COMPTON’S JOEY DAVIS AND ‘BABY SLICE’ KEVIN FERGUSON JR. TO ANCHOR BELLATOR.COM-STREAMED PRELIMINARY CARD

SANTA MONICA, CALIF (七月, 26) - 一个轻量级回合蚀 你阿瓦德 (19-7) 针对 德里克·安德森 (13-2) has been added to the main card of the recently announced “Bellator 160: 亨德森VS. Pitbull” 活动上 八月 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim, 加利福尼亚州.

 

此外, the highly-anticipated professional debuts of wrestling sensation 乔伊·戴维斯 和 “宝贝切片” 凯文·弗格森JR. are set for must-see preliminary action against opponents to be named later.

 

“Bellator 160: 亨德森VS. Pitbull” 发生在 八月 26 from Anaheim California’s Honda Center, and will air LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 10 P.M. AND/9 P.M. CT.

 

对于赛事门票开始只是 $30 and can be purchased now on Ticketmaster and at the Honda Center Box Office. 门的事件在开放 4:45 P.M. PT 当地时间和第一场预赛 - 直播 Bellator.com 和 该Bellator移动应用 — 在开始 5:00 P.M. PT. 其他比赛将在未来几周内公布.

 

The lightweight encounter joins a card that already features another stellar 155-pound affair in the main event, 什么时候 本森亨德森 (23-6) 去反对 帕特里西奥“斗犬” (25-3). 另外, two standout featherweight fights have also been announced, seeing the young and undefeated A.J. 麦基 (4-0) meet former KOTC titlist 亨利·科拉莱斯 (12-3) and NCAA National Champion Wrestler 布巴·詹金斯 (11-2) 担当 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” 在 “Bellator 154: 戴维斯VS. 莫景,” 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, 加利福尼亚州. 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, 加利福尼亚州.

 

类似于他的对手, Anderson was able to make a name for himself early in his professional career, exploding out of the gate with victories in 11 他第一 12 结束. During his Bellator MMA debut in 2013, “Barbaric” earned a win over the savvy veteran帕特里克（Patricky）.” 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 八月 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 亚伦微微, 和露丝, 贾罗德·特里斯 和 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. 麦基, 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, 伟大的“Kimbo切片,” 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 秒进入第一轮. MMA reporter Chuck Mindenhall was on-site to cover the story.

“Bellator 160: 亨德森VS. Pitbull” SPIKE-Televised Main Card:

Bellator MMA Lightweight No. 1 Contender Main Event: 本森亨德森 (23-6) VS. 帕特里西奥“斗犬”弗莱雷 (25-3)

Bellator MMA轻量级特征回合: 你阿瓦德 (19-7) VS. 德里克·安德森 (13-2)

Bellator羽量级MMA特征回合: A.J. 麦基 (4-0) VS. 亨利·科拉莱斯 (12-3)

 

Bellator.com-Streamed 预选卡:

Bellator MMA重量级初步回合: 乔伊·戴维斯 (亲亮相) VS. TBD

Bellator MMA重量级初步回合: 凯文·弗格森JR. (亲亮相) VS. TBD