Bellator Fighting Championships | |
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Genre | Sports |
Created by | Bjorn Rebney |
Country of origin | United States |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
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Original network | FOX Sports Net |
Original release | August 12 – October 28, 2010 |
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Preceded by | Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Two |
Followed by | Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four |
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Three was the third installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which started on August 12, 2010. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in multiple weight classes, including the bantamweight division, [1] heavyweight division and women's division at 115 pounds. Also some Bellator champions defended their titles against the Bellator season two tournament winners during the season.
Bellator 24 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | August 12, 2010 | |||
Venue | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino | |||
City | Hollywood, Florida, United States | |||
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Bellator 24 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. [2] The card began Bellator Season Three and featured the first round of the Bellator 115-pound women's tournament and an opening round fight in the Heavyweight tournament.
Background
Two bouts, Nico Parella vs. Efrain Ruiz and Frank Carrillo vs. Moyses Gabin, were scratched from the untelevised portion of this card. Parella pulled his groin and Gabin suffered a broken foot, which forced both off the card. [3]
Results
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Local Feature Fights
Bellator 25 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | August 19, 2010 | |||
Venue | Chicago Theatre | |||
City | Chicago, Illinois, United States | |||
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Bellator 25 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. This event took place on August 19, 2010 at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. [4] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates. In Japan, the event was distributed with a short delay by Cavea.
Background
A lightweight bout featuring Mark Miller and Josh Shockley was set to happen at this event. [5] But the week before the event, the bout was scratched when Miller suffered a rib injury in training. [6]
Results
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Bellator 26 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | August 26, 2010 | |||
Venue | Kansas City Power & Light District | |||
City | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | |||
Attendance | 4,000 [7] | |||
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Bellator 26 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Missouri. [8] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
Rory Markham was scheduled to fight Steve Carl, however Markham was not medically cleared. Tyler Stinson took his place. [9]
Results
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Bellator 27 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | September 2, 2010 | |||
Venue | Majestic Theatre | |||
City | San Antonio, Texas, United States | |||
Attendance | 600 [10] | |||
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Bellator 27 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. [11] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Results
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Local Feature Fights
Bellator 28 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | September 9, 2010 | |||
Venue | Mahalia Jackson Theater | |||
City | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | |||
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Bellator 28 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana. [12] The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates. This was the first Bellator card with no Tournament Bouts.
Background
Chas Skelly was expected to fight Georgi Karakhanyan in a fourth season featherweight tournament qualifier bout. However, Skelly injured himself during training and was forced to pull out of the bout. Skelly's replacement was to be UFC veteran, Alvin Robinson. [13] However, Robinson was also forced to pull out of the bout due to injury. Robinson was replaced by WEC veteran Anthony Leone. [14]
Toney Canales and J.C. Pennington were set to fight, but for unknown reasons, the fight was pulled at the last minute. [12]
The card took place in the same city and during the same night and time as the 2010 NFL season opener, a rematch of the NFC Championship game between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings, a decision in MMA to counter-program a marquee NFL event which may have had adverse effect on local ticket sales. [15]
Results
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Bellator 29 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | September 16, 2010 | |||
Venue | The Rave | |||
City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | |||
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Bellator 29 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [16] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
Bellator 29 was the first sanctioned MMA event in Wisconsin.
Chico Camus was set to compete against Jameel Massouh in a catchweight bout. However, Camus injured his sternum in a car accident and was forced to withdraw from the bout. [17] Kyle Dietz was set to be Camus' replacement; however, an illness forced Ulysses Gomez out of his bout in the bantamweight tournament and Bryan Goldsby, who was set to fight Nik Mamalis, stepped in for Gomez and returned to the tournament. Dietz was dropped from the card, and Mamalis stepped in to fight Massoush.
