Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Two

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Two was the second 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,...

(Bellator FC)-produced series. It started on April 8, 2010 and ended June 24, 2010. Tournaments were held in the featherweight

Featherweight (MMA)

The featherweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Pancrase's featherweight division, which groups competitors within 136 to 145 lb...

, lightweight

Lightweight (MMA)

The lightweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:* The UFC & Strikeforce lightweight division with upper limit at 155 lb...

, welterweight

Welterweight (MMA)

The welterweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*The UFC's & Strikeforce's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb...

and middleweight

Middleweight (MMA)

The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...

divisions. The winner of each tournament will get a shot at the current Bellator Champion in his respective weight class. Three of the four current Bellator Champions also fought during this season in "Super Fights". These non-tournament, non-title catch-weight fights were to help prepare the champions in defending their titles against the winners of this season's tournament winners sometime in the third season.

Bellator XIII

Bellator XIII was a 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...

event by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, April 8, 2010 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 card featured two quarter-final bouts of the Featherweight and Lightweight tournaments Bellator is holding in its second season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

Janne Tulirinta

Janne Tulirinta

Janne Tulirinta is a Finnish professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Tulirinta has mostly competed in Finland, most notably for M-1 Global.-Background:...

was originally set to fight Carey Vanier

Carey Vanier

Carey D. Vanier Sr. is a Guyanese-American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in the lightweight division. He also took part in the season two tournament held by Bellator.-MMA career:...

, however, Tulirinta was forced out of the bout because of visa issues. Joe Duarte

Joe Duarte

Joe Duarte is a professional mixed martial artist from Guam, and is of native Chamorro descent. He has trained in various combat arts including Western boxing, Muay Thai, freestyle wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.He currently trains at The Arena Mixed Martial Arts gym in San Diego,...

was his replacement.

Results

Main Card

Lightweight Quarterfinal: Joe Duarte
Joe Duarte
Joe Duarte is a professional mixed martial artist from Guam, and is of native Chamorro descent. He has trained in various combat arts including Western boxing, Muay Thai, freestyle wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.He currently trains at The Arena Mixed Martial Arts gym in San Diego,...

vs. Carey Vanier
Carey Vanier
Carey D. Vanier Sr. is a Guyanese-American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in the lightweight division. He also took part in the season two tournament held by Bellator.-MMA career:...

Vanier defeated Duarte via TKO (Punches) at 4:14 of round 3.

Lightweight Quarterfinal: Roger Huerta
Roger Huerta
Roger Huerta , is an American mixed martial artist. He initially gained exposure by competing in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and later Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early life:...

vs. Chad Hinton
Chad Hinton
Chad Hinton is a American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Hinton fought in Ohio based promotions....

Huerta defeated Hinton via submission (kneebar) at 0:56 of round 3.

Featherweight Quarterfinal: Eric Marriott vs. 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...

Warren defeated Marriott via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Featherweight Quarterfinal: Georgi Karakhanyan
Georgi Karakhanyan
Georgi Karakhanyan is an Armenian-American mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division.-Background:Georgi was born in Moscow to Armenian parents, but is now an American citizen. He was raised in Moscow, Russia...

vs. Bao Quach
Bao Quach
Bao Quach is a Vietnamese-American featherweight professional mixed martial artist who has fought for Bellator, Affliction, EliteXC, Strikeforce, World Extreme Cagefighting, King of the Cage, ICON Sport and Shooto promotions. Bao has defeated the likes of Chris David, Cole Escovedo, and Doug Evans...

Karakhanyan defeated Quach via KO (Knee) at 4:05 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights

Welterweight bout: Vagner Rocha
Vagner Rocha
Vagner Rocha is a Brazilian-American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and professional mixed-martial artist, currently competing as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Mixed martial arts career:...

vs. Francisco Soares

Rocha defeated Soares via TKO (punches) at 2:07 of round 2.

