2013 in Bellator MMA
2013 in Bellator MMA | |
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Genre | Sports |
Created by | Bjorn Rebney |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Spike TV |
Release | January 17 – April 4, 2013 |
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]
Events
Bellator 85
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 | [a] |
Light Heavyweight | Mikhail Zayats | def. | Renato Sobral | KO (spinning back fist and punches) | 1 | 4:49 | [b] |
Light Heavyweight | Jacob Noe | def. | Seth Petruzelli | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:51 | [b] |
Featherweight | Pat Curran (c) | def. | Patricio Freire | Split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) | 5 | 5:00 | [c] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Light Heavyweight | Emanuel Newton | def. | Atanas Djambazov | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:21 | [b] |
Light Heavyweight | Jason Lambert | def. | Hector Ramirez | Submission (straight armbar) | 1 | 3:59 | |
Catchweight (165 lbs.) | 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 | Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Cleber Luciano | def. | Mario Navarro | Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 |
- ^ For Lightweight Title
- ^ a b c Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
- ^ For Featherweight Title
Bellator 86
Bellator 86 | |
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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 | [a] |
Light Heavyweight | Muhammed Lawal | def. | Przemyslaw Mysiala | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:52 | [b] |
Welterweight | Douglas Lima | def. | Michail Tsarev | TKO (leg kicks) | 2 | 1:44 | [c] |
Welterweight | Ben Saunders | def. | Koffi Adzitso | Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Welterweight | Brent Weedman | def. | Marius Zaromskis | Unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [c][d] |
Welterweight | Raul Amaya | def. | José Gomes | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:12 | [c] |
Catchweight (140 lbs.) | 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 | Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Unaired | |||||||
Featherweight | Hunter Tucker | def. | Javier Obregon | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 3:17 |
Bellator 87
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 | Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Lightweight | Will Brooks | def. | Ricardo Tirloni | Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Lightweight | Saad Awad | def. | Guillaume DeLorenzi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:31 | [a] |
Lightweight | Alexander Sarnavskiy | def. | Thiago Michel | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:43 | [a] |
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 lbs.) | Amir Khillah | def. | John Schulz | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:34 | |
Lightweight | J.P. Reese | def. | David Shepherd | Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Sam Quito | def. | Ben Lagman | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 3:54 | |
Catchweight (139 lbs.) | Tony Zelinski | def. | Nick Kirk | Split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 |
Bellator 88
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 | [a] |
Featherweight | Marlon Sandro | def. | Akop Stepanyan | Majority decision (28-28, 29-27, 29-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Featherweight | Mike Richman | def. | Mitch Jackson | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:57 | [b] |
Featherweight | Alexandre Bezerra | def. | Genair da Silva | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:40 | [b] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Featherweight | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | def. | Fabricio Guerreiro | Submission (arm triangle choke) | 2 | 1:15 | [b] |
Catchweight (159 lbs.) | Joe Elmore | def. | Jerrid Burke | KO (punch) | 2 | 4:11 | |
Catchweight (152 lbs.) | Ronnie Rogers | def. | Shane Crenshaw | Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (159 lbs.) | 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
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 | [a] |
Middleweight | Dan Cramer | def. | Brian Rogers | Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Middleweight | Brett Cooper | def. | Norman Paraisy | Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Middleweight | Doug Marshall | def. | Andreas Spang | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:03 | [b] |
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 | Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Middleweight | Joe Pacheco | def. | Kyle Bolt | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 4:02 | |
Welterweight | Johnny Buck | def. | Chris Mierzwiak | Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Mike Maldonaldo | def. | Tim Goodwin | Unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 |
Bellator 90
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 | [a] |
Light Heavyweight | Emanuel Newton | def. | Muhammed Lawal | KO (spinning backfist) | 1 | 2:35 | [b] |
Welterweight | Douglas Lima | def. | Bryan Baker | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:34 | [c] |
Light Heavyweight | Mikhail Zayats | def. | Jacob Noe | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:38 | [b] |
Preliminary Card (Spike.com) | |||||||
Welterweight | Ben Saunders | def. | Raul Amaya | KO (head kick) | 1 | 2:56 | [c] |
Catchweight (137 lbs) | Travis Marx | def. | Chase Beebe | Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Jesse Juarez | def. | Jordan Smith | Split decision (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
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) | Unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 50-45) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
Lightweight | Saad Awad | def. | Will Brooks | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:43 | [b] |
Lightweight | David Rickels | def. | Jason Fischer | Unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
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 lbs) | Brennan Ward | def. | Yair Moguel | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 0:57 |
- ^ For Light Heavyweight Title
- ^ a b Lightweight Tournament Semi Final
Bellator 92
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 | [a] |
Middleweight | Doug Marshall | def. | Sultan Aliev | Split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Middleweight | Brett Cooper | def. | Dan Cramer | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:19 | [b] |
Featherweight | Mike Richman | def. | Alexandre Bezerra | Split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
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 | Unanimous decision (30-24, 30-24, 30-24) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Featherweight | Aaron Miller | def. | Shad Smith | Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Brandon Halsey | def. | Rocky Ramierz | 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
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 | Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
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. | Joe Raio | TKO (elbow & punches) | 3 | 4:01 | |
Lightweight | Jon Lemke | def. | Jesse Erickson | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:50 |
Bellator 94
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 | Unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Lightweight | David Rickels | def. | Saad Awad | TKO (punches) | 2 | 5:00 | [b] |
Middleweight | Luis Melo | def. | Trey Houston | Submission (arm triangle choke) | 3 | 1:09 | |
Bantamweight | Rodrigo Lima | def. | Ronnie Mann | Unanimous decision (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 | TKO (knee) | 2 | 4:01 | |
Women's Strawweight | Jessica Aguilar | def. | Patricia Vidonic | Split decision (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 lbs) | Patrick Cenoble | vs. | Tony Fryklund | Draw (29-27, 27-29, 28-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Women's Strawweight | Felice Herrig | def. | Heather Clark | Split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 |
- ^ Bellator Season 8 Light Heavyweight Tournament Final
- ^ Bellator Season 8 Lightweight Tournament Final
- ^ Cenoble was docked 1 pt. in round 2 for grabbing the fence.
