Multiple additions to Bellator 172
Along with announcing 8 preliminary bouts added to the February 18th card, Cheick Kongo vs. Oli Thompson at Heavyweight and Adam Piccolotti vs. Brent Primus at Lightweight, has been added to the Bellator 172 main card.
Cheick Kongo is on a 3 fight win streak with decision victories over Alexander Volkov, Vincius Queiroz, and Tony Johnson. Oil Thompson had a 5 fight win steak ended in July, losing his promotional debut to Matt Mitrione at Bellator 158.
Adam Piccolotti has 2 wins by TKO and 4 via submission. The undefeated 28 year old, is 5-0 in the Bellator cage, coming off a unanimous decision win over Brandon Girtz. Brent Primus is a undefeated, 31 year old, from Portland, Oregon; who has 4 of his 5 finishes by submission. Primus is coming off consecutive split decision wins over Derek Anderson and Gleristone Santos.
Bellator 172 takes place on Saturday, February 18th, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
Updated “Bellator 172: Fedor vs. Mitrione” Main Card:
Heavyweight Main Event: Fedor Emelianenko (36-4, 1 NC) vs. Matt Mitrione (11-5)
Heavyweight Feature Bout: Cheick Kongo (25-10-2) vs. Oli Thompson (17-9)
Lightweight Feature Bout: Adam Piccolotti (9-0) vs. Brent Primus (7-0)
Preliminary Bouts:
Welterweight Prelim Bout: James Terry (18-9) vs. David Douglas (9-6)
Lightweight Prelim Bout: Nikko Jackson (1-1) vs. Cesar Gonzalez (0-1)
Featherweight Prelim Bout: Juan Cardenas (1-0) vs. Luis Vargas (0-1)
Welterweight Prelim Bout: Danasabe Mohammed (5-1) vs. Carlos Rocha (9-4)
Flyweight Prelim Bout: Anthony Do (4-1) vs. Bobby Escalante (4-5)
Flyweight Prelim Bout: Matt Ramirez (1-2) vs. Jeremy Murphy (3-3)
Lightweight Prelim Bout: J.J. Okanovich (3-1) vs. Paradise Vaovasa (5-1)
Featherweight Prelim Bout: Justin Tenedora (Debut) vs. Roque Reyes (0-3)