Bellator_Fighting_Championships:_Season_Eight
2013 in Bellator MMA
Bellator mixed martial arts events in 2013
2013 in Bellator MMA was the eighth installment of the Bellator MMA, which began on January 17, 2013 and ended on April 4, 2013.[1]
| 2013 in Bellator MMA | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Bellator MMA |
| First date aired | January 17, 2013 (2013-01-17) |
| Last date aired | November 22, 2013 (2013-11-22) |
Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in five weight classes and all of the champions, except the heavyweight champion, placed their titles on the line during this season.[2]
This season marked the beginning of Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) airing on Spike TV.[3]
| Bellator 85 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | January 17, 2013 |
| Venue | Bren Events Center |
| City | Irvine, California |
| Attendance | 3,002 |
Bellator 85 took place on January 17, 2013 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California.[1] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV. It marked the season debut of season eight.
Background
Bellator 85 was to open with a fight chosen exclusively by fans in the "Bellator: Vote For The Fight" contest. Fans could log onto Spike.com to select the two fighters they want to see square off in the first ever Bellator bout on Spike TV. The eligible fighters were all welterweights and included Paul Daley, Douglas Lima, Ben Saunders and War Machine.[4] Initially a bout between Daley and War Machine was announced by Bellator, but it was subsequently cancelled when War Machine tore his ACL and broke his fibula.[5]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Michael Chandler (c) | def. | Rick Hawn | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 3:07 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Light Heavyweight | Mikhail Zayats | def. | Renato Sobral | KO (spinning back fist and punches) | 1 | 4:49 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Light Heavyweight | Jacob Noe | def. | Seth Petruzelli | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:51 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Featherweight | Pat Curran (c) | def. | Patricio Freire | Decision (split) (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Emanuel Newton | def. | Atanas Djambazov | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:21 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Light Heavyweight | Jason Lambert | def. | Hector Ramirez | Submission (straight armbar) | 1 | 3:59 | |
| Catchweight (165 lb) | J.J. Ambrose | def. | Brian Warren | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 0:50 | |
| Lightweight | Savant Young | def. | Mike Guymon | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:48 | |
| Welterweight | Joe Williams | def. | Jamie Yager | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:02 | |
| Featherweight | Aaron Miller | def. | Joe Camacho | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Cleber Luciano | def. | Mario Navarro | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 86 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | January 24, 2013 |
| Venue | WinStar World Casino |
| City | Thackerville, Oklahoma |
| Attendance | 1,288 |
Bellator 86 took place on January 24, 2013 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.[1] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 86 featured the opening round of the Season Eight Welterweight Tournament.[1]
The card also featured the Bellator debut of Muhammed Lawal, against veteran Polish fighter Przemyslaw "Misiek" Mysiala.[1]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Ben Askren (c) | def. | Karl Amoussou | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Light Heavyweight | Muhammed Lawal | def. | Przemyslaw Mysiala | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:52 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Welterweight | Douglas Lima | def. | Michail Tsarev | TKO (leg kicks) | 2 | 1:44 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Welterweight | Ben Saunders | def. | Koffi Adzitso | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Brent Weedman | def. | Marius Zaromskis | Decision (unanimous) (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] |
| Welterweight | Raul Amaya | def. | José Gomes | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:12 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Catchweight (140 lb) | Jason Sampson | def. | Chris Pham | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 4:55 | |
| Lightweight | Damon Jackson | def. | Zach Church | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:43 | |
| Middleweight | Cortez Coleman | def. | Matt Jones | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Unaired | |||||||
| Featherweight | Hunter Tucker | def. | Javier Obregon | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 3:17 | |
| Bellator 87 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | January 31, 2013 |
| Venue | Soaring Eagle Casino |
| City | Mount Pleasant, Michigan |
| Attendance | 850 |
Bellator 87 took place on January 31, 2013 at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 87 featured fights the quarterfinals of the Season Eight Lightweight Tournament.
Patricky Freire was originally supposed to face Guillaume DeLorenzi in the main event. However, on the day of the weigh ins Freire was pulled from the card due to an "undisclosed injury" and replaced by Saad Awad.[6]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | David Rickels | def. | Lloyd Woodard | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Will Brooks | def. | Ricardo Tirloni | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Saad Awad | def. | Guillaume DeLorenzi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:31 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Alexander Sarnavskiy | def. | Thiago Michel | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:43 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Jason Fischer | def. | Sevak Magakian | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:37 | |
| Heavyweight | Karl Etherington | def. | Jason Fish | Verbal submission (strikes) | 1 | 3:45 | |
| Catchweight (165 lb) | Amir Khillah | def. | John Schulz | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:34 | |
| Lightweight | J. P. Reese | def. | David Shepherd | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Sam Quito | def. | Ben Lagman | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 3:54 | |
| Catchweight (139 lb) | Tony Zelinski | def. | Nick Kirk | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 88 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | February 7, 2013 |
| Venue | Arena at Gwinnett Center |
| City | Duluth, Georgia |
| Attendance | 4,267 |
Bellator 88 took place on February 7, 2013 at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia.[7] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 88 featured the opening round of the Season Eight Featherweight Tournament as well as a title fight for the vacant Middleweight title.[7]
A middleweight bout between Kelvin Tiller and Dave Vitkay was originally announced for this card, but failed to materialize.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Alexander Shlemenko | def. | Maiquel Falcão | KO (punches) | 2 | 2:18 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Featherweight | Marlon Sandro | def. | Akop Stepanyan | Decision (majority) (28-28, 29-27, 29-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Featherweight | Mike Richman | def. | Mitch Jackson | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:57 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Featherweight | Alexandre Bezerra | def. | Genair da Silva | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:40 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | def. | Fabricio Guerreiro | Submission (arm triangle choke) | 2 | 1:15 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Catchweight (159 lb) | Joe Elmore | def. | Jerrid Burke | KO (punch) | 2 | 4:11 | |
| Catchweight (152 lb) | Ronnie Rogers | def. | Shane Crenshaw | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (159 lb) | Clay Harvison | def. | Ururahy Rodrigues | TKO (knee) | 3 | 3:34 | |
| Featherweight | George Hickman | def. | Stephen Upchurch | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:19 | |
- For the vacant Middleweight Title
| Bellator 89 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | February 14, 2013 |
| Venue | Bojangles' Coliseum |
| City | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Bellator 89 took place on February 14, 2013 at The Bojangles' Coliseum, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.[8]
Background
Bellator 89 featured the opening round of the Middleweight tournament.
