Santa Monica, រដ្ឋ California. (ខែកក្កដា 24, 2015) – Bellator MMA is pleased to announce the signing of Keri ស្រី Anne Taylor-Melendez ដើម្បីផ្តាច់មុខមួយ, ជាកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងពហុប្រយុទ្ធ. The 31-year-old has previously competed in kickboxing and muay Thai, but fully intends on transitioning to the sport of mixed martial arts in the future.
Taylor-Melendez will debut as a kickboxer in front of her home town on ខែមិថុនា 19 at the highly anticipated "Bellator: Dynamite”show in San Jose, រដ្ឋ California. An opponent for Taylor-Melendez has yet to be decided upon.
ប្តីឬប្រពន្ធរបស់អតីតជើងឯក WEC និងការ Strikeforce និងសហ Gilbert Melendez ម្ចាស់អែលនីណូមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលបណ្តុះបណ្តាលនៅទីក្រុង San Francisco នេះ, Taylor-Melendez ជាលើកដំបូងបានកើនឡើងជិតស្និទ្ធទៅនឹងកីឡាប្រយុទ្ធ 10 ឆ្នាំមុន, making a name for herself on unsanctioned cards held in the Bay Area. បន្ទាប់ពី racking ឡើងមួយ 4-1 កំណត់ត្រាស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត, នាងបានយកទេពកោសល្យរបស់នាងទៅសៀគ្វីដែលមានជំនាញវិជ្ជាជីវៈ, កន្លែងដែលនាងទទួលបាននាពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ន 2-1 កំណត់ត្រាប្រដាល់សេរី.
“I’m very honored for the opportunity to fight on such a big stage with a great promotion and promoter. I actually fought for Scott Coker before Gilbert and we both have a great relationship with him, so I feel very comfortable with this situation,” Taylor-Melendez said. “Even though I haven’t been super active as a fighter I have never really stopped training and look forward to testing my skills as a muay Thai fighter and a mixed martial artist. My goal is to go out there and do my best and make my daughter, my family and team proud.”