- Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Three
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Bellator Fighting Championships Genre Sports Created by Bjorn Rebney Country of origin United States Production Running time 120 minutes Broadcast Original channel FOX Sports Net Original run August 12, 2010 – October 28, 2010 Chronology Preceded by Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Two Followed by Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Three was the third installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which started on August 12, 2010. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in multiple weight classes, including the bantamweight division,[1] heavyweight division and women's division at 115 pounds. Also some Bellator champions defended their titles against the Bellator season two tournament winners during the season.
Contents
Events
Bellator XXIV
Bellator XXIV 
Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date August 12, 2010 Venue Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino City 
Hollywood, Florida, USAEvent chronology Bellator XXIII Bellator XXIV Bellator XXV Bellator XXIV was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.[2] The card began Bellator Season Three and featured the first round of the Bellator 115-pound women's tournament and an opening round fight in the Heavyweight tournament.
Background
Two bouts, Nico Parella vs. Efrain Ruiz and Frank Carrillo vs. Moyses Gabin, were scratched from the untelevised portion of this card. Parella pulled his groin and Gabin suffered a broken foot, which forced both off the card.[3]
Results
Main Card
- Middleweight bout:
Hector Lombard vs. Herbert Goodman
- Lombard defeated Goodman via KO (punches) at 0:38 of round 1.
- Heavyweight Quarterfinal: Eddie Sanchez vs.
Neil Grove
- Grove def. Sanchez via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 1:32 of round 1.
- Women's (115 lbs.) Quarterfinal:
Megumi Fujii vs. Carla Esparza
- Fujii defeated Esparza via submission (armbar) at 0:57 of round 2.
- Women's (115 lbs.) Quarterfinal: Jessica Aguilar vs. Lynn Alvarez
- Aguilar defeated Alvarez via submission (arm triangle choke) at 4:01 of round 1.
Local Feature Fights
- Lightweight bout:
Yves Edwards vs. 
Luis Palomino
- Edwards defeated Palomino via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
- Featherweight bout: Eric Luke vs. Farkhad Sharipov
- Sharipov defeated Luke via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Bantamweight bout: Tulio Quintanilla vs. Brian Eckstein
- Quintanilla defeated Eckstein via KO (punches) at 2:48 of round 3.
Bellator XXV
Bellator XXV 
Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date August 19, 2010 Venue Chicago Theatre City Chicago, Illinois, USAEvent chronology Bellator XXIV Bellator XXV Bellator XXVI Bellator XXV was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. This event took place on August 19, 2010 at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.[4] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates. In Japan, the event was distributed with a short delay by Cavea.
Background
A lightweight bout featuring Mark Miller and Josh Shockley was set to happen at this event.[5] But the week before the event, the bout was scratched when Miller suffered a rib injury in training.[6]
Results
Main Card
- Welterweight bout: Brad Blackburn vs. Dan Hornbuckle
- Hornbuckle defeated Blackburn via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
- Heavyweight Quarterfinal: Cole Konrad vs.
Rogent Lloret
- Konrad defeated Lloret via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Heavyweight Quarterfinal:
Damian Grabowski vs. Scott Barrett
- Grabowski defeated Barrett via decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Women's (115 lbs.) Quarterfinal: Jessica Pene vs. Zoila Frausto
- Frausto defeated Pene via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Local Feature Fights
- Welterweight bout: Shonie Carter vs. Torrance Taylor
- Taylor defeated Carter via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
- Welterweight bout: Brian Gassaway vs. Kevin Knabjian
- Gassaway defeated Knabjian via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
- Welterweight bout: John Kolosci vs. Kenny Robertson
- Robertson defeated Kolosci via submission (keylock) at 2:41 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Keoki Cypriano vs. Eric Kriegermeier
- Kriegermeier defeated Cypriano via submission (triangle choke) at 3:16 of round 1.
Bellator XXVI
Bellator XXVI 
Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date August 26, 2010 Venue Kansas City Power & Light District City Kansas City, Missouri, USAAttendance 4,000[7] Event chronology Bellator XXV Bellator XXVI Bellator XXVII Bellator XXVI was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Missouri.[8] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
Rory Markham was scheduled to fight Steve Carl, however Markham was not medically cleared. Tyler Stinson took his place.[9]
Results
Main Card
- Catchweight (175 lbs) bout: Tyler Stinson vs. Steve Carl
- Carl defeated Stinson via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 2:30 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
- Heavyweight Quarterfinal: Mike Hayes vs.
