Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Seven

Bellator Fighting Championships
Genre Sports
Created by Bjorn Rebney
Country of origin United States
Production
Running time 120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel MTV 2
Original run September 28, 2012 – December 14, 2012
Chronology
Preceded by Bellator Fighting Championships: 2012 Summer Series
Followed by Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Eight

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Seven was the seventh installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which began on September 28, 2012.[1]

Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in several weight classes, including the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight[2] and heavyweight divisions.[3]

Events

Bellator LXXIV

Bellator LXXIV
Information
Date September 28, 2012
Venue Caesars Atlantic City
City Atlantic City, New Jersey

Bellator LXXIV took place on September 28, 2012 at Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[2] 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.[2][4]

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.[5] 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.[5]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Lyman Good def. Jim Wallhead Unanimous decision (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight Marius Žaromskis def. Nordine Taleb Unanimous decision (30–27, 29–27, 29–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Welterweight Michail Tsarev def. Tim Welch Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 1:57 [lower-alpha 3]
Welterweight Andrey Koreshkov def. Jordan Smith Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 4]
Preliminary card
Featherweight Will Martinez def. Casey Johnson Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:27
Women's Flyweight Michelle Ould def. Munah Holland Unanimous decision (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 Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
  1. ↑ Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  2. ↑ Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  3. ↑ Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  4. ↑ Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal

Bellator LXXV

Bellator LXXV
Information
Date October 5, 2012
Venue Horseshoe Casino
City Hammond, Indiana

Bellator LXXV took place on October 5, 2012 at The Venue in the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.[3] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator LXXV hosted the opening round in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament.[3]

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.[6] 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."[7] The following week Santos failed to make weight and the bout was cancelled, and Prindle was awarded the tournament win by default.[8] 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

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Thiago Santos def. Eric Prindle DQ (groin strike) 1 4:51 [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Alexander Volkov def. Brett Rogers Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Heavyweight Richard Hale def. Mike Wessel TKO (punches) 1 1:19 [lower-alpha 3]
Heavyweight Vinicius Queiroz def. Mark Holata Submission (armbar) 1 3:26 [lower-alpha 4]
Preliminary card
Bantamweight Chase Beebe def. Bo Harris Unanimous decision 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
  1. ↑ Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  2. ↑ Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  3. ↑ Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  4. ↑ Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal

Bellator LXXVI

Bellator LXXVI
Information
Date October 12, 2012
Venue Caesars Windsor
City Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Bellator LXXVI took place on October 12, 2012 at Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.[9] 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

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez def. Patricky Freire KO (head kick and punches) 1 4:54
Featherweight Rad Martinez def. Nazareno Malegarie Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight Wagnney Fabiano def. Akop Stepanyan Submission (armbar) 1 3:24 [lower-alpha 2]
Featherweight Mike Richman def. Jeremy Spoon KO (head kick and punches) 1 0:23 [lower-alpha 3]
Featherweight Shahbulat Shamhalaev def. Cody Bollinger TKO (punches) 1 4:49 [lower-alpha 4]
Preliminary card
Featherweight Magomedrasul Khasbulaev def. Nayeb Hezam TKO (punches) 1 0:24 [lower-alpha 5]
Featherweight Jason Fischer def. Kyle Prepolec Submission (arm-triangle choke) 3 3:19
Lightweight Chad Laprise def. Ainsley Robinson Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Middleweight Ali Mokdad def. Simon Marini Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Dom O'Grady def. A.J. Matthews Split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
  1. ↑ Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  2. ↑ Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  3. ↑ Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  4. ↑ Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  5. ↑ Featherweight Tournament Reserve Bout

Bellator LXXVII

Bellator LXXVII
Information
Date October 19, 2012
Venue Reading Eagle Theater
City Reading, Pennsylvania

Bellator LXXVII took place on October 19, 2012 at the Reading Eagle Theater in the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania.[10] 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

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Rich Clementi def. Alexander Sarnavskiy Split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight Dave Jansen def. Magomed Saadulaev Submission (guillotine choke) 3 0:41 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Marcin Held def. Murad Machaev Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 3]
Lightweight Ricardo Tirloni def. Rene Nazare Submission (D'arce choke) 2 1:14 [lower-alpha 4]
Preliminary card
Flyweight Matthew Lozano def Dave Morgan Submission (inverted triangle choke) 2 2:28
Catchweight (240) Lew Polley def. Carmelo Marrero Unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Darrell Horcher def. E.J. Brooks KO (punch) 1 0:21 [lower-alpha 5]
Catchweight (157) Cosmo Alexandre def. Mike Bannon TKO (doctor stoppage) 2 5:00
Middleweight Duane Bastress def. Ariel Sepulveda Split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Brett Martinez def. Eric Albright Submission (guillotine choke) 2 3:28
  1. ↑ Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  2. ↑ Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  3. ↑ Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  4. ↑ Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal
  5. ↑ Lightweight Tournament Reserve Bout

