Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five was the fifth and latest installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. "Bellator", which is Latin for "Warrior", is organized into seasons with each event hosting the rounds of championship knockout tournaments for three-five weight divisions.-History:In its first season,...

, and began on September 10, 2011. Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

tournaments will were held in multiple weight classes, including the bantamweight, welterweight, middleweight, and heavyweight divisions.

Bellator XLIX

Bellator XLIX was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on September 10, 2011 at Caesars Atlantic City

Caesars Atlantic City

Caesars Atlantic City is a luxury hotel, casino, and spa resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Like Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, it has an ancient Roman theme. Atlantic City's second casino, it opened in 1979 as the Caesars Boardwalk Regency. The . casino has over 3,400 slot machines, and is one of...

in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...

. The card was the debut of the promotion's fifth season and distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

This event hosted the first round of an eight-man welterweight tournament to be held over the duration of Bellator's fifth season

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five was the fifth and latest installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, and began on September 10, 2011...

.

Rick Hawn

Rick Hawn

Rick Hawn is an American former 2004 US Olympic judo team member and is now a mixed martial artist. As a judoka he won numerous medals at U.S. national championships, 2 medals at the Pan American Games, and finished 9th at the 2004 Olympics. Hawn was born in Chicago; but when he was young, his...

was expected to face Ben Saunders

Ben Saunders (fighter)

Benjamin Saunders , is an American professional mixed martial artist. His background is in Jeet Kune Do Concepts and he was a featured fighter on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra....

at this event but Hawn was forced out of the bout due to a knee injury. Hawn was replaced by Bellator newcomer Chris Cisneros.

The Ultimate Fighter 12 competitor, Andy Main, was set to fight Kenny Foster

Kenny Foster

Kenny Foster is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Bellator Fighting Championships:...

on the undercard of this event. However, after an undisclosed injury, Main was pulled from the bout.

On September 6th, 2011, it was announced Bellator's Season 5 "Local Feature Fights" would be streamed live on Spike.com, starting with this event.

The event drew an estimated 235,000 viewers on MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Results

Main Card

Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Chris Lozano
Chris Lozano
Chris Lozano is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships and North American Allied Fight Series .-Background:...

vs. Brent Weedman
Brent Weedman
Brent Weedman is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Weedman has mostly competed in the United States and is a Bellator Fighting Championships veteran. Weedman will also compete in the Bellator Season...

Lozano defeated Weedman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders (fighter)
Benjamin Saunders , is an American professional mixed martial artist. His background is in Jeet Kune Do Concepts and he was a featured fighter on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra....

vs. Chris Cisneros

Saunders defeated Cisneros via TKO (knee to body and punches) at 0:29 of round 3.

Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Luis Santos
Luis Santos (fighter)
Luis Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. Santos is currently signed with the Bellator Fighting Championships, fighting in their welterweight division.-Early career:...

vs. Dan Hornbuckle
Dan Hornbuckle
Dan Hornbuckle is an American mixed martial artist. Hornbuckle holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Jack McVicker and has a self-proclaimed black belt in "intensity". Hornbuckle is Native American, and is a member of the Eastern Band Cherokee tribe...

Santos defeated Hornbuckle via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Steve Carl
Steve Carl
Steve Carl is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the welterweight division. As an Iraq War veteran, Carl competes in MMA while he is home from active duty.-Early career:Carl made his professional MMA debut in November 2005...

vs. Douglas Lima
Douglas Lima
Douglas Lima is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships. He is the former MFC Welterweight champion.-Early career:...

Lima defeated Carl via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).

Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)

Catchweight bout (147lbs): Alexandre Bezerra
Alexandre Bezerra
Alexandre Bezerra is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently signed with Bellator Fighting Championships who competes in the featherweight division.-Early career:...

vs. Scott Heckman

Bezerra defeated Heckman via TKO (punches) at 1:38 in round 2.

Welterweight bout: Giedrius Karavackas vs. LeVon Maynard

Karavackas defeated Maynard via TKO (knee and punches) at 1:32 in round 3.

Featherweight bout: Brylan Van Artsdalen vs. Joel Roberts

Roberts defeated Van Artsdalen via technical submission (triangle choke) at 1:47 in round 2.

Catchweight bout (150lbs): James Jones vs. Lester Caslow

Caslow defeated Jones via TKO (injury) at 0:15 in round 2.

Heavyweight bout: Azunna Anyanwu vs. J.A. Dudley

Anyanwu defeated Dudley via TKO (punches) at 4:16 in round 2.

Bellator L

Bellator L was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on September 17, 2011 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and...

in Hollywood, Florida

Hollywood, Florida

-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...

. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

The event hosted the opening round of the middleweight tournament in Bellator's fifth season

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five was the fifth and latest installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, and began on September 10, 2011...

.

Veteran welterweight fighter Ailton Barbosa won Bellator's open tryouts in Hollywood, Florida

Hollywood, Florida

in June 2011 to earn his spot on the card.

R.J. Goodridge was scheduled to fight J.P. Reese

J.P. Reese

James Patrick Reese was born on December 21, 1980 in Livonia, Michigan. He is a full-time MMA fighter who bases his training at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida.-Amateur wrestling career:...

, but after suffering an undisclosed injury Goodridge pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Martin Brown. Also, Ryan Hodge was scheduled to fight Valdir Araujo, but was pulled from the bout with an injury, and replaced with Brett Cooper.

