Bellator MMA’s January 31st Fight Card Finalized
Jan 27, 2013 Comments
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Bellator MMA will be broadcast LIVE on Thursday,
January 31st at 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT on Spike TV, as well as in
Spanish language on mun2. The preliminary card will begin at 7:00
pm ET/ 6:00 pm CT and streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com.
The full fight card for Bellator MMA is below:
MAIN CARD:
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: David Rickels (11-1) vs. Lloyd Woodard (12-2)
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Will Brooks (8-0) vs. Ricardo Tirloni (15-3)
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Alexander Sarnavskiy (21-1) vs. Thiago Michel (11-3)
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Lightweight Feature Fight: Saad Awad (12-4) vs. Jason Fischer (5-1)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Sam Quito (11-4) vs. Ben Lagman (7-2)
Lightweight Feature Fight: J.P. Reese (8-4) vs. David Shepherd (5-2)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Cody Stamann (2-0) vs. Justin Houghton (5-2)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Jason Fish (2-0) vs. Karl Etherington (7-0)
Lightweight Feature Fight: John Schulz (4-0) vs. Amir Killah (10-5)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Nick Kirk (9-1) vs. Tony Zelinski (3-2)
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Bellator MMA Bellator MMA is the world’s largest tournament based Mixed Martial Arts organization. Televised to nearly 500 Million homes worldwide in over 107 countries, Bellator’s majority owner is entertainment giant Viacom. In the United States, Bellator can be seen on Spike TV, the MMA television leader. With over 150 world-class athletes under contract, Bellator is home to many of the sport’s top mixed martial artists. Bellator’s founder & CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment executive with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator’s core philosophy is that title shots should be earned, not given. This belief gave rise to Bellator’s real sport, tournament-based format, which gives Bellator’s tournaments a true playoff feel that keeps the sport true and distances itself from the subjective side of fighting sports found in organizations that utilize a matchmaking/casting formula. Bellator MMA is comprised of an executive team that includes top industry professionals in television production, live event orchestration, fighter development/relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations. Bellator is based in Newport Beach, California.
About Spike TV: Spike TV is available in 98.7 million homes and is a division of Viacom Media Networks. A unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter @spiketvpr for the latest in breaking news updates, behind-the-scenes information and photos.
About mun2 mun2 is the leading Hispanic cable network for young millennial adults 18-34. From reality to music, on-air to digital, mun2 creates original content that resonates across a multi-screen platform. Young, vibrant and unabashedly Latino, mun2 has a distribution to over 38 million households. The network is part of Telemundo Media, a division of NBCUniversal.
The full fight card for Bellator MMA is below:
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Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: David Rickels (11-1) vs. Lloyd Woodard (12-2)
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Guillaume
DeLorenzi (10-1) vs. Patricky
Freire (10-4)
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Will Brooks (8-0) vs. Ricardo Tirloni (15-3)
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Alexander Sarnavskiy (21-1) vs. Thiago Michel (11-3)
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Lightweight Feature Fight: Saad Awad (12-4) vs. Jason Fischer (5-1)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Sam Quito (11-4) vs. Ben Lagman (7-2)
Lightweight Feature Fight: J.P. Reese (8-4) vs. David Shepherd (5-2)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Cody Stamann (2-0) vs. Justin Houghton (5-2)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Jason Fish (2-0) vs. Karl Etherington (7-0)
Lightweight Feature Fight: John Schulz (4-0) vs. Amir Killah (10-5)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Nick Kirk (9-1) vs. Tony Zelinski (3-2)
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Bellator MMA Bellator MMA is the world’s largest tournament based Mixed Martial Arts organization. Televised to nearly 500 Million homes worldwide in over 107 countries, Bellator’s majority owner is entertainment giant Viacom. In the United States, Bellator can be seen on Spike TV, the MMA television leader. With over 150 world-class athletes under contract, Bellator is home to many of the sport’s top mixed martial artists. Bellator’s founder & CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment executive with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator’s core philosophy is that title shots should be earned, not given. This belief gave rise to Bellator’s real sport, tournament-based format, which gives Bellator’s tournaments a true playoff feel that keeps the sport true and distances itself from the subjective side of fighting sports found in organizations that utilize a matchmaking/casting formula. Bellator MMA is comprised of an executive team that includes top industry professionals in television production, live event orchestration, fighter development/relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations. Bellator is based in Newport Beach, California.
About Spike TV: Spike TV is available in 98.7 million homes and is a division of Viacom Media Networks. A unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter @spiketvpr for the latest in breaking news updates, behind-the-scenes information and photos.
About mun2 mun2 is the leading Hispanic cable network for young millennial adults 18-34. From reality to music, on-air to digital, mun2 creates original content that resonates across a multi-screen platform. Young, vibrant and unabashedly Latino, mun2 has a distribution to over 38 million households. The network is part of Telemundo Media, a division of NBCUniversal.
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