The event also featured the first defense for Eduardo Dantas of the Bantamweight Title since he won it from Zach Makovsky in May 2012. It marked the first time two training partners and friends have fought for a title in the Bellator promotion.[9]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Eduardo Dantas (c) | def. | Marcos Galvão | KO (punches) | 2 | 3:01 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Dan Cramer | def. | Brian Rogers | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Brett Cooper | def. | Norman Paraisy | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Doug Marshall | def. | Andreas Spang | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:03 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | David Mejia | def. | Mont McCullens | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:15 | |
| Middleweight | Aaron Johnson | def. | Brennan Ward | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:15 | |
| Middleweight | Sultan Aliev | def. | Mikkel Parlo | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Joe Pacheco | def. | Kyle Bolt | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 4:02 | |
| Welterweight | Johnny Buck | def. | Chris Mierzwiak | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Mike Maldonado | def. | Tim Goodwin | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 90 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | February 21, 2013 |
| Venue | Maverik Center |
| City | West Valley City, Utah |
Bellator XC took place on February 21, 2013 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.[8]
Background
Bellator 90 featured the finals of the Bellator Season 7 Featherweight Tournament.[10]
The card also featured the Light Heavyweight and Welterweight tournament semifinals.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Shahbulat Shamhalaev | def. | Rad Martinez | KO (punch) | 2 | 2:12 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Light Heavyweight | Emanuel Newton | def. | Muhammed Lawal | KO (spinning backfist) | 1 | 2:35 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Welterweight | Douglas Lima | def. | Bryan Baker | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:34 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Light Heavyweight | Mikhail Zayats | def. | Jacob Noe | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:38 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Ben Saunders | def. | Raul Amaya | KO (head kick) | 1 | 2:56 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Catchweight (137 lb) | Travis Marx | def. | Chase Beebe | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Jesse Juarez | def. | Jordan Smith | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Sean Powers | def. | Dave Allred | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 2:10 | |
| Middleweight | Lionel Lanham | def. | Joe Rodriguez | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:49 | |
| Featherweight | Shanon Slack | def. | Josh Tyler | Submission (Peruvian necktie) | 3 | 1:56 | |
| Bellator 91 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | February 28, 2013 |
| Venue | Santa Ana Star Center |
| City | Rio Rancho, New Mexico |
Bellator 91 took place on February 28, 2013 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.[11] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 91 featured the first title defense by Light Heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu, despite having won the belt in May 2011.
Alexander Sarnavskiy was originally scheduled to face David Rickels in the semifinals. However, Sarnavskiy fractured his hand during his first fight and had to withdraw from the tournament. He was replaced with Jason Fischer.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Attila Vegh | def. | Christian M'Pumbu (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 49-46, 50-45) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Saad Awad | def. | Will Brooks | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:43 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | David Rickels | def. | Jason Fischer | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Holly Holm | def. | Katie Merrill | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:02 | |
| Lightweight | Blas Avena | def. | Lenny Lovato | TKO (punch) | 1 | 1:40 | |
| Featherweight | Andres Quintana | def. | Russell Wilson | TKO (knees & punches) | 3 | 0:32 | |
| Bantamweight | Ed West | def. | Josh Montoya | KO (head kick) | 2 | 2:51 | |
| Bantamweight | Adrian Cruz | def. | Nick Gonzalez | Submission (scarf hold armlock) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Josh Appelt | def. | Josh Lanier | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:16 | |
| Catchweight (187 lb) | Brennan Ward | def. | Yair Moguel | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 0:57 | |
- For Light Heavyweight Title
| Bellator 92 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | March 7, 2013 |
| Venue | Pechanga Resort and Casino |
| City | Temecula, California |
Bellator 92 took place on March 7, 2013 at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California.[12] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
The card was originally scheduled to have the season 7 Lightweight tournament final between Dave Jansen and Marcin Held. However, Held was injured and the fight was delayed two weeks to Bellator 93.[13]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | def. | Marlon Sandro | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:38 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Doug Marshall | def. | Sultan Aliev | Decision (split) (27-30, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Brett Cooper | def. | Dan Cramer | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:19 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Featherweight | Mike Richman | def. | Alexandre Bezerra | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Akop Stepanyan | def. | Chris Saunders | TKO (spinning back kick & punches) | 3 | 3:55 | |
| Middleweight | Keith Berry | def. | Richard Rigmaden | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:31 | |
| Heavyweight | Josh Appelt | def. | Manny Lara | Decision (unanimous) (30-24, 30-24, 30-24) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Featherweight | Aaron Miller | def. | Shad Smith | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Brandon Halsey | def. | Rocky Ramirez | Technical submission (arm-triangle choke) | 3 | 0:50 | |
| Unaired | |||||||
| Welterweight | Ricky Legere | def. | Sabah Homasi | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:52 | |
| Featherweight | Nick Piedmont | def. | Cleber Luciano | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:55 | |
| Bellator 93 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | March 21, 2013 |
| Venue | Androscoggin Bank Colisée |
| City | Lewiston, Maine |
Bellator 93 took place on March 21, 2013 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine.[14] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV and featured the Season Seven Lightweight Tournament Final.[15]
Background
Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima were scheduled to have a rematch on this card to decide the winner of the Bellator Season 8 Welterweight Tournament Final. However, Lima broke his hand and the match was delayed until later in the year.[16]
Heavyweights Brett Rogers and Eric Prindle were scheduled to face each other on this card. However, the week leading up to the show it was announced that Prindle had pulled out of the bout due to an injury.
