GOITI YAMAUCHI-RYAN COUTURE SQUARE OFF IN LIGHTWEIGHT MAIN CARD BOUT – RICKY RAINEY VS. GILBERT SMITH CONFIRMED FOR PRELIMINARY CARD

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (九月 16, 2016) – A middleweight pairing pitting 久木加藤 (6-2) 针对 A.J. 马修斯 (8-5) 已添加到主卡 “Bellator 162: Shlemenko VS. 树林” 孟菲斯联邦快递论坛, 天恩, 在十月 21.

此外, a lightweight faceoff pitting 山内达 (19-3) 针对 瑞安时装 (10-4) completes the SPIKE-televised main card. The first of what will be a stacked preliminary card is also official, with the news that Ricky “The Sniper” Rainey (11-4) 会打 Gilbert “Chocolate Thunder” Smith (12-5). Additional undercard bouts will be announced shortly.

该活动门票现已在 Bellator.com 发售, Ticketmaster 或 FedExForum 售票处. 主要卡牌活动在 SPIKE 上免费直播 9 P.M. AND/8 P.M. CT, 当预赛直播继续进行时 Bellator.com 和 该Bellator移动应用.

Since signing with Bellator MMA, the calm and subdued Kato has been in nothing but absolute barn burners once the cage door shuts. The exciting fights have even transcended combat sport iterations, when at “Bellator MMA: 炸药2” Kato delivered a spinning back fist that stopped 乔·希林 in his tracks, the second finish in as many tries for “The Japanese Musketeer” against “Stitch Em’ Up.” Currently situated in France, the 33-year-old has had one MMA contest thus far in 2016, stopping Yuta Watanabe in April.

When he’s not traveling the world in an effort to learn everything there is to know about the different martial arts disciplines, Matthews is putting his skills to the test under the Bellator MMA umbrella. 突击队的老兵, “The Mercenary” has laced up the gloves seven times previously for the Viacom-owned promotion, stopping his opponent in all but one of his victories. Primarily training at Alliance MMA throughout his career, Matthews has spent much of his time as of late in Thailand, even taking a Muay Thai bout before meeting 本·瑞特 在 “Bellator 156: 加尔旺主场迎战. Dantas 2.”

在只有23岁, Yamauchi is one of the premiere young talents in the sport of MMA today. Prior to joining Bellator MMA, the Japanese submission specialist amassed an unfathomable 14-1 创纪录 11 submissions and one knockout. Since merging with the Scott Coker-led promotion, Yamauchi has strung together a promising mark of 5-2 with three rear-naked choke submissions. 他的 19 职业生涯胜, 15 得来的提交方式, while no opponent has yet been able to finish the elusive fighter. Yamauchi will now jump up in weight class and join the lightweight division for a clash with one of the most legendary last names in MMA, Couture.

Known to many as the son of former world champion Randy Couture, Ryan has made 14 professional appearances over his career, all of which took place under the bright lights of a national promotion like Strikeforce or Bellator MMA. Residing in Las Vegas, the 34-year-old submission specialist enters the cage having won four of his past five contests, with each of his victories coming by way of rear-naked choke submission. Although there is a noticeable age difference between his opponent, Yamauchi made his professional debut a mere two months after Couture, 十月的 2010. Tune in to SPIKE on 十月 21 to see which Bellator MMA lightweight powerhouse will emerge victorious.

完成“Bellator 162: Shlemenko VS. Grove”主卡:

Middleweight Main Event: 亚历山大Shlemenko (53-9) VS. 肯德尔格罗夫 (23-15)

重量级的合作主要事件: 鲍比·拉什利 (14-2) VS. 乔什·阿佩尔特 (12-5)

中量级功能赛: 久木加藤 (6-2) VS. A.J. 马修斯 (8-5)

轻量级特征回合: 山内达 (19-3) VS. 瑞安时装 (10-4)

初步卡:

重量级初步回合: 瑞奇雷尼 (11-4) VS. 吉尔伯特·史密斯 (12-5)