Friday’s Bellator 64 prelims finalized, Horodecki vs. Richman in featured bout
The preliminary card is set for Friday’s Bellator 64 event. The show, which includes an MTV2-televised welterweight title fight between champion Ben Askren and Douglas Lima, takes place at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The featured Spike.com-streamed prelim pits WEC vet Chris Horodecki (18-3-1 MMA, 1-0-1 BFC) against fellow lightweight Mike Richman (11-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC). Horodecki made his Bellator debut in 2011 and earned a unanimous-decision victory over Chris Saunders. However, at November’s Bellator 57 show, he fought Mike Corey to a majority draw. He’s now 4-1-1 over his past six fights, which included the tail end of his run in the now-defunct WEC.
Richman, nicknamed “The Marine,” now makes his Bellator debut with an 11-1 record that includes 10 stoppage victories. Fans may remember Richman from a short stint on “The Ultimate Fighter 12,” where he suffered an elimination-round loss to Aaron Wilkinson.
The official Bellator 64 card includes:
MAIN CARD (MTV2)
Champ Ben Askren vs. Douglas Lima – for welterweight title
Alexandre Bezerra vs. Marlon Sandro – featherweight tourney semifinal
Travis Marx vs. Masakatsu Ueda – bantamweight tourney quarterfinal
Rodrigo Lima vs. Hiroshi Nakamura – bantamweight tourney quarterfinal
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
Chris Horodecki vs. Mike Richman
Matt Secor vs. Nordine Taleb
Rich Lictawa vs. Elias Theodorou
Kyle Prepolec vs. Lance Snow
Chad Laprise vs. Josh Taveirne
Jason Fischer vs. Taylor Solomon