Bellator LXXVIII

Bellator LXXVIII
Information
Date October 26, 2012
Venue Nutter Center
City Dayton, Ohio

Bellator LXXVIII took place on October 26, 2012 at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio.[11] 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

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Lyman Good def. Michail Tsarev TKO (punches) 2 3:54 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight Andrey Koreshkov def. Marius Zaromskis TKO (punches) 1 2:14 [lower-alpha 2]
Featherweight Daniel Straus def. Alvin Robinson Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:51
Middleweight Brian Rogers def. Dominique Steele Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Women's Flyweight Zoila Gurgel def. Casey Noland Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 3]
Lightweight Rob Hanna def. Rocky Edwards Split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Catchweight (140 lbs) Justin McNally def. Jake Nauracy 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
  1. ↑ Welterweight Tournament Semifinal
  2. ↑ Welterweight Tournament Semifinal
  3. ↑ Non-title bout

Bellator LXXIX

Bellator LXXIX
Information
Date November 2, 2012
Venue Casino Rama
City Rama, Ontario

Bellator LXXIX took place on November 2, 2012 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario.[12] 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 the Canadian border due to incomplete paperwork needed to secure a visa.[13]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Richard Hale def. Thiago Santos TKO (punches) 1 3:31 [lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight Shahbulat Shamhalaev def. Mike Richman TKO (punches) 1 1:45 [lower-alpha 2]
Catchweight (180 lbs) Douglas Lima def. Jacob Ortiz TKO (head kick and knee) 3 4:50
Welterweight Ryan Ford def. Kyle Baker Unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Heavyweight Josh Appelt def. Ed Carpenter Submission (rear naked choke) 1 3:20
Catchweight (173 lbs) Christ Franck def. Marcus Aurélio Split decision (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
  1. ↑ Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
  2. ↑ Featherweight Tournament Semifinal

Bellator LXXX

Bellator LXXX
Information
Date November 9, 2012
Venue Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
City Hollywood, Florida

Bellator LXXX took place on November 9, 2012 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.[14] 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-lbs catchweight bout after both fighters failed to make weight.[15]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Joe Warren def. Owen Evinger Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Rad Martinez def. Wagnney Fabiano Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Alexander Volkov def. Vinicius Queiroz TKO (punches) 2 4:59 [lower-alpha 2]
Middleweight Brett Cooper def. Darryl Cobb Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Lightweight Brandon Girtz def. Mike Quinones Unanimous decision (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 Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Catchweight (150 lbs) Shanon Slack def. Sky Moiseichik Unanimous decision (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
  1. ↑ Featherweight Tournament Semifinal
  2. ↑ Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal

Bellator LXXXI

Bellator LXXXI
Information
Date November 16, 2012
Venue Ryan Center
City Kingston, Rhode Island

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

Background

Bellator 81 hosted the semi-finals of Bellator's Season Seven Lightweight Tournament.[16]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Marcin Held def. Rich Clementi Submission (toe hold) 2 3:04 [lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight Dave Jansen def. Ricardo Tirloni Split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Featherweight Marlon Sandro def. Dustin Neace Technical submission (rear naked choke) 1 2:05
Middleweight Perry Filkins def. Jonas Billstein Unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Bantamweight Ruben Rey def. Robbie LeRoux Unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Matt Bessette def. Paul Barrow Unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Middleweight Brennan Ward def. Sam McCoy KO (punches) 1 2:49
Catchweight (210 lbs) 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 lbs) Murad Machaev def. Lorawnt-T Nelson Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
  1. ↑ Lightweight Tournament Semifinal
  2. ↑ Lightweight Tournament Semifinal

Bellator LXXXII

Bellator LXXXII
Information
Date November 30, 2012
Venue Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
City Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Bellator LXXXII took place on November 30, 2012 at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.[17] The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 82 hosted the final of Bellator's Season Seven Welterweight Tournament.[17]

British fighter Michael Page was expected to make his Bellator debut at this event, but was pulled for undisclosed reasons.[18]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Andrey Koreshkov def. Lyman Good Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Catchweight David Rickels def. Jason Fischer Unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Middleweight Doug Marshall def. Kala Hose KO (punch) 1 0:22
Lightweight Alexander Sarnavskiy def. Tony Hervey Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Catchweight (162 lbs) 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 Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Middleweight Giva Santana def. Brendan Sequin Submission (kneebar) 2 2:33
Light Heavyweight Terry Davinney def. Matt Van Buren KO (punch) 1 0:15
Featherweight Jeremy Czarnecki def. Justin Houghton Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
  1. ↑ Welterweight Tournament Final
  2. ↑ 160 lbs. catchweight[19]