On September 15, 2011, Luis Palomino

Luis Palomino

Luis Palomino is a Peruvian American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division, having formerly fought in the featherweight division...

suffered an injury in training and was pulled from his scheduled bout with James Edson Berto

James Edson Berto

James Edson Berto is a Haitian professional mixed martial artist and the former Real Fighting Championship Lightweight Champion who has fought for the EliteXC and Strikeforce promotions and is known for his incredible leg lock variations, all but one of his submission wins are by way of Heel...

. Berto was later pulled from the card as well, and the fight was scratched altogether.

A scheduled lightweight bout between Dietter Navarro and Marcelo Goncalves was changed into a 156-lbs catchweight bout after both fighters missed weight.

The event drew an estimated 114,000 viewers on MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Results

Main Card

Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Jared Hess
Jared Hess (fighter)
Jared Hess is an American mixed martial artist. He is most known for his stint fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships in their middleweight division. He was runner up in the middleweight tournament after losing to Hector Lombard.-Biography:Hess grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and attend...

vs. Bryan Baker
Bryan Baker (fighter)
Bryan Baker is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Baker fought in various promotions, most notably World Extreme Cagefighting and Bellator Fighting Championships...

Baker defeated Hess via TKO (strikes) at 2:52 of round 3.

Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Victor O'Donnell vs. Brian Rogers
Brian Rogers (fighter)
Brian Rogers is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter who currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Background:...

Rogers defeated O'Donnell via TKO (strikes) at 1:56 of round 1.

Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Zelg Galesic
Zelg Galesic
Zelg Galešić is a Croatian mixed martial artist, currently fighting in Bellator Fighting Championships. He has previously fought in Cage Rage, PRIDE, DREAM, and Hero's...

vs. Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

Shlemenko defeated Galesic via submission (standing guillotine) at 1:55 of round 1

Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Sam Alvey vs. Vitor Vianna
Vitor Vianna
Vitor Vianna is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who has competed in mixed martial arts events in Brazil, Holland, and in the United States. He is the #3 ranked Middleweight prospect in the world. He is also ranked as the #69 Light Heavyweight fighter in the world by FightMatrix.com. This ranking...

Vianna defeated Alvey via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)

Catchweight (140 lbs) bout: Marcos da Matta vs. Shah Bobonis

Bobonis defeated da Matta via KO (punch) at 2:04 of round 3.

Catchweight (156 lbs) bout: Dietter Navarro vs. Marcelo Goncalves

Goncalves defeated Navarro via submission (armbar) at 2:01 of round 1.

Middleweight bout: Brett Cooper vs. Valdir Araujo

Cooper defeated Araujo via TKO (punches) at 0:35 of round 3.

Lightweight bout: Radley Martinez
Radley Martinez
Radley Martinez is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Lightweight division. He was featured on ESPN's Outside the Lines in June 2011 ....

vs. Brian van Hoven

Martinez defeated van Hoven via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Welterweight bout: Ailton Barbosa vs. Ryan Keenan

Barbosa defeated Keenan via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:55 of round 1.

Welterweight bout: Cristiano Souza vs. John Kelly

Souza defeated Kelly via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Lightweight bout: J.P. Reese
J.P. Reese
James Patrick Reese was born on December 21, 1980 in Livonia, Michigan. He is a full-time MMA fighter who bases his training at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida.-Amateur wrestling career:...

vs. Martin Brown

Reese defeated Brown via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Bellator LI

Bellator LI was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on September 24, 2011 at the Canton Memorial Civic Center

Canton Memorial Civic Center

The Canton Memorial Civic Center is a multi-purpose arena in Canton, Ohio, USA. It was built in 1951. It was the home to the Canton Legends arena football team and Canton Invaders indoor soccer team and Ohio Aviators of the American Basketball Association...

in Canton, Ohio

Canton, Ohio

Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

This event hosted the first round of an eight-man bantamweight tournament to be held over the course of Bellator's fifth season

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five was the fifth and latest installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, and began on September 10, 2011...

.

Joe Soto

Joe Soto

Joseph Angel Soto is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. Soto is currently signed under the Bellator Fighting Championships promotion where he was the first ever Bellator Featherweight Champion, and the winner of their inaugural featherweight tournament.-Biography:At the time...

was originally scheduled to face Eduardo Dantas

Eduardo Dantas

Eduardo Dantas is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Dantas has mostly fought for Shooto Brazil, where he has competed for the Shooto 132-pound world title.-Background:Dantas trains with Nova União...

in the opening round of the bantamweight-tournament. However, he was pulled from the bout after losing to Eddie Yagin

Eddie Yagin

Eddie “The Filipino Phenom” Yagin is a Filipino-American mixed martial artist from Honolulu, Hawaii. He is a former X-1 Featherweight Champion, former Tachi Palace Fights Featherweight Champion and is currently signed as a Featherweight in the UFC.-Pre-UFC:Yagin was scheduled to face off...

at Tachi Palace Fights 10

Tachi Palace Fights 10

Tachi Palace Fights 10 was a mixed martial arts event held by Tachi Palace Fights , on August 5, 2011 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California.-Background:...

and replaced by Wilson Reis

Wilson Reis

Wilson Reis is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt. Reis received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from instructor Roberto Godoi. As a brown belt he won the 2004 Jiu Jitsu World Championships...

.

The Jessica Eye-Casey Noland bout was changed from 125 lbs to a 127 lbs catchweight after Noland failed to make weight./

The event drew an estimated 158,000 viewers on MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Results

Main Card

Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Joe Warren
Joe Warren (fighter)
Joe Warren is an American Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist. As a Greco-Roman wrestler, he won the 2006 Pan American and World Championship and was a favourite for the 2008 Olympics, but was given a two-year suspension after testing positive for THC while trying to qualify for the 2007...

vs. Alexis Vila
Alexis Vila
|-|Loss|align=center|11-1|Eduardo Dantas|Decision |Bellator 59||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States|Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Final|-|Win|align=center|11-0|Marcos Galvão|Decision...

Vila defeated Warren via KO (punch) at 1:04 of round 1.

Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Wilson Reis
Wilson Reis
Wilson Reis is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt. Reis received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from instructor Roberto Godoi. As a brown belt he won the 2004 Jiu Jitsu World Championships...

vs. Eduardo Dantas
Eduardo Dantas
Eduardo Dantas is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Dantas has mostly fought for Shooto Brazil, where he has competed for the Shooto 132-pound world title.-Background:Dantas trains with Nova União...

Dantas defeated Reis via KO (flying knee and punches) at 1:02 of round 2.

Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Chase Beebe
Chase Beebe
Chase Beebe is an American professional mixed martial artist from Chicago, Illinois. He has recently fought for the World Extreme Cagefighting organization, where he was the Bantamweight Champion. He lost that belt on February 13, 2008, to fellow Midwestern MMA fighter Miguel Torres...

vs. Marcos Galvão
Marcos Galvao
Marcos "Loro" Galvão is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist currently fighting as a featherweight. He holds a professional MMA record of 10 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw. Galvão peaked at a global ranking of #2 among bantamweights in August 2007...

Galvao defeated Beebe via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Ed West
Ed West (fighter)
Ed West is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in the Bantamweight division and was featured in the fourth season tournament and is currently fighting in the fifth season tournament....

vs. Luis Nogueira

West defeated Nogueira via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).

Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)

Featherweight bout: Frank Caraballo vs. Dustin Kempf

Caraballo defeated Kempf via TKO (Knee Injury) at 1:19 of Round 1.

Women's (127 lbs) bout: Jessica Eye vs. Casey Noland

Eye defeated Noland via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

Bantamweight bout: Farkhad Sharipov vs. Jesse Riggleman

Riggleman defeated Sharipov via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 30–27).

Light Heavyweight bout: Dane Bonnigson vs. Dan Spohn

Spohn defeated Bonnigson via KO (knee) at 0:09 of round 2.

Light Heavyweight bout: John Hawk vs. Allan Weickert
Allan Weickert
Allan Weickert is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He has recently returned to fighting from a two-year leave from knee surgery....

Hawk defeated Weickert via TKO (retirement) at 5:00 of round 2.

Lightweight bout: Clint Musser vs. Joey Holt

Holt defeated Musser via KO (flying knee) at 4:07 of round 1.

Bellator LII

Bellator LII was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. It took place on October 1, 2011 at the L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles

Lake Charles

Lake Charles may refer to:in Canada*Lake Charles, Nova Scotia, a lake in the Halifax Regional Municipalityin the United States*Lake Charles, Louisiana, a city in the United States*Lake Charles , the lake after which it is named...

, Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

This event hosted the opening round of Bellator's second heavyweight tournament.

Blagoi Ivanov

Blagoi Ivanov

|-| Win| 5-0 | Zak Jensen| Technical submission | Bellator 52| |align=center| 2|align=center| 2:35|Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States| Bellator Season 5 Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal|-| Win| 4–0 | William Penn| TKO...

was originally scheduled to face Thiago Santos

Thiago Santos (fighter)

Thiago Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He competes in the Heavyweight Division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:...

. Santos, however, was unable to travel from Brazil for the event and was replaced by Zak Jensen

Zak Jensen

Zak Jensen is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.-Early life:Jensen played football and wrestled at both Northern Illinois University and Augsburg College...

.

The event drew an estimated 269,000 viewers on MTV 2.

Results
Main Card

Heavyweight Quarterfinal bout: Neil Grove
Neil Grove
Neil Grove is a South African-born English heavyweight mixed martial artist currently signed with Bellator Fighting Championships. He holds a black belt rank of shodan in Gōjū-ryū karate...

vs. Mike Hayes
Mike Hayes (fighter)
Mike Hayes is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the heavyweight division of Bellator Fighting Championships.-Mixed martial arts career:...

Hayes defeated Grove via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

Heavyweight Quarterfinal bout: Blagoi Ivanov
Blagoi Ivanov
|-| Win| 5-0 | Zak Jensen| Technical submission | Bellator 52| |align=center| 2|align=center| 2:35|Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States| Bellator Season 5 Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal|-| Win| 4–0 | William Penn| TKO...

vs. Zak Jensen
Zak Jensen
Zak Jensen is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.-Early life:Jensen played football and wrestled at both Northern Illinois University and Augsburg College...

Ivanov defeated Jensen via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 2:35 of round 2.

Heavyweight Quarterfinal bout: Eric Prindle
Eric Prindle
Eric Prindle is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter and former United States soldier. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:...

vs. Abe Wagner
Abe Wagner
Abraham Wagner is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.-Early Life:...

Prindle defeated Wagner via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Heavyweight Quarterfinal bout: Mark Holata vs. Ron Sparks
Ron Sparks (fighter)
Ron Sparks is an American mixed martial artist, currently fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships in the Heavyweight division. Sparks is also known as "The Monster".-Bellator Fighting Championship:...

Sparks defeated Holata via KO (punches) at 1:24 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)

Catchweight (150 lbs.) bout: Genair da Silva vs. Bryan Goldsby
Bryan Goldsby
Bryan Goldsby is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is currently signed by Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:...

da Silva defeated Goldsby via submission (brabo choke) at 3:51 of round 1.

