Richman vs. Stepanyan Added To November 2nd Spike TV Broadcast

Newport Beach, CA. (October 15^th, 2013) – The highly anticipated Bellator Pay-Per-View “Rampage vs. Tito” has seen another addition as featherweights Mike “The Marine” Richman and Akop Stepanyan have been added to the November 2^nd fight card and will be featured on Spike TV.  The night currently features a Featherweight Title fight between Pat Curran and Daniel Straus, an interim Light Heavyweight Title fight between Emanuel Newton and King Mo, a Lightweight Title fight between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez, as well as the night’s main event featuring MMA icons Rampage Jackson and Tito Ortiz.

“Rampage vs. Tito” will be held at Southern California’s Long Beach Arena on Saturday, November 2nd, with tickets on sale now. Tickets can be purchased on Bellator.com, Ticketmaster.com, as well as at The Long Beach Arena Box Office.

“I’m really honored to be part of Bellator’s first PPV,” Richman said. “It really means a lot to me to be featured on this card. I always look to put on exciting fights, but I feel like I have a duty to Bellator and myself to really put on a show to get people excited to buy this PPV and see an amazing night of fights. Akop is a tough guy and fought some solid talent, but I’ll be collecting another victory on November 2^nd.”

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Rampage Jackson (32-11) vs. Tito Ortiz (16-11-1)

Lightweight Title Fight: Michael Chandler (12-0) vs. Eddie Alvarez (24-3)

Light Heavyweight Interim Title Fight: King Mo Lawal (11-2) vs. Emanuel Newton (21-7-1)

Featherweight Title Fight: Pat Curran (19-4) vs. Daniel Straus (21-4)

Heavyweight Tournament Finals: Cheick Kongo (19-8) vs. Vinicius Spartan (7-3)

Fight Master Welterweight Finals: Joe Riggs (39-14) vs. Mike Bronzoulis (15-5)

Lightweight Feature Fight: Terry Etim (15-5) vs. Patrick Cenoble (9-2)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Mike Richman (15-3) vs. Akop Stepanyan (13-6)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Joe Williams (10-3) vs. Jesse Juarez (20-8)

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Brandon Halsey (4-0) vs. Hector Ramirez (9-5-1)

Lightweight Feature Fight: Mike Guymon (14-6-1) vs. Aaron Miller (14-8)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Joe Camacho (13-18-3) vs. Cleber Luciano (8-5)

Lightweight Feature Fight: Darren Smith (4-3) vs. Josh Smith (8-5)

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/BellatorMMA           

Bellator MMA is the world’s largest tournament based Mixed Martial Arts organization. Televised to nearly 500 Million homes worldwide in over 135 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.

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