Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Six

Bellator Fighting Championships
Genre	Sports
Created by	Bjorn Rebney
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	120 minutes
Release
Original network	MTV 2
Original release	March 9 – May 25, 2012
Chronology
Preceded by	Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five
Followed by	Bellator Fighting Championships: 2012 Summer Series

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Six was the sixth installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships,^[1] which began on March 9, 2012.^[2] The sixth season of Bellator was originally scheduled to begin on March 2, 2012. However, the debut was pushed back a week so it began with the show on March 9, 2012.^[3]

Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in five weight classes, including the bantamweight,^[4] featherweight, lightweight, welterweight and middleweight divisions.

Events

Bellator 60

Bellator 60
Information
Date	March 9, 2012
Venue	The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
City	Hammond, Indiana

Bellator 60 took place on March 9, 2012 at The Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.^[5] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 60 was expected to take place on March 2, but the season opener was pushed back one week.^[6]

Wagnney Fabiano was originally scheduled to face Ronnie Mann in the opening round of the Featherweight tournament; however, on March 1, 2012, Fabiano pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Mike Corey.^[7]

Genair da Silva was originally scheduled to face Alexandre Bezerra in the opening round of the Featherweight tournament; however, after weigh-in issues, da Silva was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Kenny Foster who was set to fight Bobby Reardanz on the undercard of this event.^[8]

Results^[5][9]

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Catchweight (148 pounds (67 kg))	Genair da Silva	vs	Bobby Reardanz	3	0:51	TKO (leg kicks and punches)
Preliminary	Catchweight (165 pounds (75 kg))	Shamar Bailey	vs	Josh Shockley	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)
Preliminary	Catchweight (280 pounds (130 kg))	Sean McCorkle	vs	Richard White	1	1:02	Submission (neck crank)
Preliminary	Catchweight (215 pounds (98 kg))	Travis Wiuff	vs	Anthony Gomez	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
Preliminary	Bantamweight	Cory Galloway	vs	Jake Nauracy	2	4:22	Submission (rear-naked choke)
Main	Featherweight	Ronnie Mann	vs	Mike Corey	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	Featherweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Featherweight	Daniel Mason-Straus	vs	Jeremy Spoon	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)	Featherweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Featherweight	Alexandre Bezerra	vs	Kenny Foster	2	4:57	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Featherweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Featherweight	Marlon Sandro	vs	Roberto Vargas	1	3:35	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Featherweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Featherweight	Joe Warren (c)	vs	Pat Curran	3	1:25	KO (punches)	For Bellator Featherweight Championship

Bellator 61

Bellator 61
Information
Date	March 16, 2012
Venue	Horseshoe Riverdome
City	Bossier City, Louisiana

Bellator 61 took place on March 16, 2012 at Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City, Louisiana.^[10] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

The event was to feature the rematch between season-five heavyweight tournament finalists Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos. Prindle and Santos met in the finals of Bellator's season-five heavyweight tourney, but the bout was ruled a no-contest when Santos inexplicably kicked a downed Prindle in the groin.^[11] However, on March 15, Bellator announced the fight had been pushed back a week to Bellator 62 due to Prindle having "flu-like symptoms."^[12]

This event marked the first time that Bellator Fighting Championships aired in Brazil on TV Esporte Interativo.

Results^[10][13]

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Middleweight	Trey Houston	vs	Jeremiah Riggs	1	3:30	Submission (armbar)	This bout aired on the MTV2 broadcast following the Santana vs. Santos fight.
Preliminary	Catchweight (140 pounds (64 kg))	Jeremy Myers	vs	Jason Sampson	3	2:25	Submission (rear-naked choke)
Preliminary	Welterweight	Derrick Krantz	vs	Eric Scallan	1	3:01	Technical submission (D'arce choke)
Preliminary	Catchweight (165 pounds (75 kg))	Brent Taylor	vs	Josh Quayhagen	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Main	Middleweight	Vitor Vianna	vs	Brian Rogers	1	4:14	KO (flying knee)	Middleweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Middleweight	Giva Santana	vs	Bruno Santos	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	Middleweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Middleweight	Vyacheslav Vasilevsky	vs	Victor O'Donnell	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	Middleweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Middleweight	Maiquel Falcao	vs	Norman Paraisy	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	Middleweight tournament quarterfinal bout

