Bellators newest heavyweights Ewerton Teixeira (esquerra) and Lorenzo Hood

SANTA MONICA, Califòrnia. (Maig 4, 2015) – Bellator MMA’s heavyweight division will now play host to a pair of the hardest-hitting heavyweights in the game, as promotion officials are proud to announce the addition of Brazilian K-1 champion Ewerton Teixeira (3-0), as well as Blackzilians slugger Lorenzo “The Samoan Silverback” Caputxa (9-2).

Debut dates and opponents will be announced for both fighters in the near future.

A third dan black belt in Kyokushin karate, el jugador de 33 anys d'edat, Teixeira ha estat acumulant títols en competicions en vaga des de fa més d'una dècada. Teixeira va arribar al cim de la lluita de peu en 2008, quan va guanyar el Gran Premi de K-1 Mundial d'aquest any en el títol de Fukuoka i després es va obrir pas a la baralla de campionat el K-1 World Grand Prix de final, where he would come up just short against Errol Zimmerman (though Teixeira would avenge that result in 2010).

Teixeira then turned his attention to MMA in 2012, and he has remained undefeated through his first three professional contests in the sport and is now ready to try his hand at MMA’s highest level.

Mentrestant, el 6-peus-3 Hood ha estat competint professionalment des 2009 and has never had a fight go past the first round. De les seves nou victòries en la seva carrera, all nine have come by knockout. Hood ha lluitat durant tot el U.S. mentre competia al circuit regional, earning himself recognition as one of the top heavyweight prospects in the sport.

Competing under the tutelage of former world champion Rashad Evans, the 26-year-old Hood’s work at Florida’s Blackzilians camp has prepared him for an opportunity to compete against the world’s best fighters, and Bellator MMA will now offer him a platform to prove his talent.