Bellator Fighting Championships: 2012 Summer Series

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	June 22 – August 24, 2012
Chronology
Preceded by	Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Six
Followed by	Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Seven

Bellator Fighting Championships: 2012 Summer Series was the second installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships Summer Series which started on June 22, 2012.^[1] A mixed martial arts tournament was held in the Light Heavyweight weight class.^[2]

Events

Bellator 71

Bellator 71
Information
Promotion	Bellator Fighting Championships
Date	June 22, 2012
Venue	Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort
City	Chester, West Virginia
Event chronology
Bellator 70 Bellator 71 Bellator 72

Bellator 71 was an mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on June 22, 2012 at the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in Chester, West Virginia.^[3] The card was part of Bellator's annual Summer Series and featured the opening round fights in the Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament.^[2] The event was distributed live in prime time by EPIX and online at SpikeTV.com.

Background

A preliminary bout between E.J. Brooks and Joey Holt was originally announced by the promotion. However, the bout failed to materialize.^[3]

Richard Hale was supposed to face Beau Tribolet in the Tournament Quarterfinal, but was not cleared to compete so Tim Carpenter (who originally was supposed to face John Hawk) stepped in as a last minute replacement.

Results

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Main	Light Heavyweight	Travis Wiuff	def.	Chris Davis	1	4:12	TKO (Strikes)	Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal[3]
Main	Light Heavyweight	Attila Vegh	def.	Zelg Galesic	1	1:00	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal[3]
Main	Light Heavyweight	Tim Carpenter	def.	Beau Tribolet	2	4:51	Submission (Armbar)	Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal[3]
Main	Light Heavyweight	Emanuel Newton	def.	Roy Boughton	2	0:49	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal[3]
Main	Heavyweight	Brett Rogers	def.	Kevin Asplund	2	5:00	TKO (Doctor's Stoppage)	[3]
Preliminary	Light Heavyweight	Josh Stansbury	def.	Dan Spohn	1	2:30	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	[3]
Preliminary	Middleweight	Jason Butcher	def.	Duane Bastress	1	1:03	Submission (Triangle Choke)	[3]
Preliminary	Featherweight	Neil Johnson	def.	Brylan Van Artsdalen	2	4:29	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	[3]
Preliminary	Catchweight (190 lbs.)	Kevin Zalac	def.	Chris Goldbaugh	3	5:00	Decision (Unanimous)	[3]

Bellator 72

Bellator 72
Information
Promotion	Bellator Fighting Championships
Date	July 20, 2012
Venue	USF Sun Dome
City	Tampa, Florida
Event chronology
Bellator 71 Bellator 72 Bellator 73

Bellator 72 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on July 20, 2012 at USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida.^[4] The card was part of Bellator's annual Summer Series and featured the semifinal round fights in the Summer Series Tournament.^[2] The event was distributed live in prime time by EPIX and MTV2.

Background

Paul Daley made his promotional debut at this event against Rudy Bears in a welterweight fight.

Marius Žaromskis and Waachiim Spiritwolf competed in a rematch - their third fight together - following a controversial doctor stoppage in their previous Bellator fight in May 2012.

A heavyweight bout between Chris Barnett and Tom Sauer was initially announced by the promotion for this card.^[5] However, the bout failed to materialize.

Results

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Main	Welterweight	Karl Amoussou	def.	Bryan Baker	1	0:56	Submission (inverted heel hook)	Welterweight tournament final[4]
Main	Welterweight	Paul Daley	def.	Rudy Bears	1	2:45	TKO (Punches)
Main	Light Heavyweight	Travis Wiuff	def.	Tim Carpenter	3	5:00	Decision (Unanimous)	Light Heavyweight tournament semifinal[4]
Main	Light Heavyweight	Attila Vegh	def.	Emanuel Newton	3	5:00	Decision (Split)	Light Heavyweight tournament semifinal[4]
Main	Welterweight	Marius Žaromskis	def.	Waachiim Spiritwolf	3	5:00	Decision (Split)	[4]
Preliminary	Featherweight	Paul Barrow	def.	Jason Carapelluci	3	0:46	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Preliminary	Welterweight	Ben Saunders	def.	Brian Warren	1	0:22	TKO (knees)	Aired on the main broadcast after the Daley/Bears fight
Preliminary	Welterweight	Raul Amaya	def.	Kenny Moss	2	0:30	Verbal Submission (Shoulder Injury)
Preliminary	Featherweight	Matt McCook	def.	Shanon Slack	3	5:00	Decision (split)
Preliminary	Welterweight	Julien Williams	def.	Ryan DeRoche	2	1:32	Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)

