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Bellator 155: Rafael Carvalho promises a kickboxing fight, Scott Coker ducks Will Brooks question

Bellator MMA recently held a conference call to promote its upcoming "Carvalho vs. Manhoef" card, featuring company president Scott Coker, as well as Rafael Carvalho, Melvin Manhoef, Pat Curran and Georgi Karakhanyan.

Bellator 155: "Carvalho vs. Manhoef" comes to CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, this Friday night (May 20, 2016), airing live on Spike TV with a five-fight main card that starts at 9 p.m. ET. The main event is the first-ever Middleweight title defense for Rafael Carvalho against hard-hitting combat sports veteran Melvin Manhoef.

Manhoef became the No. 1 contender at Middleweight with a sterling first round knockout of Hisaki Kato at Bellator 146 in Nov.