Bellator 62

Bellator 62
Information
Date	March 23, 2012
Venue	Laredo Energy Arena
City	Laredo, Texas

Bellator 62 took place on March 23, 2012 at Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas.^[14] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

The event hosted the opening round of Bellator's Season Six Lightweight Tournament.^[14]

Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos were supposed to have their rematch of the Season Five Heavyweight Tournament Final on this card, after having been delayed a week from Bellator 61. Santos, however, failed to make weight and the bout was cancelled, and Prindle was awarded the tournament win by default. A scheduled fight between Cosmo Alexandre and Oscar de la Parra was also scrapped.^[15]

Results^[14][16]

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Welterweight	Joseph Daily	vs	Sean Spencer	2	1:24	Submission (rear-naked choke)
Preliminary	Featherweight	Rad Martinez	vs	Doug Frey	1	4:08	TKO (punches)	This bout aired on the MTV2 broadcast following the Hawn vs. Tirloni fight.
Preliminary	Lightweight	Dave Jansen	vs	Jacob Kirwan	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
Preliminary	Featherweight	Steven Peterson	vs	Chris Jones	3	5:00	Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28)
Preliminary	Welterweight	Sonny Luque	vs	Luis Vega	1	3:43	Submission (arm-triangle choke)
Main	Lightweight	Thiago Michel	vs	Rene Nazare	3	5:00	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	Lightweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Lightweight	Brent Weedman	vs	J.J. Ambrose	2	3:26	Submission (von flue choke)	Lightweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Lightweight	Rick Hawn	vs	Ricardo Tirloni	1	2:36	KO (punches)	Lightweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Lightweight	Patricky Freire	vs	Lloyd Woodard	2	1:46	Submission (kimura)	Lightweight tournament quarterfinal bout

Bellator 63

Bellator 63
Information
Date	March 30, 2012
Venue	Mohegan Sun Arena
City	Uncasville, Connecticut

Bellator 63 took place on March 30, 2012 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.^[17] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

The event hosted the opening round of Bellator's Season Six Welterweight Tournament.^[17]

War Machine was expected to fight Karl Amoussou in the opening round of the welterweight tournament. However, War Machine was sentenced to a year in prison and was forced out of the bout and the tournament.^[18]

Brian Foster was scheduled to face David Rickels in the opening round of the welterweight tournament, but was not medically cleared for the event. Stepping in to fight Rickels was newcomer Jordan Smith.^[19]

Results^[17][20]

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Women's (125 pounds (57 kg))	Marianna Kheyfets	vs	Munah Holland	2	4:45	KO (punches)
Preliminary	Welterweight	Andrey Koreshkov	vs	Tiawan Howard	1	1:26	KO (punch)	This bout aired on the MTV2 broadcast following the Smith vs. Rickels fight.
Preliminary	Featherweight	Pete Rogers	vs	Brandon Fleming	1	3:39	Submission (Peruvian necktie)
Preliminary	Middleweight	Dan Cramer	vs	Jeff "The Wolfman" Nader	3	5:00	Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28)
Preliminary	Featherweight	Saul Almeida	vs	Matt Bessette	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
Preliminary	Catchweight (165 pounds (75 kg))	Ryan Quinn	vs	Marc Stevens	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)
Main	Welterweight	Ben Saunders	vs	Raul Amaya	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)	Welterweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Welterweight	Jordan Smith	vs	David Rickels	1	0:22	KO (punches)	Welterweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Welteweight	Bryan Baker	vs	Carlos Alexandre Pereira	3	5:00	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	Welterweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Welterweight	Karl Amoussou	vs	Chris Lozano	1	2:05	Submission (rear naked choke)	Welterweight tournament quarterfinal bout

Bellator 64

Bellator 64
Information
Date	April 6, 2012
Venue	Caesar’s Windsor
City	Windsor, Ontario

Bellator 64 took place on April 6, 2012 at Caesar’s Windsor in Windsor, Ontario.^[21] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

The event hosted two of the opening round bouts of Bellator's Season Six Bantamweight Tournament.