Jon Lemke defeated Jesse Erickson to kick off the event for the night and marked Bellator's 800th Fight in the history of the company.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Dave Jansen | def. | Marcin Held | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Heavyweight | Ryan Martinez | def. | Travis Wiuff | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:18 | |
| Welterweight | Marcus Davis | vs | Waachiim Spiritwolf | NC (knee to the groin) | 1 | 3:05 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Dave Vitkay | def. | Jesse Peterson | Technical submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:18 | |
| Welterweight | Michael Page | def. | Ryan Sanders | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:10 | |
| Middleweight | Jason Butcher | def. | Jack Hermansson | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:24 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Mike Mucitelli | def. | Brent Dillingham | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:48 | |
| Middleweight | Joe Pacheco | def. | Pierre Pierry | Submission (keylock) | 1 | 1:54 | |
| Featherweight | Vince Murdock | def. | John Raio | TKO (elbow & punches) | 3 | 4:01 | |
| Lightweight | Jon Lemke | def. | Jesse Erickson | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:50 | |
| Bellator 94 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | March 28, 2013 |
| Venue | USF Sun Dome |
| City | Tampa, Florida |
Bellator 94 took place on March 28, 2013 at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida.[17] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV and featured the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight Tournament Finals.
Background
Tony Fryklund made his return to mixed martial arts on this card after a 6-year absence. His last fight was a losing effort against Cung Le at a Strikeforce event in June 2007.
A bout between middleweights Ivan Devalle and Rory Shallcross was originally announced for this card, but failed to materialize.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Emanuel Newton | def. | Mikhail Zayats | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | David Rickels | def. | Saad Awad | TKO (punches) | 2 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Luis Melo | def. | Trey Houston | Submission (arm triangle choke) | 3 | 1:09 | |
| Bantamweight | Rodrigo Lima | def. | Ronnie Mann | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Julien Williams | def. | Kenny Moss | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:19 | |
| Heavyweight | Augusto Sakai | def. | Rob Horton | KO (knee) | 2 | 4:01 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Jessica Aguilar | def. | Patricia Vidonic | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Joe Taimanglo | def. | Ronnie Rogers | Submission (north/south choke) | 2 | 0:33 | |
| Lightweight | James Edson Berto | def. | Bruno Carvalho | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 1:27 | |
| Catchweight (157 lb) | Patrick Cenoble | vs. | Tony Fryklund | Draw (29-27, 27-29, 28-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Women's Strawweight | Felice Herrig | def. | Heather Jo Clark | Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 95 | |
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| Information | |
| Date | April 4, 2013 |
| Venue | Revel Casino |
| City | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Bellator 95 took place on April 4, 2013 at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
The event was initially scheduled to feature a championship match for the Featherweight Title between Pat Curran and Daniel Mason-Straus.[18] However, on February 26, it was announced that Straus had broken his hand and had to pull out of the fight.[19] On February 27, it was announced that recent tournament winner Shahbulat Shamhalaev would advance with his title shot and he faced Curran on this card.[20]
The card was to feature the #1-ranked 125-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings Jessica Eye vs. Munah Holland in a Women's Flyweight bout, but Eye had to withdraw due to a back injury.[21]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Pat Curran (c) | def. | Shahbulat Shamhalaev | Technical submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:38 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Featherweight | Frodo Khasbulaev | def. | Mike Richman | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Doug Marshall | def. | Brett Cooper | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:39 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Welterweight | Rick Hawn | def. | Karo Parisyan | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:55 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Lyman Good | def. | Dante Rivera | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (173 lb) | Sam Oropeza | def. | Shedrick Goodridge | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 4:22 | |
| Catchweight (188 lb) | Tom DeBlass | def. | Carlos Brooks | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Phillipe Nover | def. | Darrell Horcher | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (140 lb) | Jimmie Rivera | def. | Brian Kelleher | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Will Martinez | def. | Michael Hess | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:15 | |
| Featherweight | Kevin Roddy | def. | Brylan Van Artsdalen | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 1:04 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Liam McGeary | def. | Anton Talamantes | TKO (elbows and punches) | 1 | 1:18 | |
Light Heavyweight tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
 Emanuel Newton
| SUB | |||||||||||||
 Atanas Djambazov
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Emanuel Newton
| KO | |||||||||||||
| Muhammed Lawal
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Muhammed Lawal
| TKO | |||||||||||||
 Przemyslaw Mysiala
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Emanuel Newton
| UD | |||||||||||||
 Mikhail Zayats
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Mikhail Zayats
| TKO | |||||||||||||
 Renato Sobral
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mikhail Zayats
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Jacob Noe
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jacob Noe
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Seth Petruzelli
| 1 | |||||||||||||
Middleweight tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Doug Marshall
| KO | |||||||||||||
 Andreas Spang
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Marshall
| SD | |||||||||||||
| Sultan Aliev
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sultan Aliev
| UD | |||||||||||||
 Mikkel Parlo