Lightweight bout: Edson Diniz vs. John Kelly

Diniz defeated Kelly via submission (kneebar) at 4:36 of round 1.

Bantamweight bout: Ralph Acosta vs. Chris Manuel

Manuel defeated Acosta via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:35 of round 3.

Catchweight (187 lbs) bout: Moyses Gabin vs. Mikey Gomez
Mikey Gomez
Carlos Michael Gomez is an Paraguayian mixed martial arts fighter. Fighting out of Gracie Barra in Temecula, California Gomez has fought for many top promotions such as Bellator Fighting Championships, Xtreme Fighting Championships, and Elite XC.Gomez holds notable wins over Matt Brown, Jeremy...

Gomez defeated Gabin via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

Bellator XIV

Bellator XIV was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at the Chicago Theatre

Chicago Theatre

The Chicago Theatre, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, is a landmark theater located on North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1921, the Chicago Theatre was the flagship for the Balaban and Katz group of theaters run by A. J. Balaban, his brother...

in Chicago, Illinois. The card featured the quarter-final bouts in three of the four tournaments Bellator is holding in its second season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

Originally, Imada was set to fight Ferrid Kheder

Ferrid Kheder

Ferrid Kheder is a French-Tunisian judoka and mixed martial artist. He competes in the welterweight and lightweight divisions. Although in Kheder's fight with Daisuke Nakamura he failed to make weight.-Judo career:...

at Bellator 15 but an injury forced Kheder out of the bout. James Krause

James Krause

James Krause is a professional footballer who currently plays for Cambridge City.Krause, a defender, began his career with Ipswich Town and has represented England at under-17 level....

was tapped as Kheder's replacement and the bout was moved to this event. To make room, a featherweight tournament bout between Patricio Freire

Patricio Freire

Patricio "Pitbull" Freire is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the featherweight division.-Bellator:After stringing together an impressive undefeated record on the local Brazilian circuit, he made his American debut on April 22, 2010 for the Bellator Fighting Championships in their...

and William Romero was moved to Bellator 15.

A bout between Jonatas Novaes and Daniel Straus

Daniel Straus

Daniel Straus , formerly known as Daniel Mason-Straus, is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Wrestling Career:...

was canceled due to an undisclosed illness.

Results

Main Card

Lightweight Quarterfinal: Toby Imada
Toby Imada
Timoteo Tobias "Toby" Imada born July 16, 1978 is an American mixed martial artist of Japanese and Mexican descent. He fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in their lightweight division...

vs. James Krause
James Krause (fighter)
James Krause is an American mixed martial artist. A veteran of WEC's lightweight division, he suffered his first loss in his WEC debut against Donald Cerrone at WEC 41...

Imada defeated Krause via submission (Armbar) at 2:44 of round 2.

Welterweight Quarterfinal: 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:...

vs. Ryan Thomas

Askren defeated Thomas via technical submission (Guillotine Choke) at 2:40 of round 1.

Featherweight Quarterfinal: 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. Shad Lierley
Shad Lierley
Shad Lierley is an American mixed martial artist. He fought for the Seattle Tiger Sharks of the now defunct International Fight League.-Bio:...

Reis defeated Lierley via submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:33 of round 3.

Lightweight Quarterfinal: Pat Curran
Pat Curran (fighter)
Pat Curran is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a Lightweight and Featherweight. He is the cousin of World Extreme Cagefighting veteran and former Featherweight title challenger Jeff Curran...

vs. Mike Ricci

Curran defeated Ricci via KO (Punches) at 3:01 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights

Bantamweight bout: Jeff Curran
Jeff Curran
Jeffrey M. Curran is an American mixed martial artist. He fights at a number of different weight classes for a large number of organizations, including: Ultimate Fighting Championship , Strikeforce, PRIDE Fighting Championship, World Extreme Cagefighting , International Fight League , and King of...

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:...

