Bellator will be heading back to the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma on November 20 and the fight card will be headlined by a middleweight bout as Hisaki Kato meets Melvin Manhoef.
The fight booking was announced by Bellator in a press release on Tuesday afternoon.
Kato (5-1) made his Bellator debut earlier this year and defeated Joe Schilling by knockout in the second round. All of his victories have come by TKO/KO and his knockout of Schilling will likely end up being the knockout of the year in MMA.
Manhoef (29-12-1, 2NC) recently came off a medical suspension with the California State Athletic Commission, which was due to his knockout lost against Alexander Shlemenko. That lost would eventually be overturned to a no-contest due to Shlemenko failing his post fight drug test.
Tickets for Bellator 146: Kato vs. Manhoef will go on sale Friday, September 11th at 10 a.m. CT and will be available at the WinStar World Casino and Resort Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster. Ticket prices range from: $75, $55, $45 and doors for the event open at 5:00 p.m. CT local time, with the first contest taking place one hour later.