The latest Bellator Fighting Championships goes live tonight (29 Oct.) featuring a welterweight title bout and the Season Five Heavyweight Tournament seminfinals.
Bellator 56 takes place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas with the live action beginning at 7pm EST on Spike.com with the preliminary card. The main card will air live on MTV2 in the U.S. (on EPIX in HD), and on theScore in, all beginning at 9pm EST.
Bellator welterweight champ Ben Askren meets season four tournament winner Jay Hieron in the nights main event, while tournament heavyweight pairings see Eric Prindle take on Ron Sparks, and injury replacement fighters Thiago Santos and Neil Grove are also set to meet in the other semifinals matchup.
For those fans who can’t access one, or both, of the live broadcasts visit Bellator.com for their ‘Play-by-Play’ recap. And be sure to check out the post-fight press conference after tonight’s live action.
The full ‘Quick Results’ for Bellator 56 is as follows:
Main Card
Welterweight Championship bout: Ben Askren def. Jay Hieron via Split Decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
Heavyweight Semifinal bout: Thiago Santos def. Neil Grove via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 0:38
Heavyweight Semifinal bout: Eric Prindle def. Ron Sparks via KO (Punch) – R1 @ 0:50
Local Feature Fight (Spike.com)
Featherweight bout: Jeremy Spoon def. Adam Schindler via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Welterweight bout: Marcio Navarro def. Rudy Bears via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Light Heavyweight bout: Kelvin Tiller def. Dan Spohn via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Lightweight bout: E.J. Brooks def. Willian De Souza (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Featherweight bout: Jacob Akin def. Jeimeson Saudino via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 3:26
Bantamweight bout: Aaron Ely def. Owen Evinger via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 3:45
Heavyweight bout: Daniel Gallemore def. Derrick Ruffin via Retirement – R2 @ 5:00