Results^[22]

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Lightweight	Taylor Solomon	vs	Jason Fischer	3	4:59	Technical Submission (rear naked choke)
Preliminary	Welterweight	Nordine Taleb	vs	Matt Secor	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–24)
Preliminary	Featherweight	Chris Horodecki	vs	Mike Richman	1	1:23	KO (punches)
Preliminary	Welterweight	Chad Laprise	vs	Josh Taveirne	1	2:48	Submission (triangle choke)
Preliminary	Catchweight (160 pounds (73 kg))	Kyle Prepolec	vs	Lance Snow	1	2:54	Submission (armbar)
Preliminary	Middleweight	Elias Theodorou	vs	Rich Lictawa	3	0:33	TKO (retirement)
Main	Bantamweight	Rodrigo Lima	vs	Hiroshi Nakamura	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27)	Bantamweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Bantamweight	Travis Marx	vs	Masakatsu Ueda	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	Bantamweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Featherweight	Marlon Sandro	vs	Alexandre Bezerra	3	5:00	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	Featherweight tournament semifinal bout
Main	Welterweight	Ben Askren (c)	vs	Douglas Lima	5	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	For Bellator Welterweight Championship

Bellator 65

Bellator 65
Information
Date	April 13, 2012
Venue	Boardwalk Hall
City	Atlantic City, New Jersey

Bellator 65 took place on April 13, 2012 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[23] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Heavyweight champion Cole Konrad was originally slated to defend his title against Eric Prindle at this event. The fight, however, was moved to Bellator 70.^[24]

Results^[23][25]

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Lightweight	E.J. Brooks	vs	Mikhail Malyutin	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26)
Preliminary	Welterweight	Ailton Barbosa	vs	Kris McCray	3	5:00	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	Season 7 Welterweight Tournament Qualifier
Preliminary	Welterweight	Lyman Good	vs	LeVon Maynard	1	0:13	KO (punch)	Season 7 Welterweight Tournament Qualifier
Preliminary	Featherweight	Scott Heckman	vs	Lester Caslow	1	3:40	Submission (rear naked choke)
Preliminary	Middleweight	Duane Bastress	vs	Plinio Cruz	2	2:52	TKO (elbows)
Preliminary	Lightweight	Terrell Hobbs	vs	Will Martinez	1	4:12	Submission (rear naked choke)
Preliminary	Featherweight	Kenny Foster	vs	Jay Haas	1	2:51	Submission (guillotine choke)
Main	Bantamweight	Ed West	vs	Marcos Galvao	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	Bantamweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Bantamweight	Alexis Vila	vs	Luis Nogueira	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	Bantamweight tournament quarterfinal bout
Main	Featherweight	Mike Corey	vs	Daniel Mason-Straus	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	Featherweight tournament semifinal bout
Main	Bantamweight	Zach Makovsky (c)	vs	Eduardo Dantas	2	3:26	Technical Submission (arm triangle choke)	For Bellator Bantamweight Championship

Bellator 66

Bellator 66
Information
Date	April 20, 2012
Venue	I-X Center
City	Cleveland, Ohio

Bellator 66 took place on April 20, 2012 at I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio.^[26] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

NAAFS women's champion Aisling Daly was originally scheduled to face Jessica Eye on this card. Daly withdrew from the bout due to an ear infection and was replaced by Anita Rodriguez.^[27]

Bruno Santos was originally scheduled to face Brian Rogers in a Middleweight tournament semifinal bout; however, on April 16, 2012, it was revealed that Santos had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Bellator newcomer Andreas Spang.^[28]

Tyler Combs and Jason Dent were originally announced to face each other in a lightweight bout. Nevertheless, the fight did not materialize.