Bellator 73

Bellator 73
Information
Promotion	Bellator Fighting Championships
Date	August 24, 2012
Venue	Harrah's Tunica Hotel and Casino
City	Tunica, Mississippi
Event chronology
Bellator 72 Bellator 73

Bellator 73 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on August 24, 2012 at Harrah's Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica, Mississippi.^[6] The card was part of Bellator's annual Summer Series and featured the final round fights in the Summer Series Tournament.^[2] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

This fight card was to feature Pat Curran making the first defense of his Featherweight title against Bellator season 4 Featherweight tournament winner Patricio Freire. However, on August 14, 2012, it was announced that Curran had suffered an injury and the bout was to be rescheduled for a later date.^[7]

The card featured the finals of the season 6 Bantamweight tournament and 2012 Summer Series Light Heavyweight tournament.

Marcus "Lelo" Aurelio was originally supposed to make his promotional debut on this card, but was removed due to an injury. His original opponent, Amaechi Oselukwue, instead met replacement Kelvin Tiller.^[8] Additionally, a heavyweight bout between Maurice Jackson and Chris Miller was announced, but failed to materialize.

Results

Card	Weight Class				Round	Time	Method	Notes
Main	Light Heavyweight	Attila Vegh	def.	Travis Wiuff	1	0:25	KO (punches)	Light Heavyweight tournament final
Main	Bantamweight	Marcos Galvao	def.	Luis Nogueira	2	4:20	TKO (elbows)	Bantamweight tournament final[6]
Main	Light Heavyweight	Mike Mucitelli	def.	Matt Van Buren	1	3:01	Submission (triangle choke)
Main	Heavyweight	Mike Wessel	def.	Ryan Martinez	3	5:00	Decision (split)
Preliminary	Lightweight	Zach Underwood	def.	Chris Coggins	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)
Preliminary	Featherweight	Brian Hall	def.	Jay Black	1	N/A	TKO (punches)
Preliminary	Welterweight	Andy Uhrich	def.	Joe Williams	3	5:00	Decision (unanimous)
Preliminary	Catchweight (190 lbs.)	Kelvin Tiller	def.	Amaechi Oselukwue	2	4:21	TKO (punches)
Preliminary	Light Heavyweight	Jacob Noe	def.	Brian Albin	1	5:00	TKO (doctor stoppage)
Preliminary	Lightweight	Cosmo Alexandre	def.	Harry Johnson	2	0:39	TKO (knee to the body)

Light Heavyweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Travis Wiuff

TKO

Chris Davis

1

Travis Wiuff

DEC

Tim Carpenter

3

Tim Carpenter^1[›]

SUB

Beau Tribolet

2

Travis Wiuff

KO

Attila Vegh

1

Zelg Galesic

SUB

Attila Vegh

1

Attila Vegh

DEC

Emanuel Newton

3

Roy Boughton

SUB

Emanuel Newton

1

^ 1: Tim Carpenter replaced Richard Hale.

References

1. "Bellator 71". Bellator.com. 2012-04-23.
2. "Bellator Premiere's Summer Series at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort with Light Heavyweight Tourney June 22". Bellator.com. 2012-04-17.
3. "Bellator 71". Bellator.com. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
4. "Bellator 72". bellator.com. 2012-06-26.
5. "Bellator 72 Schedule for July 20, 2012". yahoo.com. 2012-07-20.
6. "Bellator 73". sherdog.com. 2012-05-28.
7. "With champ Curran injured, Bellator 73's 'Pitbull' awaits replacement, hopes for Warren". MMAjunkie.com. 2012-08-15.
8. "'Lelo' Aurelio scratches from Bellator 73, Oselukwue now meets Tiller". MMAjunkie.com. 2012-08-15.

External links

• Bellator