Bellator MMA: Season Nine

Bellator XCIX
Bellator XCIX
Information
Date	September 13, 2013
Venue	Pechanga Resort & Casino
City	Temecula, California

Bellator XCVIII
Bellator XCVIII
Information
Date	September 7, 2013
Venue	Mohegan Sun Arena
City	Uncasville, Connecticut

*Bellator MMA: Season Nine*
Bellator MMA: Season Nine
Genre	Sports
Created by	Bjorn Rebney
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	120 minutes
Original release
Network	Spike TV
Release	September 7 –; November 22, 2013

Bellator MMA: Season Nine is the ninth installment of Bellator MMA, which began on September 7, 2013.^[1]

Mixed martial arts tournament weight classes that are expected to be apart of this season are the Welterweight, Featherweight, Middleweight and Lightweight divisions.^[2] This season airs on Spike TV.

Events

Bellator XCVIII

Bellator XCVIII took place on September 7, 2013 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.^[3] The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV. It marked the season debut of season nine.

Background

Bellator 98 was suppose to feature a Bellator Middleweight Championship bout between Alexander Shlemenko and Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Winner Doug Marshall. However, on August 19 Marshall was forced out of the title bout due to an injury and was replaced by Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Runner Up Brett Cooper.^[4]

The Fight Master: Bellator MMA finale between Joe Riggs and Mike Bronzoulis was expected to take place at this event. However, on September 3, it was revealed Riggs has sustained a significant eye injury and the bout was postponed indefinitely.^[5]

Dan Cramer was originally scheduled to face Perry Filkins in the Middleweight tournament opening round, but withdrew from the match and was replaced by Jeremy Kimball.

Joe Warren was scheduled to face Nick Kirk on this card. However, on the Friday before the event, Warren was removed for undisclosed medical reasons.

Andreas Spang was originally scheduled to face Justin Torrey in the Middleweight tournament opening round, but was declared unfit to fight by the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation. He was replaced by Brennan Ward, who originally was suppose to face Dave Vitkay on the preliminary card.^[6]

Andrew Calandrelli was originally scheduled to face Ryan Quinn, but was removed from the card and replaced by Brylan Van Artsdalen.

The card featured all the Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Alexander Shlemenko (c)	def.	Brett Cooper	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	^[a]
Middleweight	Mikkel Parlo	def.	Brian Rogers	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	^[b]
Middleweight	Jason Butcher	def.	Giva Santana	TKO (punches)	2	1:12	^[b]
Middleweight	Brennan Ward	def.	Justin Torrey	TKO (punches)	2	3:28	^[b]
Middleweight	Perry Filkins	def.	Jeremy Kimball	Submission (rear naked choke)	3	4:18	^[b]
Lightweight	Derek Anderson	def.	Patricky Freire	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Light Heavyweight	Mike Mucitelli	vs.	Jeff Nader	No Contest	1	1:30	^[c]
Heavyweight	Josh Diekmann	def.	Parker Porter	TKO (strikes)	1	1:12
Lightweight	Ryan Quinn	def.	Brylan Van Artsdalen	Submission (arm triangle)	1	2:34
Featherweight	Matt Bessette	def.	Nick Piedmont	TKO (punches)	1	1:41
Featherweight	Rico DiSciullo	def.	Glenn Allair	KO (strikes)	1	1:21

^ For Middleweight Championship
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal
^ Mucitelli inadvertently poked Nader in the eye in round one.

Bellator XCIX

Bellator XCIX is expected to take place on September 13, 2013 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.^[7] The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 99 will feature the Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts

Vladimir Matyushenko was originally scheduled to face for Bellator Light Heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu. However, on August 18, it was announced that M'Pumbu had a hand injury and would be replaced by Houston Alexander.^[8]

Shahbulat Shamhalaev was originally scheduled to face Akop Stepanyan on this card. However, on September 9, it was revealed Shamhalaev was forced to pull out of the tournament due to his ailing father. He will be replaced by Justin Wilcox.^[9]

