Bellator 147: Thomson vs Villaseca | Get your tickets now!

Following an impressive stoppage during the main card of the groundbreaking “Bellator MMA: Dynamite 1” card in September, Josh “The Punk” Thomson (21-8, 1 NC) will make his main event debut against Pablo “El Gallo” Villaseca (10-1) on Friday, December 4 at The San Jose State University Event Center.

In addition, the co-headliner of “Bellator 147: Thomson vs. Villaseca” will feature a marquee featherweight contest, when Georgi “Insane” Karakhanyan (24-4-) goes toe-to-toe with Daniel “The Weasel” Weichel (35-9).

A lightweight rematch between Patricky “Pitbull” Freire (14-6) and Derek Anderson (12-2, 1 NC) has been added to the main card of “Bellator 147: Thomson vs. Villaseca” on Friday, December 4 at The San Jose State University Event Center in gorgeous San Jose, Calif.

In addition, the preliminary portion of the card is also beginning to take shape, with the news that undefeated top featherweight prospect A.J. McKee (2-0) meets JT Donaldson (1-0). If you haven’t seen McKee in action, look no further than his impressive stoppage of James Barnes at “Bellator 141: Guillard vs. Girtz.” James Terry (16-8) returns to the Bellator MMA cage to face Mauricio Alonso (10-7) and American Kickboxing Academy product Thomas Diagne (5-4-1) battles Erick Sanchez (5-2).

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