2012 in Bellator MMA

Bellator 60

Bellator 60 took place on March 9, 2012 at The Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 60 was expected to take place on March 2, but the season opener was pushed back one week.

Wagnney Fabiano was originally scheduled to face Ronnie Mann in the opening round of the Featherweight tournament; however, on March 1, 2012, Fabiano pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Mike Corey.

Genair da Silva was originally scheduled to face Alexandre Bezerra in the opening round of the Featherweight tournament; however, after weigh-in issues, da Silva was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Kenny Foster who was set to fight Bobby Reardanz on the undercard of this event.

Results

|Featherweight |Pat Curran |def. |Joe Warren (c) |KO (punches) |3 |1:25 |For Bellator Featherweight Championship. |Featherweight |Marlon Sandro |def. |Roberto Vargas |Submission (rear-naked choke) |1 |3:35 |Featherweight tournament quarterfinal. |Featherweight |Alexandre Bezerra |def. |Kenny Foster |Submission (rear-naked choke) |2 |4:57 |Featherweight tournament quarterfinal. |Featherweight |Daniel Mason-Straus |def. |Jeremy Spoon |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight tournament quarterfinal. |Featherweight |Mike Corey |def. |Ronnie Mann |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight tournament quarterfinal. |Bantamweight |Jake Nauracy |def. |Cory Galloway |Submission (rear-naked choke) |2 |4:22 |Catchweight (215 lb) |Travis Wiuff |def. |Anthony Gomez |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Catchweight (280 lb) |Sean McCorkle |def. |Richard White |Submission (neck crank) |1 |1:02 |Catchweight (165 lb) |Josh Shockley |def. |Shamar Bailey |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00 |Catchweight (148 lb) |Genair da Silva |def. |Bobby Reardanz |TKO (leg kicks and punches) |3 |0:51

Bellator 61

Bellator 61 took place on March 16, 2012 at Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City, Louisiana. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

The event was to feature the rematch between season-five heavyweight tournament finalists Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos. Prindle and Santos met in the finals of Bellator's season-five heavyweight tourney, but the bout was ruled a no-contest when Santos inexplicably kicked a downed Prindle in the groin. However, on March 15, Bellator announced the fight had been pushed back a week to Bellator 62 due to Prindle having "flu-like symptoms."

This event marked the first time that Bellator Fighting Championships aired in Brazil on TV Esporte Interativo.

Results

|Middleweight |Maiquel Falcao |def. |Norman Paraisy |Decision unanimous (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Middleweight tournament quarterfinal. |Middleweight |Vyacheslav Vasilevsky |def. |Victor O'Donnell |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Middleweight tournament quarterfinal. |Middleweight |Bruno Santos |def. |Giva Santana |Decision unanimous (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Middleweight tournament quarterfinal. |Middleweight |Brian Rogers |def. |Vitor Vianna |KO (flying knee) |1 |4:14 |Middleweight tournament quarterfinal. |Catchweight (165 lb) |Josh Quayhagen |def. |Brent Taylor |Decision unanimous (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight |Derrick Krantz |def. |Eric Scallan |Technical submission (D'arce choke) |1 |3:01 |Catchweight (140 lb) |Jason Sampson |def. |Jeremy Myers |Submission (rear-naked choke) |3 |2:25 |Middleweight |Trey Houston |def. |Jeremiah Riggs |Submission (armbar) |1 |3:30 |This bout aired on the MTV2 broadcast following the Santana vs. Santos fight.

Bellator 62

Bellator 62 took place on March 23, 2012 at Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

The event hosted the opening round of Bellator's Season Six Lightweight Tournament.

Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos were supposed to have their rematch of the Season Five Heavyweight Tournament Final on this card, after having been delayed a week from Bellator 61. Santos, however, failed to make weight and the bout was cancelled, and Prindle was awarded the tournament win by default. A scheduled fight between Cosmo Alexandre and Oscar de la Parra was also scrapped.

Results

|Lightweight |Lloyd Woodard |def. |Patricky Freire |Submission (kimura) |2 |1:46 |Lightweight tournament quarterfinal. |Lightweight |Rick Hawn |def. |Ricardo Tirloni |KO (punches) |1 |2:36 |Lightweight tournament quarterfinal. |Lightweight |Brent Weedman |def. |J.J. Ambrose |Submission (Von Flue choke) |2 |3:26 |Lightweight tournament quarterfinal. |Lightweight |Thiago Michel |def. |Rene Nazare |Decision split (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Lightweight tournament quarterfinal. |Catchweight (162 lb) |Luis Vega |def. |Sonny Luque |Submission (arm-triangle choke) |1 |3:43 |Featherweight |Chris Jones |def. |Steven Peterson |Decision split (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Lightweight |Dave Jansen |def. |Jacob Kirwan |Decision unanimous (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight |Rad Martinez |def. |Doug Frey |TKO (punches) |1 |4:08 |This bout aired on the MTV2 broadcast following the Hawn vs. Tirloni fight. |Catchweight (173 lb) |Sean Spencer |def. |Joseph Daily |Submission (rear-naked choke) |2 |1:24

Bellator 63

Bellator 63 took place on March 30, 2012 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

The event hosted the opening round of Bellator's Season Six Welterweight Tournament.

War Machine was expected to fight Karl Amoussou in the opening round of the welterweight tournament. However, War Machine was sentenced to a year in prison and was forced out of the bout and the tournament.

Brian Foster was scheduled to face David Rickels in the opening round of the welterweight tournament, but was not medically cleared for the event. Stepping in to fight Rickels was newcomer Jordan Smith.

