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Bellator XXIII: Featherweight And Middleweight Tournament Winners

(pictured Joe Warren and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire via Bellator.com)
Thursday night’s Bellator 23 event featured Bellator Fighting Championships’ Season 2 Featherweight and Middleweight finals. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire took on Joe Warren in the Featherweight final and Russian Fighter Alexander Shlemenko faced Bryan Baker in the Season 2 Middleweight tournament.
Bellator 23 took place at the […]

(pictured Joe Warren and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire via Bellator.com)

Thursday night’s Bellator 23 event featured Bellator Fighting Championships’ Season 2 Featherweight and Middleweight finals. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire took on Joe Warren in the Featherweight final and Russian Fighter Alexander Shlemenko faced Bryan Baker in the Season 2 Middleweight tournament.

Bellator 23 took place at the Fourth Street Live! entertainment and retail complex in Louisville, Kentucky and was broadcast live on FOX Sports Net. Fans can expect a highlights package to air Saturday on NBC, Telemundo and mun2.

Joe Warren fought a hard fought three round battle against Patricio “Pitbull” Freire in the Featherweight Tournament Final. The “Pitbull” came out hard in the first round pressing the attack and was close to ending the fight with a standing arm-triangle choke which Warren worked free of. The second and third saw Freire slow down, which allowed Warren to take the fight to the ground and score some points. Warren earned the split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) from the judges and will meet Bellator Featherweight champ Joe Soto in season three.

It didn’t take long for Russian Middleweight Alexander Shlemenko to find his range and finish Bryan Baker in the Season 2 Middleweight Tournament Final. Both fighters exchanged briefly with both men trading kicks in the opening minute. Shlemenko misses a kick only to eat one from Baker and is sent to the mat. The Russian is quite to rebound and gets back to his feet to drop his opponent with a liver shot. Shlemenko pounces for the finish and forces the stoppage with some strong ground and pound at 2:45 of the first round. Shlemenko will now go on to meet Bellator’s middleweight champion Hector Lombard in season three.

The full Bellator 23 results are as follows:

Main Card:

Featherweight Tournament Championship: Joe Warren def. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Middleweight Tournament Championship: Alexander Shlemenko def. Bryan Baker via TKO – R1, 2:45
Bantamweight Showcase Fight: Nik Mamalis def. Albert Rios via TKO – R1, 4:30
Female Showcase Fight: Zoila Frausto def. Rosi Sexton via knockout – R1, 2:00

Preliminary Card:

Local Main Event: Brent Weedman def. John Troyer via submission (arm-bar) – R1, 4:55*
Local Feature Fight #3: Daniel Straus def. Chad Hinton via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)*
Local Feature Fight #2: Stoney Hale def. Mike Fleniken via submission (rear-naked choke) – R2, 4:20
Local Feature Fight #1: Kurt Kinser def. David Overfield via TKO – R1, 2:30

* – bouts took place after the televised card.

Bellator XXIII Weigh-in Results

Bellator Fighting Championships’ next event, Bellator 23, is set to take place on Thursday night featuring Middleweight Tournament finalists Bryan “The Beast” Baker and Alexander Shlemenko and Featherweight Tournament finalists Joe Warren and Patricio Pitbull.
On Wednesday the fighters weighed in at the Sports & Social Club, 427 S. Fourth Street in Louisville. The same […]

On Wednesday the fighters weighed in at the Sports & Social Club, 427 S. Fourth Street in Louisville. The same venue will host Thursday nights action.

The event will air live on FOX Sports Net (or on a few hours’ delay if preempted by local sports programming) beginning at 8 PM EST (5 PM PST), with a highlights packages airing Saturday on NBC, Telemundo and mun2.

The full fight card and fighter weights for Bellator 23 is as follows:

Main Card:

Featherweight Tournament Championship: Patricio Pitbull (144) vs. Joe Warren (144)
Middleweight Tournament Championship: Alexander Shlemenko (185) vs. Bryan Baker (185)
Bantamweight Showcase Fight: Nik Mamalis (135) vs. Albert Rios (135)
Female Showcase Fight: Zoila Frausto (120) vs. Rosi Sexton (121)

Preliminary Card:

Local Main Event: John Troyer (171) vs. Brent Weedman (170)
Local Feature Fight #3: Daniel Straus (154) vs. Chad Hinton (156)
Local Feature Fight #2: Stoney Hale (182) vs. Mike Fleniken (183)
Local Feature Fight #1: David Overfield (160) vs. Kurt Kinser (155)

Bellator Adds Lynn Alvarez To Season 3 Women’s Tournament

Submission specialist, Lynn “Lights Out” Alvarez (5-0) was added to the growing number of female fighters participating in Bellator Fighting Championship’s upcoming Season 3 Women’s Tournament.
“I’m so excited to be a part of the tournament because Bellator is signing all the best female fighters in the world and that’s who I want to compete against,” […]

Submission specialist, Lynn “Lights Out” Alvarez (5-0) was added to the growing number of female fighters participating in Bellator Fighting Championship’s upcoming Season 3 Women’s Tournament.

