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Bellator Fighting Championships returns to the airwaves tonight with it’s first event of the promotions 2012 Summer Series with Bellator 71, live from The Mountaineer Casino, Resort and Racetrack in Chester, West Virginia.
Tonight’s event kicks off at 6:30pm EST (3:30pm PST) with the preliminary card and will be streamed live on Spike.com. The action moves to MTV2 and Gametrailers.com for the main card starting at 8pm EST.
The event features the first tournament quarterfinals for the summer with the opening round of the light heavyweight tournament. Also making his Bellator debut will be former Strikeforce Grand Prix heavyweight Brett ‘Da Grim’ Rogers, who takes on Kevin Asplund on the main card.
Check out the full ‘Quick Results’ for Bellator 71 bellow:
Main Card (MTV2 & Spike.com)
Light heavyweight tournament quarterfinal: Travis Wiuff def. Chris Davis via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 4:12
Light heavyweight tournament quarterfinal: Attila Vegh def. Zelg Galesic via Submission (Guillotine choke) – R1 @ 1:00
Light heavyweight tournament quarterfinal: Emanuel Newton def. Roy Broughton via Submission (Rear-Naked choke) – R2 @ 0:49
Light heavyweight tournament quarterfinal: Tim Carpenter def. Beau Tribolet via Submission (Armbar) – R2 @ 4:51
Heavyweight bout: Brett Rogers def. Kevin Asplund via TKO (Doctor’s stoppage) – R2 @ 5:00
*Rich Hale was originally slated to compete in the Bellator Season 7 Light Heavyweight Tournament, but became sick and has been replaced by Tim Carpenter.
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Catchweight (189-lbs) bout: Kevin Zalac def. Chris Goldbaugh via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Light heavyweight bout: Josh Stansbury def. via Submission (Guillotine choke) – R1 @ 2:36
Middleweight bout: Jason Butcher def. Duane Bastress via Submission (Triangle choke) – R1 @ 1:03
Featherweight bout: Neil Johnson def. Brylan Van Artsdalen via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R2 @ 4:29