Results

|Welterweight |Karl Amoussou |def. |Chris Lozano |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |2:05 |Welterweight tournament quarterfinal. |Welterweight |Bryan Baker |def. |Carlos Alexandre Pereira |Decision split (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight tournament quarterfinal. |Welterweight |David Rickels |def. |Jordan Smith |KO (punches) |1 |0:22 |Welterweight tournament quarterfinal. |Welterweight |Ben Saunders |def. |Raul Amaya |Decision unanimous (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight tournament quarterfinal. |Catchweight (165 lb) |Ryan Quinn |def. |Marc Stevens |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight |Matt Bessette |def. |Saul Almeida |Decision unanimous (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Middleweight |Dan Cramer |def. |Jeff Nader |Decision split (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight |Brandon Fleming |def. |Pete Rogers Jr. |Submission (Peruvian necktie) |1 |3:39 |Welterweight |Andrey Koreshkov |def. |Tiawan Howard |KO (punch) |1 |1:26 |This bout aired on the MTV2 broadcast following the Smith vs. Rickels fight. |Women's (125 lb) |Munah Holland |def. |Marianna Kheyfets |KO (punches) |2 |4:45

Bellator 64

Bellator 64 took place on April 6, 2012 at Caesar's Windsor in Windsor, Ontario. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

The event hosted two of the opening round bouts of Bellator's Season Six Bantamweight Tournament.

Results

|Welterweight |Ben Askren (c) |def. |Douglas Lima |Decision unanimous (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) |5 |5:00 |For Bellator Welterweight Championship. |Featherweight |Marlon Sandro |def. |Alexandre Bezerra |Decision split (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight tournament semifinal. |Bantamweight |Travis Marx |def. |Masakatsu Ueda |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Bantamweight tournament quarterfinal. |Bantamweight |Hiroshi Nakamura |def. |Rodrigo Lima |Decision unanimous (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) |3 |5:00 |Bantamweight tournament quarterfinal. |Catchweight (192 lb) |Elias Theodorou |def. |Rich Lictawa |TKO (retirement) |3 |0:33 |Catchweight (160 lb) |Kyle Prepolec |def. |Lance Snow |Submission (armbar) |1 |2:54 |Welterweight |Chad Laprise |def. |Josh Taveirne |Submission (triangle choke) |1 |2:48 |Featherweight |Mike Richman |def. |Chris Horodecki |KO (punches) |1 |1:23 |Welterweight |Nordine Taleb |def. |Matt Secor |Decision unanimous (30–27, 30–27, 30–24) |3 |5:00 |Lightweight |Jason Fischer |def. |Taylor Solomon |Technical Submission (rear naked choke) |3 |4:59

Bellator 65

Bellator 65 took place on April 13, 2012 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Heavyweight champion Cole Konrad was originally slated to defend his title against Eric Prindle at this event. The fight, however, was moved to Bellator 70.

Results

|Bantamweight |Eduardo Dantas |def. |Zach Makovsky (c) |Technical Submission (arm triangle choke) |2 |3:26 |For the Bellator Bantamweight Championship. |Featherweight |Daniel Mason-Straus |def. |Mike Corey |Decision unanimous (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight tournament semifinal. |Bantamweight |Luis Nogueira |def. |Alexis Vila |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Bantamweight tournament quarterfinal. |Bantamweight |Marcos Galvao |def. |Ed West |Decision unanimous (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Bantamweight tournament quarterfinal. |Featherweight |Kenny Foster |def. |Jay Haas |Submission (guillotine choke) |1 |2:51 |Lightweight |Will Martinez |def. |Terrell Hobbs |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |4:12 |Middleweight |Duane Bastress |def. |Plinio Cruz |TKO (elbows) |2 |2:52 |Featherweight |Scott Heckman |def. |Lester Caslow |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |3:40 |Welterweight |Lyman Good |def. |LeVon Maynard |KO (punch) |1 |0:13 |Season 7 Welterweight tournament qualifier. |Welterweight |Kris McCray |def. |Ailton Barbosa |Decision split (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Season 7 Welterweight tournament qualifier. |Lightweight |E. J. Brooks |def. |Mikhail Malyutin |Decision unanimous (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) |3 |5:00

Bellator 66

Bellator 66 took place on April 20, 2012 at I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

NAAFS women's champion Aisling Daly was originally scheduled to face Jessica Eye on this card. Daly withdrew from the bout due to an ear infection and was replaced by Anita Rodriguez.

Bruno Santos was originally scheduled to face Brian Rogers in a Middleweight tournament semifinal bout; however, on April 16, 2012, it was revealed that Santos had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Bellator newcomer Andreas Spang.

Tyler Combs and Jason Dent were originally announced to face each other in a lightweight bout. Nevertheless, the fight did not materialize.

Results

|Lightweight |Eddie Alvarez |def. |Shinya Aoki |TKO (punches) |1 |2:14 |Middleweight |Andreas Spang |def. |Brian Rogers |KO (punch) |2 |3:34 |Middleweight tournament semifinal. |Middleweight |Maiquel Falcao |def. |Vyacheslav Vasilevsky |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Middleweight tournament semifinal. |Lightweight |Rick Hawn |def. |Lloyd Woodard |KO (punch) |2 |0:10 |Lightweight tournament semifinal. |Lightweight |Brent Weedman |def. |Thiago Michel |Decision split (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Lightweight tournament semifinal. |Women's Bout (130 lb) |Jessica Eye |def. |Anita Rodriguez |Decision unanimous (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Light Heavyweight |John Hawk |def. |Marcus Vanttinen |Decision split (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Light Heavyweight |Attila Vegh |def. |Dan Spohn |Decision split (29–28, 28–29, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight |Frank Caraballo (ic) |def. |Donny Walker (c) |KO (knee) |4 |2:25 |For unified NAAFS Featherweight championship. |Lightweight |Julian Lane |def. |Joe Heiland |Submission (guillotine choke) |1 |2:49 |

Bellator 67

Bellator 67 took place on May 4, 2012 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator Lightweight champion, Michael Chandler, competed in a non-title "Super Fight" against PRIDE, UFC, and DREAM veteran, Akihiro Gono, at this event.

