Bellator Fighting Championships opening quarterfinal lightweight bouts for the promotions fourth season took place on Saturday night at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, as eight competitors begin the battle to crown the next Bellator lightweight champion.
The live broadcast for Bellator 36 began at 9PM EST (6PM PST) exclusively on MTV2 with matches between Rob McCullough vs. Patricky Freire, Toby Imada vs. Josh Shockley, Carey Vanier vs. Lloyd Woodard, and Marcin Held vs. Mike Chandler.
Lightweight Toby Imada had been scheduled to meet Ferrid Kheder in the tournament opener, but Kheder refused to weigh-in and was replaced by preliminary card fighter Josh Shockley. Shockley’s original opponent, Kelvin Hackney was pulled from the card and awarded his show money and win bonus, he is expected to appear at Bellator 45.
The full Bellator 36 ‘Quick Results’ are as follows:
Main Card:
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Patricky Freirev def. Rob McCullough via TKO – R3 @ 3:11
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Toby Imada def. Josh Shockley via technical submission (armbar) – R1 @ 1:19
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Lloyd Woodard def. Carey Vanier via TKO (punches) – R2 @ 0:46
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Mike Chandler def. Marcin Held via technical submission (arm-triangle choke) – R1 @ 3:56
Local Feature Fights:
Featherweight bout: Booker Arthur def. Javone Duhon via verbal submission (elbows) – R2 @ 2:31
Featherweight bout: Kevin Aguilar def. Matt Hunt via TKO (punches) – R2 @ 3:02
Middleweight bout: Kelly Leo vs. Chad Leonhardt