2013 in Bellator MMA

Bellator 86
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Date	January 24, 2013
Venue	WinStar World Casino
City	Thackerville, Oklahoma
Attendance	1,288

Bellator 85
Information
Date	January 17, 2013
Venue	Bren Events Center
City	Irvine, California
Attendance	3,002

2013 in Bellator MMA
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Promotion	Bellator MMA
First date aired	January 17, 2013
Last date aired	November 22, 2013
Events
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2013 in Bellator MMA 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

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)
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

↑ For Lightweight Title
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
↑ For Featherweight Title

Bellator 86

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)
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

↑ For Welterweight Title
↑ Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal
↑ Zarokskis docked 1 point for illegal knees

Bellator 87

Bellator 87
Information
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)
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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal

Bellator 88

Bellator 88
Information
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)
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

↑ For the vacant Middleweight Title
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal

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)
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

↑ For Bantamweight Title
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal

Bellator 90

Bellator 90
Information
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)
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 Season 7 Featherweight Tournament Final
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Light Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Welterweight Tournament Semi Final

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)
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

↑ For Light Heavyweight Title
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lightweight Tournament Semi Final

Bellator 92

Bellator 92
Information
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)
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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Featherweight Tournament Semi Final
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Middleweight Tournament Semi Final
↑ Lara docked 3 points (1 for an illegal knee, 2 for a groin shot)

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)
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 Season 7 Lightweight Tournament Final

Bellator 94

Bellator 94
Information
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)
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 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
Information
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)
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

Tournaments

Light Heavyweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Emanuel Newton

SUB

Atanas Djambazov

2

Emanuel Newton

KO

Muhammed Lawal

1

Muhammed Lawal

TKO

Przemyslaw Mysiala

1

Emanuel Newton

UD

Mikhail Zayats

3

Mikhail Zayats

TKO

Renato Sobral

1

Mikhail Zayats

SUB

Jacob Noe

1

Jacob Noe

TKO

Seth Petruzelli

1

Middleweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Doug Marshall

KO

Andreas Spang

1

Doug Marshall

SD

Sultan Aliev

3

Sultan Aliev

UD

Mikkel Parlo

3

Doug Marshall

KO

Brett Cooper

1

Brett Cooper

UD

Norman Paraisy

3

Brett Cooper

TKO

Dan Cramer

3

Dan Cramer

UD

Brian Rogers

3

Welterweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Douglas Lima

TKO

Michail Tsarev

2

Douglas Lima

TKO

Bryan Baker ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

1

Brent Weedman

UD

Marius Zaromskis

3

Douglas Lima

KO

Ben Saunders

2

Ben Saunders

UD

Koffi Adzitso

3

Ben Saunders

KO

Raul Amaya

1

Raul Amaya

TKO

José Gomes

1

↑ Replaces Brent Weedman due to an injury

Lightweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

David Rickels

UD

Lloyd Woodard

3

David Rickels

UD

Jason Fischer^{[lower-alpha 1]}

3

Alexander Sarnavskiy

SUB

Thiago Michel

2

David Rickels

TKO

Saad Awad

2

Saad Awad

TKO

Guillaume DeLorenzi

1

Saad Awad

TKO

Will Brooks

1

Will Brooks

UD

Ricardo Tirloni

3

↑ Replaces Alexander Sarnavskiy due to an injury

Featherweight tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Magomedrasul Khasbulaev

SUB

Fabricio Guerreiro

2

Magomedrasul Khasbulaev

TKO

Marlon Sandro

3

Marlon Sandro

MD

Akop Stepanyan

3

Magomedrasul Khasbulaev

DD

Mike Richman

3

Mike Richman

TKO

Mitch Jackson

1

Mike Richman

UD

Alexandre Bezerra

3

Alexandre Bezerra

SUB

Genair da Silva

1

Bellator 96

Bellator 96
Information
Date	June 19, 2013
Venue	Winstar World Casino
City	Thackerville, Oklahoma

Bellator 96 took place on June 19, 2013 at the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV. It marked the season debut of the 2013 summer series.^[22] Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Greg Jackson and Joe Warren took part in commentary.

Background

Bellator 96 featured the opening round of the 2013 Summer Series Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight tournaments.^[23]

This event served as the lead in for the debut of Bellator's new reality TV series, Fight Master: Bellator MMA.

