COMPTON’S JOEY DAVIS AND ‘BABY SLICE’ KEVIN FERGUSON JR. TO ANCHOR BELLATOR.COM-STREAMED PRELIMINARY CARD
SANTA MONICA, КАЛИФОРНИЯ (Липня, 26) - Легкий бій виразка Ви Авад (19-7) проти Дерек Андерсон (13-2) has been added to the main card of the recently announced "Bellator 160: Хендерсон проти. Pitbull” захід з Серпня 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Халіф.
На додаток, the highly-anticipated professional debuts of wrestling sensation Joey Davis і “Baby Slice” Kevin Ferguson Jr. are set for must-see preliminary action against opponents to be named later.
"Bellator 160: Хендерсон проти. Pitbull” відбувається на Серпня 26 from Anaheim California’s Honda Center, and will air LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 10 p.m. І/9 p.m. Коннектикут.
Квитки на заходи починаються всього $30 and can be purchased now on Ticketmaster and at the Honda Center Box Office. Двері для цього заходу відкритого в 4:45 p.m. PT local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com і Bellator Mobile App — починається з 5:00 p.m. 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, коли Бен Хендерсон (23-6) йде проти Патрік "Пітбуль" (25-3). Додатково, two standout featherweight fights have also been announced, seeing the young and undefeated A.J. Маккі (4-0) meet former KOTC titlist Генрі Корралес (12-3) and NCAA National Champion Wrestler Bubba Дженкінс (11-2) приймати виклик 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” на "Bellator 154: Девіс проти. Король Мо," 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, Халіф. 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, Халіф.
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 його першого 12 кінці. During his Bellator MMA debut in 2013, “Barbaric” earned a win over the savvy veteranПатрікі “Пітбуль.” 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 Серпня 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 Аарон Піко, І Рут, Jarod Trice і 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. Маккі, 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 секунд у першому раунді. MMA reporter Chuck Mindenhall was on-site to cover the story.
"Bellator 160: Хендерсон проти. Pitbull” SPIKE-Televised Main Card:
Bellator MMA Lightweight No. 1 Contender Main Event: Бен Хендерсон (23-6) проти. Патрісіо "Pitbull" Фрейре (25-3)
Bellator MMA Легка вага Функція Бута: Ви Авад (19-7) проти. Дерек Андерсон (13-2)
Bellator MMA вага Особливість Бут: A.J. Маккі (4-0) проти. Генрі Корралес (12-3)
Bellator.com-Streamed Preliminary Card:
Bellator MMA середня вага Попереднє Бута: Joey Davis (Pro Дебют) проти. TBD
Bellator MMA середня вага Попереднє Бута: Kevin Ferguson Jr. (Pro Дебют) проти. TBD