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Two Bouts Added To Bellator 174

Two more bouts have been added to next months Bellator 174 card as Andrey Koreshkov faces Fernando Gonzalez and Chris Honeycutt faces Kendall Grove.

Koreshkov (19-2-0) will be competing for the first time since he lost the Bellator MMA Welterweight Title to Douglas Lima at Bellator 164. Koreshkov won six of his last seven fights under the Bellator MMA banner, with two of those wins coming over a pair of UFC veterans in Ben Henderson and Nah-Shon Burrell.

Gonzalez (25-14-0) has won five of his last six fights in Bellator MMA competition, most notably defeating Karl Ammoussou, Karo Parisyan, Marius Zaromskis and Gilbert Smith. Gonzalez is also winless when challenging for championships, losing title fights in King Of The Cage, World Fighting Championships and Respect In The Cage.

Honeycutt (9-1-0-1NC) will enter the fight riding a three fight winning streak, defeating Matt Secor, Ben Reiter and Mikkel Parlo. Honeycutt has only suffered a single defeat as a professional MMA fighter, which came to UFC veteran Paul Bradley at Bellator 148.

Grove (23-16-0-1NC) has won two of his last three in Bellator MMA, defeating Joey Beltran and Francisco France, while suffering a defeat to Alexander Shlemenko. Grove has previously challenged for the Bellator MMA Middleweight Title, losing to Brandon Halsey at Bellator 137.

Bellator 174 takes place on Friday, March 3 from the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma with Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd headlining.

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