Lightweight bout: Cosmo Alexandre
Cosmo Alexandre
Cosmo "Good Boy" Alexandre is a Brazilian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the former WMC Intercontinental and WPMF World champion. On December 5, 2009 he won WMC King's Cup Challenger tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.-Biography and career:Cosmo Alexandre Moreira da Rocha was born in Santos,...

vs. Josh Quayhagen

Quayhagen defeated Alexandre via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Heavyweight bout: Liron Wilson vs. Justin Frazier
Justin Frazier
Justin Lee Frazier is an American mixed martial artist..-Biography:Frazier is a full time mixed martial artist fighting out Without Limits MMA in Batesville, Ark. On June 24, 2011 he submitted James Hall to win the Arkansas Xtreme Challenge Professional Heavyweight Title...

Frazier defeated Wilson via TKO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1.

Catchweight (213 lbs.) bout: Matt Van Buren vs. Nick Nichols

Van Buren defeated Nichols via TKO (punches) at 2:29 of round 2.

Bellator LIII

Bellator LIII was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on October 8, 2011 at the Buffalo Run Hotel & Casino in Miami, Oklahoma

Miami, Oklahoma

Miami is a city in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. As of 2009, the population estimate was 12,910. It is the county seat of Ottawa County. The city is named after the Miami tribe...

. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

This event hosted the second round of the Bellator Season 5 Welterweight Tournament.

The event drew an estimated 103,000 viewers on MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Results

Main Card

Welterweight Semifinal bout: Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders (fighter)
Benjamin Saunders , is an American professional mixed martial artist. His background is in Jeet Kune Do Concepts and he was a featured fighter on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra....

vs. Luis Santos
Luis Santos (fighter)
Luis Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. Santos is currently signed with the Bellator Fighting Championships, fighting in their welterweight division.-Early career:...

Saunders defeated Santos via submission (keylock) at 1:45 of round 3.

Welterweight Semifinal bout: Chris Lozano
Chris Lozano
Chris Lozano is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships and North American Allied Fight Series .-Background:...

vs. Douglas Lima
Douglas Lima
Douglas Lima is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships. He is the former MFC Welterweight champion.-Early career:...

Lima defeated Lozano via KO (punch) at 3:14 of round 2.

Featherweight bout: Ronnie Mann
Ronnie Mann
Ronnie Mann is an English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003, Mann has mostly fought in England and Japan....

vs. Kenny Foster
Kenny Foster
Kenny Foster is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Bellator Fighting Championships:...

Mann defeated Foster via submission (triangle choke) at 3:51 of round 1.

Heavyweight Tournament Reserve bout: Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos (fighter)
Thiago Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He competes in the Heavyweight Division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:...

vs. Josh Burns

Santos defeated Burns via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:23 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)

Catchweight (157) bout: Emanuel Brooks vs. Greg Scott

Brooks defeated Scott via TKO (punches) at 2:40 of round 2.

Middleweight bout: Darryl Cobb vs. Givanildo Santana
Givanildo Santana
Givanildo Santana is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Irvine, California.- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:Givanildo Santana has been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for 17-years and is a third degree black belt under Lotus Club from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Santana is a Pan American Jiu Jitsu Black Belt...

Santana defeated Cobb via submission (armbar) at 2:00 of round 1.

Catchweight (175) bout: A.J. Matthews vs. Rudy Bears

Matthews defeated Bears via unanimous decision (29-28 29-28 29-28).

Light Heavyweight bout: Raphael Davis vs. Myron Dennis

Davis defeated Dennis via KO (punch) at 0:29 of round 2.

Welterweight bout: Levi Avera vs. David Rickels
David Rickels
David Rickels is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:Rickels made his professional MMA debut in February 2010 winning by TKO in the first round....

Rickels defeated Avera via submission (triangle choke) at 1:06 of round 2.

Catchweight (140) bout: Zak Laird vs. Luis Nogueira

Nogueira defeated Laird via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:51 of round 1.

Bellator LIV

Bellator LIV was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on October 15, 2011 at the Boardwalk Hall

Boardwalk Hall

Boardwalk Hall, formally known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is an arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States...

in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

Bellator bantamweight champion, Zach Makovsky

Zach Makovsky

Zachory Paul "Zach" Makovsky is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Makovsky has most notably fought in Elite Xtreme Combat and Bellator Fighting Championships where he is the Bellator Bantamweight Champion.-Early...

, competed in a non-title bout at this event. He faced one-time UFC competitor Ryan Roberts.

This event hosted the second round of the Bellator Season 5 Middleweight Tournament.

Eddie Alvarez

Eddie Alvarez

Eddie Alvarez is an American mixed martial artist, and former Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion. Alvarez also competes for the Japanese DREAM promotion, and fought once for ProElite's EliteXC promotion...

was scheduled to make his second title defense of his lightweight championship against Michael Chandler

Michael Chandler

Michael Chandler Jr. is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter fighting in the lightweight division and previously in the welterweight division. He is currently under contract with Bellator Fighting Championships where he is the Bellator Lightweight Champion...

on this card; however, on September 20th, it was announced that Alvarez suffered an injury and the match has been pushed back to Bellator 58.

Karl Amoussou

Karl Amoussou

Karl Amoussou is a French professional mixed martial artist. Amoussou is a M-1 Global, Dream and Strikeforce veteran and has fought for Cage Warriors.-MMA career:...

was expected to make his welterweight debut at this event against Joey Kirwan. However, for unknown reasons, Amoussou was pulled from the bout and replaced by Lewis Rumsy.