Goldsby defeated Curran via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Bantamweight Tournament.

Women's bout: Felice Herrig
Felice Herrig
Felice Nicole Herrig is an American kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter, and mixed martial artist. Born in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, she began her career practicing kickboxing and Muay Thai before transitioning to MMA in 2009...

vs. Jessica Rakoczy
Jessica Rakoczy
Jessica Rakoczy is a professional boxer and professional mixed martial arts fighter from Hamilton, Ontario. She is as a 3 time WIBA World Champion and NABAW Light Weight Champ.-MMA record:- Championships :...

Herrig defeated Rakocsy via split decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–29).

Middleweight bout: Ryan Sturdy vs. Louis Taylor
Louis Taylor
Louis Taylor is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Combat USA.-The Ultimate Fighter:Taylor was at the tryouts for The Ultimate Fighter 13 on November 4, 2010...

Taylor defeated Sturdy via KO (Head Kick) at 1:08 of round 1.

Bellator XV

Bellator XV was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took take place on Thursday, April 22, 2010 in Uncasville, Connecticut

Uncasville, Connecticut

Uncasville is an area in the town of Montville, Connecticut. The area traditionally known as Uncasville is a village in southeastern Montville, at the mouth of the Oxoboxo River...

. The card featured quarter-final bouts in the Welterweight and Featherweight tournaments Bellator is holding in its second season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

Dan Hornbuckle was originally set to fight Sean Pierson

Sean Pierson

Sean Pierson is a Canadian professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Bellator Fighting Championship:...

, but a back injury forced Pierson out of the bout. Tyler Stinson was his replacement.

Jim Wallhead

Jim Wallhead

Jim Wallhead is an English professional mixed martial artist, based in Leicestershire, England, who competes in the welterweight division. Wallhead's background is in Judo, where he holds a Black Belt having trained under Olympic silver medallist Neil Adams...

was forced out of his bout with Jacob McClintock due to air travel not being available in England. Ryan Thomas was Wallhead's replacement.

Results

Main Card

Welterweight Quarterfinal: Brett Cooper
Brett Cooper
Brett Cooper is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League ....

vs. 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...

Carl defeated Cooper via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28).

Welterweight Quarterfinal: 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...

vs. Tyler Stinson

Hornbuckle defeated Stinson via submission (triangle choke) at 2:03 of round 1.

Welterweight Quarterfinal: Jacob McClintock
Jacob McClintock
Jacob Patrick McClintock is an American mixed martial artist. McClintock is a welterweight fighter and has a record of 6-2, all six win have been stopped in round one. He is most known for his stint with Bellator Fighting Championships...

vs. Ryan Thomas

Thomas defeated McClintock via TKO (punches) at 4:11 of round 1.

Featherweight Quarterfinal: Patricio Freire
Patricio Freire
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the featherweight division.-Bellator:After stringing together an impressive undefeated record on the local Brazilian circuit, he made his American debut on April 22, 2010 for the Bellator Fighting Championships in their...

vs. William Romero

Freire defeated Romero via submission (heel hook) at 2:01 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights

Catchweight (190 lbs) bout: Derek Mehman vs. Dave Branch
Dave Branch (fighter)
Dave Branch is an American professional mixed martial artist competing in the Middleweight division. He is a Bellator Fighting Championship and Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran.-Background:...

Branch defeated Mehman via submission (rear naked choke) at 0:26 of round 2.

Welterweight bout: Matt Lee vs. Ryan Quinn

Quinn defeated Lee via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–27)

Middleweight bout: Dan Cramer
Dan Cramer
Daniel John Cramer is an American mixed martial artist. He was a competitor on SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest. Cramer currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in their middleweight division....

vs. Dennis Olson

Cramer defeated Ollsen via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Featherweight bout: Brylan van Artsdalen vs. Rich De Los Reyes

de Los Reyes defeated van Artsdalen via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:03 of round 2.