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Marshall
| KO | |||||||||||||
| Brett Cooper
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Brett Cooper
| UD | |||||||||||||
 Norman Paraisy
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Brett Cooper
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Dan Cramer
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Dan Cramer
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Brian Rogers
| 3 | |||||||||||||
Welterweight tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Douglas Lima
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Michail Tsarev
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Douglas Lima
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Bryan Baker [lower-alpha 1]
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Brent Weedman
| UD | |||||||||||||
 Marius Zaromskis
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Douglas Lima
| KO | |||||||||||||
| Ben Saunders
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Saunders
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Koffi Adzitso
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Saunders
| KO | |||||||||||||
| Raul Amaya
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Raul Amaya
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| José Gomes
| 1 | |||||||||||||
Lightweight tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| David Rickels
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Lloyd Woodard
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| David Rickels
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Jason Fischer[lower-alpha 1]
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Sarnavskiy
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Thiago Michel
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| David Rickels
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Saad Awad
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Saad Awad
| TKO | |||||||||||||
 Guillaume DeLorenzi
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Saad Awad
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Will Brooks
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Will Brooks
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Ricardo Tirloni
| 3 | |||||||||||||
Featherweight tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Magomedrasul Khasbulaev
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Fabricio Guerreiro
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Magomedrasul Khasbulaev
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Marlon Sandro
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Marlon Sandro
| MD | |||||||||||||
| Akop Stepanyan
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Magomedrasul Khasbulaev
| DD | |||||||||||||
| Mike Richman
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Richman
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Mitch Jackson
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Richman
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Alexandre Bezerra
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Alexandre Bezerra
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Genair da Silva
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bellator 96 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | June 19, 2013 |
| Venue | Winstar World Casino |
| City | Thackerville, Oklahoma |
Bellator 96 took place on June 19, 2013 at the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV. It marked the season debut of the 2013 summer series.[22] Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Greg Jackson and Joe Warren took part in commentary.
Background
Bellator 96 featured the opening round of the 2013 Summer Series Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight tournaments.[23]
This event served as the lead in for the debut of Bellator's new reality TV series, Fight Master: Bellator MMA.
Michael Chandler was expected to defend his Lightweight Title against Dave Jansen on this card. However, on June 2, it was announced that Jansen had to pull out of the bout due to an injury.[24]
Vinicius Queiroz was originally scheduled to face Richard Hale in the heavyweight tournament. Queiroz, however, suffered a knee injury and was replaced Ryan Martinez.[25]
Both Derek Campos and Keith Berry missed weight for their fights; as a result, both fighters forfeited a portion of their purses to their opponents and the matches were changed to catchweight.
Both Seth Petruzelli & Renato Sobral retired from MMA competition after this event.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Muhammed Lawal | def. | Seth Petruzelli | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:35 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Light Heavyweight | Jacob Noe | def. | Renato Sobral | TKO (referee stoppage) | 3 | 3:32 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Heavyweight | Vitaly Minakov | def. | Ron Sparks | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:32 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Welterweight | War Machine | def. | Blas Avena | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:55 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Damon Jackson | def. | Keith Miner | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Raphael Butler | def. | Jeremiah O'Neal | TKO (punches & elbows) | 1 | 2:57 | |
| Heavyweight | Ryan Martinez | def. | Richard Hale | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:19 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Light Heavyweight | Brandon Halsey | def. | Joe Yager | Decision (split) (30-28, 28-30, 30-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Catchweight (159 lb) | Derek Campos | def. | Brandon Girtz | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Justin McNally | def. | Steven Artoff | Verbal submission (inverted triangle armbar) | 1 | 2:44 | |
| Unaired | |||||||
| Featherweight | Chas Skelly | def. | Jarrod Card | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Mike Maldonado | def. | Chavous Smith | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:27 | |
| Catchweight (186 lb) | Keith Berry | def. | Cortez Coleman | Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 97 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | July 31, 2013 |
| Venue | Santa Ana Star Center |
| City | Rio Rancho, New Mexico |
Bellator 97 took place on July 31, 2013 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
The card featured Ben Askren's fourth title defense of the Bellator Welterweight Championship and Michael Chandler's second defense of the Bellator Lightweight Championship.
The card also featured the Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Tournament Finals and Bantamweight Tournament Semifinals.
