Bellator Hosts Weigh-Ins Tuesday, July 30th at 5 pm MT from Stage Nightclub at the Santa Ana Star Casino
Albuquerque, NM. (July 29, 2013) – The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator MMA will take place Tuesday at 5 p.m. MT from Stage nightclub at the Santa Ana Star Casino located at 54 Jemez Dam Road, Bernalillo, NM 87004. Bellator MMA will take place at the Santa Ana Star Center on Wednesday, July 31st with the first fight taking place at 3:30 p.m. MT and steaming live on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 5 p.m. MT and will air live on Spike TV.
All of the participants for Wednesday night’s event will be on hand, including current Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler, Bellator Welterweight Champion Ben Askren, as well as David Rickels, Andrey Koreskov, King Mo and Jacob Noe.
The event will be emceed by Bellator cage announcer Michael C. Williams and Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith. As always the weigh-in is open to both the public and media.
The full fight card is listed below:
MAIN CARD
Bellator Lightweight World Title Fight: Michael Chandler (11-0) vs. David Rickels (14-1)
Bellator Welterweight World Title Fight: Ben Askren (11-0) vs. Andrey Koreschkov (13-0)
Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament Final: King Mo (10-2) vs. Jacob Noe (12-2)
Bellator Heavyweight Tournament Final: Ryan Martinez (10-2) vs. Vitaly Minakov (11-0)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Jared Downing (9-2) vs. Patricio Pitbull (17-2)
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Lightweight Feature Fight: Cris Leyva (9-5) vs. Will Brooks (9-1)
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Rafael Silva (19-3) vs. Rodrigo Lima (11-1)
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Anthony Leone (12-5) vs. Frank Baca (16-2)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Mike Barreras (5-6) vs. Bubba Jenkins (3-0)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Jeremy Kimball (9-3) vs. Keith Berry (15-10)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Russell Wilson (1-2) vs. Shawn Bunch (1-0)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Javier Palacios (1-0) vs. Richard Jacques (1-0)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Adrian Cruz (4-0) vs. Felipe Chavez (5-3)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Cliff Wright Jr. (7-4) vs. Donald Sanchez (28-13)
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 BellatorMMA" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA
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