Michael Chandler was expected to defend his Lightweight Title against Dave Jansen on this card. However, on June 2, it was announced that Jansen had to pull out of the bout due to an injury.^[24]

Vinicius Queiroz was originally scheduled to face Richard Hale in the heavyweight tournament. Queiroz, however, suffered a knee injury and was replaced Ryan Martinez.^[25]

Both Derek Campos and Keith Berry missed weight for their fights; as a result, both fighters forfeited a portion of their purses to their opponents and the matches were changed to catchweight.

Both Seth Petruzelli & Renato Sobral retired from MMA competition after this event.

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Muhammed Lawal	def.	Seth Petruzelli	KO (punch)	1	1:35	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Light Heavyweight	Jacob Noe	def.	Renato Sobral	TKO (referee stoppage)	3	3:32	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Heavyweight	Vitaly Minakov	def.	Ron Sparks	TKO (punches)	1	0:32	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Welterweight	War Machine	def.	Blas Avena	TKO (punches)	1	3:55
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	Damon Jackson	def.	Keith Miner	TKO (punches)	1	2:00
Heavyweight	Raphael Butler	def.	Jeremiah O'Neal	TKO (punches & elbows)	1	2:57
Heavyweight	Ryan Martinez	def.	Richard Hale	KO (punches)	1	2:19	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Light Heavyweight	Brandon Halsey	def.	Joe Yager	Decision (split) (30-28, 28-30, 30-28)	3	5:00	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Catchweight (159 lb)	Derek Campos	def.	Brandon Girtz	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Justin McNally	def.	Steven Artoff	Verbal submission (inverted triangle armbar)	1	2:44
Unaired
Featherweight	Chas Skelly	def.	Jarrod Card	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Mike Maldonado	def.	Chavous Smith	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:27
Catchweight (186 lb)	Keith Berry	def.	Cortez Coleman	Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
↑ Yager deducted 1 point for a groin kick.

Bellator 97

Bellator 97
Information
Date	July 31, 2013
Venue	Santa Ana Star Center
City	Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Bellator 97 took place on July 31, 2013 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.

Background

The card featured Ben Askren's fourth title defense of the Bellator Welterweight Championship and Michael Chandler's second defense of the Bellator Lightweight Championship.

The card also featured the Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Tournament Finals and Bantamweight Tournament Semifinals.

Douglas Lima and Ben Saunders were scheduled to fight in order to decide the next contender for the Welterweight title. However, on June 11, it was announced that Lima had to pull out of the bout due to an injury.^[26]

Patricio Freire was originally scheduled to face The Ultimate Fighter veteran Rob Emerson. However, on July 12, it was revealed Emerson had to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by Jared Downing.^[27]

The live airing featured the announcement of Bellator's first pay per view event for November 2, 2013 that will be headlined by Tito Ortiz versus Quinton Jackson.

Results

Main Card (Spike TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Michael Chandler (c)	def.	David Rickels	KO (punches)	1	0:44	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Welterweight	Ben Askren (c)	def.	Andrey Koreshkov	TKO (punches)	4	2:58	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Light Heavyweight	Muhammed Lawal	def.	Jacob Noe	TKO (punches)	3	2:51	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Heavyweight	Vitaly Minakov	def.	Ryan Martinez	TKO (punches)	3	4:02	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Featherweight	Patricio Freire	def.	Jared Downing	TKO (punches)	2	0:54
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	Will Brooks	def.	Cris Leyva	TKO (punches)	3	2:20
Bantamweight	Rafael Silva	def.	Rodrigo Lima	Submission (rear naked choke)	3	2:03	^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Bantamweight	Anthony Leone	def.	Frank Baca	Submission (rear naked choke)	3	1:07	^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Lightweight	Bubba Jenkins	def.	Mike Barreras	TKO (punches)	2	1:05
Catchweight (151 lb)	Javier Palacios	def.	Richard Jacques	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Jeremy Kimball	def.	Keith Berry	KO (punches)	2	1:45
Bantamweight	Adrian Cruz	def.	Felipe Chavez	TKO (punches)	2	0:00
Catchweight (149 lb)	Donald Sanchez	def.	Cliff Wright	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Shawn Bunch	def.	Russell Wilson	Decision (split)	3	5:00

↑ Lightweight Title Fight
↑ Welterweight Title Fight
↑ Light Heavyweight Tournament Final
↑ Heavyweight Tournament Final
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal

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