Results

|Lightweight |Michael Chandler |def. |Akihiro Gono |TKO (punches) |1 |0:56 |Welterweight |Bryan Baker |def. |Ben Saunders |Decision unanimous (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight tournament semifinal. |Heavyweight |Damian Grabowski |def. |Dave Huckaba |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight |Ryan Ford |def. |Luis Santos |TKO (knee & punches) |2 |1:24 |Lightweight |Cosmo Alexandre |def. |Lorawnt-T Nelson |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00 |Bantamweight |David Harris |def. |Nick Kirk |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00 | |Catchweight (148 lb) |Will Romero |def. |Matt Veal |TKO (knees & punches) |2 |4:25 |Catchweight (180 lb) |Nordine Taleb |def. |Matt MacGrath |TKO (punches) |2 |2:30 |Welterweight |Dom O'Grady |def. |Nathan Gunn |Submission (armbar) |2 |4:51

Bellator 68

Bellator 68 took place on May 11, 2012 at Caesars Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Kurt Pellegrino was scheduled to fight Marcin Held at this event. However, on March 13, Pellegrino suffered a knee injury and was forced to pull out of the bout. Phillipe Nover had stepped in as Pellegrino's replacement, but was eventually replaced by Bellator newcomer Derrick Kennington.

Eddie Fyvie and Jeff Lentz were originally scheduled to compete in a featherweight bout; however, the fight did not materialize.

Marius Žaromskis versus Waachiim Spiritwolf was originally going to be contested at welterweight; however, Spiritwolf failed to make the 171 pounds cut off allowance and the fight was changed to a catchweight bout at 172 pounds.

A catchweight bout at 230 pounds between Carmelo Marrero and Seth Petruzelli was cancelled the day of the show due to an illness by Petruzelli.

Results

|Featherweight |Daniel Mason-Straus |def. |Marlon Sandro |Decision unanimous (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight Tournament Final. |Bantamweight |Marcos Galvão |def. |Travis Marx |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Bantamweight tournament semifinal. |Lightweight |Marcin Held |def. |Derrick Kennington |Submission (heel hook) |1 |2:08 |Catchweight (172 lb) |Marius Žaromskis |def. |Waachiim Spiritwolf |TKO (doctor stoppage) |2 |5:00 |Lightweight |Don Carlo-Clauss |def. |Jacob Kirwan |Decision split |3 |5:00 |Catchweight (175 lb) |Aung La N Sang |def. |Jesus Martinez |TKO (punches) |1 |0:36 |Bantamweight |Anthony Leone |def. |Claudio Ledesma |Decision split |3 |5:00 |Middleweight |Francois Ambang |def. |Gregory Milliard |Decision split |3 |5:00

Bellator 69

Bellator 69 took place on May 18, 2012 at the L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

This event held the finals of the Season Six Middleweight tournament.

Heavyweights Ron Sparks and Kevin Asplund were to compete in a tournament eliminator bout for a spot in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight tournament. However, the bout was cancelled the day of the show due to Sparks feeling ill.

With Hector Lombard leaving for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Middleweight title was vacated. On April 25, 2012, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney announced that the winner of the Middleweight tournament finale between Maiquel Falcão and Andreas Spang will face Alexander Shlemenko to crown the company's new Middleweight champion.

Results

|Middleweight |Maiquel Falcão |def. |Andreas Spang |Decision unanimous (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) |3 |5:00 |Middleweight tournament final. |Welterweight |Karl Amoussou |def. |David Rickels |Decision split (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight tournament semifinal. |Women's 115 lb |Jessica Aguilar |def. |Megumi Fujii |Decision unanimous (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Heavyweight |Mark Holata |def. |Abe Wagner |Verbal Submission (straight ankle lock) |1 |2:24 |Catchweight (158 lb) |Josh Quayhagen |def. |Cliff Wright |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00 |Featherweight |Shanon Slack |def. |Booker Arthur |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00 |Welterweight |Andrey Koreshkov |def. |Derrick Krantz |TKO (strikes) |3 |0:51 |Light Heavyweight |Rich Hale |def. |Josh Burns |TKO (punches) |1 |0:38 |Lightweight |E. J. Brooks |def. |Kalvin Hackney |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00

Bellator 70

Bellator 70 took place on May 25, 2012 at the Orleans Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Heavyweight champion Cole Konrad was originally slated to defend his title against Eric Prindle at Bellator 65. Prindle, however, was injured and the fight was moved to this card, Bellator 70.

Results

|Lightweight |Rick Hawn |def. |Brent Weedman |Decision unanimous (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Lightweight Tournament Final. |Heavyweight |Cole Konrad (c) |def. |Eric Prindle |Submission (kimura) |1 |1:00 |For the Bellator Heavyweight Championship. |Bantamweight |Luis Nogueira |def. |Hiroshi Nakamura |KO (punches) |3 |1:58 |Bantamweight tournament semifinal. |Catchweight (157 lb) |Rich Clementi |def. |Derek Campos |Submission (guillotine choke) |1 |4:18 |Catchweight (173 lb) |Keith Schneider |def. |Josh Shockley |Submission (armbar) |1 |0:59 |Welterweight |A.J. Matthews |def. |Charlie Rader |KO (soccer kick) |2 |3:34 |Catchweight (190 lb) |Kelvin Tiller |def. |Jeremiah Riggs |Verbal submission (kimura) |3 |3:38 |Middleweight |Jonas Billstein |def. |Mike Seal |Technical submission (rear naked choke) |1 |2:55 |Bantamweight |Derek Arcement |def. |Blake Dufour |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00

Tournaments

Middleweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1=BRA | RD1-team1=Maiquel Falcão | RD1-seed2=FRA | RD1-team2=Norman Paraisy | RD1-score1=UD | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed3=RUS | RD1-team3=Vyacheslav Vasilevsky | RD1-seed4=USA | RD1-team4=Victor O'Donnell | RD1-score3=UD | RD1-score4=3 | RD1-seed5=BRA | RD1-team5=Bruno Santos | RD1-seed6=BRA | RD1-team6=Giva Santana | RD1-score5=UD | RD1-score6=3 | RD1-seed7=USA | RD1-team7=Brian Rogers | RD1-seed8=BRA | RD1-team8=Vitor Vianna | RD1-score7=KO | RD1-score8=1 | RD2-seed1=BRA | RD2-team1=Maiquel Falcão | RD2-seed2=RUS | RD2-team2=Vyacheslav Vasilevsky | RD2-score1=UD | RD2-score2=3 | RD2-seed3=SWE | RD2-team3=Andreas Spang | RD2-seed4=USA | RD2-team4=Brian Rogers | RD2-score3=KO | RD2-score4=2 | RD3-seed1=BRA | RD3-team1=Maiquel Falcão | RD3-seed2=SWE | RD3-team2=Andreas Spang | RD3-score1=UD | RD3-score2=3

Welterweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1=FRA | RD1-team1=Karl Amoussou | RD1-seed2=USA | RD1-team2=Chris Lozano | RD1-score1=SUB | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=USA | RD1-team3=David Rickels | RD1-seed4=USA | RD1-team4=Jordan Smith | RD1-score3=KO | RD1-score4=1 | RD1-seed5=USA | RD1-team5=Bryan Baker | RD1-seed6=BRA | RD1-team6=Carlos Alexandre Pereira | RD1-score5=SD | RD1-score6=3 | RD1-seed7=USA | RD1-team7=Ben Saunders | RD1-seed8= USA | RD1-team8=Raul Amaya | RD1-score7=UD | RD1-score8=3 | RD2-seed1=FRA | RD2-team1=Karl Amoussou | RD2-seed2=USA | RD2-team2=David Rickels | RD2-score1=SD | RD2-score2=3 | RD2-seed3=USA | RD2-team3=Bryan Baker | RD2-seed4=USA | RD2-team4=Ben Saunders | RD2-score3=UD | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1=FRA | RD3-team1=Karl Amoussou | RD3-seed2=USA | RD3-team2=Bryan Baker | RD3-score1=SUB | RD3-score2=1

Lightweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1=USA | RD1-team1=Rick Hawn | RD1-seed2=BRA | RD1-team2=Ricardo Tirloni | RD1-score1=KO | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=USA | RD1-team3=Lloyd Woodard | RD1-seed4=BRA | RD1-team4=Patricky Freire | RD1-score3=SUB | RD1-score4=2 | RD1-seed5=USA | RD1-team5=Brent Weedman | RD1-seed6=USA | RD1-team6=J.J. Ambrose | RD1-score5=SUB | RD1-score6=2 | RD1-seed7=BRA | RD1-team7=Thiago Michel | RD1-seed8=BRA | RD1-team8=Rene Nazare | RD1-score7=SD | RD1-score8=3 | RD2-seed1=USA | RD2-team1=Rick Hawn | RD2-seed2=USA | RD2-team2=Lloyd Woodard | RD2-score1=KO | RD2-score2=2 | RD2-seed3=USA | RD2-team3=Brent Weedman | RD2-seed4=BRA | RD2-team4=Thiago Michel | RD2-score3=SD | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1=USA | RD3-team1=Rick Hawn | RD3-seed2=USA | RD3-team2=Brent Weedman | RD3-score1=UD | RD3-score2=3

Featherweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1=USA | RD1-team1=Daniel Straus | RD1-seed2=USA | RD1-team2=Jeremy Spoon | RD1-score1=UD | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed3=USA | RD1-team3=Mike Corey | RD1-seed4=ENG | RD1-team4=Ronnie Mann | RD1-score3=UD | RD1-score4=3 | RD1-seed5=BRA | RD1-team5=Marlon Sandro | RD1-seed6=USA | RD1-team6=Roberto Vargas | RD1-score5=SUB | RD1-score6=1 | RD1-seed7=BRA | RD1-team7=Alexandre Bezerra | RD1-seed8=USA | RD1-team8=Kenny Foster | RD1-score7=SUB | RD1-score8=2 | RD2-seed1=USA | RD2-team1=Daniel Straus | RD2-seed2=USA | RD2-team2=Mike Corey | RD2-score1=UD | RD2-score2=3 | RD2-seed3=BRA | RD2-team3=Marlon Sandro | RD2-seed4=BRA | RD2-team4=Alexandre Bezerra | RD2-score3=SD | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1=USA | RD3-team1=Daniel Straus | RD3-seed2=BRA | RD3-team2=Marlon Sandro | RD3-score1=UD | RD3-score2=3

Bantamweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1=BRA | RD1-team1=Marcos Galvao | RD1-seed2=USA | RD1-team2=Ed West | RD1-score1=UD | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed3=USA | RD1-team3=Travis Marx | RD1-seed4=JPN | RD1-team4=Masakatsu Ueda | RD1-score3=UD | RD1-score4=3 | RD1-seed5=BRA | RD1-team5=Luis Nogueira | RD1-seed6=CUB | RD1-team6=Alexis Vila | RD1-score5=UD | RD1-score6=3 | RD1-seed7=JPN | RD1-team7=Hiroshi Nakamura | RD1-seed8=BRA | RD1-team8=Rodrigo Lima | RD1-score7=UD | RD1-score8=3 | RD2-seed1=BRA | RD2-team1=Marcos Galvao | RD2-seed2=USA | RD2-team2=Travis Marx | RD2-score1=UD | RD2-score2=3 | RD2-seed3=BRA | RD2-team3=Luis Nogueira | RD2-seed4=JPN | RD2-team4=Hiroshi Nakamura | RD2-score3=TKO | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1=BRA | RD3-team1=Marcos Galvao | RD3-seed2=BRA | RD3-team2=Luis Nogueira | RD3-score1=TKO | RD3-score2=2

Bellator 71

Bellator 71 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on June 22, 2012 at the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in Chester, West Virginia. The event was distributed live in prime time by EPIX and online at SpikeTV.com.

Background

A preliminary bout between E. J. Brooks and Joey Holt was originally announced by the promotion. However, the bout failed to materialize.

Richard Hale was supposed to face Beau Tribolet in the Tournament Quarterfinal, but was not cleared to compete so Tim Carpenter (who originally was supposed to face John Hawk) stepped in as a last minute replacement.

