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“Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Grove” preliminary card takes shape with Jesse Juarez vs. Ricky Rainey, Joe Taimanglo vs. Antonio Duarte, and Jordan Parsons-Julio Cesar Neves Jr.

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Santa Monica, Calif. (April 9, 2015) – A talent-laden preliminary card for May’s “Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Grove” event is starting to take shape with the addition of welterweights Jesse Juarez (22-9) vs. Ricky “The Sniper” Rainey (10-3), bantamweights Joe “The Juggernaut” Taimanglo (20-6-1) vs. Anthony “Tigre” Duarte (18-5) and featherweight Jordan “Umfana Omuhle” Parsons (10-1) vs. Julio Cesar “Morceguinho” Neves Jr. (30-0).

 

The new additions complement the four-bout main card for “Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Grove,” which includes undefeated Bellator MMA World Middleweight Champion Brandon “Bull” Halsey (8-0) ngokumelene emide scrapper Hawaiian Kendall “The Spyder” Grove (21-14), former Bellator MMA World Champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas (16-4) vs. Mike “The Marine” Richman (18-5), heavyweights ukukhanya Virgil “Rezdog” Zwicker (13-4-1) vs. “Razor” Razak Al-Hassan (12-4) futhi welterweights Fernando “The Menifee Maniac” Gonzalez (23-13) vs. “Curtious” Curtis Millander (7-1).

 

“Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove” ithatha indawo Friday, May 15, at Pechanga Resort & Ikhasino in Temecula, Calif. The night’s main card airs live on Spike TV at 9 p.m. KANYE (6 p.m. PT Isikhathi sendawo), kanti iziqubu zokukwazi usakaze on Spike.com.

 

Amathikithi for “Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove,” okuyinto ukuqala at nje $50, Okwamanje ukudayisa mhlaka Pechanga.com kanye Pechanga Resort & Casino box office.

 

Doors for “Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove” evulekile at 3:30 p.m. PT Isikhathi sendawo, futhi emncintiswaneni lokuqala luthatha 30 Ngemva kwemizuzu. Iziqubu engeziwe uzobe umemezele maduze.

 

Juarez, of Torrance, Calif., is a seven-time Bellator MMA veteran whose days with the company date back to the promotion’s second show. The 33-year-old has been fighting professionally since 2006 but is currently enjoying one of the best runs of his career at 5-1 in his past six appearances, a run that includes Bellator MMA wins over Ron Keslar, Joe Williams and Jordan Smith.

 

Rainey, of Gastonia, N.C., fights for the fourth time under the Bellator MMA banner. All three of Rainey’s Bellator MMA fights have ended in the first round, as he’s bracketed TKO wins over Johnny Cisneros and Andy Murad around a loss to top contender Michael “Venom” Page. Seven of Rainey’s 10 career wins have come by finish, including six by knockout.

 

A five-time Bellator MMA veteran, Taimanglo has quickly established himself as one of Guam’s top fighting exports. A scrappy 30-year-old, Taimanglo never fails to entertain. He fought most recently in September, scoring a decision win over Michael Parker.

 

Ukulwa ngokomsebenzi kusukela 2006, Duarte hails from Tijuana, Mexico. He makes his Bellator MMA debut on the strength of back-to-back submission wins over Marco Beristain and Ed West. Fifteen of Duarte’s 18 career wins come by way of stoppage, okubala 11 by tapout.

 

The 24-year-old Parsons, of Fargo, N.D., is a member of California’s famed Alliance MMA. Fighting professionally, Parsons has established himself as one of the top prospects in the world after winning 10 of yakhe yokuqala 11 kuvelaphi ukulwa professional, including three by knockout and two by submission. Parsons made his Bellator MMA debut in April 2014, scoring a knockout win over Tim Bazer just four seconds into the second round.

 

Brazil’s Neves Jr. has compiled an incredible career mark of 30-0 despite being just 20 ubudala. Ancintisanayo efanele kusukela 2011, lapho eneminyaka nje 17 ubudala, Neves Jr. already owns a pair of Bellator MMA victories by TKO, as he downed Poppies Martinez in the first round of a September 2014 matchup and finished Josh Arocho in the second round of an April 2014 umncintiswano.

