Bellator MMA: Season Ten

Bellator MMA
Genre	Sports
Created by	Bjorn Rebney
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	120 minutes
Release
Original network	Spike TV
Original release	February 28 – May 17, 2014
Chronology
Preceded by	Bellator MMA: Season Nine
Followed by	Bellator MMA: 2014 Summer Series

Bellator MMA: Season Ten was the tenth season of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion, and began on February 28, 2014.

The season included tournaments for the Heavyweight, Welterweight, Featherweight, Light Heavyweight, and Lightweight weight classes, and aired on Spike TV.

Events

Bellator 110

Bellator 110
Information
Date	February 28, 2014
Venue	Mohegan Sun
City	Uncasville, Connecticut

Bellator 110 took place on February 28, 2014 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.^[1] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 110 featured the opening round of the Light Heavyweight and Featherweight tournament.

A bout between Josh Diekmann and Chris Birchler was initially planned for this card, but later cancelled.

Pat Schultz was scheduled to face Dave Roberts in a Light Heavyweight bout on this card. However, on the day of the weigh ins, Roberts came in overweight at 212 pounds and the bout was eventually removed from the card.^[2]

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Quinton Jackson	def.	Christian M'Pumbu	KO (punches)	1	4:34	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Light Heavyweight	Muhammed Lawal	def.	Mikhail Zayats	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Featherweight	Matt Bessette	def.	Diego Nunes	Split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Featherweight	Desmond Green	def.	Mike Richman	Unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Featherweight	Will Martinez	def.	Goiti Yamauchi	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Featherweight	Daniel Weichel	def.	Scott Cleve	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:46	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Featherweight	Saul Almeida	def.	Andrew Fisher	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Egidijus Valavičius	def.	Atanas Djambazov	KO (knee and punch)	1	0:48
Lightweight	Ryan Quinn	def.	Andrew Calandrelli	Unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Manny Lara	vs.	Josh Diekmann	No Contest	1	0:18	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Bantamweight	Marvin Maldonado	vs.	Rico Disciullo	No Contest	1	1:53	^{[lower-alpha 4]}

1 2 Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals
1 2 3 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinals
↑ Diekmann inadvertently scratched Lara in the eye.
↑ DiSciullo threw 2 inadvertent illegal knees while Maldonado was grounded.

Bellator 111

Bellator 111
Information
Date	March 7, 2014
Venue	WinStar World Casino
City	Thackerville, Oklahoma

Bellator 111 took place on March 7, 2014 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.^[3] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 111 was to feature a Bellator Bantamweight Championship bout between Eduardo Dantas and 2013 Summer Series Tournament winner Rafael Silva. However, Silva was forced to pull out of the bout due to injury, and replaced by Anthony Leone.^[4]

The card also featured the opening round of the Heavyweight tournament.

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Eduardo Dantas (c)	def.	Anthony Leone	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	4:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Heavyweight	Lavar Johnson	def.	Ryan Martinez	TKO (punches)	1	4:22	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Heavyweight	Mighty Mo	def.	Peter Graham	Submission (cobra choke)	3	2:31	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Heavyweight	Alexander Volkov	def.	Mark Holata	TKO (punches)	1	1:21	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Heavyweight	Blagoy Ivanov	def.	Rich Hale	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Middleweight	Cortez Coleman	def.	Daniel Miller	Submission (verbal submission to punches)	2	4:49
Heavyweight	Javy Ayala	def.	Eric Prindle	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	2:05
Catchweight (190 lbs)	Abdul Razak Alhassan	def.	Matt Jones	TKO (punches)	1	1:23
Lightweight	Brent Primus	def.	Chris Jones	TKO (punches)	1	1:45
Bantamweight	Chris Gutierrez	def.	Justin McNally	TKO (punches)	1	2:50
Unaired
Featherweight	Stephen Banaszak	def.	Treston Thomison	Submission (armlock)	1	4:56

↑ For Bantamweight Championship
1 2 3 4 Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinals

Bellator 112

Bellator 112
Information
Date	March 14, 2014
Venue	The Horseshoe
City	Hammond, Indiana

Bellator 112 took place on March 14, 2014 at The Horseshoe in Hammond, Indiana.^[5] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 112 featured the first Bellator Featherweight Championship title defense for Daniel Mason-Straus. He will face former champion Pat Curran in a rematch. This move drew criticism for Bellator from MMA pundits and fans, as many felt that Curran, who had previously lost his last match to Straus and not won a tournament for a rematch, had not done enough to earn a title shot over waiting tournament winners Patricio Freire and Magomedrasul Khasbulaev.^[6]

