Bellator announces Signings of Deblass, Garcia, Sokoudjou, & Sosnovskiy
Bellator MMA has been busy behind the scenes expanding the depths of their roster. The organization has now announced the signing of 4 fighters.
Tom Deblass (9-2) – A New Jersey native and member of Ricardo Almeida Jiu Jitsu is a UFC and Ring of Combat vet, who in his last 2 fights has knocked out Jason Lambert and TKO’ed Carlos Brooks.
Steve “Mean Machine” Garcia (3-0) – A native of Rio Rancho, New Mexico and member of Luterulls MMA, is coming off a 2nd round TKO of Klay Guy. Garcia also in his lone Bellator appearance scoed a 3rd round TKO of former Olympic wrestler Shawn Bunch. The “Maen Machine” has scored all 3 his pro wins by (T)KO. Garcia will make his Bellator return at Bellator 121.
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou “The African Assassin” (14-12) – A Light Heavyweight,who now resides in San Diego, California and trains at Team Quest. Sokoudjou a UFC vet is 5-4 in his last 9 and is looking to rebound from consecutive losses to Evgeny Erokhin (TKO) and Konstantin Erokhin (KO). “The African Assassin” has all 9 of his stoppage wins by (T)KO. Sokoudjou will make his Bellator debut at Bellator 121.
Dmitry “Wicked Machine” Sosnovskiy (8-0) – A Heavyweight who hails from Moscow, Russia; and is coming off a TKO of Aleksander Emelianenko. Sosnovskiy has 4 of his 6 stoppages by (T)KO.