Bellator 176: Carvalho vs. Manhoef is scheduled to take place on April 8, 2017 at the Pala Alpitour in Torino, Italy.
Official Fight Card
Fight card
Middleweight Rafael Carvalho (c) vs. Melvin Manhoef For the Bellator Middleweight Championship.
Women's Catchweight (130 pounds) Anastasia Yankova vs. Elina Kallionidou
Welterweight Carrington Banks vs. Mihail Nica
Lightweight Djamil Chan vs. Valeriu Mircea
Bellator Kickboxing 5 bouts
Women's Flyweight (Kickboxing) Denise Kieholtz (c) vs. Martine Michieletto For the Bellator Women's Flyweight Kickboxing title.
Lightweight (Kickboxing) Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Amansio Paraschiv For the inaugural Bellator Lightweight Kickboxing title.
Middleweight (Kickboxing) John Wayne Parr vs. Nando Calzetta
Featherweight (Kickboxing) Gaston Bolanos vs. Luca D'Isanto
Lightweight (Kickboxing) Musta Haida vs. Enriko Kehl
Bantamweight (Kickboxing) Kevin Ross vs. TBD
Background
A Middleweight world title fight pitting Rafael Carvalho against Melvin Manhoef will serve as the main event of Bellator 176.
The event was announced by the company in February 2017. It will be the second time Bellator MMA has held an event at the Pala Alpitour in Torino, Italy. Like the previous card, this event will feature both MMA and kickboxing bouts.