COMPTON’S JOEY DAVIS AND ‘BABY SLICE’ KEVIN FERGUSON JR. TO ANCHOR BELLATOR.COM-STREAMED PRELIMINARY CARD
SANTA MONICA, CALIF (七月, 26) - 一個輕量級回合蝕 你阿瓦德 (19-7) 針對 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” 活動上 八月 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim, 加利福尼亞州.
此外, the highly-anticipated professional debuts of wrestling sensation Joey Davis 和 “Baby Slice” Kevin Ferguson Jr. are set for must-see preliminary action against opponents to be named later.
“Bellator 160: 亨德森VS. Pitbull” 發生在 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.
對於賽事門票開始只是 $30 and can be purchased now on Ticketmaster and at the Honda Center Box Office. 門的事件在開放 4:45 P.M. PT local time and the first preliminary bout – which streams live on Bellator.com 和 該Bellator移動應用 — 在開始 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, 什麼時候 本森·亨德森 (23-6) 去反對 帕特里西奧“鬥犬” (25-3). 另外, two standout featherweight fights have also been announced, seeing the young and undefeated A.J. 麥基 (4-0) meet former KOTC titlist 亨利·科拉萊斯 (12-3) and NCAA National Champion Wrestler 布巴·詹金斯 (11-2) 擔當 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: 戴維斯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, 加利福尼亞州. 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, 加利福尼亞州.
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 他第一 12 結束. 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 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 亞倫微微, 和露絲, Jarod Trice 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. 麥基, 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, 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 秒進入第一輪. 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. 帕特里西奧“鬥犬”弗萊雷 (25-3)
Bellator MMA輕量級特徵回合: 你阿瓦德 (19-7) VS. 德里克·安德森 (13-2)
Bellator羽量級MMA特徵回合: A.J. 麥基 (4-0) VS. 亨利·科拉萊斯 (12-3)
Bellator.com-Streamed Preliminary Card:
Bellator MMA重量級初步回合: Joey Davis (親亮相) VS. TBD
Bellator MMA重量級初步回合: Kevin Ferguson Jr. (親亮相) VS. TBD