Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie will take place February 19, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The event will air live in prime time on Spike TV.
Official fight card
Fight Card
Openweight Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie
Heavyweight Kimbo Slice vs. DADA 5000
Featherweight Daniel Pineda vs. Emmanuel Sanchez
Lightweight Melvin Guillard vs. Derek Campos
Light Heavyweight Emanuel Newton vs. Linton Vassell
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Heavyweight Justin Wren vs. Juan Torres
Bantamweight Davis Sylvester vs. Jeremy Mahon
Welterweight Charlie Ontiveros vs. James Christopherson
Middleweight Ruben Esparza vs. Clovis Hancock
Featherweight Adrian Yanez vs. Ryan Hollis
Middleweight Isaac Villanueva vs. Richard Knepp
Lightweight Mike Trinh vs. Joe Zamora
Lightweight Jason Langellier vs. Anthony Ivy
Bantamweight Manny Lozoya vs. Jake Norsworthy
Bantamweight Leomana Martinez vs. Casey Jones
Flyweight Chris Soliz vs. Alex Macedo
Flyweight Jonathan Davis vs. Shawn Solis
Lightweight Hunter Scott-Gregg vs. Ricardo Deluque
Background
The main event and co-main event of Bellator 149 was announced on the air during Bellator 145. President Scott Coker announced the main event fight would feature trilogy bout between combat sports legends Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie. Gracie initially beat Shamrock in fifty-seven seconds via rear-naked choke at their first meeting at UFC 1 in 1993. Subsequent to that bout, the duo fought to a thirty-six minute draw at UFC 5 in 1995.
The co-main event is expected to feature a heavyweight bout between former Miami-Dade County street fighters Kevin Ferguson, aka "Kimbo Slice" and Dhafir Harris, aka "Dada 5000"
Feb 18 - Updated fight card & background