 

“Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove” - Friday, May 15, Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, Calif.

IKhadi Main (9 p.m. KANYE)

 

Bellator middleweight Title Fight: Champ Brandon Halsey (8-0) vs. Kendall Grove (21-14)

Bellator Okufakiwe Bantamweight Fight: Eduardo Dantas (16-4) vs. Mike Richman (18-5)

Bellator Okufakiwe Light sosondonzima Fight: Virgil Zwicker (13-4-1) vs. Razak Al-Hassan (12-4)

Bellator Okufakiwe Welterweight Fight: Fernando Gonzalez (23-13) vs. Curtis Millender (7-1)

 

IKhadi Preliminary (7 p.m. KANYE)

 

Bellator Welterweight Prelim Fight: Jesse Juarez (22-9) vs. Ricky Rainey (10-3)

Bellator Bantamweight Prelim Fight: Joe Taimanglo (20-6-1) vs. Antonio Duarte (18-5)

Bellator featherweight Prelim Fight: Jordan Parsons (10-1) vs. Julio Cesar Neves Jr. (30-0)

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“Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Grove” ikhadi main ephelele nezinye izithasiselo of Eduardo Dantas vs. Mike Richman, Virgil Zwicker vs. Razak Al-Hassan, Fernando Gonzalez vs. Curtis Millender

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Santa Monica, Calif. (March 31, 2015) – The ezine-iziqubu ikhadi main for May sika “Bellator MMA: Halsey vs. Grove” manje ngokuphelele anezele owayedlalela Bellator MMA World Champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas (16-4) vs. Mike “The Marine” Richman (18-5), heavyweights ukukhanya Virgil “Rezdog” Zwicker (13-4-1) vs. “Razor” Razak Al-Hassan (12-4) futhi welterweights Fernando “The Menifee Maniac” Gonzalez (23-13) vs.“Curtious” Curtis Millender (7-1).

Featuring Ezingakanqotshwa Bellator MMA World middleweight Champion Brandon “Bull” Halsey (8-0) ngokumelene emide scrapper Hawaiian Kendall “The Spyder” Grove (21-14), “Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove,” ithatha indawoFriday, May 15, at Pechanga Resort & Ikhasino in Temecula, Calif. Main Akazikhukhumezi ikhadi The ebusuku bahlala on Spike TV, kanti iziqubu zokukwazi usakaze on Spike.com.

Amathikithi for “Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove,” okuyinto ukuqala at nje $50, Okwamanje ukudayisa mhlaka Pechanga.com kanye Pechanga Resort & Casino box office.

Doors for “Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove” evulekile at 3:30 p.m. PT Isikhathi sendawo, futhi emncintiswaneni lokuqala luthatha 30 Ngemva kwemizuzu. A ikhadi full wokulungiselela uzobe umemezele maduze.

“Ngithathe akhishwa ukuthi sakwazi ukuba sihlehlise Dantas-Richman balwe ngokushesha kangaka,” wathi Bellator President Scott Coker. “Friday Last, Bellator Kubili amazing bantamweight imincintiswano ukuthi kukhiqizwa iqhawe amasha 'Fight of the Year’ candidate. Both Dantas and Richman are extremely exciting fighters who are undeniable standouts in a bantamweight division with a lot of depth.”

Ilungu isihluthulelo odumile wase Nova Uniao iqembu lase Brazil, Dantas ubelokhu ancintisanayo efanele kusukela 2007, ukulwa kokubili Japan and Brazil lakubo ngaphambi kokwenza eya Bellator MMA. The fighter okahle ephumelele ngokushesha, ukubeka phansi Wilson Reis, Ed West and Alexis Vila bathi ukunqoba mqhudelwano eyenza Dantas a shot at the Bellator MMA Bantamweight World Title. Dantas wenza okuhle ithuba, kungaminyezeli Zach Makovsky ezothatha ibhande.

