Bellator MMA | |
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Genre | Sports |
Created by | Bjorn Rebney |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 120 minutes |
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Original network | Spike TV |
Original release | January 17 – April 4, 2013 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Seven |
Followed by | Bellator MMA: 2013 Summer Series |
Bellator MMA: Season Eight was the eighth installment of the Bellator MMA, which began on January 17, 2013 and ended on April 4, 2013. [1]
Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in five weight classes and all of the champions, except the heavyweight champion, placed their titles on the line during this season. [2]
This season marked the beginning of Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) airing on Spike TV. [3]
Bellator 85 | |
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Date | January 17, 2013 |
Venue | Bren Events Center |
City | Irvine, California |
Attendance | 3,002 |
Bellator 85 took place on January 17, 2013 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. [1] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV. It marked the season debut of season eight.
Background
Bellator 85 was to open with a fight chosen exclusively by fans in the "Bellator: Vote For The Fight" contest. Fans could log onto Spike.com to select the two fighters they want to see square off in the first ever Bellator bout on Spike TV. The eligible fighters were all welterweights and included Paul Daley, Douglas Lima, Ben Saunders and War Machine. [4] Initially a bout between Daley and War Machine was announced by Bellator, but it was subsequently cancelled when War Machine tore his ACL and broke his fibula. [5]
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Michael Chandler (c) | def. | Rick Hawn | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 3:07 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Light Heavyweight | Mikhail Zayats | def. | Renato Sobral | KO (spinning back fist and punches) | 1 | 4:49 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Light Heavyweight | Jacob Noe | def. | Seth Petruzelli | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:51 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Featherweight | Pat Curran (c) | def. | Patricio Freire | Decision (split) (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Light Heavyweight | Emanuel Newton | def. | Atanas Djambazov | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:21 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Light Heavyweight | Jason Lambert | def. | Hector Ramirez | Submission (straight armbar) | 1 | 3:59 | |
Catchweight (165 lb) | J.J. Ambrose | def. | Brian Warren | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 0:50 | |
Lightweight | Savant Young | def. | Mike Guymon | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:48 | |
Welterweight | Joe Williams | def. | Jamie Yager | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:02 | |
Featherweight | Aaron Miller | def. | Joe Camacho | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Cleber Luciano | def. | Mario Navarro | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bellator 86 | |
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Information | |
Date | January 24, 2013 |
Venue | WinStar World Casino |
City | Thackerville, Oklahoma |
Attendance | 1,288 |
Bellator 86 took place on January 24, 2013 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. [1] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 86 featured the opening round of the Season Eight Welterweight Tournament. [1]
The card also featured the Bellator debut of Muhammed Lawal, against veteran Polish fighter Przemyslaw "Misiek" Mysiala. [1]
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Ben Askren (c) | def. | Karl Amoussou | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Light Heavyweight | Muhammed Lawal | def. | Przemyslaw Mysiala | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:52 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Welterweight | Douglas Lima | def. | Michail Tsarev | TKO (leg kicks) | 2 | 1:44 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Welterweight | Ben Saunders | def. | Koffi Adzitso | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Welterweight | Brent Weedman | def. | Marius Zaromskis | Decision (unanimous) (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4] |
Welterweight | Raul Amaya | def. | José Gomes | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:12 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Catchweight (140 lb) | Jason Sampson | def. | Chris Pham | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 4:55 | |
Lightweight | Damon Jackson | def. | Zach Church | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:43 | |
Middleweight | Cortez Coleman | def. | Matt Jones | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Unaired | |||||||
Featherweight | Hunter Tucker | def. | Javier Obregon | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 3:17 | |
Bellator 87 | |
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Date | January 31, 2013 |
Venue | Soaring Eagle Casino |
City | Mount Pleasant, Michigan |
Attendance | 850 |
Bellator 87 took place on January 31, 2013 at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 87 featured fights the quarterfinals of the Season Eight Lightweight Tournament.