Results

|Light Heavyweight |Travis Wiuff |def. |Chris Davis |TKO (Strikes) |1 |4:12 |Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal. |Light Heavyweight |Attila Vegh |def. |Zelg Galesic |Submission (Rear Naked Choke) |1 |1:00 |Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal. |Light Heavyweight |Tim Carpenter |def. |Beau Tribolet |Submission (Armbar) |2 |4:51 |Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal. |Light Heavyweight |Emanuel Newton |def. |Roy Boughton |Submission (Rear Naked Choke) |2 |0:49 |Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal. |Heavyweight |Brett Rogers |def. |Kevin Asplund |TKO (Doctor's Stoppage) |2 |5:00 |Light Heavyweight |Josh Stansbury |def. |Dan Spohn |Submission (Guillotine Choke) |1 |2:30 |Middleweight |Jason Butcher |def. |Duane Bastress |Submission (Triangle Choke) |1 |1:03 |Featherweight |Neil Johnson |def. |Brylan Van Artsdalen |Submission (Rear Naked Choke) |2 |4:29 |Catchweight (190 lb) |Kevin Zalac |def. |Chris Goldbaugh |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00

Bellator 72

Bellator 72 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on July 20, 2012 at USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. The event was distributed live in prime time by EPIX and MTV2.

Background

Paul Daley made his promotional debut at this event against Rudy Bears in a welterweight fight.

Marius Žaromskis and Waachiim Spiritwolf competed in a rematch - their third fight together - following a controversial doctor stoppage in their previous Bellator fight in May 2012.

A heavyweight bout between Chris Barnett and Tom Sauer was initially announced by the promotion for this card. However, the bout failed to materialize.

Results

|Welterweight |Karl Amoussou |def. |Bryan Baker |Submission (inverted heel hook) |1 |0:56 |Welterweight tournament final. |Welterweight |Paul Daley |def. |Rudy Bears |TKO (Punches) |1 |2:45 |Light Heavyweight |Travis Wiuff |def. |Tim Carpenter |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00 |Light Heavyweight tournament semifinal. |Light Heavyweight |Attila Vegh |def. |Emanuel Newton |Decision split |3 |5:00 |Light Heavyweight tournament semifinal. |Welterweight |Marius Žaromskis |def. |Waachiim Spiritwolf |Decision split |3 |5:00 |Catchweight (150 lb) |Paul Barrow |def. |Jason Carapelluci |Submission (Rear Naked Choke) |3 |0:46 |Catchweight (178 lb) |Ben Saunders |def. |Brian Warren |TKO (knees) |1 |0:22 |Aired on the main broadcast after the Daley/Bears fight. |Welterweight |Raul Amaya |def. |Kenny Moss |Verbal submission (Shoulder Injury) |2 |0:30 |Featherweight |Matt McCook |def. |Shanon Slack |Decision split |3 |5:00 |Welterweight |Julien Williams |def. |Ryan DeRocher |Technical submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) |2 |1:32

Bellator 73

Bellator 73 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on August 24, 2012 at Harrah's Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

This fight card was to feature Pat Curran making the first defense of his Featherweight title against Bellator season 4 Featherweight tournament winner Patricio Freire. However, on August 14, 2012, it was announced that Curran had suffered an injury and the bout was to be rescheduled for a later date.

The card featured the finals of the season 6 Bantamweight tournament and 2012 Summer Series Light Heavyweight tournament.

Marcus "Lelo" Aurelio was originally supposed to make his promotional debut on this card, but was removed due to an injury. His original opponent, Amaechi Oselukwue, instead met replacement Kelvin Tiller. Additionally, a heavyweight bout between Maurice Jackson and Chris Miller was announced, but failed to materialize.

Results

|Light Heavyweight |Attila Vegh |def. |Travis Wiuff |KO (punches) |1 |0:25 |Light Heavyweight tournament final. |Bantamweight |Marcos Galvao |def. |Luis Nogueira |TKO (elbows) |2 |4:20 |Bantamweight tournament final. |Light Heavyweight |Mike Mucitelli |def. |Matt Van Buren |Submission (triangle choke) |1 |3:01 |Heavyweight |Mike Wessel |def. |Ryan Martinez |Decision split |3 |5:00 |Lightweight |Zach Underwood |def. |Chris Coggins |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00 |Featherweight |Brian Hall |def. |Jay Black |TKO (punches) |1 |0:44 |Welterweight |Andy Uhrich |def. |Joe Williams |Decision unanimous |3 |5:00 |Catchweight (190 lb) |Kelvin Tiller |def. |Amaechi Oselukwue |TKO (punches) |2 |4:21 |Light Heavyweight |Jacob Noe |def. |Brian Albin |TKO (doctor stoppage) |1 |5:00 |Lightweight |Cosmo Alexandre |def. |Harry Johnson |TKO (knee to the body) |2 |0:39

Light Heavyweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1=SVK | RD1-team1=Attila Vegh | RD1-seed2=CRO | RD1-team2=Zelg Galesic | RD1-score1=SUB | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=USA | RD1-team3=Emanuel Newton | RD1-seed4=USA | RD1-team4=Roy Boughton | RD1-score3=SUB | RD1-score4=1 | RD1-seed5=USA | RD1-team5=Travis Wiuff | RD1-seed6=USA | RD1-team6=Chris Davis | RD1-score5=TKO | RD1-score6=1 | RD1-seed7=USA | RD1-team7=Tim Carpenter | RD1-seed8=USA | RD1-team8=Beau Tribolet | RD1-score7=SUB | RD1-score8=2 | RD2-seed1=SVK | RD2-team1=Attila Vegh | RD2-seed2=USA | RD2-team2=Emanuel Newton | RD2-score1=SD | RD2-score2=3 | RD2-seed3=USA | RD2-team3=Travis Wiuff | RD2-seed4=USA | RD2-team4=Tim Carpenter | RD2-score3=UD | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1=SVK | RD3-team1=Attila Vegh | RD3-seed2= USA | RD3-team2= Travis Wiuff | RD3-score1= KO | RD3-score2= 1

Bellator 74

The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. It was the season debut of season seven.

