Bellator 149: “Shamrock vs. Gracie 3” takes place on Feb. 19, 2016, inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The featured bout on the main card is an openweight contest between mixed martial arts (MMA) legends Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie.
Originally, Melvin Guillard was scheduled to face Mike Bronzoulis in a lightweight bout set for Spike TV, but Bronzoulis withdrew from Bellator 149 due to injury. Derek Campos has agreed to take the bout in his stead on short notice.
Longtime fight veteran Guillard (32-15-2, 2 NC) was brought into Bellator MMA with much fanfare, but came up short against “Cold Roll” Brandon Gritz (14-4) in the main event of Bellator 141 last August.
Coincidentally, Girtz would go on to face the aforementioned Campos (15-6) and knock him out 37 seconds into the first round at Bellator 146 in November. Campos will look to reverse a two-fight slide in this new bout.
Heavyweight Justin Wren (11-2) has also been added to the night’s action in his second fight for Bellator. “The Big Pygmy” will be taking on Juan Torres (4-4) in the featured bout aired on Spike.com before the main card.
The updated and complete line-up for Bellator 149 ‘Shamrock vs. Gracie 3’ is below.
Bellator 149 Main Card (Spike TV):
Openweight Main Event: Ken Shamrock (28-16-2) vs. Royce Gracie (14-2-3)
Heavyweight Main Event: Kimbo Slice (5-2) vs. “Dada 5000” (2-0)
Light Heavyweight Bout: Emanuel Newton (25-5) vs. Linton Vassell (15-5)
Lightweight Bout: Melvin Guillard (32-15-2) vs. Derek Campos (15-6)
Featherweight Bout: Emmanuel Sanchez (12-2) vs. Daniel Pineda (21-11)Bellator 149 ‘Prelims’ Card (Spike.com):
Heavyweight Bout: Justin Wren (11-2) vs. Juan Torres (4-4)
Bantamweight Bout: Davis Sylvester (5-3) vs. Jeremy Mahon (5-4)
Welterweight Bout: Charlie Ontiveros (6-4) vs. James Christopherson (2-2)
Middleweight Bout: Ruben Esparsa (1-0) vs. C.J. Hancock (Debut)
Middleweight Bout: Adrian Yanez (3-1) vs. Daniel Santos (3-0)
Middleweight Bout: Isaac Villanueva (9-7) vs. Richard Knepp (3-3)
Lightweight Bout: Mike Trinh (2-3) vs. Angel Zamora (2-2)
Lightweight Bout: Jason Langellier (2-0) vs. Anthony Ivy (1-0)
Bantamweight Bout: Manny Lozoya (Debut) vs. Jacob Norsworthy (1-5)Unaired Bellator 149 Amateur Card:
Bantamweight Bout: Leomana Martinez (2-0) vs. Casey Jones (2-0)
Flyweight Bout: Chris Solis (2-0) vs. Alex Macedo (2-0)
Flyweight Bout: Jonathan Davis (2-0) vs. Shawn Solis (1-0)
Lightweight Bout: Hunter Scott-Gregg (1-0) vs. Ricardo Deluque (1-0)
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