Bellator Results from New Mexico’s Santa Ana Star Center

Albuquerque, NM (October 25, 2013) – The final results are in for the Bellator MMA event live from New Mexico’s Santa Ana Star Center. The night was headlined by the Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinalswith Tiger Sarnavskiy finishing Ricardo Tirloni and Will Brooks defeating Saad Awad to advance to the Bellator Lightweight Tournament Final. Sarnavskiy will face Will Brooks November 22^nd from the Sands Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinal: Will Brooks defeats Saad Awad by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinal: Tiger Sarnavskiy defeats Ricardo Tirloni via Submission (triangle choke) - Round 1, 1:08

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Mighty Mo defeats Ron Sparks via submission (key lock) – Round 1,

Middleweight Feature Fight: Eugene Fadiora defeats Keith Berry via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:19

Featherweight Feature Fight: Desmond Green defeats Angelo Sanchez via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 2, 1:042, 1:04

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Raphael Butler defeats Joseph Bryant via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 1:04

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Volkan Oezdemir defeats Josh Lanier via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 3:13

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Luis Nogueira defeats Frank Baca via submission (arm triangle choke) - Round 1, 4:41

Middleweight Feature Fight: Eddie Larrea defeats Rocky Ramirez via submission (heel hook) - Round 2, 1:45

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Steve Garcia defeats Shawn Bunch via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 3:29

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Jesse Brock defeats Adrian Cruz via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/BellatorMMA          

Bellator MMA Weigh-In Results from New Mexico’s Santa Ana Star Casino

Albuquerque, NM. (October 24, 2013) – The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from The Stage Nightclub inside the Santa Ana Star Casino in preparation for the Bellator MMA’s October 25^th event, which will feature the Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinals and a full card of local talent.

Bellator MMA will take place from the Santa Ana Star Center on Friday, October 25^th with the first fight taking place at 5:00 p.m. MST and streaming live on Spike.com. The televised portion of the will being at 7:00 p.m. MST and will air live on Spike TV. 

MAIN CARD: 
 

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinal: Will Brooks (155.7) vs. Saad Awad (155.2)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinal: Ricardo Tirloni (155.2) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (155.1)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Mighty Mo (263.7) vs. Ron Sparks (261.2)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Keith Berry (185.8) vs. Eugene Fadiora (184.6)

 

PRELIMINARY CARD: 

Featherweight Feature Fight: Desmon Green (146) vs. Angelo Sanchez (145.1)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Joseph Bryant (263.3) vs. Raphael Butler (259.8)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Volkan Oezdemir (205.3) vs. Josh Lanier (205.4)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Luis Nogueira (135.9) vs. Frank Baca (135.3)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Jesse Brock (135.3) vs. Adrian Cruz (135.4)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Eddie Larrea (180.5) vs. Rocky Ramirez (186)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Steve Garcia (135.1) vs. Shawn Bunch (135.6)
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA       

Bellator MMA Hosts Weigh-Ins Thursday October 24th at 4:00pm MST

 From New Mexico

Weigh-Ins will be streamed online at Bellator.com

Newport Beach, CA. (October 22, 2013) – The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator MMA will take place Thursday at 4:00 p.m. MST at The Stage Nightclub inside the Santa Ana Star Casino. Bellator MMA will take place from the Santa Ana Star Center on Friday, October 25^th with the first fight taking place at 5:00 p.m. MST and streaming live on Spike.com. The televised portion of the will being at 7:00 p.m. MST and will air live on Spike TV.

All participants from Friday night’s event will be on hand, as well as Bellator CEO & Chairman Bjorn Rebney.

The event will be emceed by Bellator cage announcer Michael C. Williams and Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith.

As always the weigh-in is open to both the public and media.

MAIN CARD: 
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinal: Will Brooks (11-1) vs. Saad Awad (15-5)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinal: Ricardo Tirloni (16-4) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (24-1)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Mighty Mo (4-2) vs. Ron Sparks (8-2)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Keith Berry (15-11) vs. Eugene Fadiora (12-1)

 
PRELIMINARY CARD:Featherweight Feature Fight: Desmon Green (9-2) vs. Angelo Sanchez (12-3)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Joseph Bryant (4-2) vs. Raphael Butler (6-0)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Volkan Oezdemir (9-0) vs. Josh Lanier (3-7)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Luis Nogueira (15-3-1) vs. Frank Baca (16-3)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Jesse Brock (14-7) vs. Adrian Cruz (5-0)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Eddie Larrea (17-23) vs. Rocky Ramirez (4-4-1)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Steve Garcia (1-0) vs. Shawn Bunch (2-0)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/BellatorMMA        

Bellator Returns to New Mexico’s Santa Ana Star Center to Host the Lightweight Tournament Semifinals on Friday, October 25th

Newport Beach, CA. (October 8, 2012) –  Bellator MMA will return to New Mexico as the Santa Ana Star Center plays host to the Toughest Tournament in Sports on Friday, October 25^th. The night will feature the Bellator Lightweight Semifinals and a host of New Mexico’s top talent.

