SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Aprīlis 16, 2015) – A thrilling 13-bout lineup for May’s “Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Birzs” 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) un 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. Birzs” four main card contests.
The night’s featured matchups include undefeated Bellator MMA World Middleweight Champion Brandon “Bullis” Halsey (8-0) pret stiprs Havaju Scrapper Kendall “Spyder” Birzs (21-14), former Bellator MMA World Champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas (16-4) vs. Slaistīties “Marine” Richman (18-5), welterweights Fernando “Menifee maniaks” Gonzalez (23-13) vs. “Curtious” Curtis Millander (7-1) un bantamweightsDarrion “Vilks” Caldwell (6-0) vs. Rafael “Nūja” Silva (22-4).
“Bellator: Halsey vs. Birzs” notiek Piektdiena, Maijs 15, at Pechanga Resort & Casino Temecula, Calif. Naktī galvenais karte airs dzīvot un bezmaksas Spike at 9 p.m. UN (6 p.m. PT vietējais laiks), bet provizoriskie bouts plūsma uz Spike.com.
Biļetes “Bellator: Halsey vs. Birzs,” kas sākas tikai $50, Pašlaik uz pārdošanu Pechanga.com un Pechanga Resort & Kazino kasē.
Durvis “Bellator: Halsey vs. Birzs” atvērts 4 p.m. PT vietējais laiks, un pirmais konkurss notiek 45 minūtes vēlāk.
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, cita starpā.
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. Tomēr, 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.
Tikmēr, 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. Vēl, 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. Birzs” - Piektdiena, Maijs 15, Pechanga Resort & Kazino, Temecula, Calif.
Galvenais Card (9 p.m. UN)
Bellator middleweight Title Fight: Champ Brandon Halsey (8-0) vs. Kendall Grove (21-14)
Bellator Featured bantamweight cīņa: Eduardo Dantas (16-4) vs. Mike Richman (18-5)
Bellator Featured papildsvars cīņa: Fernando Gonzalez (23-13) vs. Curtis Millender (7-1)
Bellator Featured bantamweight cīņa: Darrion Caldwell (6-0) vs. Rafael Silva (22-4)
Iepriekšēja Card (7:45 p.m. UN)
Bellator middleweight, atlases cīņa: A.J. Matthews (7-3) vs. Ben Reiter (14-0)
Bellator Light Heavyweight, atlases cīņa: Virgil Zwicker (13-4-1) vs. Razak Al-Hassan (12-4)
Bellator bantamweight, atlases cīņa: Joe Taimanglo (20-6-1) vs. Antonio Duarte (18-5)
Bellator viegls, atlases cīņa: Jordan Parsons (10-1) vs. Julio Cesar Neves Jr. (30-0)
Bellator papildsvars, atlases cīņa: Jesse Juarez (22-9) vs. Ricky Rainey (10-3)
Dark Fights (apm. 11 p.m. UN)
Bellator Lightweight Dark atlases: John Yoo (0-0) vs. Albert Morales (1-0)
Bellator Lightweight Dark atlases: Shawn Bunch (3-1) vs. Rolando Perez (7-4)
Bellator Lightweight Dark atlases: Steve Kozola (5-0) vs. Ian Butler (1-1)
Bellator Lightweight Dark atlases: A.J. Jenkins (17-5) vs. Arlene Blencowe (5-4)