Marlon Sandro (L) & Daniel Straus (R) headline Bellator 68 in Atlantic City, NJ
Bellator Fighting Championships returns to Caesars Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey today for Bellator 68.
The official weigh-ins for the event went down at the Palladium Ballroom in Caesars Atlantic City, beginning at 5pm EST.
Friday’s (May 11, 2012) event goes down at the same venue for the live MTV2 broadcasted event and will see two Season Six Tournament bouts take place on the main card.
In the main event, featherweight finalists Marlin Sandro (145.8) and Daniel Straus (146) will battle for the $100,000 contract as well as for a shot at Bellator’s featherweight champion.
The co-main event has bantamweight semi-finalists Marcos Galvao (136) and Travis Marx (135.4) battling to become the first finalist for the 135-lbs tournament.
Fans can catch the entire live event this Friday at Spike.com starting at 7pm EST (4pm PST), or they can watch the main card on MTV2 beginning at 8pm EST (5pm PST).
The full Bellator 68 fight card appears as follows:
Main Card (MTV2 or Spike.com)
Featherweight tournament final: Marlon Sandro (134.8) vs. Daniel Straus (146)
Bantamweight tournament semi-final: Travis Marx (135.4) vs. Marcos Galvao (136)
Catchweight (230-lbs) bout: Seth Petruzelli (225.5) vs. Carmelo Marrero (230)
Welterweight bout: Marius Zaromskis (169.8) vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf (172.4)*
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Featherweight bout: Jeff Lentz () vs. Eddie Fyvie ()
Catchweight (175-lbs) bout: Jesus Martinez (175) vs. Aung La Nsang (175.2)
Middleweight bout: Gregory Millard (186)vs. Francois Ambang (183.5)
Bantamweight bout: Claudio Ledesma (134.5) vs. Anthony Leone (136)
Lightweight bout: Marcin Held (155.5) vs. Derrick Kennington (154.5)
Lightweight bout: Jacob Kirwan (156) vs. Don Carlos-Clauss (156.5)
* both Spiritwolf and Carlo-Clauss were given extra time to lose weight or risk being fined a portion of their purse for failing to make weight.