Headlined by a featherweight title bout between Patricio Freire and Daniel Straus, Bellator 132’s lineup is now complete with the addition of seven preliminary bouts.
Bellator 132 takes place at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif., and features the return of Dustin Jacoby to the middleweight division. After a second-round loss to “King Mo” Lawal in September, Jacoby (10-4) cuts back down to 185 pounds to meet fellow UFC veteran John Salter (10-3).
Derek Anderson (11-1), who holds a win over longtime Bellator veteran Patricky Freire, will try to bounce back to the win column after his first professional loss to Marcin Held, facing Danny Navarro (12-4), who makes his Bellator debut after racking up a 12-fight winning streak.
The other match-ups announced are Everett Cummings (8-0) vs. Hector Carillo (5-6), Jonathan Rivera (4-0) vs.Steve Kozola (4-0), Fabricio Guerreiro (20-3) vs. Nick Piedmont (10-5-1), Fabian Gonzalez (2-0) vs. Albert Morales (0-0) and Luc Bondole (4-0-1) vs. Chris Herrera (2-1).
The preliminary card will be streamed live at Spike.com. The main card, headlined by Freire vs. Straus, airs on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET.
Main card (9 p.m. ET on Spike TV):
Patricio Freire vs. Daniel Straus
Bubba Jenkins vs. Georgi Karakhanyan
Virgil Zwicker vs. Houston Alexander
Fernando Gonzalez vs. Marius Zaromskis
Preliminary card (7 p.m. ET on MMA Fighting):
Dustin Jacoby vs. John Salter
Everett Cummings vs. Hector Carillo
Jonathan Rivera vs.Steve Kozola
Derek Anderson vs. Danny Navarro
Fabricio Guerreiro vs. Nick Piedmont
Fabian Gonzalez vs. Albert Morales
Luc Bondole vs. Chris Herrera