Press Release – Thackerville, O.K. (April 18, 2013) – The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from Mist Night Club at the WinStar World Casino in preparation for Bellator MMA’s June 19th event, which will showcase the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Tournament.
Bellator MMA will take place at WinStar World Casino on Wednesday, June 19th with the first fight taking place at 5 p.m. CST and streaming live on Spike.com The televised portion of the night will begin at 7 p.m. CST and will air live on Spike TV.
MAIN CARD:
Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament: King Mo Lawal (205.2) vs. Seth Petruzelli (204.8)
Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament: Renato “Babalu” Sobral (204.4) vs. Jacob Noe (206)
Bellator Heavyweight Tournament: Ryan Martinez (263.8) vs. Rich Hale (240.1)
Bellator Heavyweight Tournament: Vitaly Minakov (246) vs. Ron Sparks (264.6)
Welterweight Feature Fight: War Machine (170) vs. Blas Avena (170)
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Justin McNally (135.4) vs. Steven Artoff (135.6)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Brandon Girtz (155.7) vs. Derek Campos (157.2)*
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Brandon Halsey (205) vs. Joe Yaeger (205.5)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Jeremiah O’Neal (260.5) vs. Raphael Butler (261)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Keith Miner (155.8) vs. Damon Jackson (154.8)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Mike Maldonado (135.8) vs. Chavous Smith (135.9)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Keith Berry (186.4)** vs. Cortez Coleman (185.6)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Jarrod Card (145.7) vs. Chas Skelly (145.9)
*Campos was unable to make weight and will forfeit a portion of his purse to Girtz
** Berry was unable to make weight and will forfeit a portion of his purse to Coleman
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA
About Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA is the world’s largest tournament based Mixed Martial Arts organization. Televised to nearly 500 Million homes worldwide in over 107 countries, Bellator’s majority owner is entertainment giant Viacom. In the United States, Bellator can be seen on Spike TV, the MMA television leader. With over 150 world-class athletes under contract, Bellator is home to many of the sport’s top mixed martial artists. Bellator’s founder & CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment executive with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator’s core philosophy is that title shots should be earned, not given. This belief gave rise to Bellator’s real sport, tournament-based format, which gives Bellator’s tournaments a true playoff feel that keeps the sport true and distances itself from the subjective side of fighting sports found in organizations that utilize a matchmaking/casting formula. Bellator MMA is comprised of an executive team that includes top industry professionals in television production, live event orchestration, fighter development/relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations. Bellator is based in Newport Beach, California.
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