With this Thursday’s Bellator 94 main card lineup one bout short promotion officials added a late addition to the Spike TV televised card. Meeting in a bantamweight match will be returning veteran Ronnie Mann (21-5-1) and Brazilian Rodrigo ‘Ratinho’ Lima (10-1). Officials announced the new addition on Twitter (@BellatorMMA) this afternoon. – Bantamweight action @RonnieMannMMA […]
With this Thursday’s Bellator 94 main card lineup one bout short promotion officials added a late addition to the Spike TV televised card.
Meeting in a bantamweight match will be returning veteran Ronnie Mann (21-5-1) and Brazilian Rodrigo ‘Ratinho’ Lima (10-1).
Officials announced the new addition on Twitter (@BellatorMMA) this afternoon.
– Bantamweight action @RonnieMannMMA vs. @RodrigoRatinho1 joins Thursday’s card. http://ow.ly/jpeGc
Bellator 94 is scheduled to take place on March 28, 2013 at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. The main card will air on Spike TV at 10pm EST (7pm PST), while the prelim card is set to stream at Spike.com.
The event will feature Season Eight Finalists in the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions. Saad Awad vs. David Rickels meet at 155-lbs, while Emanuel Newton and Mikhail Zayats square off at 205-lbs.
Mann hasn’t been in action since March of last year at Bellator 60, losing in the quarter-finals of the Season Six tournament to Mike Corey by unanimous decision. Prior to that the Brit earned a first round sub over Kenny Foster in a non-tournament match at Bellator 53.
Lima debuted in the Bellator cage in April 2012, seeing his undefeated streak end at ten matches after losing to Hioshi Nakamura in the quarter finals of the Season Six tournament. That match was his only bout of 2012 after picking up three victories in 2011, two submissions and one TKO stoppage.
Two Bellator Season Eight Tournament Finals are set to take place this Thursday in Florida at the Bellator 94 event. Meeting in the lightweight final is tournament underdog Saad Awad, who stepped in as a late replacement and has KO’d his way into the final, and returning tournament vet David ‘The Caveman’ Rickels. Meeting in […]
Two Bellator Season Eight Tournament Finals are set to take place this Thursday in Florida at the Bellator 94 event.
Meeting in the lightweight final is tournament underdog Saad Awad, who stepped in as a late replacement and has KO’d his way into the final, and returning tournament vet David ‘The Caveman’ Rickels.
Meeting in the light heavyweight final are Emanuel Newton, who comes in with a surprise knockout of Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal, and Russian fighter Mikhail Zayats.
Bellator 94 is set to take place on March 28, 2013 at the USF SUn Dome in Tampa, Florida. The main card will air Spike TV beginning at 10pm EST (7pm PST) while the entire prelim card is set to stream live at Bellator.com at approximately 6:30pm EST.
Check out the full event card for Bellator 94 below:
Main Card (Spike TV @ 10pm EST)
Lightweight tournament final: Saad Awad vs. David Rickels
Light heavyweight tournament final: Mikhail Zayats vs. Emanuel Newton
Welterweight bout: Luis Melo vs. Trey Houston
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Welterweight bout: Rory Shallcross vs. Ivan Delvalle
Women’s strawweight bout: Heather Clark vs. Felice Herrig
Lightweight bout: Tony Fryklund vs. Patrick Cenoble
Lightweight bout: Bruno Carvalho vs. Edson Berto
Featherweight bout: Joe Taimanglo vs. Shah Bobonis
Heavyweight bout: Augusto Sakai vs. Rob Horton
Women’s strawweight bout: Patricia Vidonic vs. Jessica Aguilar
Welterweight bout: Julien Williams vs. Kenny Moss
Press Release – Lewiston, ME (March 22, 2013) – The final results are in for the Bellator MMA event live from The Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine. The night was headlined with Dave Jansen defeating Marcin Held to win the Lightweight Tournament Finals, a tournament prize of $100,000 and a guaranteed title shot against […]
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Press Release – Lewiston, ME (March 22, 2013) – The final results are in for the Bellator MMA event live from The Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine. The night was headlined with Dave Jansen defeating Marcin Held to win the Lightweight Tournament Finals, a tournament prize of $100,000 and a guaranteed title shot against current Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler.
Lightweight Tournament Final Fight: Dave Jansen defeats Marcin Held via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Dave Jansen:
“Thanks Bjorn and the entire Bellator staff. I have nothing but gratitude for Marcin. He’s phenomenal and getting to train to fight against him was a tough puzzle to put together, but it really improved my game.”
