Bellator Signs Dynamic Canadian Lightweight Knockout Artist Guillaume DeLorenzi

GDelorenzi.jpg

From Bellator FightingChampionships:

CHICAGO, Ill. (June 1, 2012) — Thelightweight division just got stronger as Bellator Fighting Championships hassigned Canadian knockout artist Guillaume DeLorenzi to a promotional agreement.DeLorenzi will make his Bellator debut later this year and already has hissights set on a future Bellator Lightweight Tournament.

“All I’m thinking about is collecting some victories and getting into the nextlightweight tournament,” said DeLorenzi. “It’s a huge honor to be fighting withBellator, and I want that belt.”

Entering Bellator with an impressive 9-1 record including a dominating victoryover Bellator veteran Nordine Taleb, DeLorenzi trains under the well-respectedFiras Zahabi and alongside Ivan Menjivar, Yves Jabouin and Thierry Quenneville.After suffering a devastating injury in 2010, DeLorenzi is eager to get backinto the cage.

“I’ve been away from the MMA world for so long, it’s going to be great to getback into the cage and show the world what I’m capable of.”

“Our talent development team has been focused on Guillaume DeLorenzi for sometime,” said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. “He’s a dynamic fighterwho has great potential in the coming years.”

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter@BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney andcheck out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator