Bellator Featherweight Semifinals Take Place from the Kansas Star Arena, Friday October 11th

Newport Beach, CA. (September 23, 2013) – The Bellator Featherweight tournament continues Friday, October 11^th from the Kansas Star Arena, located just south of Wichita, KS. The night will also feature Bellator Season 8 Lightweight Tournament winner David “The Caveman” Rickels live on Spike TV, along with some of Kansas’s top-talent.

Tickets for the event are on sale now and can be purchased at www.kansasstararena.com or by visiting the Kanas Star Arena Box Office. The event will broadcast live starting at 8 p.m. CST on Spike TV.

Rickels is anxious to get back into the cage to face Southern California’s J.J. Ambrose in front of his home town faithful after suffering defeat at the hands of Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler. Rickels has his sights set on ending the fight early, and is looking to get himself back in the win column with a victory on October 11^th.

Wichita’s own Jeimeson Saudino will return to the Bellator cage and fight Jesse Thorton, while fellow Kansas native, Marcio Navarro will look to make his mark under the bright lights and will face Donnie Bell in a lightweight affair.  All of the preliminary card fights will be streamed live and free exclusively on Spike.com starting at 6 p.m. CT.

The full fight card is listed below.

MAIN CARD: 
Lightweight Feature Fight: David “The Caveman” Rickels (14-2) vs. J.J. Ambrose (19-4)
Bellator Featherweight Tournament Semifinal:  Justin Wilcox (12-5) vs. Joe Taimanglo (19-4)
Bellator Featherweight Tournament Semifinal:  Fabricio Guerreiro (18-1) vs. Patricio Pitbull (18-2)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Aaron Rosa (17-5) vs. Mikhail Zayats (21-7)

PRELIMINARY CARD:
Featherweight Feature Fight: Ricky Musgrave (9-3) vs. Cody Carrillo (8-6)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Jesse Thorton (6-3) vs. Jeimeson Saudino (6-1)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Donnie Bell (8-2) vs. Marcio Navarro (9-8)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Maurice Jackson (1-1) vs. Matt Uhde (3-3)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Remy Bussieres (2-0) vs. Blake Pool (debut)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Carlos Eduardo (10-2) vs. Wayman Carter (3-1)

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           

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