Bellator Fighting Championships continues with it’s Season Seven Tournament today with the official weigh-ins for Friday’s Bellator 81 event. Bellator 81 will take place on November 16, 2012 at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island. The main card will air live on MTV2 while the prelim card is set to stream live at Spike.com. […]
Bellator Fighting Championships continues with it’s Season Seven Tournament today with the official weigh-ins for Friday’s Bellator 81 event.
Bellator 81 will take place on November 16, 2012 at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island. The main card will air live on MTV2 while the prelim card is set to stream live at Spike.com.
Friday’s event will feature the lightweight tournament semifinal bouts between Rich Clementi vs. Marcin Held and Dave Jansen vs. Ricardo Tirloni. Also competing on the main card will be former tournament finalist Marlon Sandro who meets Dustin Neace.
The weigh-ins took place today at 5pm EST (2pm PST).
Check out the full Bellator 81 fight card below:
Main Card (MTV2)
Lightweight tournament semifinal bout: Rich Clementi (156) vs. Marcin Held (156)
Lightweight tournament semifinal bout: Dave Jansen (156) vs. Ricardo Tirloni (156)
Featherweight bout: Marlon Sandro (145.5) vs. Dustin Neace (146)
Middleweight bout: Jonas Billstein (185) vs. Perry Filkins (185)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Bantamweight bout: Robbie LeRoux (135) vs. Ruben Rey (136)
Lightweight bout: Paul Barrow (155) vs. Matt Bessette (150)
Welterweight bout: Sam McCoy (185) vs. Brennan Ward (184.5)
Catchweight (210-lbs) bout: Matt Uhde (209.5) vs. Mike Mucitelli (209.5)
Middleweight bout: Dan Cramer (185.5) vs. Joe Lamoureux (185.)
Lightweight bout: Andrew Calandrelli (156) vs. Joe McGann (155.5)
Catchweight (167-lbs) bout: Murad Machaev (167) vs. Lorawnt-T Nelson (165)
Fight Network previews Bellator 81 in Rhode Island featuring Marcin Held vs. Rich Clementi and Dave Jansen vs. Ricardo Tirloni in lightweight tourney semifinals.
The main card also features a featherweight feature fight between Marlon Sandro vs. Dustin Feace as well as a middleweight bout between Jonas Billstein vs. Perry Filkins. The MTV2 broadcasted main card will air live on MTV2 at 8pm EST (5pm PST), while the entire prelim card is expected to stream live at Spike.com starting at 6pm EST.
Fight Network previews Bellator 81 in Rhode Island featuring Marcin Held vs. Rich Clementi and Dave Jansen vs. Ricardo Tirloni in lightweight tourney semifinals.
The main card also features a featherweight feature fight between Marlon Sandro vs. Dustin Feace as well as a middleweight bout between Jonas Billstein vs. Perry Filkins. The MTV2 broadcasted main card will air live on MTV2 at 8pm EST (5pm PST), while the entire prelim card is expected to stream live at Spike.com starting at 6pm EST.
Bellator Fighting Championships has booked a light heavyweight title bout for Season Seven between champion Christian ‘Tonton’ M’Pumbu (18-4-1) and 2012 Summer Series tournament winner Attila Vegh (28-4-2) for the upcoming Bellator 84 event. This bout marks M’Pumbu’s first title defense since winning the belt back in May of 2011 after winning the Season Four […]
Christian M'Pumbu
Bellator Fighting Championships has booked a light heavyweight title bout for Season Seven between champion Christian ‘Tonton’ M’Pumbu (18-4-1) and 2012 Summer Series tournament winner Attila Vegh (28-4-2) for the upcoming Bellator 84 event.
This bout marks M’Pumbu’s first title defense since winning the belt back in May of 2011 after winning the Season Four light heavyweight tournament.
News of the matchup comes via MMAjunkie.com who confirmed the news with sources from the promotion.
Bellator 84 is expected to take place on December 14, 2012 at The Venue in the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The event will also feature the Season Seven heavyweight and lightweight tournament finals.
Heavyweights Alexander Volkov and Richard Hale have already booked their tickets into the final with the lightweight finalists to be determined this Friday (Nov. 16) in Rhode Island.
M’Pumbu has fought once since winning the Bellator strap, losing a decision to Travis Wiuff in October of last year. That particular non-title bout marked the end of Bellator booking “Super Fights” for it’s champions. Previous to that, ‘Tonton’ was able to finish Chris Davis, Tim Carpenter and Richard Hale via TKO to win the inaugural Bellator title.
Vegh is on a nine fight undefeated streak with wins over Wiuff, Emanuel Newton and Zelg Galeši? in the 2012 Summer Series tournament to earn the $100,000 contract and title shot. His last victory took just 25-seconds as Vegh finished Wiuff by knockout in August at Bellator 73.
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The self-proclaimed “Baddest Man on the Planet” Joe Warren made a triumphant return to the Bellator cage, defeating Owen Evinger. Alexander Volkov and Rad Mart…
The self-proclaimed “Baddest Man on the Planet” Joe Warren made a triumphant return to the Bellator cage, defeating Owen Evinger. Alexander Volkov and Rad Martinez punched their tickets to the Season 7 heavyweight and featherweight finals, respectively. Check out the Bellator 80 highlights.
