Bellators newest heavyweights Ewerton Teixeira (links) and Lorenzo Hood

 

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Mei 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 (3-0), as well as Blackzilians slugger Lorenzo “The Samoan Silverback” Kap (9-2).

 

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

 

A third dan black belt in Kyokushin karate, de 33-jarige Teixeira is rekken tot titels in opvallende wedstrijden voor meer dan een decennium. Teixeira bereikte het hoogtepunt van standup gevechten in 2008, toen hij verdiende K-1 World Grand Prix van dat jaar in Fukuoka titel en vervolgens vocht zijn weg naar de K-1 World Grand Prix Final kampioenschap bout, 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.

 

Ondertussen, de 6-foot-3 Hood is concurrerende professioneel sinds 2009 and has never had a fight go past the first round. Van zijn negen overwinningen, all nine have come by knockout. Hood heeft gevochten over de hele U.S.. terwijl concurreren op de regionale circuit, 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.