Tickets for the event are on sale now and can be purchased at Bellator.com or by visiting The Santa Ana Star Center box office. The event will broadcast LIVE starting at 7 p.m. MST on Spike TV and the preliminary card will be streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com starting at 5 p.m. MST.

Meeting in the middle of the cage for the second time, Saad Awad will face Will Brooks in the Bellator Lightweight Semifinal. After finishing Martin Stapleton with a first round submission in the opening rounds and winning his previous five victories by first round finishes, Awad sees his fight with Brooks ending the same way. 

“You're going to see the best Saad Awad you've seen to date,” Awad said. “Fans are definitely going to see a fight of the night performance. I plan on pushing the pace every minute he’s in there with me.  I'm taking this tournament one fight at a time, but as long as I am in the cage it's do or die for me and I don't plan on dying anytime soon. “

After suffering his only professional loss to Awad in the Season 8 Lightweight Tournament Semifinals, Brooks is anxious to get back in the cage and is looking for redemption on October 25^th.

“I'm very excited and beyond ready for this semifinal fight against Awad,” Brooks said. “Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish what I started in the first tournament, but this time around things will end differently. I continue to improve my game every day and stay focused on the goal at hand, which is beating Awad and moving on in the tournament.”

Rounding out the lightweight semifinals, Bellator veteran Ricardo Tirloni will fight Russian submission artist Tiger Sarnavskiy. With a strong performance in the opening round against Rich Clementi, Tirloni will turn to his veteran experience to hold off Sarnavskiy and make his way through the Toughest Tournament in Sports.   

Six additional New Mexico athletes will fight on the preliminary card, held in conjunction with Orthrus Promotions. All of the preliminary fights will card will be streamed exclusively on Spike.com.

The full fight card is listed below.

MAIN CARD: 

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinal: Saad Awad (15-5) vs. Will Brooks (11-1)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinal: Ricardo Tirloni (16-4) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (24-1)

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Ron Sparks (8-2) vs. Mighty Mo (4-2)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Eugene Fadiora (12-1) vs. Andreas Spang (8-3)

PRELIMINARY CARD: 

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Steve Garcia (1-0) vs. Shawn Bunch (2-0)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Eddie Larrea (17-23) vs. Rocky Ramirez (4-4-1)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Adrian Cruz (5-0) vs. Jesse Brock (14-7)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Luis Nogueira (15-3-1) vs. Frank Baca (16-3)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Volkan Oezdemir (9-0) vs. Josh Lanier (3-7)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Joseph Bryant (4-2) vs. Raphael Butler (6-0)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Angelo Sanchez (12-3) vs. Desmond Green (8-2)

 

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA 

Bellator MMA Weigh-In Results from Portland, Oregon

Portland, OR. (September 26, 2013) – The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from Portland’s Sheraton Airport Hotel in preparation for Bellator MMA’s September 27^th event, which will showcase a Bantamweight Semifinal and the opening rounds of the Bellator Season 9 Lightweight Tournament.

Bellator MMA will take place from the Moda Center on Friday, September 27^th with the first fight taking place at 4:00 p.m. PST and streaming LIVE on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 6:00 p.m. PST and will air LIVE on Spike TV.

MAIN CARD: 

Bellator Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal: Joe Warren (135.7) vs. Nick Kirk (135.7)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Marcus Davis (156) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (155.4)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: John Alessio (155.6) vs. Will Brooks (155.3)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Ricardo Tirloni (155.5) vs. Rich Clementi (155.5)

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Saad Awad (155.9) vs. Martin Stapleton (156)

PRELIMINARY CARD: 

Lightweight Feature Fight: Scott Thometz (155.9) vs. Brent Primus (155.5)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Andy Uhrich (170) vs. Nathan Coy (170.5)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Marcin Held (155.7) vs. Ryan Healy (154.4)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Jeremiah Riggs (181.2) vs. Peter Aspinwall (186)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Austin Springer (134.8) vs. Zach Skinner (134.7)

Middleweight Feature Fight: Dave Vitkay (185.6) vs. Tyson Jeffries (183.8)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA      

Sinclair Out Of Lightweight Tournament, Ricardo Tirloni Now Set To Face Rich Clementi September 27th From Portland

Newport Beach, CA. (September 9^th, 2013) – A knee injury has forced England’s Rob Sinclair out of the Bellator Season 9 Lightweight Tournament, which takes place September 27^th from Portland’s Moda Center on September 27^th live on Spike. Sinclair will now be replaced by Bellator veteran Ricardo Tirloni. The Brazilian submission ace was originally scheduled to face Marcin Held in a lightweight feature fight, but will now move into the tournament, while Held will take on Portland native Ryan Healy.

