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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Mai 18, 2015) – A card loaded with explosive contests has received one more potential slugfest, as middleweight sluggers Joe “Stitch ‘Em Up” Schilling (2-4) ac Hisaki Kato (4-1) will clash in the fourth and final main-card matchup of next month’s “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” event which airs live on Spike.
Headlined by a heavyweight contest between French striking specialist Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) and former Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Champion Alexander “Drago” Volkov (24-5), “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” yn digwydd Mehefin 26 at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, Mai.
Additional matchups include lightweights Dave “The Caveman” Rickels (16-3) vs. John “Mae'r Naturiol” Alessio (35-17) and former Bellator MMA Featherweight Champion Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran (20-7) cymryd ar Yamauchi i fyny (18-2).
The night’s main card airs live and free on Spike at 9 p.m. A/ 8 p.m. CT, tra bod pyliau rhagarweiniol ffrwd ar Spike.com. Bydd pyliau ychwanegol yn cael eu cyhoeddi cyn bo hir.
Mae tocynnau ar gyfer “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” sy'n dechrau am ychydig $17 and include cage side seats for just $97, ar gael ar hyn o bryd yn Ticketmaster.com.
Mae'r 31-mlwydd-oed Schilling wedi bod yn ymladd yn broffesiynol ers 2006, starting his combat sports career in muay Thai, lle bu'n ennill y ddau U.S. and world titles. Since he’s turned his focus to MMA, Schilling continues to compete in kickboxing events, yn ogystal, gweithio ei ffordd i Last twrnamaint Man Sefydlog hon Mehefin gorffennol GLORY yn, cystadlu dair gwaith mewn noson sengl. Gwneud SCHILLING ei ymddangosiad cyntaf Bellator MMA ym mis Tachwedd, sgorio a “Knockout y Flwyddyn” candidate stoppage of noted striker Melvin Manhoef.
A karate stylist who first made his name in Japan in the sport of Kudo – a hybrid version of MMA that involves fighting in a gi, gloves and a mask – the 32-year-old Kato will fight in the U.S. ar Fehefin 26fed am y tro cyntaf. Kato’s transition in 2013 to traditional MMA rules has proven to be a rousing success, as he’s earned four knockout victories in his first five bouts. Three of those wins were earned in the first round, including an April 2014 victory that came in just 53 eiliad.
“Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” - Dydd Gwener, Mehefin 26, Kanas Star Event Center Arena, MULVANE, Kansas
Bellator Pwysau Trwm Prif Ddigwyddiad: Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (24-5)
Bellator Ymladd Nodwedd Ysgafn: Dave Rickels (16-3) vs. John Alessio (35-17)
Bellator pwysau plu Ymladd Nodwedd: Pat Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi i fyny (18-2)
Bellator pwysau plu Ymladd Nodwedd: Joe Schilling (2-4) vs. Hisaki Kato (4-1)