Background

Bellator 74 hosted the opening round in the Bellator Season Seven Welterweight Tournament.

Alexandre Bezerra was originally scheduled to face The Ultimate Fighter: Live alumni Jeff Smith. However, Smith failed his pre-fight medical and was replaced by Matt McCook in a 157 lb catchweight fight. Plinio Cruz and Kelvin Tiller were also originally announced to meet in a middleweight fight, but the bout was cancelled after Cruz sustained an injury in training.

Results |Welterweight | Lyman Good |def. | Jim Wallhead |Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Welterweight | Marius Žaromskis |def. | Nordine Taleb |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–27, 29–27) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Welterweight | Michail Tsarev |def. | Tim Welch |Submission (rear-naked choke) |2 |1:57 |Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Welterweight | Andrey Koreshkov |def. | Jordan Smith |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Featherweight | Will Martinez |def. | Casey Johnson |Submission (rear-naked choke) |1 |2:27 | |Women's Flyweight | Michelle Ould |def. | Munah Holland |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Catchweight (157 lb) | Alexandre Bezerra |def. | Matt McCook |Submission (rear-naked choke) |1 |3:04 | |Lightweight | Phillipe Nover |def. | Derrick Kennington |Technical submission (rear-naked choke) |2 |4:20 | |Featherweight | Brylan Van Artsdalen |def. | Jay Haas |Submission (guillotine choke) |1 |1:03 | |Bantamweight | Claudio Ledesma |def. | Kenny Foster |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |

Bellator 75

The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

The event featured the long-planned rematch between season-five heavyweight tournament finalists Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos. Prindle and Santos met in the finals of Bellator's season-five heavyweight tourney, but the bout was ruled a no-contest when Santos inexplicably kicked a downed Prindle in the groin. The initial rematch was scheduled for Bellator 61. However, on March 15, Bellator announced the fight had been pushed back a week to Bellator 62 due to Prindle having "flu-like symptoms." The following week Santos failed to make weight and the bout was cancelled, and Prindle was awarded the tournament win by default. Incredibly, the fourth scheduled meeting of these two fighters again ended in controversy as this time Prindle accidentally kicked Santos in the groin in round one.

Results |Heavyweight | Thiago Santos |def. | Eric Prindle |DQ (groin strike) |1 |4:51 |Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Heavyweight | Alexander Volkov |def. | Brett Rogers |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Heavyweight | Richard Hale |def. | Mike Wessel |TKO (punches) |1 |1:19 |Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Heavyweight | Vinicius Queiroz |def. | Mark Holata |Submission (armbar) |1 |3:26 |Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Bantamweight | Chase Beebe |def. | Bo Harris |Decision (unanimous) |3 |5:00 | |Heavyweight | Ryan Martinez |def. | Manny Lara |Majority decision |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight | Joe Williams |def. | Rod Montoya |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |3:17 | |Catchweight (178 lb) | Jason Graves |def. | Rafał Skibiński |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |2:50 | |Catchweight (210 lb) | Anthony Gomez |def. | Jose Medina |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |2:32 | |Catchweight (148 lb) | Cliff Wright |def. | Bobby Reardanz |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |3:39 |

Bellator 76

Bellator 76 took place on October 12, 2012 at Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 76 hosted the opening round in the Bellator Season Seven Featherweight Tournament.

Fight card |Lightweight | Eddie Alvarez |def. | Patricky Freire |KO (head kick and punches) |1 |4:54 | |Featherweight | Rad Martinez |def. | Nazareno Malegarie |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Featherweight | Wagnney Fabiano |def. | Akop Stepanyan |Submission (armbar) |1 |3:24 |Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Featherweight | Mike Richman |def. | Jeremy Spoon |KO (head kick and punches) |1 |0:23 |Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Featherweight | Shahbulat Shamhalaev |def. | Cody Bollinger |TKO (punches) |1 |4:49 |Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Featherweight | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev |def. | Nayeb Hezam |TKO (punches) |1 |0:24 |Featherweight Tournament Reserve Bout |Featherweight | Jason Fischer |def. | Kyle Prepolec |Submission (arm-triangle choke) |3 |3:19 | |Lightweight | Chad Laprise |def. | Ainsley Robinson |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight | Ali Mokdad |def. | Simon Marini |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight | Dom O'Grady |def. | A.J. Matthews |Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |

Bellator 77

Bellator 77 took place on October 19, 2012 at the Reading Eagle Theater in the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 77 hosted the opening round in the Bellator Season Seven Lightweight Tournament.

Results |Lightweight | Rich Clementi |def. | Alexander Sarnavskiy |Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Lightweight | Dave Jansen |def. | Magomed Saadulaev |Submission (guillotine choke) |3 |0:41 |Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Lightweight | Marcin Held |def. | Murad Machaev |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Lightweight | Ricardo Tirloni |def. | Rene Nazare |Submission (D'arce choke) |2 |1:14 |Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal |Flyweight | Matthew Lozano |def | Dave Morgan |Submission (inverted triangle choke) |2 |2:28 | |Catchweight (240) | Lew Polley |def. | Carmelo Marrero |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Lightweight | Darrell Horcher |def. | E. J. Brooks |KO (punch) |1 |0:21 |Lightweight Tournament Reserve Bout |Catchweight (157) | Cosmo Alexandre |def. | Mike Bannon |TKO (doctor stoppage) |2 |5:00 | |Middleweight | Duane Bastress |def. | Ariel Sepulveda |Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Featherweight | Brett Martinez |def. | Eric Albright |Submission (guillotine choke) |2 |3:28 |

Bellator 78

Bellator 78 took place on October 26, 2012 at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 78 hosted the semi-finals of Bellator's Season Seven Welterweight Tournament.

