TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. (Novembro. 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, Israel. The historic event airs FREE on SPIKE Sexta-feira, Novembro 11 em 9 p.m. E/8 p.m. CT.

 

The stacked main card is headlined by a must-see welterweight world title main event pitting current champion Andrey Koreshkov (19-1) contra Douglas Lima (27-6). Além, a pair of featherweight matchups pitting hometown favorite Noad Lahat (9-2) contra Scott Cleve (15-5) e Georgi Karakhanyan (25-6-1) contra Kirill Medvedovsky (6-1) will also be featured on the Spike-televised main card. Por fim, 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 (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 anos, promoting fights all over the world, but this is one that is really a big feather in our cap. Estou muito, 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.

 

Cartão Principal: (Free on SPIKE – 9 p.m. E/8:00 p.m. CT)

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

 

Featherweight Co-Main Event: Noad Lahat (145.8 lb.) vs. Scott Cleve (145.8 lb.)

 

150 lb, catchweight Feature Bout: Georgi Karakhanyan (149.5 lb.) vs. Kirill Medvedovsky (151 lb.)

 

Luta com recurso Flyweight: Lena Ovchynnikova (123.5 lb.) vs. Karla Benitez (124.5 lb.)

 

Card preliminar

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Joaquin Buckley (170.5 lb.) vs. Jackie Gosh (170.8 lb.)

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

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

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

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

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

Lightweight Preliminary Fight: Olga Rubin (145.8 lb.) vs. Laurita Cibirite (140.5 lb.)

Bantamweight Preliminary Fight: Raz Bring (134.8 lb.) vs. Maor Kazalkopy (135.5 lb.)

Luta preliminar do peso médio: Alexander Nikulin (183.8 lb.) vs. Avi Baron (182.8 lb.)

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

Welterweight Preliminary Fight: Zane Clerk (170.8 lb.) vs. Haim Widodo (170 lb.)

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