Bellator 133 will be headlined by former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko meeting striking specialist Melvin Manheof and the referee for the bout will be John McCarthy.
California State Athletic Commission Executive Director Andy Foster told The MMA Report on Wednesday evening that McCarthy has been assigned to work the fight as the referee.
Bellator 133 will come from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California on Friday and the main card on Spike TV will begin at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
The current Bellator 133: Shlemenko vs. Manhoef fight card is below.
Main Card: (Spike TV – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Alexander Shlemenko (50-9) vs. Melvin Manhoef (29-12-1)
Pat Curran (20-6) vs. Daniel Weichel (34-8)
Julia Budd (6-2) vs. Gabrielle Holloway (4-1)
Chris Honeycutt (5-0) vs. Clayton MacFarlane (4-0)
Preliminary Card: (Spike.com – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Nick Bustamante (2-0) vs. Luis Jauregui (2-1) *
John Paul Elias (2-0) vs. Cody Sons (0-1) *
Jonathan Contrestano (4-0) vs. Ryan Tobar (3-1) *
Ray Cervera (8-2) vs. Adam Piccolotti (4-0) *
Mason Fowler (1-0) vs. Sean Baker (0-1)
Art Arciniega (14-4) vs. Emilio Chavez (7-5)
Blake Watkins (4-0) vs. George Zuniga (3-0)
Paul Ruiz (5-2) vs. Nicolas Sperling (3-2)
* – Will air on Spike.com following the main card