TEL AVIV, ישראל. (נובמבר. 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, ישראל. The historic event airs FREE on SPIKE יום שישי, נובמבר 11 ב 9 p.m. ו/8 p.m. CT.

 

The stacked main card is headlined by a must-see welterweight world title main event pitting current champion אנדריי Koreshkov (19-1) נגד דאגלס לימה (27-6). בנוסף, a pair of featherweight matchups pitting hometown favorite Noad כל (9-2) נגד סקוט קליב (15-5) ו גיאורגי Karakhanyan (25-6-1) נגד קיריל Medvedovsky (6-1) will also be featured on the Spike-televised main card. לבסוף, Ukrainian sensation Lena 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 (גרייסי) 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 שנים, promoting fights all over the world, but this is one that is really a big feather in our cap. אני באמת, 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.

 

כרטיס ראשי: (Free on SPIKE – 9 p.m. ו/8:00 p.m. CT)

Welterweight World Title Fight: אנדריי Koreshkov (169.8 קילו.) לעומת. דאגלס לימה (170 קילו.)

 

אירוע משותף של משקל נוצה: Noad כל (145.8 קילו.) לעומת. סקוט קליב (145.8 קילו.)

 

150 lb, catchweight Feature Bout: גיאורגי Karakhanyan (149.5 קילו.) לעומת. קיריל Medvedovsky (151 קילו.)

 

תכונת Flyweight באוט: Lena Ovchynnikova (123.5 קילו.) לעומת. Karla Benitez (124.5 קילו.)

 

כרטיס ראשוני

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Joaquin Buckley (170.5 קילו.) לעומת. ג'קי גוש (170.8 קילו.)

Light Heavyweight Preliminary Fight: Chen Shhori (205 קילו.) לעומת. Kfir Eittan (205 קילו.)

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Haitham Kiuof (170.3 קילו.) לעומת. Moshe Rand (173 קילו.)

Lightweight Preliminary Fight: Rob Becker (155.5 קילו.) לעומת. Ejargew Tariku (155.2 קילו.)

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Sol Renato (170.5 קילו.) לעומת. Alex Trofimov (170.3 קילו.)

Bantamweight Preliminary Fight: אלמוג שי (136 קילו.) לעומת. Vitaly Khmeinytsky (136 קילו.)

Lightweight Preliminary Fight: אולגה רובין (145.8 קילו.) לעומת. Laurita Cibirite (140.5 קילו.)

Bantamweight Preliminary Fight: פעם תביא (134.8 קילו.) לעומת. Maor Kazalkopy (135.5 קילו.)

Middleweight Preliminary Fight: אלכסנדר ניקולין (183.8 קילו.) לעומת. Avi Baron (182.8 קילו.)

Bantamweight Preliminary Fight: Onor Keles (137.5 קילו.) לעומת. Omri Barel (135 קילו.)

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Zane Clerk (170.8 קילו.) לעומת. החיים Widodo (170 קילו.)

Featherweight Preliminary Fight: Igor Postnikov (144.5 קילו.) לעומת. Itai Gayer (143 קילו.)