Bellator Fighting Championships 44 goes down Saturday night, May 14, at Caesars Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. The main card will air live on MTV2 in the U.S. and on TheScore in Canada, with the live broadcast beginning at 9PM EST (6PM PST).
Before that can happen, fighters will have to weigh-in for Saturday’s Bellator XLIV event and we’ve got the live video feed. The live feed begins at 5:25PM EST (2:25PM PST).
Bellator XLIV features a four fight main card with middleweight champ Hector Lombard taking on Falaniko Vitale in a “Super Fight” in the shows main event. Meeting in the Season Four Lightweight Tournament Finale are Patricky Freire and Michael Chandler, a bout sure to make the highlight real.
Also featured on the main card is Season 2 middleweight finalist Alexander Shlemenko vs. Brett Cooper in a Season 5 Middleweight qualifier, as well as a Season 5 Bantamweight qualifier between Bryan Goldsby vs Anthony “Cheesesteak” Morrison.
Main Card
Middleweight ‘Superfight’ bout: Hector Lombard (185 lbs) vs. Falaniko Vitale (185.5 lbs)
Lightweight Tournament Final bout: Patricky Freire (155 lbs) vs. Michael Chandler (156 lbs)
Bantamweight bout: Anthony Morrison (146.5 lbs) vs. Bryan Goldsby (135 lbs)
Middleweight bout: Alexander Shlemenko (186 lbs) vs. Brett Cooper (185.5 lbs)
Local Feature Fights
Welterweight bout: Giedrius Karavackas (169.5 lbs) vs. Sam Orepeza (170.5 lbs)
Featherweight bout: Anthony Leone (146.5 lbs) vs. Jeff Lentz (146 lbs)
Middleweight bout: Jay Silva (185.5 lbs) vs. Gemiyale Adkins (186 lbs)
Heavyweight bout: Randy Smith (255.5 lbs) vs. Jamall “X-Factor” Johnson (213.5 lbs)