SANTA MONICA, Califa. (Abril 16, 2015) – A thrilling 13-bout lineup for May’s “Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Bosque” is now complete with the addition of women’s featherweights A.J. Jenkins (17-5) vs. Arlene “Angerfist” Blencowe (5-4), bantamweights Shawn “Bunch the Great” Bunch (3-1) vs.Rolando Perez (7-4) e John Yoo (0-0) vs. Albert “The Warrior” Morales (1-0) to the evening’s preliminary card.
The three new additions finalize a nine-fight preliminary card scheduled in support of “Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Bosque” four main card contests.
The night’s featured matchups include undefeated Bellator MMA World Middleweight Champion Brandon “Touro” Halsey (8-0) contra altaneiro scrapper Hawaiian Kendall “Da Spyder” Bosque (21-14), former Bellator MMA World Champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas (16-4) vs. Micrófono “The Marina” Richman (18-5), welterweights Fernando “O MENIFEE Maniac” Gonzalez (23-13) vs. “Curtious” Curtis Millander (7-1) e bantamweightsDarrion “The Wolf” Caldwell (6-0) vs. Rafael “Morcego” Silva (22-4).
“Bellator: Halsey vs. Bosque” ocorre en Venres, Maio 15, en Pechanga Resort & Casino en Temecula, Califa. The night’s main card airs live and free on Spike at 9 p.m. E (6 p.m. Hora local PT), mentres loitas preliminares de fluxo en Spike.com.
Os ingresos para “Bellator: Halsey vs. Bosque,” que comezan en só $50, Actualmente á venda en Pechanga.com e Pechanga & Taquilla Casino.
Portas para “Bellator: Halsey vs. Bosque” aberta en 4 p.m. PT hora local, ea primeira competición ocorre 45 minutos máis tarde.
Jenkins, of Oceanside, Calif., is one of the most experienced competitors in women’s MMA. Fighting professionally since 2004, Jenkins now makes her Bellator MMA debut. The 33-year-old boasts past tussles with MMA notables Shayna Baszler, Tonya Evinger, Jan Finney, Kelly Kobold and Sarah Schneider, entre outros.
An Australian native, Blencowe is a world-class athlete and former Women’s International Boxing Association World light welterweight champion. After turning her attention to MMA in 2013, Blencowe initially garnered only mixed results as she adjusted to life in the sport. Con todo, she has racked up three-consecutive stoppage wins as of late, and that run earned her a call from Bellator MMA.
Bunch is one of MMA’s most elite-level wrestlers as a two-time NCAA Division I All-American and two-time U.S. Olympic Team alternate. He now trains with the famed American Kickboxing Academy banner and has spent his entire professional MMA career under the Bellator MMA banner.
Entrementes, Alliance MMA product Perez is a 10-year veteran of the sport who made his Bellator MMA in November and fought to a rarely-seen split draw. Aínda, Perez is unbeaten in his past four contests and now looks to get his first win in the promotion.
Yoo, of Irvine, Calif., makes his professional debut. He meets Morales, of Carson, Calif., who picked up a submission victory in the Bellator cage in his first professional contest.
“Bellator: Halsey vs. Bosque” - Venres, Maio 15, Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, Califa.
Tarxeta Principal (9 p.m. E)
Bellator Middleweight Title Fight: Champ Brandon Halsey (8-0) vs. Kendall Grove (21-14)
Bellator Destaque Bantamweight Loita: Eduardo Dantas (16-4) vs. Mike Richman (18-5)
Bellator Destaque Loita Welterweight: Fernando Gonzalez (23-13) vs. Curtis Millender (7-1)
Bellator Destaque Bantamweight Loita: Darrion Caldwell (6-0) vs. Rafael Silva (22-4)
Card preliminar (7:45 p.m. E)
Bellator Middleweight Preliminar Loita: A.J. Matthews (7-3) vs. Ben Reiter (14-0)
Bellator Light Heavyweight Preliminar Loita: Virgil Zwicker (13-4-1) vs. Razak Al Hasan (12-4)
Bellator Bantamweight Preliminar Loita: Joe Taimanglo (20-6-1) vs. Antonio Duarte (18-5)
Bellator Pena Preliminar Loita: Jordan Parsons (10-1) vs. Julio Cesar Neves Jr. (30-0)
Bellator Welterweight Preliminar Loita: Jesse Juarez (22-9) vs. Ricky Rainey (10-3)
Dark Fights (aprox. 11 p.m. E)
Bellator leve escuro Preliminar: John Yoo (0-0) vs. Albert Morales (1-0)
Bellator leve escuro Preliminar: Shawn Bunch (3-1) vs. Rolando Perez (7-4)
Bellator leve escuro Preliminar: Steve Kozola (5-0) vs. Ian Butler (1-1)
Bellator leve escuro Preliminar: A.J. Jenkins (17-5) vs. Arlene Blencowe (5-4)