents to be named later.
«Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” տեղի է ունենում Օգոստոս 26 from Anaheim California’s Honda Center, and will air LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 10 կեսօրից. ՈՒ/9 կեսօրից. CT.
Տոմսերը Միջոցառման սկիզբը `ժամը պարզապես $30 and can be purchased now on Ticketmaster and at the Honda Center Box Office. Դռներ Միջոցառման բաց է 4:45 կեսօրից. PT local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com իսկ The Bellator Mobile App — սկսվում է 5:00 կեսօրից. 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, երբ Benson Henderson (23-6) գնում դեմ Պատրիկ «Պիտբուլ» (25-3). Բացի այդ,, two standout featherweight fights have also been announced, seeing the young and undefeated A.J. McKee (4-0) meet former KOTC titlist Henry Corrales (12-3) and NCAA National Champion Wrestler Bubba Jenkins (11-2) վերցնել Georgi “Insane” Karakhanyan (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” ի «Bellator 154: Davis vs. Քինգ Mo,« 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, Կրոնապետ. 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, Կրոնապետ.
Similar to his opponent, Anderson was able to make a name for himself early in his professional career, exploding out of the gate with victories in 11 նրա առաջին 12 ավարտվում է. During his Bellator MMA debut in 2013, “Barbaric” earned a win over the savvy veteranPatricky “Pitbull.” 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 Օգոստոս 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 Aaron Pico, Ռութ, Jarod Trice իսկ 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. McKee, 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 վայրկյան մեջ առաջին փուլում. MMA reporter Chuck Mindenhall was on-site to cover the story.
«Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” SPIKE-Televised Main Card:
Bellator MMA Lightweight No. 1 Contender Main Event: Benson Henderson (23-6) vs. Patricio «Pitbull» Freire (25-3)
Bellator MMA Թեթեւ Խաղարկային Բուտը: Դուք Awad (19-7) vs. Derek Anderson (13-2)
Bellator MMA Featherweight Խաղարկային Bout: A.J. McKee (4-0) vs. Henry Corrales (12-3)
Bellator.com-Streamed Preliminary Card:
Bellator MMA Welterweight նախնական Բուտը: Joey Davis (Pro դեբյուտային) vs. TBD
Bellator MMA Welterweight նախնական Բուտը: Kevin Ferguson Jr. (Pro դեբյուտային) vs. TBD