Douglas Lima and Ben Saunders were scheduled to fight in order to decide the next contender for the Welterweight title. However, on June 11, it was announced that Lima had to pull out of the bout due to an injury.[26]
Patricio Freire was originally scheduled to face The Ultimate Fighter veteran Rob Emerson. However, on July 12, it was revealed Emerson had to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by Jared Downing.[27]
The live airing featured the announcement of Bellator's first pay per view event for November 2, 2013 that will be headlined by Tito Ortiz versus Quinton Jackson.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Michael Chandler (c) | def. | David Rickels | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:44 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Welterweight | Ben Askren (c) | def. | Andrey Koreshkov | TKO (punches) | 4 | 2:58 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Light Heavyweight | Muhammed Lawal | def. | Jacob Noe | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:51 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Heavyweight | Vitaly Minakov | def. | Ryan Martinez | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:02 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Featherweight | Patricio Freire | def. | Jared Downing | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:54 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Will Brooks | def. | Cris Leyva | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:20 | |
| Bantamweight | Rafael Silva | def. | Rodrigo Lima | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 2:03 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Bantamweight | Anthony Leone | def. | Frank Baca | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 1:07 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Lightweight | Bubba Jenkins | def. | Mike Barreras | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:05 | |
| Catchweight (151 lb) | Javier Palacios | def. | Richard Jacques | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Jeremy Kimball | def. | Keith Berry | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:45 | |
| Bantamweight | Adrian Cruz | def. | Felipe Chavez | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:00 | |
| Catchweight (149 lb) | Donald Sanchez | def. | Cliff Wright | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Shawn Bunch | def. | Russell Wilson | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight tournament bracket
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Vitaly Minakov
| TKO | ||||||||
| Ron Sparks
| 3 | ||||||||
| Vitaly Minakov
| TKO | ||||||||
| Ryan Martinez
| 3 | ||||||||
| Ryan Martinez
| KO | ||||||||
| Richard Hale
| 1 | ||||||||
Light Heavyweight tournament bracket
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Muhammed Lawal
| KO | ||||||||
| Seth Petruzelli
| 1 | ||||||||
| Muhammed Lawal
| TKO | ||||||||
| Jacob Noe
| 3 | ||||||||
| Jacob Noe
| TKO | ||||||||
| Renato Sobral
| 3 | ||||||||
Bantamweight tournament bracket
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Rafael Silva
| SUB | ||||||||
| Rodrigo Lima
| 3 | ||||||||
| Rafael Silva
| UD | ||||||||
| Anthony Leone
| 3 | ||||||||
| Anthony Leone
| SUB | ||||||||
| Frank Baca
| 3 | ||||||||
| Bellator 98 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | September 7, 2013 |
| Venue | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| City | Uncasville, Connecticut |
Bellator 98 took place on September 7, 2013 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.[28] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV. It marked the season debut of season nine.
Background
Bellator 98 was supposed to feature a Bellator Middleweight Championship bout between Alexander Shlemenko and Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Winner Doug Marshall. However, on August 19 Marshall was forced out of the title bout due to an injury and was replaced by Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Runner Up Brett Cooper.[29]
The Fight Master: Bellator MMA finale between Joe Riggs and Mike Bronzoulis was expected to take place at this event. However, on September 3, it was revealed Riggs has sustained a significant eye injury and the bout was postponed indefinitely.[30] The fight was later scheduled for Bellator 106.
Dan Cramer was originally scheduled to face Perry Filkins in the Middleweight tournament opening round, but withdrew from the match and was replaced by Jeremy Kimball.
Joe Warren was scheduled to face Nick Kirk on this card. However, on the Friday before the event, Warren was removed for undisclosed medical reasons. The fight was later scheduled for Bellator 101
Andreas Spang was originally scheduled to face Justin Torrey in the Middleweight tournament opening round, but was declared unfit to fight by the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation. He was replaced by Brennan Ward, who originally was supposed to face Dave Vitkay on the preliminary card.[31]
Andrew Calandrelli was originally scheduled to face Ryan Quinn, but was removed from the card and replaced by Brylan Van Artsdalen.
The card featured all the Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Alexander Shlemenko (c) | def. | Brett Cooper | Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Mikkel Parlo | def. | Brian Rogers | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-26, 30-26) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Jason Butcher | def. | Giva Santana | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:12 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Brennan Ward | def. | Justin Torrey | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:28 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Perry Filkins | def. | Jeremy Kimball | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 4:18 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | Derek Anderson | def. | Patricky Freire | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Mike Mucitelli | vs. | Jeff Nader | No Contest | 1 | 1:30 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Heavyweight | Josh Diekmann | def. | Parker Porter | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 1:12 | |
| Lightweight | Ryan Quinn | def. | Brylan Van Artsdalen | Submission (arm triangle) | 1 | 2:34 | |
| Featherweight | Matt Bessette | def. | Nick Piedmont | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:41 | |
| Featherweight | Rico Disciullo | def. | Glenn Allair | KO (strikes) | 1 | 1:21 | |
| Bellator 99 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | September 13, 2013 |
| Venue | Pechanga Resort & Casino |
| City | Temecula, California |
Bellator 99 took place on September 13, 2013 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.[32] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 99 featured the Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.
Vladimir Matyushenko was originally scheduled to face for Bellator Light Heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu. However, on August 18, it was announced that M'Pumbu had a hand injury and he was replaced by Houston Alexander.[33]
Shahbulat Shamhalaev was originally scheduled to face Akop Stepanyan on this card. However, on September 9, it was revealed Shamhalaev was forced to pull out of the tournament due to his ailing father. He was replaced by Justin Wilcox.[34]
A bantamweight bout between Derek Loffer and Mario Navarro was initially planned for this card, but cancelled for unknown reasons.[35]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Patricio Freire | def. | Diego Nunes | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:19 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Featherweight | Fabricio Guerreiro | def. | Desmond Green | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Light Heavyweight | Vladimir Matyushenko | def. | Houston Alexander | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Justin Wilcox | def. | Akop Stepanyan | Technical submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:20 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Featherweight | Joe Taimanglo | def. | Andrew Fisher | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Blagoi Ivanov | def. | Manny Lara | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:17 | |
| Featherweight | Goiti Yamauchi | def. | Musa Toliver | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:01 | |
| Welterweight | Gavin Sterritt | def. | Andy Murad | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Hector Ramirez | def. | Savo Kosic | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Unaired | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Virgil Zwicker | def. | Nick Moghaddam | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:22 | |
| Bellator 100 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | September 20, 2013 |
| Venue | Grand Canyon University Arena |
| City | Phoenix, Arizona |
Bellator 100 took place on September 20, 2013 at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.[36] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 100 featured the Season 9 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts and the Season 8 Welterweight finals.
