Next month’s Bellator 136 has officially added five more fights including a lightweight bout between season ten tournament winner Marcin Held meeting Tiger Sarnavskiy on the main card.
In addition to Held/Sarnavskiy, Bellator officials announced Jared Papazian vs. Raja Shippen, Joey Beltran vs. Brian Rogers, Saad Awad vs. Rob Sinclair, and Jonathan Santa Maria vs. Steve Ramirez.
Bellator 136 will come from the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California on April 10 and will be headlined by Will Brooks defending the lightweight title against Dave Jansen.
Held (20-3) won the season ten tournament last year when he defeated Patricky Pitbull in the final at Bellator 126. He has won five in a row and four of those wins have come by stoppage. Sarnavskiy (30-2) has won five in a row and four of those wins have come outside of Bellator. His most recent win came in November as he defeated Artak Nazaryan by knockout.
The current Bellator 136: Brooks vs. Jansen fight card is below.
Main Card: (Spike TV – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Will Brooks (15-1) vs. Dave Jansen (20-2)
Joe Schilling (2-3) vs. Rafael Carvalho (10-1)
Marcin Held (20-3) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (30-2)
Preliminary Card: (Spike.com – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Jared Papazian (18-11) vs. Raja Shippen (14-9-1)
Joey Beltran (15-11, 1NC) vs. Brian Rogers (11-7)
Saad Awad (17-6) vs. Rob Sinclair (12-2)
Jonathan Santa Maria (3-0) vs. Steve Ramirez (0-1)