Bellator XVI

Bellator XVI was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, April 29, 2010 in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

. The card featured the quarter-final bouts of the Middleweight Tournament Bellator is holding in its second season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

Eric Schambari was originally set to fight Matt Major, but Major instead fought Alexander Shlemenko and Schambari fought Luke Zachrich. Rudy Bears was first set to fight Zak Cummings, however due to undisclosed reasons, Cummings pulled out of the fight and was replaced by Brent Weedman.

Results

Main Card

Middleweight Quarterfinal: 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. Ryan McGivern
Ryan McGivern
Ryan McGivern is an American mixed martial artist. He was formally a fighter for the Quad City Silverbacks of the International Fight League.-Biography:When not in the ring, McGivern works for the U.S...

Hess defeated McGivern via submission (Guillotine Choke) at 1:54 of round 2.

Middleweight Quarterfinal: 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. Sean Loeffler
Sean Loeffler
Sean Loeffler is an American mixed martial artist from Hermosa Beach, California.-Mixed martial arts career:Sean Loeffler, a father of 1 Amber is currently signed to Bellator Fighting Championships and specifically their Middleweight Tournament...

Baker defeated Loeffler via TKO (Punches) at 2:43 of round 1.

Middleweight Quarterfinal: 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. Matt Major

Shlemenko defeated Major via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Middleweight Quarterfinal: Luke Zachrich vs. Eric Schambari
Eric Schambari
Eric Schambari is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Schambari has most notably fought in World Extreme Cagefighting and was a semi-finalist in the Bellator Season Two: Middleweight Tournament, where he...

Schambari defeated Zachrich via submission (Arm Triangle Choke) at 3:04 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights

Welterweight bout: 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...

vs. Rudy Bears

Weedman defeated Bears via KO (Punches) at 4:19 of round 1.

Bantamweight bout: Danny Tims vs. Brian Davidson

Tims defeated Davidson via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Bantamweight Tournament.

Featherweight bout: Demi Deeds vs. Eric Marriott

Marriott defeated Deeds via submission (Triangle Choke) at 3:02 of round 2.

Lightweight bout: Nick Nolte vs. Drew Dober

Dober defeated Nolte via submission (Arm Triangle Choke) at 4:45 of round 1.

Bellator XVII

Bellator XVII was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at the Citi Performing Arts Center: Wang Theatre

Citi Performing Arts Center

The Citi Performing Arts Center is located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It consists of two theatres, Wang Theatre and Shubert Theatre, both of which are neighbors, on Tremont Street, in Boston's Theatre District...

in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Results

Main Card

Catchweight (160 lbs.) 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...

vs. Josh Neer
Josh Neer
Joshua Martin Neer is an American mixed martial artist from Des Moines, Iowa who is currently under contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championships. He trains at The LifeLine Youth Foundation and The Des Moines Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Des Moines, Iowa. Neer is formerly an MFS Elite fighter...

Alvarez defeated Neer via technical submission (rear naked choke) at 2:08 of round 2.

Lightweight Semifinal: Roger Huerta
Roger Huerta
Roger Huerta , is an American mixed martial artist. He initially gained exposure by competing in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and later Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early life:...

vs. Pat Curran
Pat Curran (fighter)
Pat Curran is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a Lightweight and Featherweight. He is the cousin of World Extreme Cagefighting veteran and former Featherweight title challenger Jeff Curran...

Curran defeated Huerta via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

Lightweight Semifinal: Toby Imada
Toby Imada
Timoteo Tobias "Toby" Imada born July 16, 1978 is an American mixed martial artist of Japanese and Mexican descent. He fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in their lightweight division...

vs. Carey Vanier
Carey Vanier
Carey D. Vanier Sr. is a Guyanese-American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in the lightweight division. He also took part in the season two tournament held by Bellator.-MMA career:...

Imada defeated Vanier via submission (armbar) at 3:33 of round 2.