“I’m so excited to be a part of the tournament because Bellator is signing all the best female fighters in the world and that’s who I want to compete against,” Alvarez said. “My goal is to put on some exciting fights and win the tournament to prove that I’m the best in the world.”

The 25 year old Alvarez is the sixth name added to the tournament which include other notable female fighters such as undefeated Japanese sensation Megumi Fujii, British striker Rosi Sexton, Lisa Ward, Jessica Pene, and Angela Magana.

Alvarez has won four of her five victories by submission, winning all but one of her fights in the first round. Her last appearance was against Shoni Esquiro at a Freestyle Cage Fighting event in July of last year.

You can find more updates on Bellator’s Season 3 tournament at Bellator.com.

Bellator 22 Highlight: Jose Vega KOs Jarrod Card With Stunning Left Hook

Jose Vega makes a statement for inclusion in the upcoming Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament in Kansas City, MO. Vega landed a crushing left hook which knocked out Jarrod Card, leaving him lying unconscious on the canvas just 39 seconds into the fight.
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Jose Vega makes a statement for inclusion in the upcoming Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament in Kansas City, MO. Vega landed a crushing left hook which knocked out Jarrod Card, leaving him lying unconscious on the canvas just 39 seconds into the fight.

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Ben Askren Becomes Season 2 Bellator Welterweight Tournament Winner

Former Olympic wrestler Ben Askren showed the world that he belongs in the sport of mixed-martial-arts by dominating Dan Hornbuckle at Bellator 22 Thursday night to win the Bellator Fighting Championships Season 2 welterweight tournament.

Fighting at the Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Miss., Askren dominated his opponent throughout all three rounds […]

Former Olympic wrestler Ben Askren showed the world that he belongs in the sport of mixed-martial-arts by dominating Dan Hornbuckle at Bellator 22 Thursday night to win the Bellator Fighting Championships Season 2 welterweight tournament.

Fighting at the Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Miss., Askren dominated his opponent throughout all three rounds of their tournament final bout. Having only one year under his belt as a professional mma fighter, Askren looked right at home from the start of the fight by taking Hornbuckle to the mat at will, keeping the fight there through most of the three rounds.

Hornbuckle did have some offensive spurts, he landing a few solid punches in the fight and threatened to take the fight late in the third with a kimura off his back. But Askren proved too much and earned the judges decision easily by a score of 30-27 across the board.

Askren will now face Bellator’s current welterweight champion Lyman Good, and addressed the champ in his post victory comments.

“Lyman, keep my belt warm. Shine it once a week and enjoy it while you’ve got it because it’s mine.”

HT: Bellator.com

Bellator XXII Quick Results

Tonight’s Bellator Fighting Championship 22 event is going down live at the Kansas City Power & Light District featuring the conclusion of Bellator’s welterweight tournament, featuring Dan Hornbuckle and Ben Askren.
The event will air live on FOX Sports Net (or on a few hours’ delay if preempted by local sports programming) beginning at 8 PM […]

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Main Card:
Welterweight Tournament Championship: Ben Askren def. Dan Hornbuckle via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Female Showcase Fight: Lisa Ward via submission (rear-naked choke) – R1, 2:01
Catchweight Fight @ 140 pounds: Jose Vega def. Jarrod Card via knockout – R1, 0:39
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Raphael Davis def. Demetrius Richards via submission (punches) – R1, 2:51

Undercard:
Local Main Event: Tyler Stinson def. Leonardo Pecanha via submission (rear naked choke) – R1, 1:42
Local Co-Main Event: Rudy Bears def. Brian Green via submission (rear naked choke) – R1, 3;29
Local Feature Fight #2: Cole Konrad def. John Orr via unanimous decision(30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Local Feature Fight #3: Jared Downing def. Chad Vandenberg via submission (rear-naked-choke) – R3, 1:35