The card also featured the opening round of the Welterweight tournament. On March 8, 2014, it was announced that War Machine, Mark Scanlon, and Joe Riggs pulled out of their tournament bouts and were replaced by Paul Bradley, Nathan Coy, and Cristiano Souza.^[7]

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Pat Curran	def.	Daniel Mason-Straus (c)	Submission (rear-naked choke)	5	4:46	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Welterweight	Andrey Koreshkov	def.	Nah-Shon Burrell	TKO (knee and punches)	1	0:41	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Welterweight	Sam Oropeza	def.	Cristiano Souza	TKO (punches)	1	3:07	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Welterweight	Adam McDonough	def.	Jesse Juarez	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Welterweight	Nathan Coy	def.	Paul Bradley	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Welterweight	Belal Muhammad	def.	AJ Matthews	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Darrion Caldwell	def.	Lance Surma	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:50
Lightweight	Derek Loffer	def.	Bobby Reardanz	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (215 lbs)	Anthony Gomez	def.	Jason Guida	Unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Daniel James	def.	Erick Correa	Submission (punches)	2	4:30
Unaired
Bantamweight	Diego Marlon	def.	Lloyd Carter	Submission (triangle choke)	2	3:10

↑ For Featherweight Championship
1 2 3 4 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinals

Bellator 113

Bellator 113
Information
Date	March 21, 2014
Venue	Kansas Star Arena
City	Mulvane, Kansas

Bellator 113 took place on March 21, 2014 at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas.^[8] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 113 featured a Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship unification bout between champion Attila Vegh and interim champion Emanuel Newton.

The card also featured the opening round of the Lightweight tournament.

UK fighter Terry Etim was forced to withdraw from the Lightweight tournament due to an ACL injury. He was replaced by Tim Welch. Donnie Bell, Welch's previous opponent, instead faced Eric Wisely.^[9]

Brian Rogers was scheduled to face Gary Tapusoa in a Middleweight bout. However, Tapusoa was unable to make the weight requirements and the fight was cancelled.^[10]

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Emanuel Newton (ic)	def.	Attila Végh (c)	Split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46)	5	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Lightweight	Patricky Freire	def.	David Rickels	KO (punches)	2	0:54	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Lightweight	Marcin Held	def.	Rodrigo Cavalheiro	Submission (toe hold)	1	1:56	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Lightweight	Derek Campos	def.	Tim Welch	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	Derek Anderson	def.	Brandon Girtz	KO (knee)	2	0:23	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Featherweight	Israel Giron	def.	Cody Carrillo	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Eric Wisely	def.	Donnie Bell	Split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Daniel Gallemore	def.	Fredrick Brown	TKO (punches)	1	3:34
Lightweight	Bobby Cooper	def.	Márcio Navarro	Unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Unaired
Bantamweight	LC Davis	def.	Tory Bogguess	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	4:58

↑ Light Heavyweight Championship unification bout
1 2 3 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinals

Bellator 114

Bellator 114
Information
Date	March 28, 2014
Venue	Maverik Center
City	West Valley City, Utah

Bellator 114 took place on March 28, 2014 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.^[11] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 114 featured the third Bellator Middleweight Championship title defense for Alexander Shlemenko as he faced Season 9 tournament winner Brennan Ward.

Ron Keslar and Jordan Smith were scheduled to face each other in a welterweight match; however, the bout did not materialize due to undisclosed reasons.

Aaron Wilkinson and Michael Arrant were also scheduled to face each other in a welterweight match, but it was cancelled.

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Alexander Shlemenko (c)	def.	Brennan Ward	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:22	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Featherweight	Daniel Weichel	def.	Matt Bessette	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Featherweight	Desmond Green	def.	Will Martinez	Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Middleweight	Brett Cooper	def.	Kendall Grove	KO (punches)	2	3:33	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	Justin Wilcox	def.	Jason Fischer	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Bubba Jenkins	def.	Sean Powers	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00

Light Heavyweight	Linton Vassell	def.	Trevor Carlson	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	1:54
Welterweight	Gavin Sterritt	def.	Mike Estus	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:29
Middleweight	Joe Rodriguez	def.	Eric Wahlin	Submission (arm triangle choke)	2	2:06
Unaired
Featherweight	Rad Martinez	def.	Edson Berto	Unanimous decision	3	5:00

↑ For Middleweight Championship
1 2 Featherweight Tournament Semifinals
↑ Middleweight Tournament Semifinals

Bellator 115

Bellator 115
Information
Date	April 4, 2014
Venue	Reno Events Center
City	Reno, Nevada

Bellator 115 took place on April 4, 2014 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.^[12] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 115 featured the first Bellator Heavyweight Championship title defense for Vitaly Minakov as he took on Season 9 tournament winner Cheick Kongo.