Heavyweight bout: Cole Konrad
Cole Konrad
Cole Konrad is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He is currently a student at the University of Minnesota and former wrestler for the Golden Gophers. Konrad won a gold medal at the 2005 Pan-American Championships...

vs. Pat Bennett

Konrad defeated Bennett via unanimous decision (30–26, 29–28, 30–27) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Heavyweight Tournament.

Local Feature Fights

Catchweight (187lbs.) bout: Lance Everson vs. Justin Torrey

Torrey defeated Everson via TKO (strikes) at 3:55 of round 2.

Middleweight bout: Greg Rebello vs. John Doyle

Rebello defeated Doyle via unanimous decision (29–27, 29–27, 29–27)

Featherweight bout: Josh LaBerge vs. Dan Bonnell

LaBerge defeated Bonnell via TKO (punches) at 0:48 of round 1.

Catchweight (172 lbs) bout: Chuck O'Neil
Chuck O'Neil
Chuck O'Neil is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, O'Neil has fought all over the Massachusetts area, building an 8-3 record on the regional circuit even having a 1-0 stint in Bellator Fighting Championships...

vs. Damian Vitale

O'Neil defeated Vitale via TKO (cut) at 1:02 of round 3.

Bellator XVIII

Bellator XVIII was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, May 13, 2010 in Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...

. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

This event featured two semi-final matchups from Bellator's season two tournament as well as four additional preliminary card fights featuring local fighters.

Background

Hector Lombard was scheduled to face former WEC Middleweight champion Paulo Filho

Paulo Filho

Paulo Fernando de Souza Leite Filho, better known as simply Paulo Filho , is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist as well as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo practitioner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

in a non-title bout, but Filho pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Jay Silva

Jay Silva

Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

. This marks the fourth bout Filho has pulled out of in two years.

Results

Main Card

Catchweight (190 lbs.) 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. Jay Silva
Jay Silva
Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

Lombard defeated Silva via KO (punches) at 0:06 of round 1.

Featherweight Semifinal: Patricio Freire
Patricio Freire
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the featherweight division.-Bellator:After stringing together an impressive undefeated record on the local Brazilian circuit, he made his American debut on April 22, 2010 for the Bellator Fighting Championships in their...

vs. 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...

Freire defeated Reis via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

Featherweight Semifinal: 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. Georgi Karakhanyan
Georgi Karakhanyan
Georgi Karakhanyan is an Armenian-American mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division.-Background:Georgi was born in Moscow to Armenian parents, but is now an American citizen. He was raised in Moscow, Russia...

Warren defeated Karakhanyan via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Local Feature Fights

Middleweight bout: Bill Albrecht vs. Jason Anderson

Albrecht defeated Anderson via submission (armbar) at 0:36 of round 1.

Middleweight bout: Lamont Stafford vs. Jules Bruchez

Stafford defeated Bruchez via KO (punches) at 0:19 of round 2.

Heavyweight bout: Douglas Williams vs. Shawn Jordan

Jordan defeated Williams via TKO (punches) at 0:19 of round 1.

Middleweight bout: Brock Kerry vs. Mike Braswell

Kerry defeated Braswell via TKO (punches) at 3:20 of round 1.

Welterweight bout: Charlie Rader vs. Christian Fulgium

Rader defeated Fulgium via TKO (punches) at 3:27 of round 1.

Bellator XIX

Bellator XIX was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie, Texas

Grand Prairie, Texas

Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is a part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Grand Prairie is a suburb of both Dallas and Fort Worth and had a population of 175,396 at the 2010 census.- History :The city of...

. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Results

Main Card

Featherweight bout: 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...

vs. Diego Saraiva
Diego Saraiva
Diego Saraiva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Palace Fighting Championship as well as other promotions in the Lightweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...

Soto defeated Saraiva via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 1.

