SANTA MONICA, 加利福尼亞州. (四月 20, 2015) – Bellator MMA Welterweight World Champion 道格拉斯 “飛鴻（Phenom）” 酸橙 (26-5), one of the most talented and well-rounded 170-pound fighters on the planet today, puts his title on the line against Russian knockout artist 安德烈 “斯巴達” Koreshkov (17-1) 上 星期五, 七月 16, 在金神體育館安卡斯維爾, 康涅狄格州.
“Douglas Lima is an incredible champion who is in for one of the toughest fights of his life against Koreshkov,“Bellator總裁Scott Coker的說. “When the rest of this card is announced, we’ll have put together one of the greatest showcases of welterweight talent ever assembled on one night.”
The two elite combatants headline the newly announced “Bellator MMA: 利馬VS. Koreshkov” 事件, 播出直播和免費秒殺 9 P.M. AND / 8 P.M. CT.
Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, 四月 24日 在 10 A.M. AND, and are available at the Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office or Ticketmaster.com. Bellator Nation presale begins 本週二. Join the Bellator Newsletter list or follow us on social media (嘰嘰喳喳 / Facebook的) to gain access to the presale code and details.
Additional information, including ticketing details and the night’s full lineup of world-class MMA action, 將在短期內公佈.
The 27-year-old Lima is a Brazilian-born athlete who now makes his home in Atlanta. Fighting under the Bellator MMA banner since 2011, Lima is an impressive 8-1 in the promotion and an incredible 14-1 在他過去的 15 overall appearances. Lima earned his way to the Bellator MMA Welterweight World Title with an eight-man tournament victory that included knockout wins over Ben Saunders, Bryan Baker and Michail Tsarev. Lima then claimed the title with an April 2014 knockout win over Rick Hawn. 總體, Lima boasts five consecutive knockout victories and now looks to defend his belt for the first time.
Koreshkov is also fresh off an eight-man tournament win, claiming a decision victory over Adam McDonough after previously registering knockouts of Justin Baesman and Nah-Shon Burrell. The 24-year-old Koreshkov is a Russian national medalist in both pankration and hand-to-hand combat and has lost just once in 18 professional MMA appearances. 他擁有 10 wins by knockouts and three by submission and also owns a 2012 victory over former Bellator MMA Welterweight World Champion Lyman Good.
Expect fireworks when Lima and Koreshkov collide.
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