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වේ.කථාංගයේ ඇතුලත්, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ. (ජූනි මස 17, 2016) — It was a rematch over three years in the making, it was a fight that was scheduled, cancelled and re-scheduled, හාසිකුරාදා දී “Bellator 156” inside Save Mart Center, මාර්කොස් Galvao (17-7-1) එදිරිව Eduardo Dantas (18-4) was also a barnburner of a main event with the Bellator MMA Bantamweight Championship on the line.

Galvao, 33, walked into the arena with the belt in tow, riding high on his memorable victory at the expense of ජෝ වොරන් දී 2015. But over the course of 25 විනාඩි, Dantas put a halt to any momentum “Loro” had, peppering his former training partner’s left-eye with punches, until it swelled shut. Galvao tried valiantly to slow the pace of “Dudu” through grappling, but the 27-year-old did enough to earn the nod from the California State Athletic Commission judges and take back the belt that he claimed was his all along.

With the defeat, Galvao’s four-fight winning streak was snapped, while Dantas has now pieced together two consecutive victories. The Nova Uniao product will now set his sights on the winner of Darrion Caldwell එරෙහිව Joe Taimanglo දී “Bellator 159,” a bout that will determine the new No. 1 contender for Dantas’ freshly won title.

Chidi Njokuani ‘Bang Bangs’ His Way to Knockout Victory

The co-main event of the evening featured contrasting styles, සමග Chidi Njokuani (15-4) looking to keep the fight at length and utilize his height and reach advantage, අතර Thiago Jambo (18-5) worked hard to close the distance and compete on the inside. “Chidi Bang Bang” won out, cracking the gut of Jambo with a kick that folded the Brazilian to the mat. Njokuani pounced, landing left and right punches until referee Mike Beltran waved the fight off at2:39 අවසන් වටයේ, giving the Las Vegas native a knockout win. After the scrap, the 28-year-old made his interview concise, telling the welterweight division: “anyone can get it.”

John Salter Taps Brandon Halsey via Triangle Choke

Throughout the lead up to සිකුරාදා event in Fresno, බ්රැන්ඩන් Halsey (9-2) made it clear that fans watching would see a new and improved “බුල්,” and while the former Fresno State Bulldog did demonstrate a new array of striking, විය ජෝන් සෝල්ටර් (12-3) who stole the show. The 31-year-old Wilmington, N.C. resident caught Halsey on the mat with a triangle choke submission, forcing him to tap out after 4:03 පළමු වටයේ දී. Keeping with the trend of his career thus far, every fight Salter has won has been via submission, furthering his claim for a shot at the promotion’s 185-pound belt.

Honeycutt Impresses Hometown Crowd in Middleweight Debut

In the opening main card contest of “Bellator 156: Galvao එදිරිව. Dantas,” Fresno’s own ක්රිස් Honeycutt (8-1) welcomed Mikkel Parlo (13-3) back to the Bellator MMA cage with a complete 15-minute performance, building upon the wrestling pedigree he’s known for with a newfound dynamic striking arsenal. Usually Parlo, a Danish fighter who had not competed for the Scott Coker-led promotion since 2014, gets the better of his opponents when the fight stays upright, නමුත් සිකුරාදා, විය “මෙම Cutt” who got the better of the punching exchanges. අවසානයේ දී, it was the 27-year-old Honeycutt who walked away with a unanimous decision, pushing out his current winning streak to two bouts and improving to 4-1 under the Bellator umbrella.

මූලික කාඩ් ප්රතිඵල:

Jermaine McDermott (3-0) පරාජය බ්ලේක් වට්කින් (5-1) TKO හරහා :20 වටයේ එක්

පෝල් රුයිස් (7-3) පරාජය Chris Buron (5-1) භේදය තීරණය හරහා (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)

Javy Ayala (9-5) පරාජය රෝයි Boughton (14-8) TKO හරහා 3:02 වටයේ එක්

නික් bustamante (4-1) පරාජය Antoine Smith (2-6-1) බහුතරයකගේ තීරණය හරහා (28-28, 29-27, 29-27)

Jose Cabezas (6-8) පරාජය ජෝන් පෝල් 'කියාත් සමහරු' එලියා (3-1) via knockout at :25 වටයේ එක්

