CHICAGO, Ill. (September 15, 2011) – The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator 50 will take place FRIDAY at 5:00 P.M. EST at the Paradise Live inside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotels & Casino, 1 Seminole Way Hollywood, Florida 33314.
Headlining the show will be Bryan Baker facing Jared Hess in the Bellator Middleweight Season 5 Tournament. Alexander Shlemenko will fight Zelg Galesic, along with Sam Alvey taking on Vitor Vianna and Victor O’Donnell facing Brian Rogers as a part of the Middleweight Tournament. The undercard will also feature inspirational featherweight Rad Martinez making his Bellator debut against Bryan Van Hoven.
The event will be emceed by Bellator cage announcer Michael C. Williams and Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith.
As always the weigh-in is open to both the public and media.
If you are not able to attend the official weigh-in/pre-fight conference for Bellator Fighting Championship’s Saturday event, you can catch all the action LIVE at www.Bellator.com. The entire weigh-in/pre-fight press conference for Bellator 50 will be streaming LIVE at 5:00 P.M. EST.
The full fight card for Bellator 50 is below:
MAIN CARD:
Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Jared Hess (11-2-1) vs. Bryan Baker (15-2)
Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Zelg Galesic (10-5) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (40-7)
Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Sam Alvey (15-2) vs. Vitor Vianna (11-1-1)
Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Victor O’Donnell (10-2) vs. Brian Rogers (7-2)
UNDERCARD:
Featherweight Local Feature Fight: Bryan Van Hoven (7-3) vs. Rad Martinez (9-2)
Featherweight Local Feature Fight: Ailton Barbosa (8-2) vs. Ryan Keenan (4-1)
Welterweight Local Feature Fight: Brett Cooper (13-7) vs. Valdir Araujo (8-2)
Featherweight Local Feature Fight: Cristiano Souza (4-0) vs. John Kelly (5-3)
Heavyweight Local Feature Fight: J.P. Reese (3-1) vs. Martin “Trey” Brown (2-0)
Middleweight Local Feature Fight: Dietter Navarro (0-1) vs. Marcelo Goncalves (1-1)
Welterweight Local Feature Fight: Marcos da Matta (8-1) vs. Shah Babonis (10-7)
For more information, visit Bellator.com; follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator.
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