Results^[29][30]

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Lightweight	Julian Lane	vs	Joe Heiland	1	2:49	Submission (guillotine choke)
Preliminary	Featherweight	Donny Walker (c)	vs	Frank Caraballo (ic)	4	2:25	KO (knee)	For unified NAAFS Featherweight championship
Preliminary	Light Heayweight	Dan Spohn	vs	Attila Vegh	3	5:00	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27)
Preliminary	Light Heavyweight	John Hawk	vs	Marcus Vanttinen	3	5:00	Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28)
Preliminary	Women's Bout (130 lbs)	Jessica Eye	vs	Anita Rodriguez	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Main	Lightweight	Brent Weedman	vs	Thiago Michel	3	5:00	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	Lightweight tournament semifinal bout
Main	Lightweight	Lloyd Woodard	vs	Rick Hawn	2	0:10	KO (punch)	Lightweight tournament semifinal bout
Main	Middleweight	Vyacheslav Vasilevsky	vs	Maiquel Falcao	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	Middleweight tournament semifinal bout
Main	Middleweight	Andreas Spang	vs	Brian Rogers	2	3:34	KO (punch)	Middleweight tournament semifinal bout
Main	Lightweight	Eddie Alvarez	vs	Shinya Aoki	1	2:14	TKO (punches)

Bellator 67

Bellator 67
Information
Date	May 4, 2012
Venue	Casino Rama
City	Rama, Ontario

Bellator 67 took place on May 4, 2012 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada.^[31] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator Lightweight champion, Michael Chandler, competed in a non-title "Super Fight" against PRIDE, UFC, and DREAM veteran, Akihiro Gono, at this event.^[32]

Results

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Welterweight	Nathan Gunn	vs	Dom O'Grady	2	4:51	Submission (armbar)	[33]
Preliminary	Catchweight (180 lbs.)	Nordine Taleb	vs	Matt MacGrath	2	2:30	TKO (punches)	[33]
Preliminary	Featherweight	Will Romero	vs	Matt Veal	2	4:25	TKO (knees & punches)	[33]
Preliminary	Bantamweight	Nick Kirk	vs	David Harris	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)	[33]
Preliminary	Lightweight	Cosmo Alexandre	vs	Lowrant-T Nelson	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)	[33]
Main	Welterweight	Ryan Ford	vs	Luis Santos	2	1:24	TKO (knee & punches)	[33]
Main	Heavyweight	Damian Grabowski	vs	Dave Huckaba	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	[33]
Main	Welterweight	Ben Saunders	vs	Bryan Baker	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	Welterweight tournament semifinal[33]
Main	Lightweight	Michael Chandler	vs	Akihiro Gono	1	0:56	TKO (punches)	[33]

Bellator 68

Bellator 68
Information
Date	May 11, 2012
Venue	Caesars Hotel and Casino
City	Atlantic City, New Jersey

Bellator 68 took place on May 11, 2012 at Caesars Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[34][35] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Kurt Pellegrino was scheduled to fight Marcin Held at this event.^[36] However, on March 13, Pellegrino suffered a knee injury and was forced to pull out of the bout.^[37] Phillipe Nover had stepped in as Pellegrino's replacement, but was eventually replaced by Bellator newcomer Derrick Kennington.

Eddie Fyvie and Jeff Lentz were originally scheduled to compete in a featherweight bout;^[34] however, the fight did not materialize.

