Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Three

Bellator Fighting Championships
Genre Sports
Created by Bjorn Rebney
Country of origin United States
Production
Running time 120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel FOX Sports Net
Original run August 12, 2010 – October 28, 2010
Chronology
Preceded by Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Two
Followed by Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Three was the third installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which started on August 12, 2010. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in multiple weight classes, including the bantamweight division,[1] heavyweight division and women's division at 115 pounds. Also some Bellator champions defended their titles against the Bellator season two tournament winners during the season.

Contents

Events

Bellator XXIV

Bellator XXIV
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date August 12, 2010
Venue Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
City Hollywood, Florida, USA
Event chronology
Bellator XXIII Bellator XXIV Bellator XXV

Bellator XXIV was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.[2] The card began Bellator Season Three and featured the first round of the Bellator 115-pound women's tournament and an opening round fight in the Heavyweight tournament.

Background

Two bouts, Nico Parella vs. Efrain Ruiz and Frank Carrillo vs. Moyses Gabin, were scratched from the untelevised portion of this card. Parella pulled his groin and Gabin suffered a broken foot, which forced both off the card.[3]

Results

Main Card

Lombard defeated Goodman via KO (punches) at 0:38 of round 1.
Grove def. Sanchez via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 1:32 of round 1.
Fujii defeated Esparza via submission (armbar) at 0:57 of round 2.
Aguilar defeated Alvarez via submission (arm triangle choke) at 4:01 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights

Edwards defeated Palomino via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
Sharipov defeated Luke via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Quintanilla defeated Eckstein via KO (punches) at 2:48 of round 3.

Bellator XXV

Bellator XXV
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date August 19, 2010
Venue Chicago Theatre
City Chicago, Illinois, USA
Event chronology
Bellator XXIV Bellator XXV Bellator XXVI

Bellator XXV was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. This event took place on August 19, 2010 at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.[4] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates. In Japan, the event was distributed with a short delay by Cavea.

Background

A lightweight bout featuring Mark Miller and Josh Shockley was set to happen at this event.[5] But the week before the event, the bout was scratched when Miller suffered a rib injury in training.[6]

Results

Main Card

Hornbuckle defeated Blackburn via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
Konrad defeated Lloret via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Grabowski defeated Barrett via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Frausto defeated Pene via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Local Feature Fights

Taylor defeated Carter via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
Gassaway defeated Knabjian via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
Robertson defeated Kolosci via submission (keylock) at 2:41 of round 2.
Kriegermeier defeated Cypriano via submission (triangle choke) at 3:16 of round 1.

Bellator XXVI

Bellator XXVI
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date August 26, 2010
Venue Kansas City Power & Light District
City Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Attendance 4,000[7]
Event chronology
Bellator XXV Bellator XXVI Bellator XXVII

Bellator XXVI was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Missouri.[8] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

Rory Markham was scheduled to fight Steve Carl, however Markham was not medically cleared. Tyler Stinson took his place.[9]

Results

Main Card

Carl defeated Stinson via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 2:30 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
Oleinik defeated Hayes via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28).
Vega defeated Tims via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28).
Ward defeated Daly via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Local Feature Fights

Cummings defeated Bears via submission (brabo choke) at 1:27 of round 1.
Croom defeated Davidson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:22 of round 2.
Ott defeated Imes via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Chiles defeated Richards via technical submission (kimura) at 3:51 of round 2.

Bellator XXVII

Bellator XXVII
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date September 2, 2010
Venue Majestic Theatre
City San Antonio, Texas, USA
Attendance 600 [10]
Event chronology
Bellator XXVI Bellator XXVII Bellator XXVIII

Bellator XXVII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas.[11] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.

Results

Main Card

Warren defeated Soto via TKO (knee & punches) at 0:33 of round 2 to become the new Bellator Featherweight Champion.
Gomez defeated Reddinger via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28).
Makovsky defeated Mamalis via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
West defeated Goldsby via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)

Local Feature Fights

Craig defeated Pinheiro via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 2:53 of round 3.
Jimenez defeated Barringer via unanimous decision.
Odoms defeated Mitchell via split decision.
Chappelle defeated Christopher via unanimous decision.
Kirk defeated Faulkner via TKO (punches) at 2:19 of round 3.
Peterson defeated De La Cruz via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).

Bellator XXVIII

Bellator XXVIII
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date September 9, 2010
Venue Mahalia Jackson Theater
City New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Event chronology
Bellator XXVII Bellator XXVIII Bellator XXIX

Bellator XXVIII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana.[12] The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates. This was the first Bellator card with no Tournament Bouts.

