SIRWAN KAKAI MAKES PROFESSIONAL DEBUT AGAINST JOE TAIMANGLO
Санта Моника, CALIF. (Феврал 10, 2015) – The main card of "Bellator 151: Уоррен против. Caldwell” баМарт 4 is complete with today’s announcement that Жилбер Смит (12-4) will replace Михаил Page and now face Фернандо Гонсалес (24-13) in the evening’s co-main event.
Дар Илова, Sirwan Kakai (12-3) хоҳад debut рекламавї худро бар кунад Ҷо Taimanglo (21-6) in the fourth and final main card contest. Seven preliminary scraps have also been confirmed and can be found below.
Чипта барои "Bellator 151: Уоррен против. Caldwell” are on sale now and start at just $45. You can purchase tickets at the WinStar World Casino and Resort Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com. Дарҳо барои чорабинӣ дар кушода 5:00 Земле. Ч. вақти маҳаллӣ, with the first contest taking place one hour later.
"Bellator 151: Уоррен против. Caldwell” airs зинда ва озод дар хӯшае дар 9 Земле. ВА/8 Земле. Ч., while preliminary boutswill stream live on Bellator.com ва Дар Bellator Барномасозони Mobile.
Smith will be making his Bellator MMA debut against a fighter who is currently in the midst of a four-fight winning streak. "Нисфи шаб Magic” is on a bit of a roll of his own, coming into the promotion riding a two-bout winning streak. A veteran of UFC and most recently RFA, Smith won the regional promotion’s welterweight belt in June, defending the title one time before signing with Bellator.
Gonzalez took a brief hiatus from MMA to compete in the kickboxing portion of the groundbreaking "Bellator MMA: Динамит 1 " event in September, losing a tightly contest decision to world-renowned striker Павлус «Semtex" Daley. Gonzalez now returns to his comfort zone of MMA, where he has strung together an impressive four-fight winning streak. A veteran of the Scott Coker-founded Strikeforce promotion, as well as World Extreme Cagefighting, Gonzalez has been competing professionally since 2003.
Kakai is one of Bellator MMA’s latest signings, joining the fray after a two-fight stint in the UFC. “Zohan," 26, hails from Sweden and owns 10 finishes in his 12 victories as a professional fighter. With a bantamweight title fight one-week prior and another marquee 135-pound pairing in the main event, it will be interesting to see what a win does for Kakai in the grand scheme of things.
Taimanglo will be making his seventh appearance under the Bellator MMA umbrella, and is riding a two-fight winning streak. A Guam-native, “The Juggernaut” has stopped his opponent in 21 of his victories and has only lost twice in his last 14 задухурдҳо. Look for the 31-year-old to make an impression against the bantamweight division’s newest commodity.
Навсозӣ "Bellator 151: Уоррен против. Caldwell” Fight Card:
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Main Event: Joe Уоррен (13-4) против. Darrion Caldwell (8-0)
Bellator MMA Welterweight Co-Main Event: Жилбер Смит (12-4) против. Фернандо Гонсалес (24-13)
Bellator MMA Featherweight Бут Фарқияти: Yamauchi то (19-2) против. Баба Jenkins (10-2)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Feature Bout: Sirwan Kakai (12-3) против. Ҷо Taimanglo (21-6-1)
Card пешакӣ:
Bellator MMA Featherweight пешакӣ Бут: Крис Ҷонс (10-3) против. Рэй Вуд (5-1)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight пешакӣ Бут: Стив Гарсия (6-0) против. Ricky Turcios (5-0)
Bellator MMA Welterweight пешакӣ Бут: Justin Паттерсон (6-1) против. Chance Rencountre (8-1)
Bellator MMA Featherweight пешакӣ Бут: Treston Thomison (8-4) против. Aaron Roberson (5-3)
Bellator MMA Welterweight пешакӣ Бут: Роҷер Кэрролл (16-13) против. Neiman Gracie (3-0)
Bellator MMA Middleweight пешакӣ Бут: Derek Palmer (Debut) против. Jermayne Barnes (0-1)
Bellator MMA Featherweight пешакӣ Бут: Shane Peterson (13-4) против. Истефанусро Banaszak (5-5)