Results

Main Card

Middleweight Semifinal bout: Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

vs. Brian Rogers
Brian Rogers (fighter)
Brian Rogers is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter who currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Background:...

Shlemenko defeated Rogers via TKO (knees) at 2:30 of round 2.

Middleweight Semifinal bout: Bryan Baker
Bryan Baker (fighter)
Bryan Baker is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Baker fought in various promotions, most notably World Extreme Cagefighting and Bellator Fighting Championships...

vs. Vitor Vianna
Vitor Vianna
Vitor Vianna is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who has competed in mixed martial arts events in Brazil, Holland, and in the United States. He is the #3 ranked Middleweight prospect in the world. He is also ranked as the #69 Light Heavyweight fighter in the world by FightMatrix.com. This ranking...

Vianna defeated Baker via TKO (punches) at 0:54 of round 1.

Bantamweight bout: Zach Makovsky
Zach Makovsky
Zachory Paul "Zach" Makovsky is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Makovsky has most notably fought in Elite Xtreme Combat and Bellator Fighting Championships where he is the Bellator Bantamweight Champion.-Early...

vs. Ryan Roberts

Makovsky defeated Roberts via submission (north/south choke) at 4:48 of round 1.

Lightweight bout: Jacob Kirwan vs. Renê Nazare
Renê Nazare
Renê Nazare-Azevedo is a Brazilian professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Background:...

Kirwan defeated Nazare via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).

Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)

Middleweight bout: Daniel Gracie
Daniel Gracie
Daniel Gracie Simoes, a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a lifelong practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts. The Gracie Family is world renowned for their contributions to Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts. He is cousin to Renzo Gracie, Ralph Gracie, Charles Gracie and Ryan...

vs. Duane Bastress

Bastress defeated Gracie via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2.

Light Heavyweight bout: Tim Carpenter
Tim Carpenter (fighter)
Tim Carpenter, is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships. He trains out of Philadelphia at Balance Studios.-Mixed martial arts:...

vs. Ryan Contaldi

Carpenter defeated Contaldi via TKO (punch) at 2:16 of round 1.

Middleweight bout: Lewis Rumsey vs. Joey Kirwan

Kirwan defeated Rumsey via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:40 of round 1.

Bantamweight bout: Brian Kelleher vs. Claudio Ledesma

Ledesma defeated Kelleher via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Women's (145 lbs) bout: Andria Caplan vs. Adrienne Seiber

Caplan defeated Seiber via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Bellator LV

Bellator LV was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

on October 22, 2011 at Cocopah Resort and Casino in Yuma, Arizona

Yuma, Arizona

Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....

. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

This event hosted the second round of Bellator's Season Five Bantamweight Tournament.

Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion Christian M'Pumbu

Christian M'Pumbu

Christian M'Pumbu is a French professional mixed martial artist of Congolese descent. He is the first and current Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion.-Background:...

fought Travis Wiuff

Travis Wiuff

Travis Wiuff is a mixed martial arts fighter born in Minnesota, United States. He competes in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions...

in a non-title bout. M'Pumbu become the first Bellator champion to lose in a non-title bout.

Despite a close split decision loss, main eventer Marcos Galvão was awarded a "win" bonus.

The event earned an average of 168,000 viewers on MTV2.

Results

Main Card

Bantamweight Semifinal bout: Alexis Vila
Alexis Vila
|-|Loss|align=center|11-1|Eduardo Dantas|Decision |Bellator 59||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States|Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Final|-|Win|align=center|11-0|Marcos Galvão|Decision...

vs. Marcos Galvão
Marcos Galvao
Marcos "Loro" Galvão is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist currently fighting as a featherweight. He holds a professional MMA record of 10 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw. Galvão peaked at a global ranking of #2 among bantamweights in August 2007...

Vila defeated Galvão via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28).

Bantamweight Semifinal bout: Ed West
Ed West (fighter)
Ed West is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in the Bantamweight division and was featured in the fourth season tournament and is currently fighting in the fifth season tournament....

vs. Eduardo Dantas
Eduardo Dantas
Eduardo Dantas is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Dantas has mostly fought for Shooto Brazil, where he has competed for the Shooto 132-pound world title.-Background:Dantas trains with Nova União...

Dantas defeated West via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27).

Light Heavyweight bout: Christian M'Pumbu
Christian M'Pumbu
Christian M'Pumbu is a French professional mixed martial artist of Congolese descent. He is the first and current Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion.-Background:...

vs. Travis Wiuff
Travis Wiuff
Travis Wiuff is a mixed martial arts fighter born in Minnesota, United States. He competes in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions...

Wiuff defeated M'Pumbu via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

Lightweight bout: Ricardo Tirloni vs. Steve Gable

Tirloni defeated Gable via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:54 in round 2.

Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)

Lightweight bout: Cesar Avila vs. Efrain Escudero
Efrain Escudero
Efrain Escudero is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist. He trains under Drew Fickett and competes in the 155 lb weight class...

Escudero defeated Avila via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:55 in round 1.

Catchweight (210 lbs.) bout: Richard Hale
Richard Hale (fighter)
Richard Hale is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the light heavyweight division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Rage in the Cage:...

vs. Carlos Flores

Hale defeated Flores via TKO (punch) at 0:18 in round 1.

