Bellator 49
| Bellator XLIX | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | September 10, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Caesars Atlantic City | |||
| City |  Atlantic City, New Jersey | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Bellator XLIX was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on September 10, 2011 at Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[1] The card was the debut of the promotion's fifth season and distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Background
This event hosted the first round of an eight-man welterweight tournament to be held over the duration of Bellator's fifth season.[2]
Rick Hawn was expected to face Ben Saunders at this event but Hawn was forced out of the bout due to a knee injury.[3] Hawn was replaced by Bellator newcomer Chris Cisneros.[4]
The Ultimate Fighter 12 competitor, Andy Main, was set to fight Kenny Foster on the undercard of this event. However, after an undisclosed injury, Main was pulled from the bout.[5]
On September 6th, 2011, it was announced Bellator's Season 5 "Local Feature Fights" would be streamed live on Spike.com, starting with this event.[6]
The event drew an estimated 235,000 viewers on MTV2.[7]
Results
Main Card
- Welterweight Quarterfinal bout:
Chris Lozano vs. Brent Weedman
- Lozano defeated Weedman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Ben Saunders vs. Chris Cisneros
- Saunders defeated Cisneros via TKO (strikes) at 0:29 of round 3.
- Welterweight Quarterfinal bout:
Luis Santos vs. Dan Hornbuckle
- Santos defeated Hornbuckle via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Steve Carl vs. Douglas Lima
- Lima defeated Carl via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).
Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)
- Catchweight bout (147lbs): Alexandre Bezerra vs. Scott Heckman
- Bezerra defeated Heckman via TKO (strikes) at 1:38 in round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Giedrius Karavackas vs. LeVon Maynard
- Karavackas defeated Maynard via TKO (strikes) at 1:32 in round 3.
- Featherweight bout: Brylan Van Artsdalen vs. Joel Roberts
- Roberts defeated Van Artsdalen via technical submission (triangle choke) at 1:47 in round 2.
- Catchweight bout (150lbs): James Jones vs. Lester Caslow
- Caslow defeated Jones via TKO (injury) at 0:15 in round 2.
- Heavyweight bout: Azunna Anyanwu vs. J.A. Dudley
- Anyanwu defeated Dudley via TKO (strikes) at 4:16 in round 2.
References
- ^ "Bellator 49 hosts season-five welterweight tourney; eight-man bracket revealed". mmajunkie.com. 2011-07-08.
- ^ "Bellator 49 Official Fight Card". Bellator.com. 2011-08-12.
- ^ "Hawn Injures Knee, Withdraws from Bellator Tournament". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "With Rick Hawn out, Chris Cisneros enters Bellator's season-five tourney". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Former TUF Competitor Andy Main Out of Bellator 49 Due to Injury". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Bellator-to-Stream-Season-5-Prelims-Live-on-Spikecom-35355
- ^ http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/10058-bellator-49