Results |Welterweight | Lyman Good |def. | Michail Tsarev |TKO (punches) |2 |3:54 |Welterweight Tournament Semifinal |Welterweight | Andrey Koreshkov |def. | Marius Zaromskis |TKO (punches) |1 |2:14 |Welterweight Tournament Semifinal |Featherweight | Daniel Mason-Straus |def. | Alvin Robinson |Submission (rear-naked choke) |2 |4:51 | |Middleweight | Brian Rogers |def. | Dominique Steele |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Women's Flyweight | Zoila Gurgel |def. | Casey Noland |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Non-title bout |Lightweight | Rob Hanna |def. | Rocky Edwards |Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Catchweight (140 lb) | Justin McNally |def. | David Blattman |Technical submission (triangle choke) |1 |0:38 | |Middleweight | Mikkel Parlo |def. | Jared Combs |KO (punches) |1 |3:51 | |Middleweight | Billy Horne |def. | Trey Houston |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |3:30 | |Middleweight | Jason Butcher |def. | Shaun Asher |Submission (guillotine choke) |1 |1:32 |

Bellator 79

Bellator 79 took place on November 2, 2012 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 79 hosted the one half of the semi-finals of Bellator's Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament and Featherweight Tournament.

Paul Daley was originally scheduled for this event, but was taken off the card due to concerns that he would be stopped at Canada border entry due to incomplete paperwork needed to secure a visa.

Results |Heavyweight | Richard Hale |def. | Thiago Santos |TKO (punches) |1 |3:31 |Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal |Featherweight | Shahbulat Shamhalaev |def. | Mike Richman |TKO (punches) |1 |1:45 |Featherweight Tournament Semifinal |Catchweight (180 lb) | Douglas Lima |def. | Jacob Ortiz |TKO (head kick and knee) |3 |4:50 | |Welterweight | Ryan Ford |def. | Kyle Baker |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Heavyweight | Josh Appelt |def. | Ed Carpenter |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |3:20 | |Catchweight (173 lb) | Christ Franck |def. | Marcus Aurélio |Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Heavyweight | Vitaly Minakov |def. | Vladimir Starcencov |TKO (punches) |2 |0:27 | |Lightweight | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev |def. | Josh Pulsifer |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |3:30 | |Lightweight | Guillaume DeLorenzi |def. | Jonny Carson |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |4:49 |

Bellator 80

Bellator 80 took place on November 9, 2012 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 80 hosted the second half of the semi-finals of Bellator's Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament and Featherweight Tournament.

The featherweight bout between Sky Moiseichik and Shanon Slack was changed to a 150 lb catchweight bout after both fighters failed to make weight.

Results |Bantamweight | Joe Warren |def. | Owen Evinger |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Featherweight | Rad Martinez |def. | Wagnney Fabiano |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |Featherweight Tournament Semifinal |Heavyweight | Alexander Volkov |def. | Vinicius Queiroz |TKO (punches) |2 |4:59 |Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal |Middleweight | Brett Cooper |def. | Darryl Cobb |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Lightweight | Brandon Girtz |def. | Mike Quinones |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight | Cristiano Souza |def. | Robert Otani |KO (punches) |1 |2:46 | |Lightweight | Cosmo Alexandre |def. | Josh Quayhagen |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Catchweight (150 lb) | Shanon Slack |def. | Sky Moiseichik |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight | Joe Vedepo |def. | Mike Bernhard |Submission (shin choke) |1 |3:26 | |Welterweight | Ryan DeRocher |def. | Taylor Krahl |KO (punches) |1 |0:20 |

Bellator 81

Bellator 81 took place on November 16, 2012 at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 81 hosted the semi-finals of Bellator's Season Seven Lightweight Tournament.

Results |Lightweight | Marcin Held |def. | Rich Clementi |Submission (toe hold) |2 |3:04 |Lightweight Tournament Semifinal |Lightweight | Dave Jansen |def. | Ricardo Tirloni |Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Lightweight Tournament Semifinal |Featherweight | Marlon Sandro |def. | Dustin Neace |Technical submission (rear naked choke) |1 |2:05 | |Middleweight | Perry Filkins |def. | Jonas Billstein |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Bantamweight | Ruben Rey |def. | Robbie LeRoux |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Lightweight | Matt Bessette |def. | Paul Barrow |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight | Brennan Ward |def. | Sam McCoy |KO (punches) |1 |2:49 | |Catchweight (210 lb) | Mike Mucitelli |def. | Matt Uhde |Submission (armbar) |1 |0:26 | |Middleweight | Dan Cramer |def. | Joe Lamoureux |KO (punches) |1 |3:26 | |Lightweight | Andrew Calandrelli |def. | Eric Brown |Submission (armbar) |2 |3:10 | |Catchweight (165 lb) | Murad Machaev |def. | Lorawnt-T Nelson |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |

Bellator 82

Bellator 82 took place on November 30, 2012 at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 82 hosted the final of Bellator's Season Seven Welterweight Tournament.

British fighter Michael Page was expected to make his Bellator debut at this event, but withdrew due to undergoing jaw surgery.

Results |Welterweight | Andrey Koreshkov |def. | Lyman Good |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |Welterweight Tournament Final |Catchweight | David Rickels |def. | Jason Fischer |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |160 lb catchweight |Middleweight | Doug Marshall |def. | Kala Hose |KO (punch) |1 |0:22 | |Lightweight | Alexander Sarnavskiy |def. | Tony Hervey |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Catchweight (162 lb) | John Schulz |def. | Hector Garcia |TKO (punches) |3 |2:45 | |Welterweight | Mario Navarro |def. | Anthony Bain |Submission (triangle choke) |2 |3:18 | |Bantamweight | Shawn Bunch |def. | Chad Coon |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight | Giva Santana |def. | Brendan Seguin |Submission (kneebar) |2 |2:33 | |Light Heavyweight | Terry Davinney |def. | Matt Van Buren |KO (punch) |1 |0:15 | |Featherweight | Jeremy Czarnecki |def. | Justin Houghton |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 |

Bellator 83

Bellator 83 took place on December 7, 2012 at the Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 83 was expected to host the final of Bellator's Season Seven Featherweight Tournament between finalists Shahbulat Shamhalaev and Rad Martinez. However, the night of the show it was announced on the air that the bout was cancelled due to Shamhalaev having food poisoning. The fight was initially moved to the following week's show, but then later postponed to season eight.