Welterweight Semifinal: 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:...

vs. Ryan Thomas

Askren defeated Thomas via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Welterweight Semifinal: 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...

vs. 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...

Hornbuckle defeated Carl via submission (kimura) at 2:31 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights

Bantamweight bout: Jared Lopez vs. Johnny Bedford
Johnny Bedford
Johnny Bedford is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Bedford has made a name for himself fighting all over the United States, mainly the Midwest region. Bedford has competed for top organizations such as Bellator Fighting Championships....

Bedford defeated Lopez via TKO (Strikes) at 2:16 of round 3.

Heavyweight bout: Ty Lee vs. Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett (fighter)
Scott Barrett is an American mixed martial artist who has fought in the Bellator Fighting Championships. He was a participant in the heavyweight tournament during Bellator's third season. He lost a unanimous decision in the first round of the tournament to undefeated Polish heavyweight Damian...

Barrett defeated Lee via TKO (punches) at 2:25 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Heavyweight Tournament.

Welterweight bout: Brandon McDowell vs. Joe Christopher

Christopher defeated McDowell via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:36 of round 1.

Featherweight bout: Daniel Pineda
Daniel Pineda
Daniel Pineda is a Chilean track and field athelte who competes in the long jump. He holds the Chilean national record in the event with his personal best jump of eight metres...

vs. Chas Skelly

Skelly defeated Pineda via submission (kneebar) at 2:16 of round 2.

Middleweight bout: Donyiell Winrow vs. Josh Smith

Smith defeated Winrow via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Bantamweight bout: Aaron Wise vs. Doug Frey

Frey defeated Wise via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:49 of round 1.

Bellator XX

Bellator XX was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...

. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

The bout between Eddie Sanchez

Eddie Sanchez

Eduardo Arturo Sanchez is an American mixed martial arts fighter.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:On February 3, 2007 at the Ultimate Fighting Championship's UFC 67, he lost to Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović by technical knockout due to punches at 4:33 of the first round, in Filipović's debut fight in...

and Wayne Cole was reported to be for a spot in Bellator's season three Heavyweight tournament. However, Cole pulled out of the fight and was replaced by Marcus Sursa.

Two of the matchups became catchweight bouts after Brian Melancon and Andrew Chappelle failed to make weight.

Results

Main Card

Middleweight Semifinal: 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. Eric Schambari
Eric Schambari
Eric Schambari is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Schambari has most notably fought in World Extreme Cagefighting and was a semi-finalist in the Bellator Season Two: Middleweight Tournament, where he...

Baker defeated Schambari via Submission (Triangle Choke) at 2:29 of Round 1.

Middleweight Semifinal: 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. 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...

Shlemenko defeated Hess via TKO (Knee Injury) at 2:20 of Round 3.

Heavyweight bout: Eddie Sanchez
Eddie Sanchez
Eduardo Arturo Sanchez is an American mixed martial arts fighter.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:On February 3, 2007 at the Ultimate Fighting Championship's UFC 67, he lost to Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović by technical knockout due to punches at 4:33 of the first round, in Filipović's debut fight in...

vs. Marcus Sursa

Sanchez defeated Sursa via TKO (punches) at 0:23 of Round 3 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Heavyweight Tournament.

Local Feature Fights

Flyweight bout: Humberto Deleon vs. Jimmy Flick

Flick defeated DeLeon via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).

Bantamweight bout: Nik Mamalis vs. Mark Oshiro
Mark Oshiro
Mark Oshiro is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Oshiro has most notably fought in Elite Xtreme Combat and Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

Mamalis defeated Oshiro via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:29 of Round 2.

Catchweight (175 lbs) bout: Cedric Marks vs. Andrew Chappelle

Chappelle defeated Marks via submission (rear-naked choke) 3:18 of Round 2.

Lightweight bout: Kenneth Battle vs. Fernando Rodriguez

Roriguez defeated Battle via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:28 of Round 2.

