| Bellator Fighting Championships | |
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| Genre | Sports |
| Created by | Bjorn Rebney |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | MTV 2 |
| Original run | June 25, 2011 – August 20, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four |
| Followed by | Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five |
Bellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer Series was the first installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships Summer Series which started in June 2011. A Mixed martial arts tournament was held in the Featherweight weight class.[1]
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| Bellator XLVI | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | June 25, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino | |||
| City | Hollywood, Florida | |||
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Bellator XLVI was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on June 25, 2011 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.[2] The card was part of Bellator's inaugural Summer Series and featured opening round fights in the Summer Series Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Background
This event hosted the first round of an eight-man featherweight tournament to be held over the Summer Series.[3]
Fighter David Baggett missed the middleweight limit allowance of 186 for non-title fights, weighing in at 191.5lbs,[4] and his bout with Moyses Gabin was scrapped from the card.
The event drew an estimated 185,000 viewers on MTV2.[5]
Results
Main Card
Local Feature Fights
| Bellator XLVII | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | July 23, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Casino Rama | |||
| City | Rama, Ontario | |||
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Bellator XLVII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on July 23, 2011 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario.[6] The card featured semi-final fights in the Bellator 2011 Summer Series Featherweight Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Background
This event was to feature Joe Warren's first defense of his featherweight title against season four tournament winner Patricio Freire.[6] Freire, however, pulled out of the fight in early July due to a broken hand.[7]
This was Bellator's first event in Canada. Bellator 4 was set to take place in Canada, but was moved due to the promotion unable to come to terms with the Quebec Boxing Commission.[8]
Ben Saunders was expected to fight at this event[9], but had to pull out due to an undisclosed injury he suffered in training.[10]
Bantamweights Bo Harris and Bryan Goldsby were originally announced to be facing each other[11], but the bout did not materialize in the days leading up to the event as Harris failed to complete his medical requirements in a timely fashion.
The event drew an estimated 277,000 viewers on MTV2.[12]
Results
Main Card
Local Feature Fights
| Bellator XLVIII | ||||
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| Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | August 20, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Mohegan Sun Arena | |||
| City | Uncasville, Connecticut | |||
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Bellator XLVIII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on August 20, 2011 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.[13] The card was part of Bellator's inaugural Summer Series and featured the final round fights in the Summer Series Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Background
This event hosted the final round of an eight-man featherweight tournament that was held over the Summer Series.[14]
John Clarke was expected to face Dan Cramer, but an injury forced Clarke out of the bout. Jeff Nader stepped in as Clarke's replacement.[15]
The event drew an estimated 226,000 viewers on MTV2.[16]
Results
Main Card
Local Feature Fights
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Pat Curran | SUB | ||||||||||||
| Luis Palomino | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pat Curran | DEC | ||||||||||||
| Ronnie Mann | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Ronnie Mann | KO | ||||||||||||
| Adam Schindler | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pat Curran | KO | ||||||||||||
| Marlon Sandro | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Marlon Sandro | DEC | ||||||||||||
| Genair da Silva | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Marlon Sandro | DEC | ||||||||||||
| Nazareno Malegarie | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Nazareno Malegarie | SUB | ||||||||||||
| Jacob DeVree | 3 | ||||||||||||
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