Bellator Fighting Championships presents it’s Season Five Middleweight Tournament Semifinal matches tonight, Oct. 15, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Former tournament champion Alexander Shlemenko battles the explosive Brian Rogers, and Wand Fight Team instructor Vitor Vianna meets Bryan Baker, who is looking for some redemption after loosing in the finals in the Season Two Tournament.
Also in action will be Bellator 135 lbs champion Zach ‘Fun Size’ Makovsky who tests his 5-0 Bellator record against Ryan Roberts in a “Super Fight”. Makovsky will defend his title after the conclusion of the Season Five Bantamweight Tournament once a winner has been determined.
Tonight’s live event will kick off with the preliminary card which is set to stream on Spike.com beginning at 7PM EST (4PM PST). The four-bout main card will air live on television on MTV2 (in HD on EPIX) beginning at 9PM EST (6PM PST), while fans in Canada can tune into theScore at the same time for the live show.
For those of you who don’t have access to either live broadcast, be sure to check out Bellator.com for their live ‘Play-by-Play’ updates as well as their post fight press conference, which will be streamed live after the event.
The full ‘Quick Results’ for Bellator 54 are as follows:
Main Card
Middleweight Semifinal bout: Alexander Shlemenko def. Brian Rogers via TKO (Knee) – R2 @ 2:30
Middleweight Semifinal bout: Vitor Vianna def. Bryan Baker via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 0:54
Bantamweight bout: Zach Makovsky def. Ryan Roberts via Submission (North-South Choke) – R1 @ 4:48
Lightweight bout: Jacob Kirwan def. Renê Nazare via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Middleweight bout: Duane Bastress def. Daniel Gracie via TKO (Doctor Stoppage – Cut) – R2 @ 5:00
Light Heavyweight bout: Tim Carpenter def. Ryan Contaldi via KO (Punch/Uppercut) – R1 @ 2:16
Middleweight bout: Joey Kirwan def. Lewis Rumsy via Submission (Full Mount Guillotine) – R1 @ 1:40
Bantamweight bout: Claudio Ledesma def. Brian Kelleher via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Women’s 145 lb bout: Andria Caplan def. Adrienne Seiber via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)