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Bellator 36 Weigh-in Results; Ferrid Kheder Replaced After Refusing To Step On The Scale

Competitor for Bellator Fighting Championships latest event were set to hit the scales on Friday night for tomorrows Bellator 36 event.
Tournament participant Ferrid Kheder (18-6) refused to step on the scale after reportedly weighing as much as six pounds over the 155 pound limit according to MMAjunkie.com.
Kheder was replaced by preliminary card fighter Josh Shockley […]

Competitor for Bellator Fighting Championships latest event were set to hit the scales on Friday night for tomorrows Bellator 36 event.

Tournament participant Ferrid Kheder (18-6) refused to step on the scale after reportedly weighing as much as six pounds over the 155 pound limit according to MMAjunkie.com.

Kheder was replaced by preliminary card fighter Josh Shockley (6-0) who will now meet Toby Imada (28-15) on Saturday night.

“This is my chance to show everybody what I’m capable of. The best thing about it is that I’m from a little town, but now all my friends and family will get to watch the fight. I’ve belonged here for awhile. This is my chance to prove that to everybody. I’m where I belong.”

Press Release – Shreveport, LA. (March 11, 2011) – Fighters took to the scales in preparation for Bellator Fighting Championships’ debut in Shreveport, Louisiana, tomorrow night. The eight quarterfinal competitors will be showcasing their talents in front of a packed house at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium in hopes of becoming the next Bellator Lightweight Champion.

Bellator 36 will be broadcast LIVE on Saturday, March 12th at 9:00pm ET/8:00pm CT exclusively on MTV2.

The official results of tonight’s weigh-in are as follows:

Main Card:

Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Rob McCullough (155.8 lbs.) vs. Patricky Freire (155.2 lbs.)
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Toby Imada (155.8 lbs.) vs. Ferrid Kheder (N/A lbs.)
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Carey Vanier (155.2 lbs.) vs. Lloyd Woodard (155.4 lbs.)
Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Marcin Held (155.2 lbs.) vs. Mike Chandler (156 lbs.)

Local Feature Fights:

Featherweight bout: Javone Duhon (149.4 lbs.) vs. Booker Arthur (144.6 lbs.)
Featherweight bout: Matt Hunt (150.2 lbs.) vs. Kevin Aguilar (145 lbs.)
Lightweight bout: Kalvin Hackney (156.6 lbs.) vs. Josh Shockley (156 lbs.)
Middleweight bout: Kelly Leo (185.2 lbs.) vs. Chad Leonhardt (185.6 lbs.)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator

About Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator’s founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.

About MTV2

MTV2 is a man’s best friend, available in nearly 80 million homes and with the highest concentration of males 12-24 and 12-34 on TV today. A vibrant mix of music, lifestyle and action sports programming, MTV2 has reflected the habits and behavior of young people since its launch in 1996. MTV2 is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom, one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.

Bellator 36 Weigh-ins Set For Friday Night At The Shreveport Municipal Auditorium

Press Release – Shreveport, LA – (March 09, 2011) – The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator Fighting Championships’ Saturday evening event at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium will take place FRIDAY at 5:00 p.m. CST at The Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Ave Shreveport, LA 71101 -3405.
Participants include all […]

Press Release – Shreveport, LA – (March 09, 2011) – The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator Fighting Championships’ Saturday evening event at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium will take place FRIDAY at 5:00 p.m. CST at The Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, 705 Elvis Presley Ave Shreveport, LA 71101 -3405.

Participants include all 18 competitors in Saturday’s event including former WEC Lightweight Champion “Razor” Rob McCullough, Brazilian native Patricky Freire, as well as Toby Imada, Ferrid Kheder, Carey Vanier, Lloyd Woodard, Marcin Held, and Mike Chandler.

The event will be emceed by Bellator cage announcer Michael C. Williams and Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith.

If you are not able to attend the official weigh-in/pre-fight conference for Bellator Fighting Championship’s Saturday event at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, you can catch all the action LIVE at www.Bellator.com. The entire weigh-in/pre-fight press conference for Bellator 36 will be streaming LIVE at 6:00 p.m. PST.

The full fight card for Bellator 36 is below:

MAIN CARD:

Lightweight Quarterfinal Fight: Rob McCullough (19-6) vs. Patricky Freire (7-1)

Lightweight Quarterfinal Fight: Toby Imada (28-15) vs. Ferrid Kheder (18-5)

Lightweight Quarterfinal Fight: Carey Vanier (10-3) vs. Lloyd Woodard (10-0)

Lightweight Quarterfinal Fight: Marcin Held (10-1) vs. Mike Chandler (5-0)

UNDERCARD:

Local Main Event: Kelly Leo (3-1) vs. Chad Leonhardt (7-2)

Local Co-Main Event: Matt Hunt (1-1) vs. Kevin Aguilar (1-0)

Local Feature Fight #2: Kalvin Hackney (11-1) vs. Josh Shockley (6-0-1)

Local Feature Fight #1: Javone Duhon (Debut) vs. Booker Arthur (Debut)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator

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Eddie Alvarez Fears Being Erased From The History Books

Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez (21-2) is ranked near the top of the pile when it comes to the World’s 155 lb fighters, but he fails to gain that respect at times from the fans and from rival promotions because he doesn’t belong to the UFC or Strikeforce.
Alvarez will get the chance to show the […]

Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez (21-2) is ranked near the top of the pile when it comes to the World’s 155 lb fighters, but he fails to gain that respect at times from the fans and from rival promotions because he doesn’t belong to the UFC or Strikeforce.

