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.
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.
Press Release – Hollywood, FLA. – The Bellator 80 weigh-ins have been completed from Hollywood, Florida in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which features the semifinals of the Bellator Season 7 Heavyweight and Featherweight Tournaments, as well as former Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren battling Owen […]
Bellator 80 – Joe Warren (L) and Owen Evinger (R) face-off after the official weigh-ins
Press Release – Hollywood, FLA. – The Bellator 80 weigh-ins have been completed from Hollywood, Florida in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which features the semifinals of the Bellator Season 7 Heavyweight and Featherweight Tournaments, as well as former Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren battling Owen Evinger in a bantamweight affair.
Bellator 80 will be broadcast LIVE on Friday, November 9th at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX, as well as in Spanish language on mun2 and The Score in Canada. The preliminary card will begin at 7:00 pm ET/ 6:00 pm CT and streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com.
The full results from the Bellator 80 weigh-in are below:
MAIN CARD (MTV2)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Joe Warren (135.6) vs. Owen Evinger (135.2)
Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals Fight: Vinicius Queiroz (240.5) vs. Alexander Volkov (226)
Featherweight Tournament Semifinals Fight: Wagnney Fabiano (146) vs. Rad Martinez (145.8)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Darryl Cobb (185.2) vs. Brett Cooper (185.8)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Mitchel Quinones (154.6) vs. Brandon Girtz (156)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Robert Otani (170.8) vs. Cristiano Souza (170)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Josh Quayhagen (169) vs. Cosmo Alexandre (168.2)
Catchweight Feature Fight(150): Sky Moiseichik (146.4) vs. Shannon Slack (149.2)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Joe Vedepo (185.4) vs. Mike Bernhard (185.6)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Ryan DeRocher(170) vs. Taylor Krahl(171)
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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.
About MTV2
Available in approximately 80 million homes MTV2 is man’s best friend. Since its launch in 1996, the network has reflected the subversive interests and behaviors of young men with a compelling and diverse programming line-up inspired by ordinary guys who do extraordinary things. MTV2 is part of Viacom Media Networks, one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. For more information, go to www.mtvpress.com or follow us on Twitter @MTVPress.
About EPIX
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.
About mun2
mun2 is the leading Hispanic cable network for young millennial adults 18-34. From reality to music, on-air to digital, mun2 creates original content that resonates across a multi-screen platform. Young, vibrant and unabashedly Latino, mun2 has a distribution to over 38 million households. The network is part of Telemundo Media, a division of NBCUniversal.
Former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez still isn’t sure where he’ll end up next for his next fight noting that “nothing is set in stone” as to which promotion he’ll sign with. Alvarez was in Las Vegas to support his fellow Blackzilian teammates competing at the WSOF 1 event. In the interview Alvarez praises Bellator and CEO Bjorn Rebney for giving him his early release, while giving a knowing smile when asked if he had any meetings while in Las Vegas. It’s no secret that UFC president Dana White is interested in the top five lightweight.
Props to Spencer Lazara and MMAInterviews.tv for the video.
Former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez still isn’t sure where he’ll end up next for his next fight noting that “nothing is set in stone” as to which promotion he’ll sign with. Alvarez was in Las Vegas to support his fellow Blackzilian teammates competing at the WSOF 1 event. In the interview Alvarez praises Bellator and CEO Bjorn Rebney for giving him his early release, while giving a knowing smile when asked if he had any meetings while in Las Vegas. It’s no secret that UFC president Dana White is interested in the top five lightweight.
The toughest tournament in sports continued, as two more fighters punched their tickets to the finals. Heavyweight Rich Hale came back in a big way, flooring Thiago Santos before finishing him with ground and pound to secure a finals spot. In a featherweight tilt, Shahbulat Shamhalaev scored an impressive first round knockout against fellow striker Mike Richman to advance to the finals. Douglas Lima made a successful return, as he dominated Kobe Ortiz before finishing him late in the fight. Ryan Ford continued to shine, notching his second win in Bellator. Check out the Bellator 79 highlights.
Bellator 79 went down tonight in Orillia, Ontario at Casino Rama, featuring the semifinals of the Bellator Season 7 Heavyweight and Featherweight Tournaments. The Bellator 79 live broadcasted event went down on MTV2 at 8pm EST with the prelim cards streaming live at Spike.com beginning at 7pm EST. Also featured on the main card was […]
Bellator 79 weigh-ins – Richard Hale (L) and Thiago Santos (R) square off
Bellator 79 went down tonight in Orillia, Ontario at Casino Rama, featuring the semifinals of the Bellator Season 7 Heavyweight and Featherweight Tournaments.
The Bellator 79 live broadcasted event went down on MTV2 at 8pm EST with the prelim cards streaming live at Spike.com beginning at 7pm EST.
Also featured on the main card was Season Five Welterweight tourny winner Douglas Lima, and Canadian standout Ryan ‘The Real Deal’ Ford.
Tonight’s prelim broadcast is split between the main card, with matches airing before and after the main card broadcast.
Check out the full ‘Quick Results’ for Bellator 79 below: Main Card
Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals Fight: Rich Hale def. Thiago Santos via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 3:31
Featherweight Tournament Semifinals Fight: Shahbulat Shamhalaev def. Mike Richman via KO (Punch) – R1 @ 1:45
Catchweight Feature Fight(180 lbs): Douglas Lima def. Kobe Ortiz via TKO (Punches) – R3 @ 4:50
Welterweight Feature Fight: Ryan Ford def. Kyle Baker via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Ed Carpenter def. Josh Appelt via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1
Lightweight Feature Fight: Guillaume DeLorenzi def. Jonny Carson via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 4:49
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Vitaly Minakov def. Vladimir Starcencov via TKO (Punches) – R2 @ 0:27
Catchweight Feature Fight(173 lbs): Christ Franck def. Marcus Aurelio via Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Magomedrasul Khasbulaev def. Josh Pulsifier via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 3:30
Bellator Fighting Championships visits Rama, Canada today for the official weigh-ins for Bellator 79. The Season Seven event takes place at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario featuring a heavyweight tournament semifinal match between Season Five finalist Thiago Santos and Season Four light heavyweight Richard Hale. Also meeting in a featherweight semifinal bout are Mike Richman and Russian Shahbulat Shamhalaev. The main card also features season five welterweight tournament winner Douglas Lima, as well as Canadian favorite Ryan ‘The Real Deal’ Ford.
Bellator Fighting Championships visits Rama, Canada today for the official weigh-ins for Bellator 79. The Season Seven event takes place at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario featuring a heavyweight tournament semifinal match between Season Five finalist Thiago Santos and Season Four light heavyweight Richard Hale. Also meeting in a featherweight semifinal bout are Mike Richman and Russian Shahbulat Shamhalaev. The main card also features season five welterweight tournament winner Douglas Lima, as well as Canadian favorite Ryan ‘The Real Deal’ Ford.