Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull will be held on August 26, 2016 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The event will air live in prime time on Spike TV.
Official fight card
Fight card
Lightweight Benson Henderson vs. Patricio Freire
Featherweight Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Bubba Jenkins
Lightweight Saad Awad vs. Derek Anderson
Women's Flyweight Lena Ovchynnikova vs. Jaimelene Nievera
Featherweight A.J. McKee vs. Henry Corrales
Welterweight Kevin Ferguson Jr vs. Johnny Tomasian
Welterweight Joey Davis vs. Keith Cutrone
Lightweight Gabriel Green vs. Alex Trinidad
Flyweight Steve Ramirez vs. Ron Henderson
Flyweight David Duran vs. Kyle Estrada
Lightweight Jacob Rosales vs. Mike Segura
Featherweight Mario Navarro vs. Chinzo Machida
Lightweight Stephen Martinez vs. Jake Roberts
Welterweight Andy Murad vs. Johnny Cisneros
Background
The event is headlined by a Lightweight title eliminator fight between former UFC champion Benson Henderson And former Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Freire.
Henderson, after being upset in his April debut against welterweight champion Andrey Koreshkov, returns to the division where he twice defeated Frankie Edgar. He’s also beaten former UFC title challengers Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrone.
Freire, seeking to parlay the victory to a title shot against lightweight champion Michael Chandler, who claimed the belt by knocking out Freire’s brother, Patricky, on June 24
Do to pressure from fans the feature prelim has been moved back to being the co-main even on the card featuring NCAA Division I National Champion in Wrestling Bubba Jenkins verse Georgi Karakhanyan. Last time these two met Karakhanyan defeated Jenkins by guillotine choke in the first round.
Additionally, Four-time NCAA Division II Champion wrestler Joey Davis will make his professional MMA debut at Bellator 160, As an amateur he had a record of 5-0.
Davis, 21, recently graduated from Notre Dame College, where he accumulated an undefeated 131-0 record over the course of four seasons during his collegiate wrestling career. He is the only Division II wrestler in NCAA history to win four consecutive national titles, and is one of three wrestlers ever to complete a four-year college career with an undefeated record, joining Cael Sanderson (Division I) and Marcus LeVesseur (Division III).