Chris Horodecki vs. Mike Richman Among Bellator 64 Prelim Bouts
By FCF Staff
Bellator has confirmed the preliminary fights which will take place at the promotion’s event this Friday in Windsor, Ontario, and a lightweight bout between WEC veteran Chris Horodecki and Mike Richman will be one of them.
Horodecki (18-3) has gone undefeated in three fights since he was submitted by Donald Cerrone at WEC 53, which includes a win against Chris Saunders and a draw versus Mike Corey will Bellator.
Richman (11-1) will make his Bellator debut having won back-to-backs over Chris Lane and Morgan Sickinger, since he was submitted by Mike Lindquist last February while competing at a Second Out / Vivid MMA event.
The other prelim bouts set for Bellator 64 include middleweight Nordine Taleb (6-1) vs. Matt Secor (1-0), Elias Theodorou (3-0) vs. middleweight Rich Lictawa (2-2), Kyle Prepolec (2-1) vs. Lance Snow (1-2), welterweight Josh Taveirne (2-2) vs. Chad Laprise (4-0), and lightweights Taylor Solomon (3-3) vs. Jason Fischer (0-1).
The April 6th card will be hosted by Caesars Windors and will feature a welterweight bout between champion Ben Askren and Dougas Lima in the main event.
The event’s main card will be broadcast live on MTV 2 and the preliminary bouts will be streamed live on Spike.com
Here is the line-up to date for Bellator 64.
Welterweight Championship
Ben Askren vs. Douglas Lima
Featherweight Tourney Semifinal
Alexandre Bezerra vs. Marlon Sandro
Bantamweight Tourney Quarterfinals
Travis Marx vs. Masakatsu Ueda
Rodrigo Lima vs. Hiroshi Nakamura
Preliminary Card
Chris Horodecki vs. Mike Richman
Matt Secor vs. Nordine Taleb
Rich Lictawa vs. Elias Theodorou
Kyle Prepolec vs. Lance Snow
Chad Laprise vs. Josh Taveirne
Jason Fischer vs. Taylor Solomon