Jason Fischer
A broken hand has forced Bellator Season Eight lightweight tournament semi-finalist Alexander ‘Tiger’ Sarnavskiy (22-1) out of the 155-lbs tourny according to promotion CEO Bjorn Rebney (@BjornRebney) on Monday afternoon.
Stepping in for the injured Russian will be Jason ‘The Finisher’ Fischer (6-1) who will get a chance to avenge a previous loss Bellator loss to David ‘The Caveman’ Rickels (12-1) last October.
Rickels and Fischer are expected to step into the cage at the end of this month in the semi-finals at Bellator 91.
Bellator 91 is expected to take place on February 28, 2013 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with the main card airing live on Spike TV and the prelim card streaming live at Spike.com.
Rickels earned his way into the semi-finals last month after defeating opponent Lloyd Woodard by decision in the main event of Bellator 87. It was the second straight win for Rickels who earned a decision over Fischer in October at Bellator 82. ‘The Caveman’ was eliminated in the Season Six tourny after a loss to toury winner Karl Amassou at Bellator 69.
Fischer also appeared at last months Bellator 87 event, earning a quick first round submission over opponent Sevak Magakian. His previous bout, the loss to Rickels, was the first defeat of his career after winning five straight. Two of those wins came under the Bellator banner with victories at Bellator 76 and 64.