Marius Žaromskis versus Waachiim Spiritwolf was originally going to be contested at welterweight; however, Spiritwolf failed to make the 171 pounds cut off allowance and the fight was changed to a catchweight bout at 172 pounds.^[38]

A catchweight bout at 230 pounds between Carmelo Marrero and Seth Petruzelli was cancelled the day of the show due to an illness by Petruzelli.^[39]

Results

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Middleweight	Francois Ambang	vs	Gregory Milliard	3	5:00	Decision (split)	[34]
Preliminary	Bantamweight	Claudio Ledesma	vs	Anthony Leone	3	5:00	Decision (split)	[34]
Preliminary	Catchweight (175 lbs.)	Aung La Nsang	vs	Jesus Martinez	1	0:36	TKO	[34]
Preliminary	Lightweight	Don Carlo-Clauss	vs	Jacob Kirwan	3	5:00	Decision (split)	[34]
Main	Catchweight (172 lbs.)	Marius Žaromskis	vs	Waachiim Spiritwolf	2	5:00	TKO (doctor stoppage)	Stopped between rounds 2 & 3[34]
Main	Lightweight	Marcin Held	vs	Derrick Kennington	1	2:08	Submission (heel hook)	[34]
Main	Bantamweight	Marcos Galvão	vs	Travis Marx	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal[34]
Main	Featherweight	Daniel Mason-Straus	vs	Marlon Sandro	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	Featherweight Tournament Final[34]

Bellator 69

Bellator 69
Information
Date	May 18, 2012
Venue	L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort
City	Lake Charles, Louisiana

Bellator 69 took place on May 18, 2012 at the L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana.^[40][41] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

This event held the finals of the Season Six Middleweight tournament.^[42]

Heavyweights Ron Sparks and Kevin Asplund were to compete in a tournament eliminator bout for a spot in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight tournament.^[42] However, the bout was cancelled the day of the show due to Sparks feeling ill.

With Hector Lombard leaving for the Ultimate Fighting Championship,^[43] the Middleweight title was vacated. On April 25, 2012, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney announced that the winner of the Middleweight tournament finale between Maiquel Falcão and Andreas Spang will face Alexander Shlemenko to crown the company's new Middleweight champion.^[44]

Results

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Lightweight	E.J. Brooks	vs	Kalvin Hackney	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)	[40]
Preliminary	Light Heavyweight	Josh Burns	vs	Rich Hale	1	0:38	TKO (punches)	[40]
Preliminary	Welterweight	Andrey Koreshkov	vs	Derrick Krantz	3	0:51	TKO (strikes)	[40]
Preliminary	Featherweight	Shanon Slack	vs	Booker Arthur	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)	[40]
Preliminary	Lightweight	Josh Quayhagen	vs	Cliff Wright	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)	[40]
Main	Heavyweight	Mark Holata	vs	Abe Wagner	1	2:24	Verbal Submission (straight ankle lock)	[40]
Main	Women's 125 lbs.	Megumi Fujii	vs	Jessica Aguilar	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	[40]
Main	Welterweight	David Rickels	vs	Karl Amoussou	3	5:00	Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)	Welterweight tournament semifinal[40]
Main	Middleweight	Maiquel Falcão	vs	Andreas Spang	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27)	Middleweight tournament final[40][44]

Bellator 70

Bellator 70
Information
Date	May 25, 2012
Venue	Orleans Convention Center
City	New Orleans, Louisiana

Bellator 70 took place on May 25, 2012 at the Orleans Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[24] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Heavyweight champion Cole Konrad was originally slated to defend his title against Eric Prindle at Bellator 65. Prindle, however, was injured and the fight was moved to this card, Bellator 70.^[45]

