Bellator 62 will not feature Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos
What a mess the season five heavyweight tournament has turned out to be. It all started with eight heavyweights with Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos emerging as the finalists. With a shot at the heavyweight crown, the two fought at Bellator 59 on November 26th, effectively ruining the tournament.
The fight lasted less than 90 seconds and was ruled a no-contest following a groin kick that rendered Prindle unable to continue. Without a tournament winner challenge Cole Konrad a rematch was scheduled for last week’s Bellator 61 in hopes to tie up the loose end.
An illness to Prindle put the fight on hold a week but wow what a difference a week makes. Eric Prindle vs. Thiago Santos 2 is not going to happen!
At Thursday’s Bellator 62 weigh-ins Santos weighed 277.8 pounds, 12.8 pounds over the heavyweight limit. The bout was scratched and Prindle was declared the season-five heavyweight tournament winner. He will now move on to face Cole Konrad at a later date.
The world of Mixed Martial Arts never ceases to amaze and yet another fighter misses weight and misses out. Thankfully all the season-six lightweight-tournament fighters were on weight for their opening-round bouts. So like last week the Bellator 62 main card will feature all four of the tournament quarterfinal bouts.
The full Bellator 62 weigh-in results included:
MAIN CARD (MTV2)
155 lbs.: Patricky “Pitbull” Freire vs. Lloyd Woodard
155 lbs.: Rick Hawn vs. Ricardo Tirloni
155 lbs.: Thiago Michel vs. Rene Nazare
155 lbs.: J.J. Ambrose vs. Brent Weedman
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
Sonny Luque vs. Luis Vega
Steven Peterson vs. Chris Jones
Joseph Daily vs. Sean Spencer
Dave Jansen vs. Jacob Kirwan
Douglas Frey vs. Rad Martinez
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