Alexey Oleinik
- Oleinik defeated Hayes via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28).
- Bantamweight Quarterfinal: Jose Vega vs. Danny Tims
- Vega defeated Tims via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28).
- Women's (115 lbs.) Quarterfinal:
Aisling Daly vs. Lisa Ward
- Ward defeated Daly via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Local Feature Fights
- Middleweight bout: Zak Cummings vs. Rudy Bears
- Cummings defeated Bears via submission (brabo choke) at 1:27 of round 1.
- Featherweight bout: Brian Davidson vs. Kevin Croom
- Croom defeated Davidson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:22 of round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Brian Imes vs. John Ott
- Ott defeated Imes via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Demetrius Richards vs. Jeb Chiles
- Chiles defeated Richards via technical submission (kimura) at 3:51 of round 2.
Bellator XXVII
Bellator XXVII 
Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date September 2, 2010 Venue Majestic Theatre City San Antonio, Texas, USAAttendance 600 [10] Event chronology Bellator XXVI Bellator XXVII Bellator XXVIII Bellator XXVII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas.[11] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Results
Main Card
- Featherweight Championship bout: Joe Soto (c) vs. Joe Warren
- Warren defeated Soto via TKO (knee & punches) at 0:33 of round 2 to become the new Bellator Featherweight Champion.
- Bantamweight Quarterfinal: Travis Reddinger vs. Ulysses Gomez
- Gomez defeated Reddinger via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28).
- Bantamweight Quarterfinal: Zach Makovsky vs. Nick Mamalis
- Makovsky defeated Mamalis via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
- Bantamweight Quarterfinal: Ed West vs. Bryan Goldsby
- West defeated Goldsby via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
Local Feature Fights
- Middleweight bout: Andrew Craig vs.
Rodrigo Pinheiro
- Craig defeated Pinheiro via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 2:53 of round 3.
- Lightweight bout: Aaron Barringer vs. Gilbert Jimenez
- Jimenez defeated Barringer via unanimous decision.
- Heavyweight bout: Dale Mitchell vs. Richard Odoms
- Odoms defeated Mitchell via split decision.
- Welterweight bout: Joe Christopher vs. Andrew Chappelle
- Chappelle defeated Christopher via unanimous decision.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Kirk vs. Shane Faulkner
- Kirk defeated Faulkner via TKO (punches) at 2:19 of round 3.
- Featherweight bout: Steven Peterson vs. Ernest De La Cruz
- Peterson defeated De La Cruz via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
Bellator XXVIII
Bellator XXVIII 
Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date September 9, 2010 Venue Mahalia Jackson Theater City New Orleans, Louisiana, USAEvent chronology Bellator XXVII Bellator XXVIII Bellator XXIX Bellator XXVIII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana.[12] The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates. This was the first Bellator card with no Tournament Bouts.
Background
Chas Skelly was expected to fight Georgi Karakhanyan in a fourth season featherweight tournament qualifier bout. However, Skelly injured himself during training and was forced to pull out of the bout. Skelly's replacement was to be UFC veteran, Alvin Robinson.[13] However, Robinson was also forced to pull out of the bout due to injury. Robinson was replaced by WEC veteran Anthony Leone.[14]
Toney Canales and J.C. Pennington were set to fight, but for unknown reasons, the fight was pulled at the last minute.[12]
The card took place in the same city and during the same night and time as the 2010 NFL season opener, a rematch of the NFC Championship game between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings, a decision unprecedented in MMA to counter-program a marquee NFL event which may have had adverse effect on local ticket sales.[15]
Results
Main Card
- Lightweight bout: Eric Larkin vs. Marcus Andrusia
- Larkin defeated Andrusia via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:46 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Rich Clementi vs.
Carey Vanier
- Vanier defeated Clementi via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Lightweight Tournament.
- Middleweight bout: Matt Horwich vs. Eric Schambari
- Schambari defeated Horwich via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 30–27).
- Featherweight bout:
Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Anthony Leone
- Karakhanyan defeated Leone via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Featherweight Tournament.
Local Feature Fights
- Heavyweight bout: Tony Roberts vs. Kelvin Doss
- Roberts defeated Doss via submission (punches) in round 1.
- Bantamweight bout: Jonathan Mackles vs. Brock Kerry
- Mackles defeated Kerry via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28).
- Welterweight bout: Josh Rafferty vs. Charlie Rader
- Rader defaetd Rafferty via TKO (punches) at 1:14 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Scott O'Shaughnessy vs. Gabe Woods
- O'Shaughnessy defeated Woods via submission (armbar) at 2:11 of round 3.