Patricky Freire was originally supposed to face Guillaume DeLorenzi in the main event. However, on the day of the weigh ins Freire was pulled from the card due to an "undisclosed injury" and replaced by Saad Awad. [6]
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | David Rickels | def. | Lloyd Woodard | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Lightweight | Will Brooks | def. | Ricardo Tirloni | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Lightweight | Saad Awad | def. | Guillaume DeLorenzi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:31 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Lightweight | Alexander Sarnavskiy | def. | Thiago Michel | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:43 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Lightweight | Jason Fischer | def. | Sevak Magakian | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:37 | |
Heavyweight | Karl Etherington | def. | Jason Fish | Verbal submission (strikes) | 1 | 3:45 | |
Catchweight (165 lb) | Amir Khillah | def. | John Schulz | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:34 | |
Lightweight | J.P. Reese | def. | David Shepherd | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Sam Quito | def. | Ben Lagman | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 3:54 | |
Catchweight (139 lb) | Tony Zelinski | def. | Nick Kirk | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bellator 88 | |
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Date | February 7, 2013 |
Venue | Arena at Gwinnett Center |
City | Duluth, Georgia |
Attendance | 4,267 |
Bellator 88 took place on February 7, 2013 at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia. [7] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 88 featured the opening round of the Season Eight Featherweight Tournament as well as a title fight for the vacant Middleweight title. [7]
A middleweight bout between Kelvin Tiller and Dave Vitkay was originally announced for this card, but failed to materialize.
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Alexander Shlemenko | def. | Maiquel Falcão | KO (punches) | 2 | 2:18 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Featherweight | Marlon Sandro | def. | Akop Stepanyan | Decision (majority) (28-28, 29-27, 29-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Featherweight | Mike Richman | def. | Mitch Jackson | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:57 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Featherweight | Alexandre Bezerra | def. | Genair da Silva | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:40 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Featherweight | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | def. | Fabricio Guerreiro | Submission (arm triangle choke) | 2 | 1:15 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Catchweight (159 lb) | Joe Elmore | def. | Jerrid Burke | KO (punch) | 2 | 4:11 | |
Catchweight (152 lb) | Ronnie Rogers | def. | Shane Crenshaw | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (159 lb) | Clay Harvison | def. | Ururahy Rodrigues | TKO (knee) | 3 | 3:34 | |
Featherweight | George Hickman | def. | Stephen Upchurch | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:19 |
Bellator 89 | |
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Date | February 14, 2013 |
Venue | Bojangles' Coliseum |
City | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Bellator 89 took place on February 14, 2013 at The Bojangles' Coliseum, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV. [8]
Background
Bellator 89 featured the opening round of the Middleweight tournament.
The event also featured the first defense for Eduardo Dantas of the Bantamweight Title since he won it from Zach Makovsky in May 2012. It marked the first time two training partners and friends have fought for a title in the Bellator promotion. [9]
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Eduardo Dantas (c) | def. | Marcos Galvão | KO (punches) | 2 | 3:01 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Middleweight | Dan Cramer | def. | Brian Rogers | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Middleweight | Brett Cooper | def. | Norman Paraisy | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Middleweight | Doug Marshall | def. | Andreas Spang | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:03 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Heavyweight | David Mejia | def. | Mont McCullens | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:15 | |
Middleweight | Aaron Johnson | def. | Brennan Ward | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:15 | |
Middleweight | Sultan Aliev | def. | Mikkel Parlo | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Middleweight | Joe Pacheco | def. | Kyle Bolt | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 4:02 | |
Welterweight | Johnny Buck | def. | Chris Mierzwiak | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Mike Maldonado | def. | Tim Goodwin | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bellator 90 | |
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Date | February 21, 2013 |
Venue | Maverik Center |
City | West Valley City, Utah |
Bellator XC took place on February 21, 2013 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV. [8]
Background
Bellator 90 featured the finals of the Bellator Season 7 Featherweight Tournament. [10]
The card also featured the Light Heavyweight and Welterweight tournament semifinals.
