Bellator Fighting Championships is set to hold it’s third event of season five, as eight bantamweight fighters begin their journey for a shot at the 135 lbs title and $100,000.
Bellator 51 is set to take place on September 24, 2011 at the Conton Memorial Civic Center in Canton, Ohio.
The main card is set to air live on MTV2, and on EPIX in HD, beginning at 9PM EST (6PM PST) with the four bout bantamweight quarterfinal matches. Fans in Canada can watch the main card on theScore. Bellator featherweight champ Joe Warren begins his journey to become the first fighter to hold two titles as he drops down to 135 lbs, he faces Alexis Vila in the main event of Bellator 51.
The entire six bout prelim card is scheduled to stream live at Spike.com beginning at approx. 7PM EST (4PM PST), featuring the first women’s fight of Season 5 as local hero Jessica Eye squares off against Casey Noland. Eye will look to follow in the footsteps of her Ohio-based teammates from Team Strong Style in welterweight Chris Lozano and middleweight Brian Rogers, who earlier this season advanced to semi-finals in their respective divisions.
Catch the ‘Play-by-Play’ action of the event at Sherdog.com and watch the live streaming post-fight press conference at Bellator.com after the event.
The ‘Quick Results’ for Bellator 51 are as follows:
Main Card
Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Alexis Vila def. Joe Warren via KO (Punch) – R1 @ 1:04
Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Eduardo Dantas def. Wilson Reis via TKO (Strikes) – R2 @ 1:02
Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Marcos Galvao def. Chase Beebe via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight Quarterfinal bout: Ed West def. Luis Nogueira via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Featherweight bout: Frank Caraballo def. Dustin Kempf via TKO (Knee injury) – R1 @ 1:19
Women’s (125 lbs) bout: Jessica Eye def. Casey Noland via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Bantamweight bout: Jesse Riggleman def. Farkhad Sharipov via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
Light heavyweight bout: Dan Spohn def. Dane Bonnigson via KO (Knee) – R1 @ 0:09
Light Heavyweight bout: John Hawk def. Allan Weickert via TKO (verbal submission between round) – R2 @ 5:00
Lightweight bout: Joey Holt def. Clint Musser via KO (Flying Knee) – R1 @ 4:06