Bellator 168 adds Yamauchi vs. Mircea
Bellator MMA has announced the addition of a Lightweight bout between Goiti Yamauchi (20-3) & Valeriu Mircea (12-3), to next weekends Bellator 168 in Florence, Italy.
23, almost 24 year old, Goiti Yamauchi has 16 of 17 stoppage wins by submission. Yamauchi moved to 155 lbs. following a 5-2 run in Bellator’s Featherweight division. At Bellator 162 Yamauchi debut at Lightweight submitting Ryan Couture with an armbar in 61 seconds, rebounding from at unanimous decision loss to Bubba Jenkins.
Valeriu Mircea is a 23 year old, who’ll be making his Bellator MMA debut. Mircea has 10 finishes with 5 knock out and 5 submissions. The native of the Republic of Moldova, has won 9 of his last 10 fight, including a 3 fight win streak; that includes a pair of knock out victories.
The card has also seen a late minute change with Pietor Cappelli, being replaced by Kleber Raimundo, in a Light Heavyweight bout against Philipe Lins.
Complete “Bellator 168: Carvalho vs. Manhoef 2” Card:
Middleweight Title: Rafael Carvalho (13-1) vs. Melvin Manhoef (30-13-1, 2 NC)
LHW: Alessio Sakara (18-11, 2 NC) vs. Joey Beltran (17-13, 1 NC)
LHWt: Philipe Lins (10-1) vs. Kleber Raimundo Silva (12-7)
MW: John Salter (12-3) vs. Claudio Annicchiarico (1-4)
LW: Goiti Yamauchi (20-3) vs. Valeriu Mircea (12-3)
Complete “Bellator Kickboxing: Florence” Card:
LW: Giorgio Petrosyan (82-2-2, 1 NC) vs. Jordan Watson (48-11-2)
WFlyW Title: Denise Kielholtz (45-3) vs. Gloria Peritore (11-1-1)
MW: Joe Schilling (19-9) vs. Victorio Lermano (30-7)
WW: Luca Novello (22-4-2) vs. Karim Ghajji (96-13-1)
LW: Kevin Ross (31-9) vs. Alessio Arduini (26-14-2)
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