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Shahbulat Shamhalaev | def. | Rad Martinez | KO (punch) | 2 | 2:12 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Light Heavyweight | Emanuel Newton | def. | Muhammed Lawal | KO (spinning backfist) | 1 | 2:35 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Welterweight | Douglas Lima | def. | Bryan Baker | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:34 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Light Heavyweight | Mikhail Zayats | def. | Jacob Noe | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:38 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Welterweight | Ben Saunders | def. | Raul Amaya | KO (head kick) | 1 | 2:56 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Catchweight (137 lb) | Travis Marx | def. | Chase Beebe | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Jesse Juarez | def. | Jordan Smith | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Sean Powers | def. | Dave Allred | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 2:10 | |
Middleweight | Lionel Lanham | def. | Joe Rodriguez | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:49 | |
Featherweight | Shanon Slack | def. | Josh Tyler | Submission (Peruvian necktie) | 3 | 1:56 | |
Bellator 91 | |
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Date | February 28, 2013 |
Venue | Santa Ana Star Center |
City | Rio Rancho, New Mexico |
Bellator 91 took place on February 28, 2013 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. [11] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 91 featured the first title defense by Light Heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu, despite having won the belt in May 2011.
Alexander Sarnavskiy was originally scheduled to face David Rickels in the semifinals. However, Sarnavskiy fractured his hand during his first fight and had to withdraw from the tournament. He was replaced with Jason Fischer.
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Attila Vegh | def. | Christian M'Pumbu (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 49-46, 50-45) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Lightweight | Saad Awad | def. | Will Brooks | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:43 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Lightweight | David Rickels | def. | Jason Fischer | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Women's Bantamweight | Holly Holm | def. | Katie Merrill | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:02 | |
Lightweight | Blas Avena | def. | Lenny Lovato | TKO (punch) | 1 | 1:40 | |
Featherweight | Andres Quintana | def. | Russell Wilson | TKO (knees & punches) | 3 | 0:32 | |
Bantamweight | Ed West | def. | Josh Montoya | KO (head kick) | 2 | 2:51 | |
Bantamweight | Adrian Cruz | def. | Nick Gonzalez | Submission (scarf hold armlock) | 2 | 3:00 | |
Heavyweight | Josh Appelt | def. | Josh Lanier | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:16 | |
Catchweight (187 lb) | Brennan Ward | def. | Yair Moguel | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 0:57 | |
Bellator 92 | |
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Date | March 7, 2013 |
Venue | Pechanga Resort and Casino |
City | Temecula, California |
Bellator 92 took place on March 7, 2013 at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. [12] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
The card was originally scheduled to have the season 7 Lightweight tournament final between Dave Jansen and Marcin Held. However, Held was injured and the fight was delayed two weeks to Bellator 93. [13]
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | def. | Marlon Sandro | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:38 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Middleweight | Doug Marshall | def. | Sultan Aliev | Decision (split) (27-30, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Middleweight | Brett Cooper | def. | Dan Cramer | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:19 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Featherweight | Mike Richman | def. | Alexandre Bezerra | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Lightweight | Akop Stepanyan | def. | Chris Saunders | TKO (spinning back kick & punches) | 3 | 3:55 | |
Middleweight | Keith Berry | def. | Richard Rigmaden | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:31 | |
Heavyweight | Josh Appelt | def. | Manny Lara | Decision (unanimous) (30-24, 30-24, 30-24) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Featherweight | Aaron Miller | def. | Shad Smith | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Brandon Halsey | def. | Rocky Ramirez | Technical submission (arm-triangle choke) | 3 | 0:50 | |
Unaired | |||||||
Welterweight | Ricky Legere | def. | Sabah Homasi | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:52 | |
Featherweight | Nick Piedmont | def. | Cleber Luciano | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:55 | |
Bellator 93 | |
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Date | March 21, 2013 |
Venue | Androscoggin Bank Colisée |
City | Lewiston, Maine |
Bellator 93 took place on March 21, 2013 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. [14] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV and featured the Season Seven Lightweight Tournament Final. [15]
Background
Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima were scheduled to have a rematch on this card to decide the winner of the Bellator Season 8 Welterweight Tournament Final. However, Lima broke his hand and the match was delayed until later in the year. [16]
Heavyweights Brett Rogers and Eric Prindle were scheduled to face each other on this card. However, the week leading up to the show it was announced that Prindle had pulled out of the bout due to an injury.
