Bellator Weigh-In Results from Chicago’s Horseshoe Casino
Hammond, Ind. (March 13, 2013) – The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from Chicago’s Horseshoe Casino in preparation for Bellator MMA’s March 14th event, which will showcase the Featherweight World Title fight and the opening rounds of the Bellator Season 10 Welterweight Tournament.
Bellator MMA will take place from Horseshoe Casino on Friday, March 14th with the first fight taking place at 5:45 p.m. CST and streaming LIVE on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 8:00 p.m. CST and will air LIVE on Spike TV. MAIN CARD: Bellator Featherweight World Title Fight: Daniel Straus (145) vs. Pat Curran (144.7) Bellator Welterweight Tournament Opening Round: Andrey Koreshkov (170.7) vs. Nah’ Shon Burrell (171) Bellator Welterweight Tournament Opening Round: Sam Oropeza (170.2) vs. Cristiano Souza (170.8) Bellator Welterweight Tournament Opening Round: Jesse Juarez (170.7) vs. Adam McDonough (170.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD: Bellator Welterweight Tournament Opening Round: Nathan Coy (170.5) vs. Paul Bradley (170.8) Welterweight Feature Fight: A.J. Matthews (170.5) vs. Belal Muhammad (170.7) Catcheweight Feature Fight (170 lbs): Diego Marlon (136.6) vs. Lloyd Carter (136.1) Featherweight Feature Fight: Darrion Caldwell (145.7) vs. Lance Surma (146) Catchweight Feature Fight( 170 lbs.): Derek Loffer (169) vs. Bobby Reardanz (160) Catchweight Feature Fight (215lbs.): Jason Guida (213.5) vs. Anthony Gomez (214) Heavyweight Feature Fight: Daniel James (265) vs. Erick Correa (263.5)
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
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 140 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 175 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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