Results |Bantamweight | Anthony Leone |def. | Zach Makovsky |Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Women's Flyweight | Jessica Eye |def. | Zoila Gurgel |Technical submission (arm-triangle choke) |1 |0:58 | |Lightweight | Darrell Horcher |def. | Chris Liguori |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |Heavyweight | Mike Wessel |def. | Alexei Kudin |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Bantamweight | Jimmie Rivera |def. | Jesse Brock |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Featherweight | Terrell Hobbs |def. | Brylan Van Artsdalen |Submission (rear-naked choke) |1 |3:07 | |Catchweight (129 lb) | Tuan Pham |def. | Matthew Lozano |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Bantamweight | Claudio Ledesma |def. | David Harris |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |

Bellator 84

Bellator 84 took place on December 14, 2012 at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 84 hosted the final of Bellator's Season Seven Heavyweight and Lightweight Tournaments.

Christian M'Pumbu was expected to make his first defense of his light heavyweight title against 2012 Summer Series tournament winner Attila Vegh. However, on December 3, 2012, it was announced that Vegh had been pulled from the card due to injury and the match postponed for a later date.

Marcin Held and Dave Jansen were scheduled to compete in the Lightweight Tournament Final on this card. However, the match was cancelled because the Indiana Gaming Commission barred the 20-year-old Held from competing as one must be 21 to enter a casino.

The fight between Richard Hale and Alexander Volkov was the Heavyweight Tournament Final as well as for the vacated Heavyweight Title.

Results |Heavyweight | Alexander Volkov |def. | Richard Hale |Decision (unanimous) |5 |5:00 |Heavyweight Tournament Final; For Vacant Heavyweight Title |Middleweight | Daniel Vizcaya |def. | Jack Hermansson |Decision (split) |3 |5:00 | |Women's Strawweight | Felice Herrig |def. | Patricia Vidonic |Decision (unanimous) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight | Louis Taylor |def. | Joe Vedepo |KO (punch) |1 |4:12 | |Lightweight | Christian Uflacker |def. | Cliff Wright |Technical decision (unanimous) |3 |2:26 | |Catchweight (215 lb) | Anthony Gomez |def. | Anton Talamantes |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |3:30 | |Flyweight | Jerald Williams |def. | Joey Diehl |Decision (unanimous) |3 |5:00 | |Featherweight | Robert White |def. | Kenny Booker |Decision (unanimous) |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight | Belal Muhammad |def. | Quinton McCottrell |Decision (unanimous) |3 |5:00 | |Heavyweight | Dave Sharp |def. | Eddie Castillo |TKO (punches) |2 |2:35 |

Tournaments

Heavyweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=RUS Alexander Volkov | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=USA Brett Rogers | RD1-score1=UD | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=BRA Vinicius Queiroz | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=USA Mark Holata | RD1-score3=SUB | RD1-score4=1 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=USA Richard Hale | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=USA Mike Wessel | RD1-score5=TKO | RD1-score6=1 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=BRA Thiago Santos | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=USA Eric Prindle | RD1-score7=DQ | RD1-score8=1 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=RUS Alexander Volkov | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=BRA Vinicius Queiroz | RD2-score1=TKO | RD2-score2=2 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=USA Richard Hale | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=BRA Thiago Santos | RD2-score3=TKO | RD2-score4=1 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=RUS Alexander Volkov | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=USA Richard Hale | RD3-score1=UD | RD3-score2=5

Welterweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=RUS Andrey Koreshkov | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=PHI Jordan Smith | RD1-score1=UD | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=LIT Marius Žaromskis | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=FRA Nordine Taleb | RD1-score3=UD | RD1-score4=3 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=USA Lyman Good | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=ENG Jim Wallhead | RD1-score5=UD | RD1-score6=3 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=RUS Michail Tsarev | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=USA Tim Welch | RD1-score7=SUB | RD1-score8=2 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=RUS Andrey Koreshkov | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=LIT Marius Žaromskis | RD2-score1=KO | RD2-score2=1 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=USA Lyman Good | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=RUS Michail Tsarev | RD2-score3=TKO | RD2-score4=2 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=RUS Andrey Koreshkov | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=USA Lyman Good | RD3-score1=UD | RD3-score2=3

Lightweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=USA Dave Jansen | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=RUS Magomed Saadulaev | RD1-score1=SUB | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=BRA Ricardo Tirloni | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=BRA Rene Nazare | RD1-score3=SUB | RD1-score4=2 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=POL Marcin Held | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=RUS Murad Machaev | RD1-score5=UD | RD1-score6=3 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=USA Rich Clementi | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=RUS Alexander Sarnavskiy | RD1-score7=SD | RD1-score8=3 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=USA Dave Jansen | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=BRA Ricardo Tirloni | RD2-score1=SD | RD2-score2=3 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=POL Marcin Held | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=USA Rich Clementi | RD2-score3=2 | RD2-score4=SUB | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=USA Dave Jansen | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=POL Marcin Held | RD3-score1=UD | RD3-score2=3

Featherweight tournament bracket

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=RUS Shahbulat Shamhalaev | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=USA Cody Bollinger | RD1-score1=TKO | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=USA Mike Richman | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=USA Jeremy Spoon | RD1-score3=TKO | RD1-score4=1 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=USA Rad Martinez | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=ARG Nazareno Malegarie | RD1-score5=UD | RD1-score6=3 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=BRA Wagnney Fabiano | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=RUS Akop Stepanyan | RD1-score7=SUB | RD1-score8=1 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=RUS Shahbulat Shamhalaev | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=USA Mike Richman | RD2-score1=KO | RD2-score2=1 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=USA Rad Martinez | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=BRA Wagnney Fabiano | RD2-score3=UD | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=RUSShahbulat Shamhalaev | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=USA Rad Martinez | RD3-score1=KO | RD3-score2=2

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