MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT BETWEEN RAFAEL CARVALHO AND MELVIN MANHOEF HEADLINES ‘BELLATOR 155’ GĦADA NIGHT – LIVE AND FREE ON SPIKE

 

Complete Weigh-In Photos Here

 

BOISE, IDAHO. (Mejju 19, 2016) –The official weigh-ins for "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef "took place this afternoon in front of a packed house at the Knitting Factory here in Boise, ID. All competitors are now ready for action għada at CenturyLink Arena, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. U/8 p.m. CT.

 

Champion middleweight Rafael Carvalho (12-1) will defend his title against Dutch striking ace Melvin Manhoef (30-12-1) in the main event of a fantastic night of fights that also includes a co-main event between Pat Curran (21-7) u Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1), who square off in a featherweight scrap that has future title-shot implications written all over it. The main card also includes a women’s catchweight showdown between slick Dutch veteran Marloes Coenen (23-6) u Alexis Dufresne (5-2). Dufresne, who returns to action after a recent pregnancy and on short notice, missed the 146-pound weight limit, but the fight will proceed as planned.

 

"Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " will also feature a duo of heavyweight matchups with Joey Beltran (17-12) sfida Chase Gormley (12-5) u Dan Charles (20-3) looking to put an end to Augusto Sakai’s (9-0) unblemished record.

 

An undercard bout between Ricky Steele (5-0) u Eric Cronkhite (2-1) was cancelled when Cronkhite missed weight by nine pounds.

 

Very few tickets for the event remain, u huma disponibbli fuq Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office or CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com.

Main Card: (Live on SPIKE – 9 p.m. U/8:00 p.m. CT)

 

Bellator MMA Middleweight Dinja Titolu Ġlieda: Rafael Carvalho (184.3) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185)

 

Bellator MMA featherweight Ko-Main Event: Pat Curran (145.6) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (145.1)

 

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Bout Karatteristika: Dan Charles (242.2) vs. Augusto Sakai (262.5)

 

Bellator MMA Catchweight Feature Bout: Marloes Coenen (145.6) vs. Alexis Dufresne (150.7)

 

Bellator MMA Heavyweight Bout Karatteristika: Joey Beltran (236.8) vs. Chase Gormley (264.5)

 

Card preliminari: (Bellator.com – 7:00 p.m. U/6:00 p.m. CT)

 

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Preliminari Bout: Tyler Freeland (137.4) vs. Joe Hamilton (135.4)

Bellator MMA irqiq Preliminari Bout: Dave Jansen (155.9) vs. Marcin Miżmuma (155.9)

Bellator MMA Flyweight Preliminari Bout: VETA Arteaga (127.1) vs. Jackie Vandenburgh (122.7)

Bellator MMA featherweight Preliminari Bout: Hamilton Irmied (145.8) vs. Vince Morales (144.9)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Preliminari Bout: Brendon Raftery (134) vs. Casey Johnson (134.9)

Bellator MMA irqiq Preliminari Bout: Scott Thometz (155.7) vs. Josh Tyler (155.7)

Bellator MMA Middleweight Preliminari Bout: Sean Setgħat (182.4) vs. rieda Noland (185.6)

Bellator MMA Bantamweight Preliminari Bout: Jesse Brock (135.7) vs. Olly Bradstreet (135.7)