Justin Lemke was originally set to fight David Oliva, but Oliva was forced out of the bout due to weight issues. [18] Jason Guida stepped in for Oliva as his replacement. [19]
The Massouh/Mamalis bout was originally contracted as a 140 lb catchweight fight. Massouh initially weighed in two pounds over the limit, but successfully made weight two hours after the original weigh-in on a subsequent attempt. Jason Guida weighed in five pounds over the 210 lb catchweight limit in his bout against Justin Lemke. [20]
Results
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Bellator 30 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | September 23, 2010 | |||
Venue | Fourth Street Live! | |||
City | Louisville, Kentucky, United States | |||
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Bellator 30 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 23, 2010, at Fourth Street Live! in Louisville, Kentucky. [21] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background Bryan Goldsby replaced Ulysses Gomez in the bantamweight tournament after Gomez was forced to withdraw due to staph infection. [22]
Results
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Bellator 31 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | September 30, 2010 | |||
Venue | L'Auberge du Lac Resort | |||
City | Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States | |||
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Bellator 31 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at L'Auberge du Lac Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana. [23] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
A previously announced fight between Ricco Rodriguez and Dave Herman, [24] was scrapped from this card due to Rodriguez suffering a knee injury. [25] Michal Kita served as Rodriguez's replacement. [26]
Results
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Bellator 32 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | October 14, 2010 | |||
Venue | Kansas City Power & Light District | |||
City | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | |||
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Bellator 32 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Missouri. [27] The card featured the tournament finals fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
This was the fourth Bellator event to be held at the Kansas City Power & Light District, all in 2010. Bellator XVI, Bellator XXII and Bellator XXVI have also been held at this venue.
The event hosted bouts to crown the first Bellator Heavyweight and Bantamweight Champions.
Results
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Bellator 33 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | October 21, 2010 | |||
Venue | Liacouras Center | |||
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
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Bellator 33 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [28] The card featured a tournament final fight in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
The main event was supposed to feature Eddie Alvarez defending his lightweight title against season two's lightweight tournament winner, Pat Curran. Curran injured himself during training so Alvarez instead fought Roger Huerta in a non-title fight.
Wilson Reis vs. Deividas Taurosevičius was set to air as a part of the night's main card; however, the fight was not aired for unknown reasons.
Results
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Bellator 34 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | October 28, 2010 | |||
Venue | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino | |||
City | Hollywood, Florida, United States | |||
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Bellator 34 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. [29] The card featured the final round of the Bellator 115-pound women's tournament in Bellator's third season, [30] as well as Hector Lombard defending his middleweight title. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Results
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Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Cole Konrad | UD | |||||||||||||
Rogent Lloret | 3 | |||||||||||||
Cole Konrad | UD | |||||||||||||
Damian Grabowski | 3 | |||||||||||||
Damian Grabowski | UD | |||||||||||||
Scott Barrett | 3 | |||||||||||||
Cole Konrad | SUB | |||||||||||||
Neil Grove | 1 | |||||||||||||
Neil Grove | TKO | |||||||||||||
Eddie Sanchez | 1 | |||||||||||||
Neil Grove | TKO | |||||||||||||
Alexey Oleinik | 1 | |||||||||||||
Alexey Oleinik | SD | |||||||||||||
Mike Hayes | 3 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Zach Makovsky | UD | |||||||||||||
Nick Mamalis | 3 | |||||||||||||
Zach Makovsky | UD | |||||||||||||
Bryan Goldsby [1] | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ulysses Gomez | SD | |||||||||||||
Travis Reddinger | 3 | |||||||||||||
Zach Makovsky | UD | |||||||||||||
Ed West | 5 | |||||||||||||
Ed West | UD | |||||||||||||
Bryan Goldsby | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ed West | SD | |||||||||||||
Jose Vega | 3 | |||||||||||||
Jose Vega | UD | |||||||||||||
Danny Tims | 3 |
^ 1: Bryan Goldsby replaced Ulysses Gomez after Gomez was forced to withdraw due to staph infection. [31]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Zoila Gurgel | UD | |||||||||||||
Jessica Penne | 3 | |||||||||||||
Zoila Gurgel | SD | |||||||||||||
Jessica Aguilar | 3 | |||||||||||||
Jessica Aguilar | SUB | |||||||||||||
Lynn Alvarez | 1 | |||||||||||||
Zoila Gurgel | SD | |||||||||||||
Megumi Fujii | 5 | |||||||||||||
Megumi Fujii | SUB | |||||||||||||
Carla Esparza [1] | 2 | |||||||||||||
Megumi Fujii | SUB | |||||||||||||
Lisa Ward | 1 | |||||||||||||
Lisa Ward | UD | |||||||||||||
Aisling Daly | 3 |
^ 1: Carla Esparza replaced Angela Magana after Magana was forced to withdraw due to a foot injury. [32]
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