Doug Marshall was originally announced as one of the participants in the Middleweight tournament. However, he was pulled from the bout due to a current suspension and was replaced by Jeremy Kimball.^[13] His opponent Dan Cramer was then scheduled to face Jeremy Kimball in a Middleweight Tournament Semifinal. Kimball, however, missed weight badly and was pulled from the bout.^[13]

Andrey Koreshkov and Sam Oropeza were scheduled to meet in the Welterweight Tournament Semifinals on this card. However, on the day of the weigh ins, the bout was cancelled due to Koreshkov having flu-like symptoms.^[13]

Additionally, a lightweight bout between Jimmy Jones and Rudy Morales that was scheduled to take place at World Series of Fighting 9 was rescheduled for this card.^[14]

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Vitaly Minakov (c)	def.	Cheick Kongo	Unanimous decision (48-46, 48-46, 48-46)	5	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Welterweight	Herman Terrado	vs.	Justin Baesman	Majority Draw (29-28, 28-28, 28-28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Kelly Anundson	def.	Volkan Oezdemir	Submission (cross-face crank)	2	3:19
Catchweight (193.5 lbs)	Mikkel Parlo	def.	Johnny Cisneros	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	Rudy Morales	def.	Jimmy Jones	Split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Rick Reeves	def.	James Terry	Split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Freddie Aquitania	def.	Josh Appelt	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Sinjen Smith	def.	Jason Powell	Submission (armbar)	1	1:52
Flyweight	Benito Lopez	def.	Oscar Ramirez	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)	3	5:00

↑ For Heavyweight Championship.
↑ Minakov was docked 1 point for kicks to Kongo's groin in round 1.

Bellator 116

Bellator 116
Information
Date	April 11, 2014
Venue	Pechanga Resort & Casino
City	Temecula, California

Bellator 116 took place on April 11, 2014 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.^[15] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 116 featured the semifinals of the Season 10 Heavyweight Tournament and one of the semifinals for the Middleweight tournament.

The event also featured the final fight for Vladimir Matyushenko, as he retired from MMA after his fight.^[16]

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Blagoy Ivanov	def.	Lavar Johnson	Submission (americana)	1	4:08	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Light Heavyweight	Joey Beltran	def.	Vladimir Matyushenko	Submission (north-south choke)	3	3:06	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Welterweight	Adam McDonough	def.	Nathan Coy	KO (punches)	2	0:30	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Heavyweight	Alexander Volkov	def.	Mighty Mo	KO (head kick)	1	2:44	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Middleweight	Brandon Halsey	def.	Joe Pacheco	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Welterweight	Karo Parisyan	def.	Ron Keslar	KO (punches)	2	4:05
Bantamweight	Rob Emerson	def.	Joe Taimanglo	Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (180 lbs)	Ricky Rainey	def.	Andy Murad	TKO (head kick and punches)	1	1:11
Light Heavyweight	Philipe Lins	def.	Travis Clark	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	0:40
Light Heavyweight	Rodney Wallace	def.	Carlos Eduardo	Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Unaired
Middleweight	Dave Vitkay	def.	Keith Berry	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Poppies Martinez	def.	Josh Smith	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:50
Featherweight	Brandon Bender	def.	Mario Navarro	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	4:15

1 2 Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals
↑ Vladimir Matyushenko Retirement Fight
↑ Welterweight Tournament Semifinal
↑ Middleweight Tournament Semifinal

Bellator 117

Bellator 117
Information
Date	April 18, 2014
Venue	Mid-America Center
City	Council Bluffs, Iowa

Bellator 117 took place on April 18, 2014 at the Mid-American Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.^[17] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 117 featured a bout between Douglas Lima and Rick Hawn for the vacant Bellator Welterweight title as well as the semifinals of the Season 10 Lightweight Tournament.