Background

Chas Skelly was expected to fight Georgi Karakhanyan in a fourth season featherweight tournament qualifier bout. However, Skelly injured himself during training and was forced to pull out of the bout. Skelly's replacement was to be UFC veteran, Alvin Robinson.[13] However, Robinson was also forced to pull out of the bout due to injury. Robinson was replaced by WEC veteran Anthony Leone.[14]

Toney Canales and J.C. Pennington were set to fight, but for unknown reasons, the fight was pulled at the last minute.[12]

The card took place in the same city and during the same night and time as the 2010 NFL season opener, a rematch of the NFC Championship game between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings, a decision unprecedented in MMA to counter-program a marquee NFL event which may have had adverse effect on local ticket sales.[15]

Results

Main Card

Larkin defeated Andrusia via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:46 of round 1.
Vanier defeated Clementi via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Lightweight Tournament.
Schambari defeated Horwich via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 30–27).
Karakhanyan defeated Leone via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Featherweight Tournament.

Local Feature Fights

Roberts defeated Doss via submission (punches) in round 1.
Mackles defeated Kerry via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28).
Rader defaetd Rafferty via TKO (punches) at 1:14 of round 1.
O'Shaughnessy defeated Woods via submission (armbar) at 2:11 of round 3.

Bellator XXIX

Bellator XXIX
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date September 16, 2010
Venue The Rave
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Event chronology
Bellator XXVIII Bellator XXIX Bellator XXX

Bellator XXIX was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[16] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

Bellator 29 was the first sanctioned MMA event in Wisconsin.

Chico Camus was set to compete against Jameel Massouh in a catchweight bout. However, Camus injured his sternum in a car accident and was forced to withdraw from the bout.[17] Kyle Dietz was set to be Camus' replacement; however, an illness forced Ulysses Gomez out of his bout in the bantamweight tournament and Bryan Goldsby, who was set to fight Nik Mamalis, stepped in for Gomez and returned to the tournament. Dietz was dropped from the card, and Mamalis stepped in to fight Massoush.

Justin Lemke was originally set to fight David Oliva, but Oliva was forced out of the bout due to weight issues.[18] Jason Guida stepped in for Oliva as his replacement.[19]

The Massouh/Mamalis bout was originally contracted as a 140 lbs. catchweight fight. Massouh initially weighed in two pounds over the limit, but successfully made weight two hours after the original weigh-in on a subsequent attempt. Jason Guida weighed in five pounds over the 210 lbs. catchweight limit in his bout against Justin Lemke.[20]

Results

Main Card

Massouh defeated Mamalis via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:27 in round 1.
Konrad defeated Grabowski via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
Grove defeated Oleinik via TKO (punches) at 0:45 of round 1.
Cooper defeated Major via TKO (punches) at 1:27 of round 2.

Local Feature Fights

Lemke defeated Guida via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
Perkic defeated Dupees via unanimous decision (30–27, 30 -27, 29–28).
Weickhardt defeated Ramirez via KO (head kick) at 0:30 of round 1.

Bellator XXX

Bellator XXX
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date September 23, 2010
Venue Fourth Street Live!
City Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Event chronology
Bellator XXIX Bellator XXX Bellator XXXI

Bellator XXX was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 23, 2010, at Fourth Street Live! in Louisville, Kentucky.[21] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background Bryan Goldsby replaced Ulysses Gomez in the bantamweight tournament after Gomez was forced to withdraw due to staph infection.[22]

Results

Main Card

Weedman defeated McClintock via TKO (punches) at 3:05 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
Baker defeated Horn via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).
Makovsky defeated Goldsby via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).
West defeated Vega via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

Local Feature Fights

Troyer defeated Clark via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Sparks defeated Maynard via KO (punch) at 0:50 of round 1.
Ferguson defeated Barber via submission (armbar) of round 2.
Riggs defeated Fleniken via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
O'Donnell defeated Hale via submission (kimura) at 0:50 of round 2.

Bellator XXXI

Bellator XXXI
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date September 30, 2010
Venue L'Auberge du Lac Resort
City Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Event chronology
Bellator XXX Bellator XXXI Bellator XXXII

Bellator XXXI was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at L'Auberge du Lac Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana.[23] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

A previously announced fight between Ricco Rodriguez and Dave Herman,[24] was scrapped from this card due to Rodriguez suffering a knee injury.[25] Michal Kita served as Rodriguez's replacement.[26]

Results

Main Card

Frausto defeated Aguilar via split decision (30–27, 27–30, 30–27).
Fujii defeated Ward via submission (armbar) at 1:39 of round 1
Lozano defeated Yoshida via TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 2 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.

Local Feature Fights

Holata defeated Jordan via KO (punch) at 1:13 of round 1.
Harris defeated Miers via submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 0:49 of round 2.
Ruberg defeated Davis via submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:44 of round 2.
Herman defeated Kita via submission (Omoplata) at 3:16 of round 1.
Chandler defeated Stapp via TKO (Punches) at 1:57 of round 1.

