Honeycutt, who is moving up to 185-pound competition, will be facing Mikkel Parlo in what Bellator describes as a "middleweight feature event" at its Bellator 156 event, to be held at Save Mart Center in Fresno, California June 17.
Honeycutt is coming off of an impressive unanimous decision victory over Matt Secor at Bellator 153 in April, his third win since joining Bellator MMA. The former Fighting Scot wrestler is now 7-1 overall in MMA. Parlo, his Bellator 156 opponent, will be having his first bout in the Bellator organization in nearly two years, coming off a two-fight winning streak and a stretch of four victories in his last five bouts. Parlo is now 13-2 overall.
The Honeycutt-Parlo fight is one of three added to Bellator 156 this week. The other two bouts are preliminary bouts: Ben Reiter (16-1) vs. A.J. Matthews (8-4) at middleweight, and Ricky Rainey (11-4) taking on Thiago Jambo (18-4) at welterweight. These new fights will be on a card featuring a Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title match between champ Marcos Galvao (17-6-1) and Eduardo Dantas (17-4), along with welterweights Chidi Njokuani (14-4) and Douglas Lima (26-6) in a co-main event, and Brandon Halsey (9-1) vs. John Salter (11-3) at middleweight.
Honeycutt-Parlo and other main card bouts at "Bellator 156: Galvao vs. Dantas 2" will be featured on Spike TV at 9 p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Central, while preliminary bouts will stream live on Bellator.com and The Bellator mobile app starting at 5:00 p.m. Pacific.
Prior to launching his MMA career, Honeycutt had an impressive collegiate wrestling career at Pennsylvania's Edinboro University, where he was a two-time EWL (Eastern Wrestling League) champ in 2009 and 2011, and earned back-to-back NCAA Division I All-American honors, placing fifth at 184 pounds in 2011, and runner-up at 197 in 2012. The night before his match for the 197-pound title at the 2012 NCAAs, Honeycutt announced his intention of competing in MMA. The Cleveland area native launched his professional career in January 2013.
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