Bellator 80 is taking place tonight (Friday, 9 Nov. 12) at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which features the semifinals of the Bellator Season 7 Heavyweight and Featherweight Tournaments, as well as the return of former Bellator featherweight Champ Joe Warren who battles Owen Evinger in a bantamweight affair. The live broadcast begins […]
Bellator 80 is taking place tonight (Friday, 9 Nov. 12) at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which features the semifinals of the Bellator Season 7 Heavyweight and Featherweight Tournaments, as well as the return of former Bellator featherweight Champ Joe Warren who battles Owen Evinger in a bantamweight affair.
The live broadcast begins at 8:00pm EST (5:00pm PST) on MTV2 and on The Score in Canada. The preliminary card will begin at 7:00pm EST and will be streamed live and free at Spike.com.
Check out the full ‘Quick Results’ for Bellator 80 below:
Main Card (MTV2)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Joe Warren def. Owen Evinger via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals Fight: Alexander Volkov def. Vinicius Queiroz via TKO (Punches) – R3 @ 4:59
Featherweight Tournament Semifinals Fight: Rad Martinez def. Wagnney Fabiano via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Brett Cooper def. Darryl Cobb via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Ryan DeRocher def. Taylor Krahl via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 0:20
Welterweight Feature Fight: Cosmo Alexandre def. Josh Quayhagen via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Catchweight Feature Fight(150): Shannon Slack def. Sky Moiseichik via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Cristiano Souza def. Robert Otani via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 2:46
Middleweight Feature Fight: Joe Vedepo def. Mike Bernhard via Submission (Vedepo choke) – R1 @ 3:26
Lightweight Feature Fight: Brandon Girtz def. Mike Quinones via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Press Release – Newport Beach, CA. (November 8th, 2012) – Bellator and Spike TV are giving fans a chance to select the first fight to air on Spike Network inside the Bellator cage as the promotion prepares to move to Spike TV in January. Fans can log onto Spike.com to the “Bellator: Vote For The […]
Press Release – Newport Beach, CA. (November 8th, 2012) – Bellator and Spike TV are giving fans a chance to select the first fight to air on Spike Network inside the Bellator cage as the promotion prepares to move to Spike TV in January.
Fans can log onto Spike.com to the “Bellator: Vote For The Fight” section, where they will be able to select the two fighters they want to see square off in the first ever Bellator bout on Spike TV. MMA enthusiasts will be able to choose between four of the most exciting MMA fighters at 170lbs in the world, including Paul Daley, Ben Saunders, Douglas Lima, and the infamous War Machine.
In an effort to promote “Bellator: Vote For the Fight,” Spike.com will premiere a webseries showcasing the welterweight competitors on Thursday, November 8. Spike.com will debut a new webisode each Thursday evening and each installment will include behind-the-scenes profiles of the four fighters featuring their training, personal life, and the prep work it takes to mentally and physically prepare for the fight.
“As we prepare for our long awaited debut on Spike TV this January, we’ve assembled four of the most exciting welterweights on the planet, and we’re letting our fans vote on who they want to see kick off the first ever Bellator fight on Spike TV,” said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney.
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is the world’s largest tournament based Mixed Martial Arts organization. Televised to nearly 500 Million homes worldwide, Bellator’s majority owner is entertainment giant Viacom. In the United States, Bellator can be seen on MTV2, in commercial-free HD on EPIX. Starting in January of 2013 Bellator will be broadcast on MMA television leader, Spike TV. With over 150 world-class athletes under contract, Bellator is home to many of the sport’s top athletes. Bellator’s founder &CEO, Bjorn Rebney, an experienced fighting sports and entertainment executive with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes, believed that title shots should be earned, not given. This belief gave rise to Bellator’s real sport, tournament-based format, which gives Bellator’s tournaments a true playoff feel that keeps the sport true and distances itself from the political/subjective side of fighting sports. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in television production, live event orchestration, fighter development/relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations. Bellator is based in Southern, California.
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EPIX, a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), is a next-generation premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service launched on October 30, 2009. With access to more than 15,000 motion pictures spanning the vast libraries of its partners and other studios, EPIX provides a powerful entertainment experience with more feature films on demand and online and more HD movies than any other service. It is the only premium service providing its entire monthly line-up of new Hollywood titles, classic feature films, original series, music and comedy specials through the linear channel, video-on-demand and online at EpixHD.com, the leading online destination for movies.
EPIX has made the commitment to deliver the industry’s most expansive online collection of movies, making more than 3,000 titles available on EpixHD.com. The service is available to over 30 million homes nationwide through distribution partners including Charter Communications, Cox Communications, DISH Network, Mediacom Communications, NCTC, Suddenlink Communications and Verizon FiOS.
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Bellator Fighting Championships continues with it’s Season Seven Tournament today with the official weigh-ins for Friday’s Bellator 81 event.
