VALERIE ‘TROUBLE’ LETOURNEAU ALSO SET FOR BELLATOR DEBUT AGAINST KATE JACKSON
لس آنجلس - Two of Bellator’s top recent free agent signings, مایکل مک دونالد (17-4) و والری لتورنو (8-6), will both make their long-awaited promotional debuts during Bellator 191 at Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England on جمعه, دسامبر. 15.
“Mayday” will take on Peter Ligier (8-1-1) in a bantamweight main event, while “Trouble” will compete at flyweight against کیت جکسون (9-2-1) در رویداد شرکت اصلی. بعلاوه, British heavyweights collide when James “The Colossus” Thompson (20-16, 1 NC) returns to the Bellator cage where he meets Philip De Fries (13-6, 1 NC). سرانجام, two lightweight contests have also been added, as Jeremy Petley (11-8) battles Lewis Monarch (9-2) and Ash Griffiths (4-4) takes on Mohammad Yahya (3-1).
Bellator 191: McDonald vs. Ligier will be broadcast free on SPIKE جمعه, دسامبر. 15 در 9 p.m. و/ 8 p.m. CT. Tickets for the event can be purchased from Ticketmaster.co.uk & event.co.uk.
در تنها 26 سال, McDonald will enter the Bellator cage with experience against some of the top bantamweights the sport of MMA has to offer, including Renan Barao, جان Lineker, Urijah Faber and Brad Pickett. A veteran of the WEC and UFC veteran, the Modesto, Calif.-native signed with Bellator following a nine-fight, five-year run with his former promotion. با 15 finishes in his 17 برنده عنوان یک حرفه ای, McDonald will look to hand Ligier his first stoppage loss of his career.
Hailing from Paris, فرانسه, Ligier turned pro in 2013 and has competed exclusively on the European circuit throughout his 10-fight career. Also known as “BadAzz,” the 31-year-old has finished his opponent in five out of eight opportunities, amounting to an impressive finishing rate of 63%. Now making his debut with Bellator, Ligier formerly competed for BAMMA in 2014.
Létourneau متولد کانادا, یک رقیب سابق قهرمانی UFC در وزن نی, دارای سابقه ای چشمگیر از مبارزات هیجان انگیز است, highlighted by a world title contest against former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. اکنون, moving up to her more natural weight class, the 34-year-old American Top Team product will make her debut for Bellator. On Dec. 15, “Trouble” will look to improve upon her eight victories as a professional, آماری که شامل پنج پایان است, با چهار نفر از راه حذفی.
Fresh off a victory over Colleen Schneider at Bellator 182 در ماه اوت, the victory gave Jackson five wins in a row, including four stoppages. Jackson hasn’t lost since May of 2013, a period which also included a run on reality television show نهایی جنگنده فصل 23. Hailing from Lostwithiel, کرن, انگلستان, Jackson will have the home crowd to her advantage at Bellator 191.
کامل Bellator 191: McDonald vs. Ligier کارت مبارزه:
رویداد اصلی Bantamweight: مایکل مک دونالد (17-4) در مقابل. پیتر لیگیر (8-1-1)
رویداد مشترک اصلی Flyweight زنان: والری لتورنو (8-6) در مقابل. کیت جکسون (9-2-1)
مسابقه ویژه سنگین وزن: جیمز تامپسون (20-16, 1 NC) در مقابل. Philip De Fries (13-6, 1 NC)
مسابقه ویژگی سبک وزن: Jeremy Petley (11-8) در مقابل. Lewis Monarch (9-2)
کارت مقدماتی:
مسابقه مقدماتی سبک وزن: Mohammad Yahya (3-1) در مقابل. Ash Griffiths (4-4)
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