{"id":172630,"date":"2015-10-22T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=172630"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:39:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:39:33","slug":"officials-announce-new-date-for-bellator-147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/officials-announce-new-date-for-bellator-147\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials announce new date for Bellator 147"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials announced today that the initial Dec. 11 date for Bellator 147 has been changed to take place a week earlier, on Dec. 4, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/10\/bellator-147-moves-to-dec-4-with-thomson-villaseca-weichel-karakhanyan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fighters already scheduled on the card include lightweights in former Strikeforce champion\/UFC vet Josh Thomson (21-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Pablo Villaseca (10-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) as well as featherweights Daniel Weichel (35-9 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (24-4-1 MMA, 2-2 BMMA).<\/p>\n<p>The event takes place at San Jose State University Event Center in San Jose, California. The main card will be airing on Spike and the prelims on <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although there was no announcement today, UFC welterweight vet Josh Koscheck (17-10 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) and undefeated 170-pounder Chris Honeycutt (6-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) are expected to also be on the card, according to Bellator President <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/08\/bellator-146-set-for-fresnos-savemart-center-josh-koscheck-scheduled-for-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Coker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who are your picks for the matchups so far? Share them with us in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials announced today that the initial Dec. 11 date for Bellator 147 has been changed to take place a week earlier, on Dec. 4, according to MMA Junkie. Fighters already scheduled on the card include lightweights in former Strikeforce champion\/UFC vet Josh Thomson (21-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Pablo Villaseca (10-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54422,"featured_media":166868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Officials announce new date for Bellator 147 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Officials announced today that the initial Dec. 11 date for Bellator 147 has been changed. 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