Bellator XXXII

Bellator XXXII
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date October 14, 2010
Venue Kansas City Power & Light District
City Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Event chronology
Bellator XXXI Bellator XXXII Bellator XXXIII

Bellator XXXII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Missouri.[27] The card featured the tournament finals fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

This was the fourth Bellator event to be held at the Kansas City Power & Light District, all in 2010. Bellator XVI, Bellator XXII and Bellator XXVI have also been held at this venue.

The event hosted bouts to crown the first Bellator Heavyweight and Bantamweight Champions.

Results

Main Card

Konrad defeated Grove via submission (keylock) at 4:45 of round 1 to become the first Bellator Heavyweight Champion.
Makovsky defeated West by unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) to become the first Bellator Bantamweight Champion.
Wallhead defeated Thomas by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
Chandler defeated Page via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:57 of round 1.

Local Feature Fights

Marriott defeated Roberts via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).
Bears defeated Reiner via KO (Punches) at 1:29 of round 1.
Downing defeated Tims via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 30–27).
Davidson defeated Hutchison via KO (punches) at 0:54 of round 1.

Bellator XXXIII

Bellator XXXIII
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date October 21, 2010
Venue Liacouras Center
City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Event chronology
Bellator XXXII Bellator XXXIII Bellator XXXIV

Bellator XXXIII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[28] The card featured a tournament final fight in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.

Background

The main event was supposed to feature Eddie Alvarez defending his lightweight title against season two's lightweight tournament winner, Pat Curran. Curran injured himself during training so Alvarez instead fought Roger Huerta in a non-title fight.

Wilson Reis vs. Deividas Taurosevičius was set to air as a part of the night's main card; however, the fight was not aired for unknown reasons.

Results

Main Card

Alvarez defeated Huerta via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2.
Askren defeated Good via unanimous decision (49–46, 48–47, 50–45) to become the new Bellator Welterweight Champion.
Hawn defeated Maynard via KO (punches) at 4:53 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.

Local Feature Fights

Reis defeated Taurosevičius via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
Carpenter defeated Patterson via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
Azeredo defeated Guedes via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Foster defeated Casow via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
Cottone defeated Pham via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
Evans defeated Cassner via Submission (Triangle) at 3:20 of round 1.

Bellator XXXIV

Bellator XXXIV
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date October 28, 2010
Venue Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
City Hollywood, Florida, USA
Event chronology
Bellator XXXIII Bellator XXXIV Bellator XXXV

Bellator XXXIV was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.[29] The card featured the final round of the Bellator 115-pound women's tournament in Bellator's third season,[30] as well as Hector Lombard defending his middleweight title. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.

Results

Main Card

Lombard defeats Shlemenko by unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, 49–46).
Frausto defeated Fujii via split decision (48–47, 47–48, 49–46) to become the Bellator Women's Champion.
Bernhard defeated Tešanović via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).
Davis defeated Lopez via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Local Feature Fights

Kelly defeated Kuhn via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
Acosta defeated Quintanila via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
Carrillo defeated Gabin via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Cramer defeated Almeida via TKO (cut) at 2:36 of round 1.
Reese defeated Somchay via TKO (strikes) at 3:32 of round 1.

Tournaments

Women's Flyweight (115 lbs) Tournament Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
   Megumi Fujii SUB  
 Carla Esparza 2  
   Megumi Fujii SUB  
   Lisa Ward 1  
 Lisa Ward DEC
   Aisling Daly 3  
     Megumi Fujii DEC
   Zoila Frausto 5
   Jessica Aguilar SUB  
 Lynn Alvarez 1  
   Jessica Aguilar DEC
   Zoila Frausto 3  
 Jessica Pene DEC
   Zoila Frausto 3  

^ 1: Carla Esparza replaced Angela Magana after Magana was forced to withdraw due to a foot injury.[31]

Bantamweight Tournament Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
   Jose Vega DEC  
 Danny Tims 3  
   Jose Vega DEC  
   Ed West 3  
 Bryan Goldsby DEC
   Ed West 3  
     Ed West DEC
   Zach Makovsky 5
   Nick Mamalis DEC  
 Zach Makovsky 3  
   Zach Makovsky DEC
   Bryan Goldsby1[›] 3  
 Ulysses Gomez DEC
   Travis Reddinger 3  

^ 1: Bryan Goldsby replaced Ulysses Gomez after Gomez was forced to withdraw due to staph infection.[32]

Heavyweight Tournament Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
   Neil Grove TKO  
 Eddie Sanchez 1  
   Neil Grove TKO  
   Alexey Oleinik 1  
 Mike Hayes DEC
   Alexey Oleinik 3  
     Neil Grove SUB
   Cole Konrad 1
   Cole Konrad DEC  
 Rogent Lloret 3  
   Cole Konrad DEC
   Damian Grabowski 3  
 Damian Grabowski DEC
   Scott Barrett 3  

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