Bellator LXXXIII

Bellator LXXXIII
Information
Date December 7, 2012
Venue Caesars Atlantic City
City Atlantic City, New Jersey

Bellator LXXXIII took place on December 7, 2012 at the Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey[20] 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.[21] 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,[22] but then later postponed to season eight.[23]

Results

Main event
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Anthony Leone def. Zach Makovsky Split decision (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 Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Heavyweight Mike Wessel def. Alexei Kudin Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Jimmie Rivera def. Jesse Brock Unanimous decision (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 lbs) Tuan Pham def. Matthew Lozano Unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Claudio Ledesma def. David Harris Unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00

    Bellator LXXXIV

    Bellator LXXXIV
    Information
    Date December 14, 2012
    Venue Horseshoe Casino
    City Hammond, Indiana

    Bellator LXXXIV took place on December 14, 2012 at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.[24] 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.[21]

    Christian M'Pumbu was expected to make his first defense of his light heavyweight title against 2012 Summer Series tournament winner Attila Vegh.[24] 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.[25]

    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.[26]

    The fight between Richard Hale and Alexander Volkov was the Heavyweight Tournament Final as well as for the vacated Heavyweight Title.[27]

    Results

    Main card
    Weight class Method Round Time Notes
    Heavyweight Alexander Volkov def. Richard Hale Unanimous decision 5 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
    Middleweight Daniel Vizcaya def. Jack Hermansson Split decision 3 5:00
    Women's Strawweight Felice Herrig def. Patricia Vidonic Unanimous decision 3 5:00
    Middleweight Louis Taylor def. Joe Vedepo KO (punch) 1 4:12
    Preliminary card
    Lightweight Christian Uflacker def. Cliff Wright Technical decision (unanimous) 3 2:26
    Catchweight (215 lbs) Anthony Gomez def. Anton Talamantes Submission (rear naked choke) 1 3:30
    Flyweight Jerald Williams vs Joey Diehl Unanimous decision 3 5:00
    Featherweight Robert White def. Kenny Booker Unanimous decision 3 5:00
    Welterweight Belal Muhammed def. Quinton McCottrell Unanimous decision 3 5:00
    Heavyweight Dave Sharp def. Eddie Castillo TKO (punches) 2 2:35
    1. ↑ Heavyweight Tournament Final;[24] For Vacant Heavyweight Title

    Tournaments

    Featherweight tournament bracket

    Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
    Shahbulat Shamhalaev TKO
    Cody Bollinger 1
    Shahbulat Shamhalaev KO
    Mike Richman 1
    Jeremy Spoon TKO
    Mike Richman 1
    Shahbulat Shamhalaev KO
    Rad Martinez 2
    Wagnney Fabiano SUB
    Akop Stepanyan 1
    Wagnney Fabiano DEC
    Rad Martinez 3
    Nazareno Malegarie DEC
    Rad Martinez 3

    Lightweight tournament bracket

    Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
    Rich Clementi DEC
    Alexander Sarnavskiy 3
    Rich Clementi 2
    Marcin Held SUB
    Marcin Held DEC
    Murad Machaev 3
    Marcin Held DEC
    Dave Jansen 3
    Dave Jansen SUB
    Magomed Saadulaev 3
    Dave Jansen DEC
    Ricardo Tirloni 3
    Rene Nazare SUB
    Ricardo Tirloni 2

    Welterweight tournament bracket

    Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
    Lyman Good DEC
    Jim Wallhead 3
    Lyman Good TKO
    Michail Tsarev 2
    Michail Tsarev SUB
    Tim Welch 2
    Lyman Good DEC
    Andrey Koreshkov 3
    Andrey Koreshkov DEC
    Jordan Smith 3
    Andrey Koreshkov KO
    Marius Žaromskis 1
    Marius Žaromskis DEC
    Nordine Taleb 3

    Heavyweight tournament bracket

    Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
    Vinicius Queiroz SUB
    Mark Holata 1
    Vinicius Queiroz TKO
    Alexander Volkov 2
    Brett Rogers DEC
    Alexander Volkov 3
    Alexander Volkov DEC
    Richard Hale 5
    Richard Hale TKO
    Mike Wessel 1
    Richard Hale TKO
    Thiago Santos 1
    Eric Prindle DQ
    Thiago Santos 1

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    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bellator returns to Caesars Atlantic City". bellator.com. August 4, 2012.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Eight Heavyweights Invade Horseshoe Casino Hammond at Bellator 75 on October 5". bellator.com. August 4, 2012.
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    23. ↑ "Bellator's Rad Martinez-Shahbulat Shamhalaev tourney final moved to Season 8". mmajunkie.com. 2012-12-11.
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