http://www.mmamania.com/2011/5/17/2175854/undefeated-cuban-olympic-medalist-alexis-vila-enters-bellator-seasonBellator's Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament is starting to take shape
as wrestling Olympian turned professional knockout artist Alexis "The
Exorcist" Vila has been added to the eight man tournament starting in
September. Vila will join fellow bantamweights
Eduardo Dantas,
Chase Beebe,
Marcos Galvao, Luis Nogueira, Ed "Wild" West, and Bellator Featherweight World Champion
Joe Warren, who will be dropping down to bantamweight, as confirmed participants in the upcoming tournament.
"With fighters like Joe Warren, Eduardo Dantas, Marcos Galvao, Chase
Beebe, Luis, Ed and now Alexis, this bantamweight tournament is
absolutely loaded next season." said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn
Rebney. "Vila is a wrestling Olympian that knocks his opponents out, and
that makes him huge problem for anyone he fights."
Born in Cuba, Vila joins Bellator with a spotless 9-0 record,
including finishes in eight of his nine fights (6 KO's, 2 submissions). A
two-time Freestyle Wrestling World Champion, Vila represented Cuba in
the 1996 Olympic Games, earning a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling.
Shortly after the victory, Vila moved to the United States and quickly
established himself as one of the premier collegiate wrestling
instructors in the country, including training UFC veterans
Rashad Evans and
Gray Maynard at Michigan State.
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