Fight card

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Preliminary	Bantamweight	Derek Arcement	vs	Blake Dufour	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)	[24]
Preliminary	Middleweight	Jonas Billstein	vs	Mike Seal	1	2:55	Technical submission (rear naked choke)	[24]
Preliminary	Catchweight (190 lbs.)	Jeremiah Riggs	vs	Kelvin Tiller	3	3:38	Verbal submission (kimura)	[24]
Preliminary	Welterweight	A.J. Matthews	vs	Charlie Rader	2	3:34	KO (soccer kick)	[24]
Preliminary	Catchweight (160 lbs.)	Keith Schneider	vs	Josh Shockley	1	N/A	Submission (armbar)	[24]
Main	Catchweight (157 lbs.)	Derek Campos	vs	Rich Clementi	1	4:18	Submission (guillotine choke)	[24]
Main	Bantamweight	Hiroshi Nakamura	vs	Luis Nogueira	3	1:58	KO (punches)	Bantamweight Tournament Semi Final[24]
Main	Heavyweight	Cole Konrad (c)	vs	Eric Prindle	1	1:00	Submission (kimura)	For Bellator Heavyweight Championship[24]
Main	Lightweight	Rick Hawn	vs	Brent Weedman	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous 29–28 30–27 30–27)	Lightweight Tournament Final[24]

Tournaments

Bantamweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Hiroshi Nakamura

DEC

Rodrigo Lima

3

Hiroshi Nakamura

TKO

Luis Nogueira

3

Luis Nogueira

DEC

Alexis Vila

3

Luis Nogueira

TKO

Marcos Galvao

2

Masakatsu Ueda

DEC

Travis Marx

3

Travis Marx

DEC

Marcos Galvao

3

Ed West

DEC

Marcos Galvao

3

Featherweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Alexandre Bezerra

SUB

Kenny Foster^2[›]

2

Alexandre Bezerra

DEC

Marlon Sandro

3

Roberto Vargas

SUB

Marlon Sandro

1

Marlon Sandro

DEC

Daniel Mason-Straus

3

Mike Corey

DEC

Ronnie Mann

3

Mike Corey

DEC

Daniel Mason-Straus

3

Jeremy Spoon

DEC

Daniel Mason-Straus

3

^ 1: Wagnney Fabiano was expected to appear in the featherweight tournament. However, Fabiano suffered an undisclosed injury and was forced out of the tournament. Mike Corey filled in as Fabiano's replacement.
^ 2: Genair da Silva was expected to appear in the featherweight tournament. However, after weigh-in issues arose at Bellator 60, da Silva was forced out of the tournament. Kenny Foster, who was slated to fight on the event's undercard, replaced da Silva.

Lightweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Thiago Michel

DEC

Rene Nazare

3

Thiago Michel

DEC

Brent Weedman

3

J.J. Ambrose

SUB

Brent Weedman

2

Brent Weedman

DEC

Rick Hawn

3

Rick Hawn

KO

Ricardo Tirloni

1

Rick Hawn

KO

Lloyd Woodard

2

Patricky Freire

SUB

Lloyd Woodard

2

Welterweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Ben Saunders

DEC

Raul Amaya

3

Ben Saunders

DEC

Bryan Baker

3

Carlos Alexandre Pereira

DEC

Bryan Baker

3

Bryan Baker

SUB

Karl Amoussou

1

David Rickels

KO

Jordan Smith^2[›]

1

David Rickels

DEC

Karl Amoussou

3

Chris Lozano^1[›]

SUB

Karl Amoussou

1

^ 1: War Machine was set to appear in the welterweight tournament. However, War Machine was sentenced to a year in prison and was forced out of the tournament. He was replaced by Chris Lozano.
^ 2: Brian Foster was set to appear in the welterweight tournament. However, Foster was not medically cleared to fight. He was replaced by Jordan Smith.

Middleweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Brian Rogers

KO

Vitor Vianna

1

Brian Rogers

KO

Andreas Spang^1[›]

2

Giva Santana

DEC

Bruno Santos

3

Andreas Spang

DEC

Maiquel Falcão

3

Vyacheslav Vasilevsky

DEC

Victor O'Donnell

3

Vyacheslav Vasilevsky

DEC

Maiquel Falcão

3

Norman Paraisy

DEC

Maiquel Falcão

3

^ 1: Bruno Santos was set to face Brian Rogers in the semifinal round of the middleweight tournament. However, Santos had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Andreas Spang.

References

1. "Schedule – Bellator Fighting Championships". Bellator.com. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
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