Jon Lemke defeated Jesse Erickson to kick off the event for the night and marked Bellator's 800th Fight in the history of the company.
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Dave Jansen | def. | Marcin Held | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Heavyweight | Ryan Martinez | def. | Travis Wiuff | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:18 | |
Welterweight | Marcus Davis | vs | Waachiim Spiritwolf | NC (knee to the groin) | 1 | 3:05 | |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Middleweight | Dave Vitkay | def. | Jesse Peterson | Technical submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:18 | |
Welterweight | Michael Page | def. | Ryan Sanders | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:10 | |
Middleweight | Jason Butcher | def. | Jack Hermansson | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:24 | |
Light Heavyweight | Mike Mucitelli | def. | Brent Dillingham | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:48 | |
Middleweight | Joe Pacheco | def. | Pierre Pierry | Submission (keylock) | 1 | 1:54 | |
Featherweight | Vince Murdock | def. | John Raio | TKO (elbow & punches) | 3 | 4:01 | |
Lightweight | Jon Lemke | def. | Jesse Erickson | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:50 | |
Bellator 94 | |
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Date | March 28, 2013 |
Venue | USF Sun Dome |
City | Tampa, Florida |
Bellator 94 took place on March 28, 2013 at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. [17] The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV and featured the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight Tournament Finals.
Background
Tony Fryklund made his return to mixed martial arts on this card after a 6-year absence. His last fight was a losing effort against Cung Le at a Strikeforce event in June 2007.
A bout between middleweights Ivan Devalle and Rory Shallcross was originally announced for this card, but failed to materialize.
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Emanuel Newton | def. | Mikhail Zayats | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Lightweight | David Rickels | def. | Saad Awad | TKO (punches) | 2 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Middleweight | Luis Melo | def. | Trey Houston | Submission (arm triangle choke) | 3 | 1:09 | |
Bantamweight | Rodrigo Lima | def. | Ronnie Mann | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Welterweight | Julien Williams | def. | Kenny Moss | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:19 | |
Heavyweight | Augusto Sakai | def. | Rob Horton | KO (knee) | 2 | 4:01 | |
Women's Strawweight | Jessica Aguilar | def. | Patricia Vidonic | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Joe Taimanglo | def. | Ronnie Rogers | Submission (north/south choke) | 2 | 0:33 | |
Lightweight | James Edson Berto | def. | Bruno Carvalho | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 1:27 | |
Catchweight (157 lb) | Patrick Cenoble | vs. | Tony Fryklund | Draw (29-27, 27-29, 28-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Women's Strawweight | Felice Herrig | def. | Heather Jo Clark | Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bellator 95 | |
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Date | April 4, 2013 |
Venue | Revel Casino |
City | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Bellator 95 took place on April 4, 2013 at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
The event was initially scheduled to feature a championship match for the Featherweight Title between Pat Curran and Daniel Mason-Straus. [18] However, on February 26, it was announced that Straus had broken his hand and had to pull out of the fight. [19] On February 27, it was announced that recent tournament winner Shahbulat Shamhalaev would advance with his title shot and he faced Curran on this card. [20]
The card was to feature the #1-ranked 125-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings Jessica Eye vs. Munah Holland in a Women's Flyweight bout, but Eye had to withdraw due to a back injury. [21]
Results
Main Card (Spike TV) | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Pat Curran (c) | def. | Shahbulat Shamhalaev | Technical submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:38 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Featherweight | Frodo Khasbulaev | def. | Mike Richman | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Middleweight | Doug Marshall | def. | Brett Cooper | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:39 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Welterweight | Rick Hawn | def. | Karo Parisyan | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:55 | |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Welterweight | Lyman Good | def. | Dante Rivera | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (173 lb) | Sam Oropeza | def. | Shedrick Goodridge | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 4:22 | |
