Bellator Fighting Championships visits the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas tonight (March 23, 2012) with the opening round of the Season Six Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.
Bellator 62 is being shown live in it’s entirety at Spike.com and fans can watch the main card live on MTV2 (in the U.S. and on theScore in Canada).
The event was to feature a Season Five Heavyweight Tournament final between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos, but the match was scrapped after Santos failed to make weight. Bellator then awarded the tournament win to Prindle along with the $100,000 prize money and a shot at the heavyweight title.
Meeting in tonight’s lightweight tournament are fighters Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire vs. Lloyd Woodard, Rick Hawn vs. Ricardo Tirloni, J.J. Ambrose vs. Brent Weedman, and Thiago Michel vs. Rene Nazare.
Check out the ‘Play-by-Play’ at Sherdog.com if you can’t access any of the live televised action.
Main Card (MTV2 or Spike.com)
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Lloyd Woodard def. Patricky Freire via Submission (Kimura) – R3 @ 1:46
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Rick Hawn def. Ricardo Tirloni via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 2:36
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Brent Weedman def. J.J. Ambrose via Submission (Von Flue choke) – R2 @ 3:26
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Thiago Michel def. Rene Nazare via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight bout: Luis Vega def. Sonny Luque via Submission (Arm-Triangle choke) – R1 @ 3:43
Featherweight bout: Chris Jones def. Steven Peterson via Split Decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Dave Jansen def. Jacob Kirwan via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight bout: Rad Martinez def. Douglas Frey via TKO (Unanswered Strikes) – R1 @ 4:08
Welterweight bout: Sean Spencer def. Joseph Daily via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R2 @ 1:24