Bellator Fighting Championships continues with it’s Season Seven tournament tonight with the Bellator 83: Martinez vs. Shamhalaev event which goes down live at Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Bellator 83 began it’s live broadcast at 7pm EST (4pm PST) on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX, as well as in Spanish language on mun2. The preliminary card began at 6pm EST and streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com.
The event is headlined by a Season Seven featherweight tournament final pitting Rad Martinez vs. Shabulat Shamhalaev. The show also sees the return of former bantamweight champ Zach Makovsky as ‘Funsize’ returns to the cage since his title loss to face Anthony Leone. Women’s flyweight champ Zoila Gurgel takes on promotion newcomer Jessica Eye.
Check out the full ‘Quick Results’ for Bellator 83 below:
Main Card (MTV2)
Featherweight Season Seven tournament final: Rad Martinez vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev bout postponed due to Shamhalaev suffering food poisining. Rescheduled for Bellator 84 on Dec. 14
Darrel Horcher def. Chris Liguori via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight bout: Anthony Leone def. Zach Makovsky via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Women’s flyweight bout: Jessica Eye def. Zoila Gurgel via Technical Submission (Standing arm-triangle choke) – R1 @ 0:58
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Bantamweight bout: Claudio Ledesma def. Bo Harris via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Flyweight bout: Tuan Pham def. Matthew Lozano via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight bout: Terrell Hobbs def. Brylan Van Artsdalen via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 3:07
Lightweight bout: Darrel Horcher def. Chris Liguori via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantameight bout: Jimmie Rivera def. Jesse Brock via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Heavyweight bout: Mike Wessel def. Alexei Kudin via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)