Press Release – Chicago, Ill – (March 14, 2011) — Bellator Fighting Championships makes its first visit to Concho, Oklahoma when the promotion arrives for Bellator 37, which will take place Saturday, March 19th.
The event will host the opening round of Bellator’s Featherweight Tournament. The winner of the eight man tournament will earn $100,000 and a title shot at current Bellator World Featherweight Champion Joe Warren. The event will also feature four undercard bouts.
The full fight card for Bellator 37 is below:
MAIN CARD:
Featherweight Quarterfinal Fight: Georgi Karakhanyan (14-2-1) vs. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (14-1)
Featherweight Quarterfinal Fight: Wilson Reis (11-2) vs. Zac George (20-3)
Featherweight Quarterfinal Fight: Kenny Foster (8-2) vs. Eric Larkin (3-0)
Featherweight Quarterfinal Fight: Daniel Straus (14-3) vs. Nazareno Malegarie (19-0)
UNDERCARD:
Local Main Event: Jake Rosholt (8-3) vs. John Bryant (4-3)
Local Co-Main Event: Jeremy Spoon (8-0) vs. Jerrod Sanders (2-0)
Local Feature Fight #2: Brandon Shelton (15-5) vs. Adam Snook (2-2)
Local Feature Fight #1: Roli Delgado (9-5-1) vs. Jameel Massouh (25-7)
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator’s founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.
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