Chris Lewis (1-0) පරාජය Myron Smith (2-3) TKO හරහා 4:48 වටයේ එක්

ලුයිස් Jauregui (4-2) පරාජය රයන් Tobar (3-3) ඒකමතික තීරණය හරහා (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

බෙන් Reiter (17-1-1) පරාජය A.J. Matthews (8-5) ඒකමතික තීරණය හරහා (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Carrington Banks (5-0) පරාජය C.J. කීත් (8-4) ඒකමතික තීරණය හරහා (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)

වේ.කථාංගයේ ඇතුලත්, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ. (ජූනි මස 16, 2016) – Only one day separates us from the ultra-compelling "Bellator 156: Galvao එදිරිව. Dantas 2 " event at Save Mart Center in Fresno, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ. and Bellator’s digital team has yet again whipped up a fresh batch of exclusive new content in preparation of සිකුරාදාcompetition. For an inside look and more behind-the-scenes footage, tune in to Bellator’s YouTube page දැන්.

 

Foundations with Marcos Galvao After suffering a controversial loss to Joe Warren the first time they fought, මාර්කොස් “Loro” Galvao left no doubt who was the better fighter the second time around.	Foundations with Eduardo Dantas Jimmy Smith breaks down the fight that led to Dantas’ title shot with Galvao සිකුරාදා රාත්රී.

What To Watch: Galvao vs Dantas Two teammates clash, as Marcos Galvao and Eduardo Dantas meet again in the cage with another belt on the line.	Slow Motion Kneebar Marcos Galvão flashes his bantamweight belt in this week’s #‎SlowMoMonday

Foundations with Brandon Halsey According to Jimmy Smith, “Brandon Halsey is the guy when he walks down the hallway, you get out of his way.” Can he walk his way to a win?	Foundations with John Salter John Salter doesn’t wait for the judges to decide the outcome of a fight. Jimmy Smith discusses Salter’s style and confidence.

Foundations with Chidi Njokuani It’s hard to prepare and battle a fighter like Chidi Njokuani. Jimmy Smith talks about Chidi’s advantage in the cage.

The Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title will be on the line in a rematch pitting මාර්කොස් "Loro" Galvao (17-6-1) හිටපු ශූරයන් එරෙහිව Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas (17-4) ප්රධාන අවස්ථාවට"Bellator 156: Galvao එදිරිව. Dantas 2 " මත ජූනි මස 17 Fresno තුළ සුරකින්න මාර්ට් මධ්යස්ථානය තුළ, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ.

 

ඊට අමතරව, Thiago Jambo (18-4) will be making his Bellator MMA debut in a welterweight co-main event against Chidi Njokuani (14-4). The main card also includes a middleweight matchup between Calif. දේශීය බ්රැන්ඩන් Halsey (9-1) and knockout specialist ජෝන් සෝල්ටර් (11-3). “Bellator 156” also features one of Fresno’s own, ක්රිස් Honeycutt (7-1), who will look to put on a clinic in front of thousands of his biggest fans when he challenges Mikkel Parlo (13-2) in a middleweight clash.

 

Be sure to tune in to the live streaming preliminary card of “Bellator 156,” පටන් 8 ප.ව.. සහ/7 ප.ව.. සී.ටී., where you can watch the highly-anticipated professional debut of California’s No. 1 ranked amateur heavyweight, Chris Lewis.

 

Very few tickets remain for "Bellator 156: Galvao එදිරිව. Dantas 2 " so secure your seat now by visiting the Save Mart Center Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com. The event takes place at Save Mart Center in Fresno, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ., and airs live and free on Spike at 9 ප.ව.. පට / 8 p.m. සී.ටී., while the highly entertaining preliminary card will stream live on Bellator.com හා මෙම Bellator ජංගම යෙදුම.

LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE – ජූනි 17

 

සැන්ටා මොනිකා, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ. (ජූනි මස 10, 2016) – An undisclosed injury to “Bellator 158” competitor ජොෂ් Koscheck has paved the way for a new co-main feature bout at "Bellator 156: Galvao එදිරිව. Dantas 2 " සේව්යයන් Chidi “Chidi Bang Bang” Njokuani (14-4) එරෙහිව Thiago Jambo (18-4) ජුනි 17 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, එවැනි. Jambo will be making his promotional debut in place of ඩග්ලස් ලීමා.