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Douglas Lima	def.	Rick Hawn	TKO (corner stoppage)	2	3:19	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Lightweight	Marcin Held	def.	Derek Anderson	Submission (triangle choke)	2	3:07	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Welterweight	Karl Amoussou	def.	David Gomez	Split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Patricky Freire	def.	Derek Campos	TKO (punches)	2	0:52	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	Martin Brown	def.	Jared Downing	Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	LaRue Burley	def.	Cliff Wright	Unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-27)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Joe Vedepo	def.	Ben Crowder	TKO (leg injury)	1	0:48
Middleweight	Anthony Smith	def.	Victor Moreno	Submission (triangle choke)	2	0:59
Catchweight (150 lbs)	Julio Cesar Neves	def.	Josh Arocho	TKO (elbows)	2	2:37
Lightweight	Jordan Parsons	def.	Tim Bazer	KO (punches)	2	0:04
Unaired
Catchweight (175 lbs)	Ryan Jensen	def.	Mark Stoddard	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	3:52
Light Heavyweight	Houston Alexander	def.	Matt Uhde	TKO (doctor stoppage)	2	5:00

↑ For the vacant Welterweight Championship
1 2 Lightweight Tournament Semifinals

Bellator 118

Bellator 118
Information
Date	May 2, 2014
Venue	Revel Atlantic City
City	Atlantic City, New Jersey

Bellator 118 took place on May 2, 2014 in Revel Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[18] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Eduardo Dantas was originally scheduled to defend his Bantamweight title against Joe Warren in the main event. However, on April 26, 2014 it was revealed that Dantas was injured head and withdrew from the fight.^[19] Warren was to face Rafael Silva in an Interim Bantamweight title fight. Silva, however, missed weight and the promotion made the interim title available only if Warren were to win.^[20]

The Welterweight semifinals bout between Andrey Koreshkov and Sam Oropeza originally set for Bellator 115^[13] was rescheduled to this card.^[21] Oropeza was eventually replaced by Justin Baesman.

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Joe Warren	def.	Rafael Silva	Unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)	5	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Welterweight	Andrey Koreshkov	def.	Justin Baesman	KO (flying knee)	1	1:41	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Bantamweight	Marcos Galvao	def.	Thomas Vasquez	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Liam McGeary	def.	Mike Mucitelli	KO (punch)	1	0:22	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Catchweight (172 lbs)	Dante Rivera	def.	Gemiyale Adkins	Majority decision (29-29, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (187 lbs)	Jesus Martinez	def.	Ryan Caltaldi	Unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Tim Woods	def.	Eugene Fadiora	Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Darrion Caldwell	def.	Joe Pingitore	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:32
Featherweight	Lester Caslow	def.	Jay Haas	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:29
Lightweight	Sidney Outlaw	def.	Mike Bannon	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Kevin Roddy	def.	Amran Aliyev	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00

↑ For the Bantamweight interim Championship if Warren wins.
↑ Welterweight Tournament Semifinal
↑ Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal

Bellator 119

Bellator 119
Information
Date	May 9, 2014
Venue	Casino Rama
City	Rama, Ontario, Canada

Bellator 119 took place on May 9, 2014 in Rama, Ontario, Canada .^[22] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 119 was originally set to feature the Bellator season 10 Heavyweight tournament final.^[22] However the Bellator season 10 Featherweight tournament final headlined the card instead.^[23]

The Middleweight tournament final of Brett Cooper against Brandon Halsey was originally scheduled for this event, but was cancelled when Cooper injured himself in training.

Fabricio Guerreiro and Shahbulat Shamhalaev were also scheduled to face each other on this event, but that bout was moved to the following week's event.

John Alessio was originally scheduled to face Guillaume DeLorenzi at the event, however, DeLorenzi withdrew from the bout due to injury and was replaced by Eric Wisely.^[24]

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Daniel Weichel	def.	Desmond Green	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:07	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Catchweight (160 lbs)	John Alessio	def.	Eric Wisely	Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Marius Zaromskis	def.	Vaughn Anderson	Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Raphael Butler	vs.	Nick Rossborough	Majority Draw (28-27, 28-28, 28-28)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Middleweight	Brian Rogers	def.	Adrian Miles	KO (flying knee)	2	1:29
Catchweight (159 lbs)	Jason Meisel	def.	Remy Bussieres	Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (130 lbs)	Malcolm Gordon	def.	Chris Kelades	Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Behrang Yousefi	def.	Chad Freeman	Submission (triangle choke)	1	2:47
Unaired
Heavyweight	Stuart Austin	def.	Craig Hudson	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:56
Featherweight	Marlon Sandro	def.	Chris Horodecki	Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00

↑ Featherweight Tournament finals
↑ Butler was docked one point in the first round for an illegal headbutt.

