This Friday April 10th Bellator returns with a star studded 13 bout fight card for Bellator 136: Brooks vs. Jansen. The card has been finalized with the addition of a featherweight battle in the prelims between Jay Bogan (6-4) vs. Justin Governale (3-2). Also there has been a replacement as Chris Herrera (4-2) steps in for Ben Jones against Luc Bondole (4-1-1). The main event will showcase Will Brooks (15-1) defending his lightweight title against Dave Jansen (21-2).
Bogan is making his debut in the promotion after notching his fourth straight victory. Five of his six professional wins have come by way of submission. Governale also makes his Bellator debut after rattling off three wins in the regional circuit.
Herrera steps up on short notice after previously beating Bondole back at Bellator 132. The Kings MMA product looks to make it two straight against Luc. The full card for Bellator: Brooks - Jansen is listed below.
"Bellator: Brooks vs. Jansen" takes place on Friday, April 10, at Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif. The night's televised main card, featuring Bellator MMA Lightweight World Champion Will Brooks vs. top contender Dave Jansen, airs live on Spike TV (9 p.m. ET), while preliminary bouts live on Spike.com (7 p.m. ET).
Tickets for "Bellator: Warren vs. Galvao," which start at just $38, are already on sale at Bellator.com and Bren.UCI.edu.
Main Card (9 p.m. ET)
Bellator Lightweight Title Fight: Champ Will Brooks (15-1) vs. Dave Jansen (20-2)
Bellator Middleweight Feature Fight: Joe Schilling (2-3) vs. Rafael Carvalho (10-1)
Bellator Lightweight Feature Fight: Marcin Held (20-3) vs. Alexander "Tiger" Sarnavskiy (30-2)
Bellator Heavyweight Feature Fight: Alexander Volkov (24-4) vs. Tony Johnson (8-2)
Preliminary Card (7 p.m. ET)
Bellator Flyweight Prelim Fight: Fabricio Guerreiro (20-3) vs. John Teixeira (17-1-2)
Bellator Lightweight Prelim Fight: Saad Awad (17-6) vs. Rob Sinclair (12-2)
Bellator Middleweight Prelim Fight: Joey Beltran (15-11) vs. Brian Rogers (11-7)
Bellator Featherweight Prelim Fight: Jay Bogan (6-4) vs. Justin Governale (3-2)
Dark Bouts (Following Spike TV broadcast)
Bellator Featherweight Prelim Fight: Marcos Bonilla (1-1) vs. A.J. McKee (0-0)
Bellator Flyweight Prelim Fight: Jonathan Santa Maria (3-0) vs. Steve Ramirez (0-1)
Bellator Middleweight Prelim Fight: Chris Herrera (4-2) vs. Luc Bondole (4-1-1)