Bellator 78: ‘Good vs. Tsarev’ – Welterweight Semifinals

Bellator Fighting Championships is in Dayton, Ohio this week for Bellator 78 featuring the welterweight semifinal bouts of the Season Seven tournament. Bellator 78 is scheduled to take place on Friday (October 26, 2012) at the Nutter Center in Dayton with the main card airing on MTV2 and the prelim card streaming live on Spike.com […]

Bellator Fighting Championships is in Dayton, Ohio this week for Bellator 78 featuring the welterweight semifinal bouts of the Season Seven tournament.

Bellator 78 is scheduled to take place on Friday (October 26, 2012) at the Nutter Center in Dayton with the main card airing on MTV2 and the prelim card streaming live on Spike.com

The welterweight matchups include bouts between season four tourny fighter Lyman Good vs. Russian Michael Tsarev, and a match between the final DREAM 170-lbs champ Marius Zaromskis vs. undefeated fighter Andrey Koreshkov.

Also fighting on the card is Bellator women’s strawweight champ Zoila Gurgel, who returns to the cage after a year-and-a-half on the sidelines after a knee injury. Gurgel takes on Casey Noland in a non-title bout in the prelim card headliner.

Check out the full card for Bellator 78 below:

Main Card (MTV2)

Welterweight semifinal bout: Michail Tsarev vs. Lyman Good
Welterweight semifinal bout: Andrey Koreshkov vs. Marius Zaromskis
Middleweight bout: Brian Rogers vs. Dominique Steele
Featherweight bout: Daniel Straus vs. Alvin Robinson

Preliminary Card (Spike.com & Bellator.com)

Women’s straweight bout: Zoila Gurgel vs. Casey Noland
Middleweight bout: Billy Horne vs. Trey Houston
Heavyweight bout: Shaun Asher vs. Jason Butcher
Welterweight bout: Rocky Edwards vs. Rob Hanna
Bantamweight bout: Justin McNally vs. David Blattman
Welterweight bout: Jared Combs vs. Mikkel Parlo

Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral On Participating In The Bellator Light Heayweight Tournament This January

MMA H.E.A.T.’s Karyn Bryant goes to the Samurai MMA Pro IV show in Culver City and catches up with Renato “Babalu” Sobral, who talks with her about his upcoming fight in the Bellator light heavyweight tournament. The former UFC, Strikeforce and One FC fighter also talks about the fighters he’s been training, which includes Rafael dos Anjos (who faces Mark Bocek at UFC 154), his transition between competing and coaching and why he enjoys the smaller MMA events.??

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MMA H.E.A.T.’s Karyn Bryant goes to the Samurai MMA Pro IV show in Culver City and catches up with Renato “Babalu” Sobral, who talks with her about his upcoming fight in the Bellator light heavyweight tournament. The former UFC, Strikeforce and One FC fighter also talks about the fighters he’s been training, which includes Rafael dos Anjos (who faces Mark Bocek at UFC 154), his transition between competing and coaching and why he enjoys the smaller MMA events.??

Bellator 77 – Rich Clementi Takes Split Decision Over Alexander Sarnavskiy – Main Card Video Highlights

Bellator Fighting Championships held the opening round of it’s Season Seven Lightweight Tournament on Friday night at the Reading Eagle Theater in the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. Moving into the semi-finals were Rich Clementi, who earned a tough split decision over Alexander Sarnavskiy, Dave Jansen, who moves on after a third round guillotine submission against Magomed Saadulaev, Polish fighter Marcin Held, who won a unanimous decision against Murad Machaev, and Ricardo Tirloni, who submitted fellow Brazilian Rene Nazare.

Bellator Fighting Championships held the opening round of it’s Season Seven Lightweight Tournament on Friday night at the Reading Eagle Theater in the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. Moving into the semi-finals were Rich Clementi, who earned a tough split decision over Alexander Sarnavskiy, Dave Jansen, who moves on after a third round guillotine submission against Magomed Saadulaev, Polish fighter Marcin Held, who won a unanimous decision against Murad Machaev, and Ricardo Tirloni, who submitted fellow Brazilian Rene Nazare.

