Santa Monica, រដ្ឋ California. (ខែ​កក្កដា 24, 2015) – Bellator MMA is pleased to announce the signing of Keri ស្រី Anne Taylor​-Melendez ដើម្បី​ផ្តាច់​មុខ​មួយ, ជា​កិច្ច​ព្រម​ព្រៀង​ពហុ​ប្រយុទ្ធ. The 31-year-old has previously competed in kickboxing and muay Thai, but fully intends on transitioning to the sport of mixed martial arts in the future.

Taylor-Melendez will debut as a kickboxer in front of her home town on ខែ​មិថុនា 19 at the highly anticipated "Bellator: Dynamite”show in San Jose, រដ្ឋ California. An opponent for Taylor-Melendez has yet to be decided upon.

ប្តី​ឬ​ប្រពន្ធ​របស់​អតីត​ជើងឯក WEC និង​ការ Strikeforce និង​សហ Gilbert Melendez ម្ចាស់​អែ​ល​នី​ណូ​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​បណ្តុះបណ្តាល​នៅ​ទីក្រុង San Francisco នេះ, Taylor​-Melendez ជា​លើក​ដំបូង​បាន​កើន​ឡើង​ជិត​ស្និទ្ធ​ទៅ​នឹង​កីឡា​ប្រយុទ្ធ 10 ឆ្នាំ​មុន, making a name for herself on unsanctioned cards held in the Bay Area. បន្ទាប់​ពី racking ឡើង​មួយ 4-1 កំណត់​ត្រា​ស្ម័គ្រ​ចិត្ត, នាង​បាន​យក​ទេពកោសល្យ​របស់​នាង​ទៅ​សៀគ្វី​ដែល​មាន​ជំនាញ​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ, កន្លែង​ដែល​នាង​ទទួល​បាន​នា​ពេល​បច្ចុប្បន្ន 2-1 កំណត់​ត្រា​ប្រដាល់​សេរី.

“I’m very honored for the opportunity to fight on such a big stage with a great promotion and promoter. I actually fought for Scott Coker before Gilbert and we both have a great relationship with him, so I feel very comfortable with this situation,” Taylor-Melendez said. “Even though I haven’t been super active as a fighter I have never really stopped training and look forward to testing my skills as a muay Thai fighter and a mixed martial artist. My goal is to go out there and do my best and make my daughter, my family and team proud.”