Recently signed Bellator fighter Peter Graham (8-5) will make his promotional debut on October 18 when Sydney the based fighter comes up against 36 year-old American Eric Prindle (8-3).
Graham confirmed match-up earlier today via social media.
A former kickboxer, Graham started his martial arts career in Kyokushin Karate before moving to kickboxing where he was a regular on the K-1 circuit. He is most notable for knocking out bad boy Badr Hari with a “Rolling Thunder” spinning kick which also broke his opponent’s jaw in the process.
During his kickboxing career, Graham defeated the likes of Sam Greco, Mark Hunt and Paul Slowinski among others.
Graham got the opportunity to compete in mixed martial arts in 2008 while competing professionally over in Japan. He won only a single fight in his first six outing under MMA rules with losses coming to the likes of Kazuyuki Fukita and highly regarded grappler Rolles Gracie.
Since then though, Graham has won seven straight fights which no doubt caught the eye of Bellator MMA. All seven wins have come via a KO or TKO which includes a win over Russian fighter Aleksander Emelianenko.
Prindle is a former United States soldier who now bases himself out of Arizona, USA and has recently spent time training with Alistair Overeem and the Blackzillion team. Previously Prindle spent time at the Team Death Clutch training facility with Pat Barry and former UFC heavyweight Brock Lesnar. Prindle boxed in several amateur boxing tournaments prior to turning to MMA and is coming off a 12 second TKO win over Vince Lucero in June 2013.
The event is scheduled to be held at the US Cellular Centre in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and is also set to feature the semi-final bouts of the upcoming welterweight tournament.