Tickets for the event are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting Bellator.com, as well as the Moda Center Box Office. The event will broadcast LIVE starting at 6 p.m. PST on Spike, as well as in Spanish language on mun2. The preliminary card will be streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com starting at 4 p.m. PST.

The full fight card can be found below:

MAIN CARD: 

Bellator Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal: Mark Godbeer (8-1) vs. Cheick Kongo (18-8-2)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Marcus Davis (22-9) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (23-1)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: John Alessio (34-16) vs. Will Brooks (10-1)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Martin Stapleton (12-1) vs. Saad Awad (14-5)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Ricardo Tirloni (15-4) vs. Rich Clementi (45-22-1)

PRELIMINARY CARD: 

Lightweight Feature Fight: Scott Thometz (6-2) vs. Brent Primus (2-0)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Andy Uhrich (9-3) vs. Nathan Coy (12-4)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Joe Pacheco (6-0) vs. Tyson Jeffries (10-7)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Marcin Held (15-3) vs. Ryan Healy (23-12-1)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Jeremiah Riggs (7-7) vs. Peter Aspinwall (3-3)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Austin Springer (3-0) vs. Brent Alvarez (1-1)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA          

Bellator’s $100,000 Lightweight Tournament Begins From Portland’s Rose Garden Arena Friday, September 27th

Newport Beach, CA. (July 24, 2013) –  The Toughest Tournament In Sports continues as Portland’s Rose Garden Arena plays hosts to Bellator MMA on Friday, September 27^th. The night will showcase the opening round of the Bellator Lightweight Tournament, as well as stacked preliminary card.

Tickets for the event are on sale Friday at 10 a.m. and can be purchased by visiting the Rose Garden Arena Box Office. The event will broadcast LIVE starting at 6 p.m. PST on Spike, as well as in Spanish language on mun2. The preliminary card will be streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com starting at 4 p.m. PST.

No stranger to the MMA game, Marcus Davis will use his veteran talent as he faces Russian submission artist Tiger Sarnavskiy. Davis is well aware of the opportunity at stake for his future, but will have to hold off Sarnavskiy, who holds an impressive 24-1 professional record.

After spending only 74 seconds in the cage with two first round knockouts last season, but falling to David Rickels in the Season 8 Tournament Final, Saad Awad is ready for redemption. Awad will face UK striker Martin Stapleton, who enters the fight riding an eight fight win streak and brings an impressive 12-1 record to the cage.   

“Bellator always brings top tier athletes from around the world and I'm excited that I get to be a part of this upcoming tournament again,” Awad said. “I’ve added a few things to my arsenal and I can't wait to showcase them and put on a great show.”

Fan favorite Will Brooks will also return to the big stage and battle MMA veteran John Alessio. After suffering just the first loss of his professional career in the Season 8 Lightweight Tournament Semifinal to Saad Awad, Brooks is ready to get back under the bright lights.

“I just want to get back in the winner circle,” Brooks said. “I have some unfinished business from last season and I am going to keep it simple, to the point and devastating for every fight. I need and want the belt and I am going to take it from whoever has it, but I am hoping it will be Michael Chandler.”

Making his Bellator debut, England’s own Rob Sinclair will battle long time veteran Rich Clementi on September 27th. With 27 submission wins in his professional career, Clementi will look to his experience in the cage to take down Sinclair, and put it all on the line for a last tournament run.  

“I am so excited to have the chance to compete again,” Clementi said. “For those who have been following me, I made an official retirement a few months ago and was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. The last few years of competing, I’ve been running on four flat tires, but after being under treatment for the last three months and my body is responding well. Fighting is who I am and the thought of not being able to do that was devastating. I am so excited to get back in the cage and show people what I am made of.”

Bellator MMA Main Card:

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Marcus Davis (22-9) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (23-1)

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Will Brooks (10-1) vs. John Alessio (34-16)

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Saad Awad (14-5) vs. Martin Stapelton (12-1)

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Opening Round: Rob Sinclair (12-2) vs. Rich Clementi (45-22-1)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/BellatorMMA