Following his successful title defense earlier this month, Bellator light heavyweight champion Emanuel Newton has another title defense scheduled as he will defend his title against Linton Vassell in the main event of Bellator 130 on October 24th in Kansas.
Bellator officials confirmed the main event, along with the complete eleven fight card to TheMMAReport.com on Tuesday.
In addition to the title fight, the main card on Spike TV will feature Bobby Lashley vs. Karl Etherington, Marloes Coenen vs. Annalisa Bucci, and Dave Jansen vs. Rick Hawn.
Bellator 124 will come from the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas on October 24th and tickets for the event are currently on sale at Ticketmaster.
Newton (24-7-1) became the first Bellator light heavyweight champion to make a successful title defense when he defeated Joey Beltran by knockout at Bellator 124. It was his sixth straight victory and it was the second time in his time in Bellator that he has won a fight by spinning back fist knockout.
Vassell (14-3, 1NC) is currently on a nine fight winning streak and three of those wins have come in Bellator. His last two victories have come by rear-naked choke submission and the most recent victory came in July at Bellator 122 against Virgil Zwicker.
The current Bellator 127: Newton vs. Vassell fight card is below
Main Card: (Spike TV – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Emanuel Newton (24-7) vs. Linton Vassell (14-3)
Karl Etherington (9-0) vs. Bobby Lashley (11-2)
Annalisa Bucci (7-3) vs. Marloes Coenen (21-6)
Dave Jansen (19-2) vs. Rick Hawn (18-3)
Preliminary Card: (Spike.com – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Derek Bohi (3-2) vs. Alex Huddleston (4-1)
Aaron Derrow (12-8) vs. Nate Jolly (13-6)
Anthony Dizy (5-0) vs. Darrion Caldwell (5-0)
Gary Tapusoa (8-2) vs. Sam Oropeza (11-2)
Gzim Selmani (4-1) vs. Daniel Gallemore (3-2)
Marcio Navarro (9-11) vs. Cody Carrillo (5-8)
Ricky Musgrave (11-4) vs. Joe Wilk (17-9)
Davi Ramos (5-0) vs. David Rickels (15-3)