Fight Card

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Patricio Freire	vs.	Diego Nunes				^[a]
Light Heavyweight	Vladimir Matyushenko	vs.	Houston Alexander
Featherweight	Justin Wilcox	vs.	Akop Stepanyan				^[a]
Featherweight	Desmond Green	vs.	Fabricio Guerreiro				^[a]
Featherweight	Andrew Fisher	vs.	Joe Taimanglo				^[a]
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Light Heavyweight	Savo Kosic	vs.	Hector Ramirez
Bantamweight	Derek Loffer	vs.	Mario Navarro
Welterweight	Andy Murad	vs.	Gavin Sterritt
Featherweight	Goiti Yamauchi	vs.	Musa Toliver
Heavyweight	Blagoi Ivanov	vs.	Manny Lara
Light Heavyweight	Virgil Zwicker	vs.	Nick Moghaddam

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal

Bellator C

Bellator C
Information
Date	September 20, 2013
Venue	Grand Canyon University Arena
City	Phoenix, Arizona

Bellator C is expected to take place on September 20, 2013 at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.^[10] The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 100 will feature the Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts

Matthew Riddle was originally scheduled to face Luis Melo Jr. on this card, but pulled out due to a cracked rib.^[11] A replacement has yet to be announced.

Fight Card

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Ben Saunders	vs.	Douglas Lima				^[a]
Welterweight	War Machine	vs.	Vaughn Anderson				^[b]
Welterweight	Luis Melo Jr.	vs.	TBA				^[b]
Welterweight	Brent Weedman	vs.	Justin Baesman				^[b]
Welterweight	Mark Scanlon	vs.	Herman Terrado				^[b]
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	Bubba Jenkins	vs.	Larue Burley
Heavyweight	Siala-Mou Siliga	vs.	Dan Charles
Lightweight	Efrain Escudero	vs.	Zack Surdyka

^ Season 8 Welterweight Tournament Final
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal

Bellator CI

Bellator CI
Information
Date	September 27, 2013
Venue	Rose Garden
City	Portland, Oregon

Bellator CI is expected to take place on September 27, 2013 at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon.^[12] The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 101 will feature the Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts

Rob Sinclair was scheduled to face Rich Clementi in a Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal fight, but on Sept. 9, 2013 had to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Ricardo Tirloni. Marcin Held was orignially scheduled to face Tirloni on the preliminary card, and Ryan Healy took the fight as a replacement.

Fight Card

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Cheick Kongo	vs.	Mark Godbeer
Lightweight	Marcus Davis	vs.	Alexander Sarnavskiy				^[a]
Lightweight	John Alessio	vs.	Will Brooks				^[a]
Lightweight	Saad Awad	vs.	Martin Stapleton				^[a]
Lightweight	Rich Clementi	vs.	Ricardo Tirloni				^[a]
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	Ryan Healy	vs.	Marcin Held
Middleweight	Tyson Jeffries	vs.	Joe Pacheco
Welterweight	Nathan Coy	vs.	Andy Uhrich
Middleweight	Peter Aspenwal	vs.	Jeremiah Riggs
Lightweight	Brent Primus	vs.	Scott Thometz
Lightweight	Breat Alvarez	vs.	Austin Springer

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal

Bellator CII

Bellator CII
Information
Date	October 4, 2013
Venue	Visalia Convention Center
City	Visalia, California

Bellator CII is expected to take place on October 4, 2013 at Visalia Convention Center in Visalia, California. The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 102 will feature the Middleweight Tournament Semifinals

Fight card

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Jason Butcher	vs.	Mikkel Parlo				^[a]
Middleweight	Perry Filkins	vs.	Brennan Ward				^[a]

^ ^a ^b Middleweight Tournament Semifinals

Bellator CIII

Bellator CIII
Information
Date	October 11, 2013
Venue	Kansas Star Arena
City	Mulvane, Kansas

Bellator CIII is expected to take place on October 11, 2013 at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 103 will feature the Featherweight Tournament Semifinal bouts

Featured in the fights will be David Rickels and ISKA World Kickboxing Champion Marcio Navarro and his protégé Jeimeson Saudino all fighting out of Wichita, Kansas.

