Some things just aren’t meant to be and last night’s Bellator 75 main event was proof of that. The third time was not the charm for Bellator and the Eric Prindle versus Thiago Santos heavyweight bout as their bizarre trilogy has hopefully come to an end.
A day after the current Bellator heavyweight champion Cole Konrad surprisingly announced his retirement from the sport; the promotion introduced the finalized field for their season 7 heavyweight tournament.
The semi-finals for Bellator’s Bantamweight tournament continued on Saturday night at Bellator 55 which took place outdoors at the Cocopah Resort and Casino in Yuma, Arizona featuring a killer card that included Bellator Light Heavyweight champion Christian M’Pumbu in a non-title bout against Travis Wiuff.
The first African born Mixed Martial Artist has been crown champion of a major MMA organization at tonight’s Bellator 45. Christian M’Pumbu from Kinshasa, Zaire defeated Richard Hale in the light heavyweight finals at Bellator 45 to become the promotions first ever 205 lbs. champion.
They say that all good things must come to an end and at Bellator 45 that exactly what will happen to the fourth and arguably best season this far for the young promotion. With four exciting tournaments taking place in the season, along with a title fight and several special attraction fights.
The successful fourth season for Bellator Fighting Championship is nearing its completion, having only three events left. The season four tournaments have also reached the end and the four final bouts will place out over the remaining events.
In an exciting season of fights that broke new ground on MTV 2, the tournaments are nearing the finales and fighters are already preparing for their shot at six figure glory. The first light heavyweight tournament has joined Bellator and helped bring new fighters into over 130 thousand homes weekly. Everything from explicit knockouts to inverted triangles has helped with Bellator’s success, and as we are coming to the finale just two exciting light heavyweights are left to meet one taking home the world championship belt and a hefty bonus check.
Coming into the Bellator light heavyweight tournament the name Christian M’Pumbu would have drawn a quick “WHO?” from many MMA fans. After his 3rd round TKO win over Chris Davis in the quarterfinal round, M’Pumbu moved onto the semifinals to face Tim Carpenter. Coming into the fight once again as the underdog, M’Pumba looked impressive and defeated Carpenter by TKO in the1st round TKO.