Catchweight (161 lbs) bout: Brian Melancon vs. Adam Schindler

Schindler defeated Melancon via unanimous decision at 5:00 of Round 3.

Light Heavyweight bout: Robert Villegas vs. Aaron Rosa
Aaron Rosa
Aaron Isaac Rosa is a Mexican American mixed martial artist. He previously fought at Heavyweight and currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...

Rosa defeated Villegas via unanimous decision at 5:00 of Round 3.

Bellator XXI

Bellator XXI was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Hard Rock Cafe

in Hollywood, Florida

Hollywood, Florida

. The card featured the final tournament fight in the Lightweight division. The winner was crowned the Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

season 2 Lightweight winner and will face the current Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

Lightweight Champion 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...

sometime during season 3. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Results

Main Card

Lightweight Final: Pat Curran
Pat Curran (fighter)
Pat Curran is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a Lightweight and Featherweight. He is the cousin of World Extreme Cagefighting veteran and former Featherweight title challenger Jeff Curran...

vs. Toby Imada
Toby Imada
Timoteo Tobias "Toby" Imada born July 16, 1978 is an American mixed martial artist of Japanese and Mexican descent. He fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in their lightweight division...

Curran defeated Imada via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

Women's (120 lbs) bout: Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii is a female Japanese mixed martial artist. She is currently the #3-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com and the #1-ranked female flyweight according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.-Biography:Fujii specializes mainly in submission fighting and is...

vs. Sarah Schneider

Fujii defeated Schneider via TKO (punches) at 1:58 of round 3 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Women's Tournament.

Heavyweight bout: 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:...

vs. Steve Banks

Hayes defeated Banks via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Heavyweight Tournament.

Local Feature Fights

Lightweight bout: Jose Figueroa vs. 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...

Palomino defeated Figueroa via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

Bantamweight bout: Eric Luke vs. 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...

Makovsky defeated Luke via submission (kimura) at 4:28 of round 2 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Bantamweight Tournament.

Catchweight bout (175 lbs.): Frank Carrillo vs. Sabah Homasi

Carrillo defeated Homasi via TKO (elbows) at 3:16 of round 3.

Middleweight bout: Chris Boffil vs. Moyses Gabin

Gabin defeated Boffil via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:41 of round 1.

Bantamweight bout: Brian Eckstein vs. Mitchell Chamale

Eckstein defeated Chamale via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Bellator XXII

Bellator XXII was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at Kansas City Power & Light District

Kansas City Power & Light District

The Kansas City Power & Light District or Power & Light District is a shopping and entertainment district in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, United States, developed by the Cordish Company of Baltimore, Maryland and designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and 360 Architecture. The district comprises nine...

in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

. The card featured the final tournament fight in the Welterweight division. The winner was crowned the Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

season 2 Welterweight winner and will face the current Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

Welterweight Champion 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:...

sometime during season three. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Results

Main Card

Welterweight Final: 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:...

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...

Askren defeated Hornbuckle via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Bantamweight bout: Jarrod Card vs. Jose Vega

Vega defeated Card via KO (punch) at 0:39 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Bantamweight Tournament.

Women's 115-pound bout: Lisa Ward
Lisa Ward
Lisa Ward is an American professional female mixed martial artist. She has fought in HOOKnSHOOT, Smackgirl, DEEP and Bellator Fighting Championships....

vs. Stephanie Frausto

Ward defeated Frausto via technical submission (rear naked choke) at 2:01 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Women's Tournament.

Light Heavyweight bout: Raphael Davis vs. Demetrius Richards

Davis defeated Richards via submission (strikes) at 2:51 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights

Welterweight bout: Tyler Stinson vs. Leonardo Pecanha

Stinson defeated Pecanha via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:42 of round 1.

Welterweight bout: Rudy Bears vs. Brian Green

Bears defeated Green via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:29 of round 1.