Bellator 120

Bellator 120
A poster or logo for Bellator 120.
Information
Date	May 17, 2014
Venue	Landers Center
City	Southaven, Mississippi
Attendance	8,115
Total gate	578,684
Buyrate	100,000

Bellator 120 took place on May 17, 2014.^[25]

Background

The event served as Bellator MMA's inaugural pay-per-view event.

Bellator 120 was expected to be headlined by Eddie Alvarez defending his Bellator Lightweight Championship against the former champion Michael Chandler in a trilogy fight. However, a week before the fight, it was announced that Alvarez had suffered a concussion and was forced to pull out of the fight. Chandler instead faced Will Brooks for the Interim Lightweight title.^[26]

Tito Ortiz made his Bellator MMA debut at this event against Bellator Middleweight Champion Alexander Shlemenko in a Light Heavyweight bout.

The Season 10 Lightweight tournament final between Patricky Freire and Marcin Held was originally scheduled to take place on the Spike TV portion of this event. However, Freire was injured and the bout was pushed back to another card.^[27]

Results

Main Card (PPV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Quinton Jackson	def.	Muhammed Lawal	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Lightweight	Will Brooks	def.	Michael Chandler	Split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-46)	5	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Light Heavyweight	Tito Ortiz	def.	Alexander Shlemenko	Technical submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	2:27
Heavyweight	Alexander Volkov	def.	Blagoy Ivanov	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:08	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Welterweight	Michael Page	def.	Ricky Rainey	TKO (punch)	1	4:29
Preliminary Card (Spike TV)
Heavyweight	Cheick Kongo	def.	Eric Smith	TKO (knees & punches)	2	4:35
Catchweight (158 lbs)	Marcin Held	def.	Nate Jolly	Submission (armbar)	1	4:20
Lightweight	Fabricio Guerreiro	def.	Shahbulat Shamhalaev	Submission (kimura)	1	3:29
Featherweight	Goiti Yamauchi	def.	Mike Richman	Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Catchweight (153 lbs)	Austin Lyons	def.	Zach Underwood	Technical decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)	3	3:25	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Heavyweight	Mike Wessel	def.	Justin Frazier	TKO (punches)	1	4:28
Welterweight	Ben Brewer	def.	Andy Uhrich	KO (punches)	2	2:40
Unaired
Welterweight	Codie Shuffield	def.	Anthony Lemon	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:15
Bantamweight	Brian Hall	def.	Cortez Phelia	TKO (punches)	3	0:24

↑ Light Heavyweight Tournament Final
↑ Interim Lightweight Championship bout
↑ Heavyweight Tournament finals
↑ Fight ended in the third round when Lyons threw an illegal knee and went to the judges' scorecards.

Tournaments

Featherweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Diego Nunes

Matt Bessette

Matt Bessette

Daniel Weichel

SUB

Scott Cleve

Daniel Weichel

SUB

Desmond Green

Will Martinez

Lightweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Patricky Freire

David Rickels

Patricky Freire

TKO

Derek Campos

Tim Welch

DEC

Derek Campos

Patricky Freire

DEC

Marcin Held

SUB

Rodrigo Cavalheiro

Marcin Held

SUB

Derek Anderson

Brandon Girtz

Derek Anderson

Welterweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Andrey Koreshkov

TKO

Nah-Shon Burrell

Andrey Koreshkov

Justin Baesman*

Cristiano Souza

Sam Oropeza

TKO

Andrey Koreshkov

DEC

Adam McDonough

Jesse Juarez

Adam McDonough

DEC

Adam McDonough

Nathan Coy

Paul Bradley

Nathan Coy

DEC

(*) Replaced Oropeza

Middleweight tournament bracket

Semifinals		Finals


Kendall Grove	KO

Brett Cooper	2
		Brett Cooper	SUB

		Brandon Halsey	1
Joe Pacheco*	DEC

Brandon Halsey*	3

(*) Replaced Jeremy Kimball vs. Dan Cramer

Light Heavyweight tournament bracket

Semifinals		Finals


Quinton Jackson	KO

Christian M'Pumbu	1
		Quinton Jackson	UD

		Muhammed Lawal	3
Muhammed Lawal	UD

Mikhail Zayats	3

Heavyweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Peter Graham

SUB

Mighty Mo

Mighty Mo

Alexander Volkov

TKO

Mark Holata

Alexander Volkov

SUB

Blagoy Ivanov

Blagoy Ivanov

Rich Hale

Blagoy Ivanov

SUB

Lavar Johnson

Lavar Johnson

TKO

Ryan Martinez

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