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Late Replacement Capitalizes at Bellator 87

Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:28:42 +0000

The lightweight tournament got started tonight at Bellator 87 with four exciting bouts. Missing from those bouts was two time tournament fighter Patricky Freire who was replaced by preliminary fighter Saad Awad just days before fight night due to an injury sustained by Freire. In a surprising turn of events, the late replacement stole the show.

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Bellator 87 Give the Lightweight Tournament its Undivided Attention

Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:24:33 +0000

With no title fights on the card, Thursday’s Bellator 87 main card will showcase the opening round of the promotions lightweight tournament. Bellator’s first two events if season eight featured three title fights that forcing portions of the light heavyweight and featherweight opening round tournament bouts to be televised on the preliminary card. Not this card though, all four lightweight bouts will be featured on the Bellator 87 main card on Spike from inside the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

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Bellator 66 Quick Results

Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:08:51 +0000

The I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio was the host for tonight’s Bellator 66 and its jam-packed 10 bout fight card. In front of a packed house and airing on MTV2 and Spkie.com Bellator 66 saw four tournament bouts and was headlined by a lightweight rematch between Eddie Alvarez and Shinya Aoki.

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All Fighters make weight for Bellator 66

Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:44:05 +0000

All 20 fighters made weight today for Saturday’s Bellator 66 which takes place inside the I-X Center Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Thankfully the fighters made stepping onto the scale uneventful, but that didn’t mean their stare downs didn’t get a little interesting.

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Bellator 62 Highlights and Lightweight Tournament Bracket

Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:08:57 +0000

Despite losing the heavyweight tournament final bout between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos, Bellator 62 shined with a main card featuring all four quarterfinal lightweight tournament bouts. With the main event scratched, Bellator 62 was headlined by a barn burner of a fight between lightweight tournament returnees Lloyd Woodard and Patricky Friere that ended a night filled with great highlights.

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Bellator 62 Lightweight Tournament Live Results

Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:42:00 +0000

Bellator’s sixth season is underway and two tournaments have completed their quarterfinal rounds. Tonight’s Bellator 62 features the start of the lightweight tournament with a stack group of eight fighters.

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Bellator 62 will not feature Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos

Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:00:21 +0000

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.

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