TEL AVIV, ΙΣΡΑΗΛ. (Νοέμβριος. 10, 2016) – All fighters successfully made weight for Israel’s first major mixed martial arts event "Bellator 164: Koreshkov vs. Lima” which takes place inside of Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Ισραήλ. The historic event airs FREE on SPIKE Παρασκευή, Νοέμβριος 11 στο 9 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ/8 μ.μ. CT.

 

The stacked main card is headlined by a must-see welterweight world title main event pitting current champion Andrey Koreshkov (19-1) κατά Douglas Lima (27-6). Εξάλλου, a pair of featherweight matchups pitting hometown favorite Noad Lahat (9-2) κατά Scott Cleve (15-5) και Γκεόργκι Karakhanyan (25-6-1) κατά Κιρίλ Μεντβέντεφσκι (6-1) will also be featured on the Spike-televised main card. Εν τέλει, Ukrainian sensation Λένα Ovchynnikova (10-4) returns in a female flyweight contest with Karla Benitez (13-9-1).

 

Scott Coker on the groundbreaking Bellator event in Israel: “This event started about 18 months ago when we came over here to say hello to our international partners Annaney Communications and EGO TOTAL. We sat down with them and they said ‘Hey, there are a lot of great martial artists here. Why don’t we go meet with some of the gyms?’ So, we went to some of the gyms across Tel Aviv where they hosted a nice tryout. We had about 60-70 athletes participate and Royce (Gracie) would say ‘I think this guy could be good. I think this girl could be good. I think that these are some of the talented fighters that you could bring into Bellator.’ From there we started talking about the venues, and talking about the infrastructure of how we could pull of an event of this magnitude here in this city. We have put together an amazing team of people out here that have done a great job helping make this possible. I’ve been in the fight business for 31 χρόνια τώρα, promoting fights all over the world, but this is one that is really a big feather in our cap. Είμαι πραγματικά, really excited to be here in Israel promoting our inaugural event, and we already have a date set for next year. We will be back, and we’d like to make this an annual stop for the company.

 

Κύρια Κάρτα: (Free on SPIKE – 9 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ/8:00 μ.μ. CT)

Welterweight World Title Fight: Andrey Koreshkov (169.8 lbs.) vs. Douglas Lima (170 lbs.)

 

Συνδυασμένη εκδήλωση Featherweight: Noad Lahat (145.8 lbs.) vs. Scott Cleve (145.8 lbs.)

 

150 lb, catchweight Feature Bout: Γκεόργκι Karakhanyan (149.5 lbs.) vs. Κιρίλ Μεντβέντεφσκι (151 lbs.)

 

Flyweight Feature Bout: Λένα Ovchynnikova (123.5 lbs.) vs. Karla Benitez (124.5 lbs.)

 

Προκαταρκτική Κάρτα

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Joaquin Buckley (170.5 lbs.) vs. Τζάκι Γκος (170.8 lbs.)

Light Heavyweight Preliminary Fight: Chen Shhori (205 lbs.) vs. Kfir Eittan (205 lbs.)

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Haitham Kiuof (170.3 lbs.) vs. Moshe Rand (173 lbs.)

Lightweight Preliminary Fight: Rob Becker (155.5 lbs.) vs. Ejargew Tariku (155.2 lbs.)

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Sol Renato (170.5 lbs.) vs. Alex Trofimov (170.3 lbs.)

Bantamweight Preliminary Fight: Almog Shay (136 lbs.) vs. Vitaly Khmeinytsky (136 lbs.)

Lightweight Preliminary Fight: Όλγα Ρούμπιν (145.8 lbs.) vs. Laurita Cibirite (140.5 lbs.)

Bantamweight Preliminary Fight: Μόλις φέρετε (134.8 lbs.) vs. Maor Kazalkopy (135.5 lbs.)

Middleweight Preliminary Fight: Alexander Nikulin (183.8 lbs.) vs. Avi Baron (182.8 lbs.)

Bantamweight Preliminary Fight: Onor Keles (137.5 lbs.) vs. Omri Barel (135 lbs.)

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Zane Clerk (170.8 lbs.) vs. Χαϊμ Γκόζαλι (170 lbs.)

Featherweight Preliminary Fight: Igor Postnikov (144.5 lbs.) vs. Itai Gayer (143 lbs.)