Bellator 95
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 | [a] |
Featherweight | Frodo Khasbulaev | def. | Mike Richman | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Middleweight | Doug Marshall | def. | Brett Cooper | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:39 | [c] |
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 lbs) | Sam Oropeza | def. | Shedrick Goodridge | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 4:22 | |
Catchweight (188 lbs) | 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 lbs) | 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 |
Tournaments
Featherweight tournament bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Alexandre Bezerra | SUB | |||||||||||||
Genair da Silva | 1 | |||||||||||||
Alexandre Bezerra | DEC | |||||||||||||
Mike Richman | 3 | |||||||||||||
Mike Richman | TKO | |||||||||||||
Mitch Jackson | 1 | |||||||||||||
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | DEC | |||||||||||||
Mike Richman | 3 | |||||||||||||
Marlon Sandro | DEC | |||||||||||||
Akop Stepanyan | 3 | |||||||||||||
Marlon Sandro | TKO | |||||||||||||
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | 3 | |||||||||||||
Fabricio Guerreiro | SUB | |||||||||||||
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | 2 |
Lightweight tournament bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Saad Awad | TKO | |||||||||||||
Guillaume DeLorenzi | 1 | |||||||||||||
Saad Awad | TKO | |||||||||||||
Will Brooks | 1 | |||||||||||||
Will Brooks | DEC | |||||||||||||
Ricardo Tirloni | 3 | |||||||||||||
Saad Awad | TKO | |||||||||||||
David Rickels | 2 | |||||||||||||
Thiago Michel | SUB | |||||||||||||
Alexander Sarnavskiy | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jason Fischer[a] | DEC | |||||||||||||
David Rickels | 3 | |||||||||||||
Lloyd Woodard | DEC | |||||||||||||
David Rickels | 3 |
- ^ Replaces Alexander Sarnavskiy due to an injury
Welterweight tournament bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Marius Zaromskis | DEC | |||||||||||||
Brent Weedman | 3 | |||||||||||||
Bryan Baker [a] | TKO | |||||||||||||
Douglas Lima | 1 | |||||||||||||
Douglas Lima | TKO | |||||||||||||
Michail Tsarev | 2 | |||||||||||||
Douglas Lima | KO | |||||||||||||
Ben Saunders | 2 | |||||||||||||
José Gomes | TKO | |||||||||||||
Raul Amaya | 1 | |||||||||||||
Raul Amaya | KO | |||||||||||||
Ben Saunders | 1 | |||||||||||||
Koffi Adzitso | DEC | |||||||||||||
Ben Saunders | 3 |
- ^ Replaces Brent Weedman due to an injury
- Paul Daley was forced out of the Welterweight tournament on December 25, after being unable to obtain a visa to enter the United States.[22]
Middleweight tournament bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Brett Cooper | DEC | |||||||||||||
Norman Paraisy | 3 | |||||||||||||
Brett Cooper | TKO | |||||||||||||
Dan Cramer | 3 | |||||||||||||
Brian Rogers | DEC | |||||||||||||
Dan Cramer | 3 | |||||||||||||
Brett Cooper | KO | |||||||||||||
Doug Marshall | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sultan Aliev | DEC | |||||||||||||
Mikkel Parlo | 3 | |||||||||||||
Sultan Aliev | DEC | |||||||||||||
Doug Marshall | 3 | |||||||||||||
Andreas Spang | KO | |||||||||||||
Doug Marshall | 1 |
Light Heavyweight tournament bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Seth Petruzelli | TKO | |||||||||||||
Jacob Noe | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jacob Noe | SUB | |||||||||||||
Mikhail Zayats | 1 | |||||||||||||
Renato Sobral | TKO | |||||||||||||
Mikhail Zayats | 1 | |||||||||||||
Mikhail Zayats | DEC | |||||||||||||
Emanuel Newton | 3 | |||||||||||||
Muhammed Lawal | TKO | |||||||||||||
Przemyslaw Mysiala | 1 | |||||||||||||
Muhammed Lawal | KO | |||||||||||||
Emanuel Newton | 1 | |||||||||||||
Emanuel Newton | SUB | |||||||||||||
Atanas Djambazov | 2 |
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