Matt Riddle was originally scheduled to face Luis Melo on this card, but pulled out due to a cracked rib.[29] He was replaced by Ron Keslar.[37]
Mark Scanlon was originally scheduled to face Herman Terrado on this card, but pulled out due to an injury and was replaced by Rick Hawn
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Douglas Lima | def. | Ben Saunders | KO (head kick) | 2 | 4:33 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Welterweight | War Machine | def. | Vaughn Anderson | Technical Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 4:01 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Welterweight | Rick Hawn | def. | Herman Terrado | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Welterweight | Ron Keslar | def. | Luis Melo | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Welterweight | Brent Weedman | def. | Justin Baesman | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:20 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Travis Marx | def. | Brandon Bender | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 4:28 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Lightweight | LaRue Burley | def. | Bubba Jenkins | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:40 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Clifford Starks | def. | Joe Yager | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Liam McGeary | def. | Beau Tribolet | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:27 | |
| Heavyweight | Siala-Mou Siliga | def. | Dan Charles | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:26 | |
| Welterweight | Adam McDonough | def. | Johnny Buck | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:51 | |
| Unaired | |||||||
| Lightweight | Efrain Escudero | def. | Zack Surdyka | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 101 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | September 27, 2013 |
| Venue | Rose Garden |
| City | Portland, Oregon |
| Attendance | 2,368 |
| Total gate | $87,568 |
Bellator 101 took place on September 27, 2013 at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon.[38] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 101 featured the Season 9 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.
Rob Sinclair was scheduled to face Rich Clementi in a Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal fight, but on Sept. 9, 2013 had to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Ricardo Tirloni. Marcin Held was originally scheduled to face Tirloni on the preliminary card, and Ryan Healy took the fight as a replacement.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Joe Warren | def. | Nick Kirk | Submission (reverse triangle armbar) | 2 | 3:03 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Alexander Sarnavskiy | def. | Marcus Davis | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:40 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | Ricardo Tirloni | def. | Rich Clementi | Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | Will Brooks | def. | John Alessio | Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-27, 30-25) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | Saad Awad | def. | Martin Stapleton | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:46 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Nathan Coy | def. | Andy Uhrich | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Marcin Held | def. | Ryan Healy | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:12 | |
| Middleweight | Dave Vitkay | def. | Tyson Jeffries | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 3:07 | |
| Lightweight | Brent Primus | def. | Scott Thometz | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:48 | |
| Bantamweight | Austin Springer | def. | Zack Skinner | Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Peter Aspenwal | def. | Jeremiah Riggs | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 102 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | October 4, 2013 |
| Venue | Visalia Convention Center |
| City | Visalia, California |
| Attendance | 1,482 |
| Total gate | $73,410 |
Bellator 102 took place on October 4, 2013 at Visalia Convention Center in Visalia, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 102 featured the Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals, Middleweight Tournament Semifinals and Summer Series bantamweight tournament final between Anthony Leone and Rafael "Morcego" Silva.
Michael Page and Kenny Ento were scheduled to face each other in a Welterweight bout on this card. However, on September 30, it was announced that Page was injured and both he and Ento were removed from the card.[39]
Perry Filkins was to face Brennan Ward in the Middleweight Tournament Semifinals. However, he had to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Joe Pacheco.[40]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Cheick Kongo | def. | Mark Godbeer | TKO (knees and punches) | 2 | 2:04 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Heavyweight | Vinicius Queiroz | def. | Lavar Johnson | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:23 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Bantamweight | Rafael Silva | def. | Anthony Leone | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Mikkel Parlo | def. | Jason Butcher | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Middleweight | Brennan Ward | def. | Joe Pacheco | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 2:41 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Scott Cleve | def. | Isaac DeJesus | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 3:14 | |
| Heavyweight | Javy Ayala | def. | Thiago Santos | KO (punches) | 1 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Brandon Girtz | def. | Poppies Martinez | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:20 | |
| Catchweight (165 lb) | Stephen Martinez | def. | Bryan Travers | Technical submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:56 | |
| Lightweight | Cain Carrizosa | def. | Juan Quesada | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 4:51 | |
| Heavyweight | Brandon Cash | def. | William Richey | TKO (exhaustion) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 103 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | October 11, 2013 |
| Venue | Kansas Star Arena |
| City | Mulvane, Kansas |
Bellator 103 took place on October 11, 2013 at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 103 featured the Featherweight Tournament Semifinal bouts.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Patricio Freire | def. | Fabricio Guerreiro | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Featherweight | Justin Wilcox | def. | Joe Taimanglo | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | David Rickels | def. | J.J. Ambrose | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:37 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Mikhail Zayats | def. | Aaron Rosa | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 0:47 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Carlos Eduardo | def. | Wayman Carter | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:06 | |
| Lightweight | Remy Bussieres | def. | Blake Pool | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Maurice Jackson | def. | Matt Uhde | TKO (cut) | 1 | 0:52 | |
| Lightweight | Donnie Bell | def. | Marcio Navarro | Submission (rear neck crank) | 1 | 2:06 | |
| Bantamweight | Jeimeson Saudino | def. | Jesse Thornton | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (150 lb) | Ricky Musgrave | def. | Cody Carrillo | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 2:59 | |
| Bellator 104 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | October 18, 2013 |
| Venue | U.S. Cellular Center |
| City | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Bellator 104 took place on October 18, 2013 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 104 featured the Welterweight Tournament Semifinal bouts.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Rick Hawn | def. | Brent Weedman | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Welterweight | Ron Keslar | def. | War Machine | Technical Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:31 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Kendall Grove | def. | Joe Vedepo | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Peter Graham | def. | Eric Prindle | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Paul Bradley | def. | Karl Amoussou | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Paul Sass | def. | Rod Montoya | Submission (toe hold) | 1 | 2:01 | |
| Catchweight (150 lb) | Rob Emerson | def. | Jared Downing | Submission (inverted heel hook) | 1 | 1:44 | |
| Catchweight (160 lb) | Brandon Girtz | def. | Mike Estus | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:25 | |
| Catchweight (161 lb) | Cliff Wright | def. | Derek Loffer | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:28 | |
| Featherweight | Andre Tieva | def. | Chris Lane | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:20 | |
| Bellator 105 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | October 25, 2013 |
| Venue | Santa Ana Star Center |
| City | Rio Rancho, New Mexico |
Bellator 105 took place on October 25, 2013 at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 105 featured the Lightweight Tournament Semifinal bouts.
