Bellators newest heavyweights Ewerton Teixeira (بائیں) and Lorenzo Hood

سانتا مونیکا, کیلیفورنیا. (مئی 4, 2015) – Bellator MMA’s heavyweight division will now play host to a pair of the hardest-hitting heavyweights in the game, as promotion officials are proud to announce the addition of Brazilian K-1 champion Ewerton Teixeira کی (3-0), as well as Blackzilians slugger Lorenzo “The Samoan Silverback” Hood (9-2).

Debut dates and opponents will be announced for both fighters in the near future.

A third dan black belt in Kyokushin karate, 33 سالہ Teixeira کی زیادہ سے زیادہ ایک دہائی کے لئے مارتے مقابلوں میں عنوانات اپ racking کر دیا گیا ہے. Teixeira کی میں standup لڑائی کے سربراہی تک پہنچ گئی 2008, اس کے بعد انہوں فوکوکا کے عنوان میں ہے کہ سال کے K-1 دنیا گراں پری حاصل کی اور جب K-1 دنیا گراں پری فائنل کی چیمپئن شپ مککیبازی میں اس کے راستے لڑی, where he would come up just short against Errol Zimmerman (though Teixeira would avenge that result in 2010).

Teixeira then turned his attention to MMA in 2012, and he has remained undefeated through his first three professional contests in the sport and is now ready to try his hand at MMA’s highest level.

دریں اثناء, 6 فٹ 3 ہڈ کے بعد سے پیشہ ورانہ مقابلہ کیا گیا ہے 2009 and has never had a fight go past the first round. اس کے نو کیریئر فتوحات میں, all nine have come by knockout. ہوڈ امریکہ بھر میں لڑی ہے. علاقائی سرکٹ پر مقابلہ کرتے ہوئے, earning himself recognition as one of the top heavyweight prospects in the sport.

Competing under the tutelage of former world champion Rashad Evans, the 26-year-old Hood’s work at Florida’s Blackzilians camp has prepared him for an opportunity to compete against the world’s best fighters, and Bellator MMA will now offer him a platform to prove his talent.