The Dantas oneminyaka engu-25 ubudala bavikela ibhande ngempumelelo kabili Knockout of oli yamanje Marcos Galvão kanye win ukuzithoba phezu Anthony Leone ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa isinqumo kanzima October kuya oli zangaphambili Joe Warren in a “Fight of the Year” candidate.

Khonamanjalo, United States Marine Corps veteran Richman waqala umsebenzi wakhe professional in 2008, abahola an umxhwele 11-1 irekhodi ukulwa kuphela esimweni sakhe ekhaya of Minnesota. Lokho run wamzuzela call kusuka Bellator MMA, lapho ngokushesha amasentshana Knockout kwi phezu Chris Horodecki and Jeremy Spoon in a time of kuhlangene nje 106 seconds. Imiphumela Mixed kungalandela, njengoba amaphuzu kwi phezu Mitch Jackson, Alexandre Bezerra and Akop Stepanyan kodwa wawa iDemo ngokumelene fighters the division featherweight kakhulu kakhulu Goiti Yamauchi, Desmond Green, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev and Shahbulat Shamhalaev.

The kulahlekelwa utshelwa Richman ukuba sithuthe phansi 135 amakhilogremu, futhi choice esekhokhe izinzuzo ngokushesha. The Richman oneminyaka engu-29 ubudala uye wabheka sahlulwa at bantamweight, nokubhalisa elilimaza lokuqala round Knockout iwina phezu Nam Phan and Ed West.

The Zwicker esindayo esathulwa lwa lakubo ngesikhathi okwenza wesihlanu Bellator MMA ukubukeka kwakhe. Ithimba Quest fighter oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala uvele kakhulu muva ngoJanuwari, abahola a kanzima ukuhlukana isinqumo phezu Houston Alexander Ukunqoba. A mgadli by nature, eziyisishiyagalolunye Zwicker sika 13 career kwi sebefikile ngendlela Knockout.

Al-Hassan kwenza Bellator MMA wakhe DEBUT. Futhi 32 ubudala, fighter Roufusport ibilokhu ancintisanayo efanele kusukela 2007 futhi uye wathola 11 of yakhe 12 career iwina by stoppage. Nokho, Ngokungafani nje umphikisi wakhe, Al-Hassan owns ayisishiyagalombili kulabo ngokunqoba by ukuzithoba. Al-Hassan ebuya a layoff yeminyaka emibili kusukela ukuncintisana.

Gonzalez ifisa ukuze uthole indlela yakhe ukuba shot at the Bellator MMA Welterweight World Title nomunye ukunqoba umxhwele. A ongowokuzalwa Menifee, Calif., engu-31 ubudala uye wabheka ngokuphelele unstoppable in a ezintathu-fight Bellator MMA run, beshaya ngokunqoba phezu MMA elandelanayo abavelele Marius Zaromskis, Houston and Karl Amoussou.

Millender Umemeza kusukela San Bernadino, Calif. Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-27 ubudala wavula umsebenzi wakhe professional in 2013 kanye kwi eyisikhombisa ilandelana, abahola kuye ibala uhlelo Bellator MMA. Nokho, in DEBUT yakhe yokukhangisa, waphoqeleka ukuba avume binda okukhulisa-naked ngokumelene Olwa top Brennan “The Irish Boy Bad” Ward. Millender manje ibukeka Abuya kusukela ukuthi ukulahlekelwa uhola kuqala Bellator MMA ukunqoba kwakhe.

“Bellator: Halsey vs. Grove” – Friday, May 15, Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, Calif.

Bellator middleweight Title Fight: Champ Brandon Halsey (8-0) vs. Kendall Grove (21-14)

Bellator Okufakiwe Bantamweight Fight: Eduardo Dantas (16-4) vs. Mike Richman (18-5)

Bellator Okufakiwe Light sosondonzima Fight: Virgil Zwicker (13-4-1) vs. Razak Al-Hassan (12-4)

Bellator Okufakiwe Welterweight Fight: Fernando Gonzalez (23-13) vs. Curtis Millender (7-1)

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