 

The fight completes a card that features a Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title rematch pitting මාර්කොස් Galvao (17-6-1) එරෙහිව Eduardo Dantas (17-4), while Fresno native, ක්රිස් Honeycutt (7-1) returns home to take on Mikkel Parlo (13-2) in a middleweight slugfest. ප්රධාන කාඩ් පිටතට යයි වරදවා වටහා, ජෝන් සෝල්ටර් (11-3) හා බ්රැන්ඩන් Halsey (9-1) duke it out in a 185-pound feature bout.

 

 

"Bellator 156: Galvao එදිරිව. Dantas 2 " airs LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 ප.ව.. සහ/8 ප.ව.. සී.ටී., මූලික මිදුනේ සජීවී මත ගලා වන අතර Bellator.com හාමෙම Bellator ජංගම යෙදුම. මෙම අවස්ථාවට සඳහා ප්රවේශපත් පමණක් ආරම්භ $25 and are currently on sale at the Save Mart Center Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com.

 

 

Having not lost a fight in his last six appearances dating back to 2013, “Chidi Bang Bang” will try to keep the train rolling as he prepares for Jambo. The 27-year-old Las Vegas native finished his 2015 campaign on a high note, recording a unanimous decision victory over Ricky “The Sniper” Rainey in his promotional debut at "Bellator 146: Kato එදිරිව. Manhoef. " Njokuani will face one of the stiffest tests of his career when he meets Jambo in the co-headliner of "Bellator 156: Galvao එදිරිව. Dantas 2.”

 

The 35-year-old Goncalves has landed himself a golden opportunity when he steps into the cage with Njokuani in the co-feature on ජූනි මස 17. The 12-year professional most recently earned his 18^වන career win by defeating Matt Baker via technical knockout in the second round of their contest and now the Brazilian welterweight will be making his Bellator MMA debut after impressively recording six wins over his last seven fights dating back to 2010.

 

"Bellator සම්පූර්ණ 156: Galvao එදිරිව. Dantas 2 "කාඩ්:

Bellator ඵම්එම්ඒ ෂෝන් මැක්ග්රොඩි්රඡ් හිමිකම් ඕවරයේ: මාර්කොස් Galvao (17-6-1) එදිරිව. Eduardo Dantas (17-4)

Bellator MMA Welterweight Co-Main Event: Chidi Njokuani (14-4) එදිරිව. Thiago Jambo Gonçalves (18-4)

Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: බ්රැන්ඩන් Halsey (9-1) එදිරිව. ජෝන් සෝල්ටර් (11-3)

Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: ක්රිස් Honeycutt (7-1) එදිරිව. Mikkel Parlo (13-2)

 

මූලික කාඩ්:

Bellator ඵම්එම්ඒ Middleweight මූලික ඕවරයේ: A.J. Matthews (8-4) එදිරිව. බෙන් Reiter (16-1)

Bellator ඵම්එම්ඒ සැහැල්ලු බර පංතිය මූලික ඕවරයේ: Jermaine McDermott (2-0) එදිරිව. බ්ලේක් වට්කින් (5-0)

Bellator MMA 140lb. Preliminary Bout: පෝල් රුයිස් (6-4) එදිරිව. Christian Navarro (5-0)

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Preliminary Bout: Javy Ayala (8-5) එදිරිව. රෝයි Boughton (14-7)

Bellator ඵම්එම්ඒ සැහැල්ලු මූලික ඕවරයේ: නික් bustamante (5-1) එදිරිව. Antoine Smith (3-5)

Bellator ඵම්එම්ඒ සැහැල්ලු මූලික ඕවරයේ: C.J. කීත් (8-3) එදිරිව. Carrington Banks (4-0)

Bellator ඵම්එම්ඒ Featherweight මූලික ඕවරයේ: Justin Smitley (10-7) එදිරිව. TBD

Bellator ඵම්එම්ඒ සැහැල්ලු බර පංතිය මූලික ඕවරයේ: ජෝන් පෝල් 'කියාත් සමහරු' එලියා (3-0) එදිරිව. Jose Cabesas (5-8)

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Preliminary Bout: Chris Lewis (0-0) එදිරිව. Gil Medina (1-0)

Bellator ඵම්එම්ඒ සැහැල්ලු මූලික ඕවරයේ: ලුයිස් Jauregui (3-2) එදිරිව. රයන් Tobar (3-2)