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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Mejju 18, 2015) – A card loaded with explosive contests has received one more potential slugfest, as middleweight sluggers Joe “Stitch ‘Em Up” Schilling (2-4) u 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” sseħħ Ġunju 26 at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, Jista.
Additional matchups include lightweights Dave “The Caveman” Rickels (16-3) vs. John “il naturali” Alessio (35-17) and former Bellator MMA Featherweight Champion Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran (20-7) tieħu fuq Yamauchi up (18-2).
The night’s main card airs live and free on Spike at 9 p.m. U/ 8 p.m. CT, filwaqt bouts preliminari nixxiegħa fuq Spike.com. Bouts addizzjonali se jitħabbru dalwaqt.
Biljetti għall “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” li tibda fi ftit $17 and include cage side seats for just $97, bħalissa huma disponibbli fuq Ticketmaster.com.
Il Schilling 31-il sena ġie ġlied professjonalment mill 2006, starting his combat sports career in muay Thai, fejn huwa kiseb it-tnejn U.S. and world titles. Since he’s turned his focus to MMA, Schilling continues to compete in kickboxing events, kif ukoll, mod ta 'ħidma tiegħu biex GLORY ta Last tournament Man Permanenti din Ġunju passat, tliet darbiet tikkompeti filgħaxija wieħed. Schilling għamel id-debutt tiegħu Bellator MMA f'Novembru, scoring a “Eliminatorja tas-Sena” 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. dwar Ġunju 26th għall-ewwel darba. 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 sekondi.
“Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” - Il-ġimgħa, Ġunju 26, Kanas Star Event Center Arena, MULVANE, Kansas
Bellator Heavyweight Main Event: Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (24-5)
Bellator Ġlieda Karatteristika Lightweight: Dave Rickels (16-3) vs. John Alessio (35-17)
Bellator featherweight Ġlieda Karatteristika: Pat Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi up (18-2)
Bellator featherweight Ġlieda Karatteristika: Joe Schilling (2-4) vs. Hisaki Kato (4-1)