Eugene Fadiora was initially scheduled to face Andreas Spang. However, Spang was removed from the card and replaced by Keith Berry.
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Will Brooks | def. | Saad Awad | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Alexander Sarnavskiy | def. | Ricardo Tirloni | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 1:08 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Heavyweight | Siala-Mou Siliga | def. | Ron Sparks | Submission (keylock) | 1 | 2:52 | |
| Middleweight | Eugene Fadiora | def. | Keith Berry | TKO (elbows) | 2 | 4:19 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Desmond Green | def. | Angelo Sanchez | TKO (cut) | 2 | 1:04 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Heavyweight | Raphael Butler | def. | Joseph Bryant | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 1:04 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Volkan Oezdemir | def. | Josh Lanier | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 3:13 | |
| Bantamweight | Luis Nogueira | def. | Frank Baca | Submission (arm triangle choke) | 1 | 4:41 | |
| Middleweight | Eddie Larrea | def. | Rocky Ramirez | Submission (heel hook) | 2 | 1:45 | |
| Bantamweight | Steve Garcia | def. | Shawn Bunch | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:29 | |
| Unaired | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Jesse Brock | def. | Adrian Cruz | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 106 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | November 2, 2013 |
| Venue | Convention and Entertainment Center |
| City | Long Beach, California |
| Attendance | 6,596 |
| Total gate | $350,319 |
Bellator 106 took place on November 2, 2013 at Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California. The event aired live on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 106 was to be Bellator's first ever pay-per-view event and was expected to be headlined by a Light Heavyweight bout between Tito Ortiz and Quinton Jackson, both of whom would have been making their promotional debuts.[41] However, on October 25, it was announced that Ortiz was out of the bout due to injury. Subsequently, Bellator announced that the show would air on Spike TV rather that PPV.[42]
The main event featured a Lightweight title rematch between the current champion Michael Chandler and former champion Eddie Alvarez. Chandler defeated Alvarez via fourth round submission in their original bout back at Bellator 58.[43]
The Heavyweight tournament final between Cheick Kongo and Vinicius Queiroz was originally scheduled for this card. However, an injury to Queiroz forced it off the card and it will be rescheduled on a future show.[44]
Results
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Eddie Alvarez | def. | Michael Chandler (c) | Decision (split) (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Light Heavyweight | Emanuel Newton | def. | Muhammed Lawal | Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Featherweight | Daniel Mason-Straus | def. | Pat Curran (c) | Decision (unanimous) (49-45, 48-46, 48-46) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Welterweight | Joe Riggs | def. | Mike Bronzoulis | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Featherweight | Mike Richman | def. | Akop Stepanyan | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:05 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Cristiano Souza | def. | Alejandro Garcia | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 3:06 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Brandon Halsey | def. | Hector Ramirez | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:52 | |
| Lightweight | Mike Guymon | def. | Aaron Miller | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 4:20 | |
| Catchweight (150 lb) | Cleber Luciano | def. | Joe Camacho | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Josh Smith | def. | Darren Smith | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Unaired | |||||||
| Welterweight | Jesse Juarez | def. | Joe Williams | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:57 | |
- Fight Master Welterweight Final
| Bellator 107 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | November 8, 2013 |
| Venue | WinStar World Casino |
| City | Thackerville, Oklahoma |
Bellator 107 took place on November 8, 2013 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 107 featured the Heavyweight Tournament final, Middleweight Tournament final and Bantamweight Tournament final.
Cheick Kongo was originally scheduled to face Vinicius Queiroz in the Heavyweight tournament finals, but Queiroz withdrew due to a knee injury.[44] He was replaced by Peter Graham.[45]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Cheick Kongo | def. | Peter Graham | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Bantamweight | Joe Warren | def. | Travis Marx | TKO (knee and punches) | 2 | 1:54 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Brennan Ward | def. | Mikkel Parlo | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:39 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Catchweight (157 lb) | Derek Campos | def. | Martin Stapleton | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Patricky Freire | def. | Edson Berto | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Jonas Billstein | def. | Cortez Coleman | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Mike Mucitelli | def. | Ryan McCurdy | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Raphael Butler | def. | Josh Burns | Verbal submission (punches) | 1 | 2:14 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Linton Vassell | def. | Matt Jones | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-26, 30-26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Unaired | |||||||
| Catchweight (156 lb) | Chris Jones | def. | Robert White | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 108 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | November 15, 2013 |
| Venue | Revel Casino |
| City | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Bellator 108 took place on November 15, 2013 at Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey[46] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 108 featured the Featherweight Tournament Finals.
Heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov made the first defense of his title against Vitaly Minakov on this show in the co-main event.