Catchweight (188 lb) | Tom DeBlass | def. | Carlos Brooks | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Phillipe Nover | def. | Darrell Horcher | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (140 lb) | Jimmie Rivera | def. | Brian Kelleher | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Will Martinez | def. | Michael Hess | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:15 | |
Featherweight | Kevin Roddy | def. | Brylan Van Artsdalen | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 1:04 | |
Light Heavyweight | Liam McGeary | def. | Anton Talamantes | TKO (elbows and punches) | 1 | 1:18 | |
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Bellator MMA is an American mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California owned and operated as a subsidiary of ViacomCBS. It is one of the largest combat sport promotions in the world and the second largest in the United States. The promotion takes its name from bellātor, the Latin word for "warrior".
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season One was the first installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships -produced series. It started broadcasting April 3, 2009, through an exclusive television agreement with ESPN Deportes. The episodes had a one-day tape delay.
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Two was the second installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships -produced series. It started on April 8, 2010 and ended June 24, 2010. Tournaments were held in the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight and middleweight divisions. The winner of each tournament will get a shot at the current Bellator Champion in his respective weight class. Three of the four current Bellator Champions also fought during this season in "Super Fights". These non-tournament, non-title catch-weight fights were to help prepare the champions in defending their titles against the winners of this season's tournament winners sometime in the third season.
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, 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 Fighting Championships: Season Four was the fourth installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in multiple weight classes, including three of the original tournament classes: Welterweight, Lightweight and Featherweight. There was also an inaugural Light Heavyweight Tournament taking place during this season, which crowned the first Light Heavyweight Champion in Bellator. This was the first season to air on MTV2.
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five was the fifth and latest installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, and began on September 10, 2011. Mixed martial arts tournaments will were held in multiple weight classes, including the bantamweight, welterweight, middleweight, and heavyweight divisions.
Bellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer Series was the first installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships Summer Series which started in June 2011. A Mixed martial arts tournament was held in the Featherweight weight class.
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Six was the sixth installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which began on March 9, 2012. The sixth season of Bellator was originally scheduled to begin on March 2, 2012. However, the debut was pushed back a week so it began with the show on March 9, 2012.
Bellator Fighting Championships: 2012 Summer Series was the second installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships Summer Series which started on June 22, 2012. A mixed martial arts tournament was held in the Light Heavyweight weight class.
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Seven was the seventh installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which began on September 28, 2012.
Bellator MMA: 2013 Summer Series was the third installment of the Bellator MMA Summer Series and started in June 2013. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in the heavyweight, light heavyweight and bantamweight weight classes. Instead of the traditional eight-fighter tournaments Bellator has done throughout its run, it put on four-man tournaments.
Bellator MMA: Season Nine was the ninth installment of Bellator MMA, which began on September 7, 2013.
Bellator MMA: Season Ten was the tenth season for Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion. It began on February 28, 2014 and aired on Spike TV.
Bellator MMA: 2014 Summer Series was summer series season of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion, and began on June 6, 2014.
Bellator MMA: Season Eleven is the eleventh and final season for Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion, which began on September 5, 2014.
2015 was the seventh year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Bellator held 16 events in 2015.
2016 was the eighth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promoter based in the United States. Bellator held 23 events in 2016.
2017 was the tenth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Bellator held 26 events in 2017.
2018 was the tenth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Bellator held 23 events in 2015.
2019 is the eleventh year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Bellator held 27 events in 2019.