Alvarez will get the chance to show the world why he’s won eleven of his past twelve fights when he defends his title against Pat Curran for the first time on April 2 at Bellator 39 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Curran might be a familiar name for mixed martial arts fans but it isn’t a one that many would ever consider as a threat to any of the worlds top lightweights, Alvarez feels otherwise. Alvarez fears what Curran could do in the cage in April, that a victory for the unfamiliar fighter will launch his name in bright lights while Alvarez’ own falls into obscurity.

“Pat poses a lot of threats. He’s young, he’s hungry. This is going to be the best condition he’s ever been. It better be. He hasn’t got the respect of the fans yet, so that fire is still burning. You’ve got to watch for guys like that. He’s talented. He has good fighting instincts. He has the ability to become a champion…When I think about it, the anxiety in me increases, and when that happens, I can’t stand still, I can’t get out of the gym. I’m up early, I’m home late. My anxiety increases because I can’t have a guy that is not well known take my name, take my spot. It sounds weird. People think you don’t have to be worried about this guy. No, on the contrary, you better be f—— worried for this guy because this is the guy who can completely erase you from the rankings and take your name in the blink of an eye and in one fight. That fire’s there. That fear is there like it’s never been against guys like this.”

To help him become the best and train for this fight, Alvarez even spends time each week training with UFC champion Frankie Edgar. Check out the entire article and Alvarez’ comments about training with Edgar at MMAFighting.com.

Bellator Champ Joe Warren To Meet Marcos Galvao In Non-Title Bout

Bellator lightweight champion Joe Warren (6-1) is set to meet Ring of Combat featherweight champ Marcos “Louro” Galvao (9-3-1) in a non-title bout at an upcoming Bellator 41 event.
According to Sherdog.com, the two fighters will meet on April 16 in a catchweight fight of 137 lbs at an unannounced venue.
Warren was the Season 2 Featherweight […]

Bellator lightweight champion Joe Warren (6-1) is set to meet Ring of Combat featherweight champ Marcos “Louro” Galvao (9-3-1) in a non-title bout at an upcoming Bellator 41 event.

According to Sherdog.com, the two fighters will meet on April 16 in a catchweight fight of 137 lbs at an unannounced venue.

Warren was the Season 2 Featherweight tournament winner and went on to face, then, current champ Joe Soto for the Bellator title. Warren would end the fight at 33 seconds of the second round by knocking Soto out at Bellator 27 last September. That bout was Warrren’s last fight and was his fourth victory in a row since losing to former DREAM champ Bibiano Fernandes in October 2009.

Warren has expressed an interest in vying for a spot on the US Olympic wrestling team for the 2012 London Games.

Galvao is on a three fight win streak which includes winning the Ring of Combat featherweight title back in December of last year. It was the second title bout of his career after fighting Masakatsu Ueda to a draw for the Shooto 132 lb title in 2008. Galvao has made two apperances for the WEC losing both fights to Brian Bowles at WEC 31 and Damacio Page at WEC 39.

Strikeforce & Bellator Viewer Numbers In From The Weekend

Last weekend both Bellator Fighting Championships and Strikeforce held events on the same night with MTV2 airing Bellator 35 beginning at 9PM EST, and Showtime airing Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson beginning at 10PM EST.
Trying to compare their numbers head-to-head doesn’t make much sense, as one airs on a premium-cable station with a subscription base of […]

Last weekend both Bellator Fighting Championships and Strikeforce held events on the same night with MTV2 airing Bellator 35 beginning at 9PM EST, and Showtime airing Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson beginning at 10PM EST.

Trying to compare their numbers head-to-head doesn’t make much sense, as one airs on a premium-cable station with a subscription base of approx. 18 million, and the other is a cable network station which features music-related programming aimed at a younger audience.

If one winner had to be picked though, it would have to be Bellator who saw an increase in key demographics with their debut on MTV2.

MMAjunkie.com had the viewer numbers for both events.

Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson averaged 412,000 viewers, a stark contrast to last months Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva event, which featured the first bouts of the promotions Grand Prix tournament. Of course the draw for February’s event was likely to have drawn bigger numbers, but last Saturday’s show was on par with the promotions average viewership numbers from 2010 of 426,000 per broadcast.

Bellator 35 debuted on MTV2 Saturday night drawing 200,000 for the live event, and peaking with 231,000 viewers. This is very good news for Bellator who saw huge increases in key demographics.

…ratings viewership represented an 83 percent increase in men ages 18 to 49 years old, 80 percent rise in men ages 18 to 34 years old and a whopping 133 percent increase in men ages 25 to 34 years old.

It will be interesting to see the viewer numbers for both promotions future events, with Strikeforce preparing for the next set of Heavyweight tournament bouts in June, and with Bellator featuring events almost every Saturday over the next few months as part of their fourth season.

Certainly the hype that will build up to the June Strikeforce show could provide them with their biggest viewer numbers yet, but will this past weekends success for Bellator prove consistent or will the youth who follow that MTV2 tune into something else once the novelty has worn off?

Jay Hieron On Winning After A Year’s Layoff

After sitting for an entire year welterweight Jay Hieron (20-4) feels great after his victory over Anthony Lapsley in the opening quarterfinal round of the Bellator Season 4 Welterweight Tournament. Hieron thinks that the tournament format suits him the best as a fighter having already won a tournament in the past, earning the IFL […]

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