The card featured the Bellator debut of Quinton Jackson following the cancellation of his bout against Tito Ortiz. He faced Bellator and UFC veteran Joey Beltran in the main event.[47]
Nah-Shon Burrell was originally scheduled to face Dante Rivera on this card. However, he was rescheduled to face Jesus Martinez due to undisclosed reasons.[48]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Catchweight (210 lb) | Quinton Jackson | def. | Joey Beltran | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:59 | |
| Heavyweight | Vitaly Minakov | def. | Alexander Volkov (c) | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:57 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Bantamweight | Marcos Galvao | def. | Tom McKenna | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:29 | |
| Featherweight | Patricio Freire | def. | Justin Wilcox | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:23 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Catchweight (174 lb) | Sam Oropeza | def. | Chip Moraza-Pollard | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:37 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Tom DeBlass | def. | Jason Lambert | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:45 | |
| Catchweight (180 lb) | Nah-Shon Burrell | def. | Jesus Martinez | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (150 lb) | Anthony Morrison | def. | Kenny Foster | Majority decision (28-28, 29-27, 30-26) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Light Heavyweight | Liam McGeary | def. | Najim Wali | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:31 | |
| Featherweight | Will Martinez | def. | Kevin Roddy | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:50 | |
| Featherweight | Dan Matala | def. | Ryan Cafaro | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 3:52 | |
| Bantamweight | Rob Sullivan | def. | Sergio da Silva | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bellator 109 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Date | November 22, 2013 |
| Venue | Sands Casino Event Center |
| City | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Bellator 109 took place on November 22, 2013 at Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 109 featured the 2013 Season 9 Welterweight and Lightweight Tournament Finals.
Michael Page and Andrew Osbourne were slated to face each other in a Welterweight bout on this card but the fight was scrapped due to Page recovering from lingering injuries.[49]
Matt Riddle was expected to come out of his 3-week retirement to fight Nathan Coy at this event. However, he pulled out of the bout on November 13, 2013.[50]
Results
| Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Alexander Shlemenko (c) | def. | Doug Marshall | KO (punch to the body) | 1 | 4:28 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Welterweight | Rick Hawn | def. | Ron Keslar | KO (punch) | 3 | 0:55 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | Will Brooks | def. | Alexander Sarnavskiy | Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Lightweight | Terry Etim | def. | Patrick Cenoble | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 30-26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Mike Bannon | def. | Ahsan Abdulla | Technical submission (arm triangle choke) | 1 | 1:51 | |
| Heavyweight | Blagoy Ivanov | def. | Keith Bell | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:59 | |
| Catchweight (153 lb) | Goiti Yamauchi | def. | Saul Almeida | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:04 | |
| Lightweight | Bubba Jenkins | def. | Ian Rammel | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:38 | |
| Lightweight | Brent Primus | def. | Brett Glass | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:20 | |
| Featherweight | Lester Caslow | def. | Jay Haas | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 2:44 | |
Heavyweight tournament bracket
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Cheick Kongo
| TKO | ||||||||
 Mark Godbeer
| 2 | ||||||||
| Cheick Kongo
| UD | ||||||||
 Peter Graham*
| 3 | ||||||||
| Vinicius Queiroz
| KO | ||||||||
| Lavar Johnson
| 1 | ||||||||
- (*) Replaced Vinicius Queiroz
Middleweight tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Brennan Ward*
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Justin Torrey
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Brennan Ward
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Joe Pacheco***
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Perry Filkins
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Jeremy Kimball**
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Brennan Ward
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Mikkel Parlo
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mikkel Parlo
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Brian Rogers
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Mikkel Parlo
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Jason Butcher
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jason Butcher
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Giva Santana
| 2 | |||||||||||||
- (*) Replaced Andreas Spang
- (**) Replaced Dan Cramer
- (***) Replaced Perry Filkins
Welterweight tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Rick Hawn**
| UD | |||||||||||||
 Herman Terrado
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Hawn
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Brent Weedman
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Brent Weedman
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Justin Baesman
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Hawn
| KO | |||||||||||||
| Ron Keslar
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Keslar*
| SD | |||||||||||||
| Luis Melo
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Keslar
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| War Machine
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| War Machine
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Vaughn Anderson
| 2 | |||||||||||||
- (*) Replaced Matt Riddle
- (**) Replaced Mark Scanlon
Lightweight tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Will Brooks
| UD | |||||||||||||
| John Alessio
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Will Brooks
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Saad Awad
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Saad Awad
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Martin Stapleton
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Will Brooks
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Sarnavskiy
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Sarnavskiy
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Davis
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Sarnavskiy
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Ricardo Tirloni
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ricardo Tirloni*
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Rich Clementi
| 3 | |||||||||||||
- (*) Replaced Rob Sinclair
Featherweight tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Patricio Freire
| KO | |||||||||||||
| Diego Nunes
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Patricio Freire
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Fabricio Guerreiro
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Fabricio Guerreiro
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Desmond Green
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Patricio Freire
| TKO | |||||||||||||
| Justin Wilcox
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Justin Wilcox*
| SUB | |||||||||||||
| Akop Stepanyan
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Justin Wilcox
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Joe Taimanglo
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Taimanglo
| UD | |||||||||||||
| Andrew Fisher
| 3 | |||||||||||||
- (*) Replaced Shahbulat Shamhalaev
Bantamweight tournament bracket
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Joe Warren
| SUB | ||||||||
| Nick Kirk
| 2 | ||||||||
| Joe Warren
| TKO | ||||||||
| Travis Marx
| 2 | ||||||||
| Travis Marx
| TKO | ||||||||
 Brandon Bender
| 2 | ||||||||
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