Middleweight bout: Edgar Garcia
Edgar Garcia
Edgar Garcia is an American mixed martial artist.-Mixed martial arts:On May 10, 2008 Edgar defeated Bellator Fighting Championships veteran Sean Loeffler in the first round.At WEC 38: Varner vs...

vs. Jacob Ortiz

Ortiz defeated Garcia via KO (punch) at 4:06 of round 1.

Lightweight bout: Erin Beach vs. Roscoe Jackson

Beach defeated Jackson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:52 in round 1.

Featherweight bout: Nick Piedmont vs. Jade Porter

Porter defeated Piedmont via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).

Middleweight bout: Steve Steinbeiss
Steve Steinbeiss
Steve Steinbeiss is an American mixed martial artist who recently fought in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...

vs. Dano Moore

Steinbeiss defeated Moore via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:52 in round 1.

Bellator LVI

Bellator LVI was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. It took place on October 29, 2011 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...

. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

This event hosted the second round of Bellator's second heavyweight tournament.

Mike Hayes

Mike Hayes

Michael "Mike" Hayes is an English businessman, best known as the president and CEO of SEGA Europe and SEGA of America .-Early Career:...

was expected to face Blagoi Ivanov

Blagoi Ivanov

at this event, However Hayes was issued a 60-day medical suspension by the Louisiana Boxing and Wrestling Commission due to a fractured orbital bone sustained during his fight with Neil Grove

Neil Grove

Neil Grove is a South African-born English heavyweight mixed martial artist currently signed with Bellator Fighting Championships. He holds a black belt rank of shodan in Gōjū-ryū karate...

at Bellator 52.
Thiago Santos

Thiago Santos (fighter)

Thiago Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He competes in the Heavyweight Division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:...

stepped in for the injured Hayes. Ivanov subsequently had to pull out of the bout due to an injury and was replaced by Neil Grove

Neil Grove

Neil Grove is a South African-born English heavyweight mixed martial artist currently signed with Bellator Fighting Championships. He holds a black belt rank of shodan in Gōjū-ryū karate...

.

Results

Main Card

Welterweight Championship bout: Ben Askren
Ben Askren
Ben Askren is an American former amateur wrestler for the University of Missouri and U.S. Olympic team. He is now a mixed martial artist and the current Bellator Welterweight Champion.-Wrestling:...

(c) vs. Jay Hieron
Jay Hieron
James Thomas Hieronymus , better known as Jay Hieron, is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is known for his wrestling base and heavy hands....

Askren defeated Hieron via split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47).

Heavyweight Semifinal bout: Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos (fighter)
Thiago Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He competes in the Heavyweight Division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:...

vs. Neil Grove
Neil Grove
Neil Grove is a South African-born English heavyweight mixed martial artist currently signed with Bellator Fighting Championships. He holds a black belt rank of shodan in Gōjū-ryū karate...

Santos defeated Grove via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:38 of Round 1.

Heavyweight Semifinal bout: Eric Prindle
Eric Prindle
Eric Prindle is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter and former United States soldier. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:...

vs. Ron Sparks
Ron Sparks (fighter)
Ron Sparks is an American mixed martial artist, currently fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships in the Heavyweight division. Sparks is also known as "The Monster".-Bellator Fighting Championship:...

Prindle defeated Sparks via KO (Punch) at 0:40 of Round 1.

Local Feature Fight (Spike.com)

Welterweight bout: Rudy Bears vs. Marcio Navarro

Navarro defeated Bears via split decision.

Featherweight bout: Adam Schindler vs. Jeremy Spoon

Spoon defeated Schindler via unanimous decision. This bout aired on MTV2 following the Prindle/Sparks match.

Light Heavyweight bout: Kelvin Tiller vs. Dan Spohn

Tiller defeated Spohn via split decision.

Lightweight bout: Willian De Souza vs. Emanuel Brooks

Brooks defeated De Souza via unanimous decision.

Featherweight bout: Jeimeson Saudino vs. Jacob Akin

Akin defeated Saudino via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:26 of round 1.

Bantamweight bout: Aaron Ely vs. Owen Evinger

Ely defeated Evinger via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:45 of round 1.

Heavyweight bout: Daniel Gallemore vs. Derrick Ruffin

Gallemore defeated Ruffin via TKO (retirement) at the end of round 2.

Bellator LVII

Bellator LVII was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. It took place on November 12, 2011 at Casino Rama

Casino Rama

Casino Rama is a large casino, hotel and entertainment complex located on the reserve land of Chippewas of Rama First Nation, in the town of Rama, Ontario, Canada...

in Rama, Ontario

Rama, Ontario

Rama is the Ontario, Canada home of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation and Casino Rama. The community sports complex is called the Mnjikaning Arena Sports Ki, which was the home arena of the Couchiching Terriers ice hockey team, once affiliated with the Barrie Colts. The Ramakings lacrosse team...

. The event was distributed live in primetime by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

This was the second time that Bellator has come to Canada. Previously, Bellator 47 was also held in Rama, Ontario

Rama, Ontario

.

This event hosted the final rounds of Bellator's Season Five Welterweight Tournament and Bellator's Season Five Middleweight Tournament.

Bellator's Women's champion, Zoila Gurgel, was scheduled to compete in a non-title bout against Carina Damm

Carina Damm

Carina Paganini Damm Golçalvez is a Brazilian female mixed martial artist.Regarded for her looks as much as for her fighting abilities, Damm was dubbed MMA's "Barbie Girl" by the Brazilian media....

. However, an injury forced her off the card.