Fight card

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	TBA	vs.	TBA				^[a]
Featherweight	TBA	vs.	TBA				^[a]
Lightweight	J.J. Ambrose	vs.	David Rickels
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Featherweight	Cody Carrillo	vs.	Ricky Musgrave
Bantamweight	Jeimeson Saudino	vs.	Jesse Thornton
Lightweight	Donnie Bell	vs.	Marcio Navarro
Heavyweight	Maurice Jackson	vs.	Matt Uhde
Welterweight	Remy Bussieres	vs.	Blake Pool
Welterweight	Wayman Carter	vs.	Carlos Eduardo Rocha

^ ^a ^b Featherweight Tournament Semifinals

Bellator CIV

Bellator CIV
Information
Date	October 18, 2013
Venue	U.S. Cellular Center
City	Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Bellator CIV is expected to take place on October 18, 2013 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 104 will feature the Welterweight Tournament Semifinal bouts

Fight card

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	TBA	vs.	TBA				^[a]
Welterweight	TBA	vs.	TBA				^[a]

^ ^a ^b Welterweight Tournament Semifinals

Bellator CV

Bellator CV
Information
Date	October 25, 2013
Venue	Santa Ana Star Center
City	Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Bellator CV is expected to take place on October 25, 2013 at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 105 will feature the Lightweight Tournament Semifinal bouts

Fight card

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	TBA	vs.	TBA				^[a]
Lightweight	TBA	vs.	TBA				^[a]

^ ^a ^b Lightweight Tournament Semifinals

Bellator CVI

Bellator CVI
Information
Date	November 2, 2013
Venue	Convention and Entertainment Center
City	Long Beach, California

Bellator CVI is expected to take place on November 2, 2013 at Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California. The event is set to air live on Pay-Per View.

Background

Bellator 106 will be Bellator's first ever Pay-Per View event and is expected to be headlined by a Light Heavyweight bout between

perennial contenders Tito Ortiz and Quinton Jackson who will be making their promotional debuts.^[13]

The event will co-feature a Lightweight title rematch between the current champion Michael Chandler and former champion Eddie Alvarez. Chandler defeated Alvarez via fourth round submission in their original bout back at Bellator 58.^[14]

Fight Card

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Tito Ortiz	vs.	Quinton Jackson
Lightweight	Michael Chandler (c)	vs.	Eddie Alvarez				^[a]
Featherweight	Pat Curran (c)	vs.	Daniel Straus				^[b]
Light Heavyweight	Muhammed Lawal	vs.	Emanuel Newton				^[c]

^ For Lightweight Championship
^ For Featherweight Championship
^ For Interim Light Heavyweight Championship

Bellator CVII

Bellator CVII
Information
Date	November 8, 2013
Venue	WinStar World Casino
City	Thackerville, Oklahoma

Bellator CVII is expected to take place on November 8, 2013 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 107 will feature the Middleweight Tournament Final

This event is rumoured to feature the Bellator Heavyweight Championship bout

Fight card

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	TBA	vs.	TBA				^[a]

^ Middleweight Tournament Final

Bellator CVIII

Bellator CVIII
Information
Date	November 15, 2013
Venue	Revel Casino
City	Atlantic City, New Jersey

Bellator CVIII is expected to take place on November 15, 2013 at Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey^[15] The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 108 will feature the Welterweight and Featherweight Tournament Finals

On July 23, 2013, it was announced that Pellegrino would return from retirement to fight at this event.

Fight card

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	TBA	vs.	TBA				^[a]
Featherweight	TBA	vs.	TBA				^[b]
Lightweight	Kurt Pellegrino	vs.	Saul Almeida
Middleweight	Tom DeBlass	vs.	TBA

^ Welterweight Tournament Final
^ Featherweight Tournament Final

Bellator CIX

Bellator CIX
Information
Date	November 22, 2013
Venue	Sands Casino Event Center
City	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bellator CIX is expected to take place on November 22, 2013 at Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 109 will feature the Lightweight Tournament Final

Fight card