As Bellator launches their first pay-per-view effort, they finally have a full main card.
The organization announced Monday that season 9 heavyweight tournament finalists and UFC veterans Cheick Kongo vs. Vinicius Queiroz had been officially added to the pay-per-view main card of Bellator 106 or ‘Rampage vs. Tito’ event.
Kongo, 31, made his Bellator debut at Bellator 102 where he stopped Mark Godbeer in the second round with strikes. Queiroz, 30, competed on the same card and stopped UFC heavyweight veteran Lavar Johnson with strikes at just 23 seconds into the first round. Both of those bouts were semifinals in the current season’s heavyweight tournament and will put the winner of their upcoming bout in line to face the winner between Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov and Vitaly Minakov.
‘Rampage vs. Tito’ takes place on November 2nd and will be held at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, Calif. The main event is a light heavyweight bout between former UFC light heavyweight champions Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Tito Ortiz.
The full fight card for Bellator 106 is as follows:
Main card:
Quinton Jackson vs. Tito Ortiz
Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez
Muhammed Lawal vs. Emanuel Newton
Pat Curran vs. Daniel Straus
Cheick Kongo vs. Vinicius Queiroz
Spike TV preliminary card:
Joe Riggs vs. Mike Bronzoulis
Terry Etim vs. Patrick Cenoble
Spike.com preliminary card:
Joe Williams vs. Jesse Juarez
Brandon Halsey vs. Hector Ramirez
Mike Guymon vs. Aaron Miller
Joe Camacho vs. Cleber Luciano
Darren Smith vs. Josh Smith