Bellator Hosts Live Weigh-Ins Thursday, October 3rd at 5:00 p.m. PST from the Visalia Convention Center

Newport Beach, CA. (October 1, 2013) – The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator MMA will take place Thursday at 5:00 p.m. PST at the San Joaquin Ballroom D & E inside the Visalia Convention Center (303 Acequia Avenue, Visalia, CA 93291). Bellator MMA will take place from the Visalia Convention Center on Friday, October 4^th with the first fight taking place at 4:00 p.m. PST and streaming live on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 6:00 p.m. PST and will air live on Spike TV.

All participants from Friday night’s event will be on hand, as well as Bellator CEO & Chairman Bjorn Rebney.

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.

MAIN CARD:
Bellator Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal: Mark Godbeer (8-1) vs. Cheick Kongo (18-8-2)
Bellator Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal: Vinicius Spartan (6-3) vs. Lavar Johnson (17-7)
Bellator Bantamweight Tournament Final: Rafael Silva (20-3) vs. Anthony Leone (13-5)
Bellator Middleweight Semifinal: Brennan Ward (7-1) vs. Joe Pacheco (6-0)
Bellator Middleweight Semifinal: Mikkel Parlo (10-1) vs. Jason Butcher (7-0)

PRELIMINARY CARD
Lightweight Feature Fight: Cain Carrizosa (3-0) vs. Juan Quesada (2-1)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Jonny Carson (11-6) vs. Bryan Travers (14-3)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Poppies Martinez (26-8) vs. Brandon Girtz (8-3)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: William Richey (10-1) vs. Brandon Cash (7-3)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Thiago Santos (11-2) vs.  Javy Ayala (5-3)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Isaac De Jesus (9-5-1) vs. Scott Cleve (13-3)

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 115 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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