Bellator 77: Clementi vs. Sarnavskiy ‘Quick Results’

Bellator 77 is scheduled to take place on October 19, 2012 and invades the Reading Eagle Theater in Reading, Pennsylvania for today’s Season Seven event. Fans can watch the main card live on MTV2 starting at 8pm EST (5pm PST), with preliminary bouts beginning at 6pm EST (3pm PST) via a live video stream on […]

Bellator 77 is scheduled to take place on October 19, 2012 and invades the Reading Eagle Theater in Reading, Pennsylvania for today’s Season Seven event. Fans can watch the main card live on MTV2 starting at 8pm EST (5pm PST), with preliminary bouts beginning at 6pm EST (3pm PST) via a live video stream on Spike.com.

Tonight’s event features the lightweight quarterfinal matches pitting former UFC veteran Rich Clementi (44-21-1) vs. undefeated Russian Alexander Sarnavskiy (20-0), while Brazilian’s Rene Nazare (10-2) and Ricardo Tirloni (14-2) return from Season Six tourny losses, Polish fighter Marcin Held (13-2) takes on another undefeated Russian in Murad Machaev (9-0), and Bellator/WEC vet Dave Jansen (17-2) faces off with another Russian newcomer in Magomed Saadulaev (14-1).

Check out the full ‘Quick Results’ for Bellator 77 below:

Main Card (MTV2)

Lightweight quarterfinal bout: Rich Clementi def. Alexander Sarnavskiy via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Lightweight quarterfinal bout: Dave Jansen def. Magomed Saadulaev via Submission (Arm-in Guillotine choke) – R3 @ 0:41
Lightweight quarterfinal bout: Marcin Held def. Murad Machaev via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight quarterfinal bout: Ricardo Tirloni def. Rene Nazare via Submission (D’Arce choke) – R2 @ 1:14

Preliminary Card (Spike.com & Bellator.com)

Flyweight bout: Dave Morgan vs. Matthew Lozano
Catchweight (240-lbs) bout: Lew Polley def. Carmelo Marrero via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Darrel Horcher def. Emanuel Brooks via KO (Punch) – R1 @ 0:21
Lightweight bout: Cosmo Alexandre def. Mike Bannon via TKO (Doctor stoppage – vision issues with Bannon’s left eye) – R2 @ 5:00
Middleweight bout: Duane Bastress def. Ariel Sepulveda via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Featherweight bout: Brett Martinez def. Eric Albright via Submission (Guillotine choke) – R2 @ 3:28

Watch Bellator 77 Live Right Here Starting At 6pm EST

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Bellator Fighting Championships presents the Season Seven lightweight quarterfinal matches tonight, live from the Reading Eagle Theater in the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. The action for tonight’s Bellator 77 event is expected to kick off at 6pm EST (3pm PST), with the live video stream airing right here or at Spike.com. The main card is set to begin at 8pm EST, featuring lightweight matches between Rich Clementi vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy, Dave Jansen vs. Magomed Saadulaev, Marcin Held vs. Murad Machaev and Rene Nazare vs. Ricardo Tirloni.

Bellator Fighting Championships presents the Season Seven lightweight quarterfinal matches tonight, live from the Reading Eagle Theater in the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. The action for tonight’s Bellator 77 event is expected to kick off at 6pm EST (3pm PST), with the live video stream airing right here or at Spike.com. The main card is set to begin at 8pm EST, featuring lightweight matches between Rich Clementi vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy, Dave Jansen vs. Magomed Saadulaev, Marcin Held vs. Murad Machaev and Rene Nazare vs. Ricardo Tirloni.

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Bellator 77 Season Seven Lightweight Quarterfinal Video Preview

With the official weigh-ins for Bellator 77 complete earlier this evening, get to know some of Friday’s lightweight tournament quarterfinal fighters with this video preview from the FightNetwork.com. Tournament matchups include bouts between Rich Clementi vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy, Rene Nazare vs. Ricardo Tirloni, Marcin Held vs. Murad Machaev, and Dave Jansen vs. Magomed Saadulaev.

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With the official weigh-ins for Bellator 77 complete earlier this evening, get to know some of Friday’s lightweight tournament quarterfinal fighters with this video preview from the FightNetwork.com. Tournament matchups include bouts between Rich Clementi vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy, Rene Nazare vs. Ricardo Tirloni, Marcin Held vs. Murad Machaev, and Dave Jansen vs. Magomed Saadulaev.