Bantamweight bout: Jared Downing vs. Chad Vandenberg

Downing defeated Vandenberg via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:35 of round 3.

Heavyweight bout: Cole Konrad
Cole Konrad
Cole Konrad is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He is currently a student at the University of Minnesota and former wrestler for the Golden Gophers. Konrad won a gold medal at the 2005 Pan-American Championships...

vs. John Orr

Konrad defeated Orr via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Bellator XXIII

Bellator XXIII was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

. The event took place on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at Fourth Street Live!

Fourth Street Live!

Fourth Street Live! is a entertainment and retail complex located on 4th Street, between Liberty and Muhammad Ali Boulevard, in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is owned and was developed by the Cordish Company; it was designed by Louisville architects, Bravura Corporation...

in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

. The card featured the final tournament fight in the Featherweight and Middleweight divisions. The winners were crowned the Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

Season 2 Featherweight and Middleweight winners and would face the current Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

Featherweight and Middleweight Champions, 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...

and 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...

, respectively, sometime during season 3. The event was distributed live in primetime by FOX Sports Net

Fox Sports Net

The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...

and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

Luke Zachrich was originally set to compete in a middleweight bout against Mike Fleniken. However, Zachrich was forced to pull out of the fight for an undisclosed reason. He was replaced by UFC veteran, Johnny Rees

Johnny Rees

Johnny Rees is an American mixed martial artist. He is a former employee of the Ultimate Fighting Championships . He made his debut at UFC Fight Night 14 losing to Nate Loughran then he lost his second straight fight at UFC: Fight for the Troops to Steve Bruno.He was set make his Bellator debut at...

. However, Rees was then replaced by Stoney Hale.

Kurt Kinser agreed to catchweight contest after Dave Overfield weighed-in well-over the 155-pound lightweight limit.

Results

Main Card

Featherweight final: Patricio Freire
Patricio Freire
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the featherweight division.-Bellator:After stringing together an impressive undefeated record on the local Brazilian circuit, he made his American debut on April 22, 2010 for the Bellator Fighting Championships in their...

vs. 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...

Warren defeated Freire via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

Middleweight final: 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. 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 Baker via TKO (punches) at 2:45 of round 1.

Bantamweight bout: Nick Mamalis
Nick Mamalis
Nick Mamalis is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Mamalis has most notably fought in Bellator Fighting Championships where he will compete in the Bellator season three bantamweight tournament.-Early career:Mamalis...

vs. Albert Rios

Mamalis defeated Rios via TKO (punches) at 4:40 in round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Bantamweight Tournament.

Women's (121 lb) bout: Rosi Sexton
Rosi Sexton
Rosemary Ann Sexton is a British female mixed martial artist. She is also a sports therapist, osteopath, and writer for Fighters Only magazine....

vs. Zoila Frausto
Zoila Frausto
Zoila L. Gurgel is an American professional female mixed martial artist. Her nickname comes from the popular 1990s TV series Xena: Warrior Princess...

Frausto defeated Sexton via KO (knee and punches) at 2:00 in round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Three Women's Tournament.

Local Feature Fights

Welterweight bout: John Troyer 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...

Weedman defeated Troyer via Submission (Armbar) at 4:55 in round 1.

Lightweight bout: Chad Hinton
Chad Hinton
Chad Hinton is a American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Hinton fought in Ohio based promotions....

vs. Daniel Straus
Daniel Straus
Daniel Straus , formerly known as Daniel Mason-Straus, is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Wrestling Career:...

Straus defeated Hinton via unanimous decision.

Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Dave Overfield vs. Kurt Kinser

Kinser defeated Overfield via TKO (punches) at 2:30 of round 1.

Middleweight bout: Mike Fleniken vs. Stoney Hale

Hale defeated Flaniken via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:20 of round 2.

Featherweight Tournament Bracket

Lightweight Tournament Bracket

Welterweight Tournament Bracket

Middleweight Tournament Bracket

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