The Bellator Fighting Championships promotion will see it’s light heavyweight title defended for the first time this Thursday when champion Christian M’Pumbu takes on 2012 Summer Series tourny victor Attila Vegh in the main event of Bellator 91.
Bellator 91 is scheduled to take place this Thursday (Feb. 28) at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The main card will air live on Spike TV at 10pm EST (7pm PST), while the prelim card is set to stream live at Spike.com.
The event also features the lightweight semi-finals of the Season Eight Tournament as Will Brooks takes on tournament underdog Saad Awad, and David ‘The Caveman’ Rickels squares off with Jason Fischer.
The weigh-ins for the event are set to take place Wednesday night.
Check out the full event card below:
Main Card (Spike TV)
Light heavyweight title bout: (c) Christian M’Pumbu vs. Attila Vegh
Lightweight Semi-final: Will Brooks vs. Saad Awad
Lightweight Semi-final: David Rickels vs. Jason Fischer
Bantamweight bout: Ed West vs. Josh Montoya
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Bantamweight bout: Adrian Cruz vs. Nick Gonzalez
Light heavyweight bout: Anton Talamantes vs. Liam McGeary
Heavyweight bout: Josh Appelt vs. Josh Lanier
Bantamweight bout: Felipe Chavez vs. Russell Wilson
Lightweight bout: Blas Avena vs. Lenny Lovato
Women’s bantamweight bout: Holly Holm vs. Katie Merrill
Middleweight bout: Brennan Ward vs. Vadiano La Luz