Results

Main Card

Welterweight Tournament Final: Douglas Lima
Douglas Lima
Douglas Lima is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships. He is the former MFC Welterweight champion.-Early career:...

vs. Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders (fighter)
Benjamin Saunders , is an American professional mixed martial artist. His background is in Jeet Kune Do Concepts and he was a featured fighter on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra....

Lima defeated Saunders via KO (punches) at 1:21 of round 2.

Middleweight Tournament Final: Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

vs. Vitor Vianna
Vitor Vianna
Vitor Vianna is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who has competed in mixed martial arts events in Brazil, Holland, and in the United States. He is the #3 ranked Middleweight prospect in the world. He is also ranked as the #69 Light Heavyweight fighter in the world by FightMatrix.com. This ranking...

Shlemenko defeated Vianna via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

Light Heavyweight bout: Roger Hollett
Roger Hollett
Roger "The Hulk" Hollett, is a Canadian mixed martial artist fighting out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has competed in various events such as ECC, Extreme Cage Combat and Maximum Fighting Championship...

vs. John Hawk

Hollett defeated Hawk via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

Featherweight bout: Alexandre Bezerra
Alexandre Bezerra
Alexandre Bezerra is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently signed with Bellator Fighting Championships who competes in the featherweight division.-Early career:...

vs. Doug Evans
Doug Evans (fighter)
Douglas Evans is an American mixed martial artist who resides in Anchorage, Alaska. He competes in the Featherweight division, and is best known for the first round of his fight against Thierry Quenneville, which was named Sherdog's 2009 Round of the Year.-Early career:Evans made his professional...

Bezerra defeated Evans via submission (ankle lock) at 4:04 in round 1.

Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)

Light Heavyweight bout: Shawn Levesque vs. Matt Van Buren

Van Buren defeated Levesque via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:38 in round 1.

Lightweight bout: Chris Horodecki
Chris Horodecki
Christopher Horodecki is a Polish-Canadian mixed martial artist. He is best known for his fights in the WEC and the IFL.-Mixed martial arts career:Horodecki was born in Poland and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada...

vs. Mike Corey
Mike Corey
Mike Corey is an American mixed martial artist. He is formerly fought as a Featherweight for the MidWest Combat in the now defunct International Fight League .-Biography:...

Horodecki vs. Corey declared a majority draw (29-28 Horodecki, 28-28, 28-28).

Lightweight bout: Ashkar Morvari vs. Dave Jansen
Dave Jansen
David Hendrik Jansen is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights for the WEC. He defeated Richard Crunkilton via unanimous decision at WEC 43 on October 10, 2009....

Jansen defeated Morvari via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:47 in round 2.

Bantamweight bout: Chuck Mady vs. Denis Puric

Puric defeated Mady via TKO (injury-broken jaw) at 5:00 in Round 2.

Lightweight bout: Eric Moon vs. Josh Shockley

Shockley defeated Moon via submission (guillotine) at 0:35 in round 1.

Lightweight bout: Mike Sledzion vs. Taylor Solomon

Solomon defeated Sledzion via KO (punch) at 1:10 in round 1.

Bellator LVIII

Bellator LVIII was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. It took place on November 19, 2011 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida

Hollywood, Florida

. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

Shooto’s 183-pound South American champion, Carlos Alexandre Pereira, was expected to make his Bellator debut at this event.

Bellator Middleweight champion, Hector Lombard

Hector Lombard

Hector Lombard is a Cuban-Australian mixed martial artist. Lombard was a Judo Olympian competing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games, and is a multiple time national champion and world finalist. After 2000, Lombard began pursuing a career in mixed martial arts...

, was expected to compete in non-title, light heavyweight fight against UFC and Strikeforce veteran, Renato Sobral

Renato Sobral

Renato da Cunha Sobral , also known as "Babalu", is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, and former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion. He is regarded as one of the best light heavyweights of the night, and noted for his aggressive style, grappling prowess, and high-caliber submissions. Sobral...

, at this event. However, for unknown reasons, Sobral was replaced by Trevor Prangley

Trevor Prangley

Trevor Prangley is a South African mixed martial artist who currently fights for Strikeforce. He has previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and competes in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions...

.

The event drew a season high 269,000 viewers with the immediate repeat also drawing 160,000 viewers.

Results

Main Card

Lightweight Championship bout: Eddie Alvarez
Eddie Alvarez
Eddie Alvarez is an American mixed martial artist, and former Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion. Alvarez also competes for the Japanese DREAM promotion, and fought once for ProElite's EliteXC promotion...

(c) vs. Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler Jr. is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter fighting in the lightweight division and previously in the welterweight division. He is currently under contract with Bellator Fighting Championships where he is the Bellator Lightweight Champion...

Chandler defeated Alvarez via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:06 in round 4 to become the new Bellator Lightweight Champion.

Catchweight (195lb) bout: Hector Lombard
Hector Lombard
Hector Lombard is a Cuban-Australian mixed martial artist. Lombard was a Judo Olympian competing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games, and is a multiple time national champion and world finalist. After 2000, Lombard began pursuing a career in mixed martial arts...

vs. Trevor Prangley
Trevor Prangley
Trevor Prangley is a South African mixed martial artist who currently fights for Strikeforce. He has previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and competes in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions...

Lombard defeated Prangley via TKO (punches) at 1:06 in round 2.

Women's (115 lbs) bout: Jessica Aguilar
Jessica Aguilar
Jessica Aguilar is a Mexican American female mixed martial artist who currently competes for Bellator Fighting Championships...

vs. Lisa Ellis-Ward
Lisa Ward
Lisa Ward is an American professional female mixed martial artist. She has fought in HOOKnSHOOT, Smackgirl, DEEP and Bellator Fighting Championships....