I want to keep the momentum going and I’m looking forward to fighting Michael Chandler and what a unique puzzle he is as a fighter.”
Marcin Held:
“Thank you to Dave. It was a really good fight. In the second round I tried to submit Dave and I lost all my power. I almost couldn’t move and I had no power left, which wasn’t good for me.”
“Dave is really good and it was pleasure for me to fight against him. I would like to say good luck in your next fight with Michael Chandler.”
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Ryan Martinez defeats Travis Wiuff via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 18 seconds
Ryan Martinez:
“Thanks Bjorn and Bellator for having me back. I was anxious to get back in the cage. Taking this fight, many people thought it was stupid, but I saw it as a window of opportunity. At this level you don’t get to cherry pick your fights and who you go against. We are fighters and that’s how we live.”
Welterweight Feature Fight: Marcus Davis vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf was declared a no-contest (illegal groin shot)
Marcus Davis:
“I want to thank everyone and I absolutely love this state and the people from here. To get the welcoming that I got when I came in the cage was overwhelming and I was swept away. I’ve never heard a crowd like that in this state- ever.”
“It was upsetting that I was unable to showcase my skills to the people of Maine and Bellator and I will continue to represent this company and MMA the best I can.”
Middleweight Feature Fight: Dave Vitkay defeats Dan Miragliotta via technical submission (guillotine-choke) – Round 1, 18 seconds
Welterweight Feature Fight: Michael Page defeats Ryan Sanders via TKO – Round 1, 11 seconds
Middleweight Feature Fight: Jason Butcher defeats Jack Hermansson via submission (triangle-choke) – Round 1, 2:24
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Mike Mucitelli defeats Brent Dillingham via submission (armbar) Round 1, 2:48
Middleweight Feature Fight: Joe Pacheco defeats Pierre Pierry vis submission (keylock) – Round 1, 1:54
Featherweight Feature Fight: Vince Murdock defeats Jon Raio via TKO (strikes) –Round 3, 4:01
Lightweight Feature Fight: Jon Lemke defeats Jesse Erickson with a TKO (punches and knees) – Round 1, 2:50
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/BellatorMMA
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Highlights from this past Thursday’s Bellator 93 event from the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. With ten matches on the card, eight ended with knockout or submission finishes, one in a “No Contest” and one went the distance. Season Seven lightweight tournament finalists Dave Jansen and Marcin Held would go all three rounds with Jansen earning the nod from the judges.
Highlights from this past Thursday’s Bellator 93 event from the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. With ten matches on the card, eight ended with knockout or submission finishes, one in a “No Contest” and one went the distance. Season Seven lightweight tournament finalists Dave Jansen and Marcin Held would go all three rounds with Jansen earning the nod from the judges.
The Season Seven Bellator Lightweight Tournament Final went down Thursday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine. Dave Jansen and Marcin Held met in the main event of Bellator 93, having had their match rescheduled previously. Jansen would hold off Held’s submission attempts to go all five rounds to claim the Season Seven […]
The Season Seven Bellator Lightweight Tournament Final went down Thursday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine.
Dave Jansen and Marcin Held met in the main event of Bellator 93, having had their match rescheduled previously.
Jansen would hold off Held’s submission attempts to go all five rounds to claim the Season Seven Tournament.
Their match was the only bout to go the distance with eight other finishes and one “No Contest.”
Check out the ‘Quick Results’ fro Bellator 93 below:
Main Card (Spike TV)
Lightweight Tournament Final bout: Dave Jansen def. Marcin Held via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Heavyweight bout: Ryan Martinez def. Travis Wiuff via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 0:18
Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf “No Contest” – Inadvertent low blow – R 1 @ 3:05
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Middleweight bout: Dave Vitkay def. Jesse Peterson via technical Submission (Guillotine choke) – R1 @ 0:18
Welterweight bout: Michael Page def. Ryan Sanders via KO (pPnch) – R1 @ 0:10
Middleweight bout: Jason Butcher def. Jack Hermansson via Submission (Triangle choke) – R1 @ 2:24
Light Heavyweight bout: Mike Mucitelli def. Brett Dillingham via Submission (Armbar) – R1 @ 2:48
Middleweight bout: Joe Pacheco def. Pierry Pierre via Submission (Americana) – R1 @ 1:54
Featherweight bout: Vince Murdock def. John Raio via TKO (Strikes) – R3 @ 4:01
Lightweight bout: Jon Lemke def. Jesse Erickson via TKO (Strikes) – R1 @ 2:50
With this Thursday’s Bellator 94 main card lineup one bout short promotion officials added a late addition to the Spike TV televised card.