Aguilar defeated Ellis-Ward via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Featherweight bout: Marlon Sandro
Marlon Sandro
Marlon Sandro is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Featherweight division.-Early career:Sandro made his professional MMA debut in November 2004...

vs. Rafael Dias

Sandro defeated Dias via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:56 in round 1.

Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)

Middleweight bout: Brett Cooper vs. Jared Hess
Jared Hess (fighter)
Jared Hess is an American mixed martial artist. He is most known for his stint fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships in their middleweight division. He was runner up in the middleweight tournament after losing to Hector Lombard.-Biography:Hess grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and attend...

Cooper defeated Hess via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Welterweight bout: Valdir Araujo vs. Ailton Barbosa

Araujo defeated Barbosa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28 , 29-28).

Lightweight bout: Cosmo Alexandre
Cosmo Alexandre
Cosmo "Good Boy" Alexandre is a Brazilian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the former WMC Intercontinental and WPMF World champion. On December 5, 2009 he won WMC King's Cup Challenger tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.-Biography and career:Cosmo Alexandre Moreira da Rocha was born in Santos,...

vs. Avery McPhatter

Alexandre defeated McPhatter via KO (knees) at 0:20 in round 1.

Middleweight bout: Jonas Billstein vs. Herbert Goodman
Herbert Goodman
Herbert "Whisper" Goodman is an American mixed martial artist and former NFL runningback for the Green Bay Packers.-NFL career:...

Goodman defeated Billstein via disqualification (illegal soccer kick) at 3:21 in round 2.

Bantamweight bout: Farkhad Sharipov vs. Fabio Mello

Mello defeated Sharipov via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Bellator LIX

Bellator LIX was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. It took place on November 26, 2011 at Caesars Atlantic City

Caesars Atlantic City

in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

.

Background

This event hosted the final round of Bellator's Season Five Bantamweight Tournament as well as the Bellator's Season Five Heavyweight Tournament.

Michael Costa

Michael Costa

Michael Costa is a former Australian Labor politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2001 until 2008, and Treasurer of New South Wales from 2006 to 2008.- Early life and career :...

pulled out of his fight with Lyman Good

Lyman Good

Lyman Good is an American mixed martial artist and instructor. He currently fights as a welterweight in the Bellator Fighting Championships, and won the first Bellator Welterweight Tournament.-Biography:...

due to an injury, which led the organization to scrap Good from the event all together. The lightweight bout between Phillipe Nover

Phillipe Nover

Phillipe J. Nover , is an American mixed martial artist. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts career:...

and Marcin Held

Marcin Held

Marcin Held is a Polish mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Held has competed frequently in his home country of Poland and is highly touted by the media...

was promoted to the main card.

Results

Main Card

Heavyweight Tournament Final bout: Eric Prindle
Eric Prindle
Eric Prindle is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter and former United States soldier. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:...

vs. Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos (fighter)
Thiago Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He competes in the Heavyweight Division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-MMA career:...

The bout was ruled a No Contest after Santos kicked Prindle in the testicles at 1:24 of the round 1 and Prindle was unable to continue.

Lightweight bout: Patricky Freire
Patricky Freire
Patricky Freire is an Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is currently fighting in the Bellator Season 4 Lightweight Tournament.-Mixed martial arts career:...

vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Joseph Pellegrino is a retired American mixed martial artist. He is best known for competing in the lightweight division of the UFC. Pellegrino's first fight in the UFC came in 2006...

Freire defeated Pellegrino via TKO (punches) at 0:50 of round 1.

Bantamweight Tournament Final bout: Eduardo Dantas
Eduardo Dantas
Eduardo Dantas is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Dantas has mostly fought for Shooto Brazil, where he has competed for the Shooto 132-pound world title.-Background:Dantas trains with Nova União...

vs. Alexis Vila
Alexis Vila
|-|Loss|align=center|11-1|Eduardo Dantas|Decision |Bellator 59||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States|Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Final|-|Win|align=center|11-0|Marcos Galvão|Decision...

Dantas defeated Vila via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Lightweight bout: Marcin Held
Marcin Held
Marcin Held is a Polish mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Held has competed frequently in his home country of Poland and is highly touted by the media...

vs. Phillipe Nover
Phillipe Nover
Phillipe J. Nover , is an American mixed martial artist. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts career:...

Held defeated Nover via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

Local Feature Fights

Catchweight (175 lbs) bout: Karl Amoussou
Karl Amoussou
Karl Amoussou is a French professional mixed martial artist. Amoussou is a M-1 Global, Dream and Strikeforce veteran and has fought for Cage Warriors.-MMA career:...

vs. Jesus Martinez

Amoussou defeated Martinez via TKO (punches) at 2:20 of round 1.

Welterweight bout: LeVon Maynard vs. Christopher Wing

Maynard defeated Wing via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26).

Catchweight (175 lbs) bout: Doug Gordon vs. Lucas Pimenta

Pimenta defeated Gordon via KO (elbows) at 0:40 in round 1.

Featherweight bout: Brylan Van Artsdalen vs. Scott Heckman

Heckman defeated Van Artsdalen via submission (standing modified guillotine) at 1:38 in round 1.

Middleweight bout: Gregory Milliard vs. Brandon Saling

Milliard defeated Saling via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Bantamweight tournament bracket

Welterweight tournament bracket

Middleweight tournament bracket

Heavyweight tournament bracket

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