Bellator XXIX
Bellator XXIX 
Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date September 16, 2010 Venue The Rave City Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAEvent chronology Bellator XXVIII Bellator XXIX Bellator XXX Bellator XXIX was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[16] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
Bellator 29 was the first sanctioned MMA event in Wisconsin.
Chico Camus was set to compete against Jameel Massouh in a catchweight bout. However, Camus injured his sternum in a car accident and was forced to withdraw from the bout.[17] Kyle Dietz was set to be Camus' replacement; however, an illness forced Ulysses Gomez out of his bout in the bantamweight tournament and Bryan Goldsby, who was set to fight Nik Mamalis, stepped in for Gomez and returned to the tournament. Dietz was dropped from the card, and Mamalis stepped in to fight Massoush.
Justin Lemke was originally set to fight David Oliva, but Oliva was forced out of the bout due to weight issues.[18] Jason Guida stepped in for Oliva as his replacement.[19]
The Massouh/Mamalis bout was originally contracted as a 140 lbs. catchweight fight. Massouh initially weighed in two pounds over the limit, but successfully made weight two hours after the original weigh-in on a subsequent attempt. Jason Guida weighed in five pounds over the 210 lbs. catchweight limit in his bout against Justin Lemke.[20]
Results
Main Card
- Catchweight (140 lbs) bout: Jameel Massouh vs. Nick Mamalis
- Massouh defeated Mamalis via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:27 in round 1.
- Heavyweight Semifinal: Damian Grabowski vs. Cole Konrad
- Konrad defeated Grabowski via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
- Heavyweight Semifinal: Neil Grove vs. Alexey Oleinik
- Grove defeated Oleinik via TKO (punches) at 0:45 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Matt Major vs. Brett Cooper
- Cooper defeated Major via TKO (punches) at 1:27 of round 2.
Local Feature Fights
- Catchweight (215 lbs) bout: Justin Lemke vs. Jason Guida
- Lemke defeated Guida via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
- Lightweight bout: Nick Dupees vs. Sasa Perkic
- Perkic defeated Dupees via unanimous decision (30–27, 30 -27, 29–28).
- Middleweight bout: Luis Ramirez vs. Kyle Weickhardt
- Weickhardt defeated Ramirez via KO (head kick) at 0:30 of round 1.
Bellator XXX
Bellator XXX Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date September 23, 2010 Venue Fourth Street Live! City Louisville, Kentucky, USAEvent chronology Bellator XXIX Bellator XXX Bellator XXXI Bellator XXX was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 23, 2010, at Fourth Street Live! in Louisville, Kentucky.[21] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background Bryan Goldsby replaced Ulysses Gomez in the bantamweight tournament after Gomez was forced to withdraw due to staph infection.[22]
Results
Main Card
- Welterweight bout: Jacob McClintock vs. Brent Weedman
- Weedman defeated McClintock via TKO (punches) at 3:05 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
- Middleweight bout: Jeremy Horn vs. Bryan Baker
- Baker defeated Horn via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).
- Bantamweight Semifinal bout: Bryan Goldsby vs. Zach Makovsky
- Makovsky defeated Goldsby via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).
- Bantamweight Semifinal bout: Jose Vega vs. Ed West
- West defeated Vega via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
Local Feature Fights
- Middleweight bout: John Troyer vs Josh Clark
- Troyer defeated Clark via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Heavyweight bout: Ron Sparks vs. Greg Maynard
- Sparks defeated Maynard via KO (punch) at 0:50 of round 1.
- Featherweight bout: T.J. Barber vs B.J. Ferguson
- Ferguson defeated Barber via submission (armbar) of round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Mike Fleniken vs. Jeremiah Riggs
- Riggs defeated Fleniken via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
- Welterweight bout: Stoney Hale vs Mike O'Donnell
- O'Donnell defeated Hale via submission (kimura) at 0:50 of round 2.
Bellator XXXI
Bellator XXXI Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date September 30, 2010 Venue L'Auberge du Lac Resort City Lake Charles, Louisiana, USAEvent chronology Bellator XXX Bellator XXXI Bellator XXXII Bellator XXXI was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at L'Auberge du Lac Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana.[23] The card featured tournament fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
A previously announced fight between Ricco Rodriguez and Dave Herman,[24] was scrapped from this card due to Rodriguez suffering a knee injury.[25] Michal Kita served as Rodriguez's replacement.[26]
Results
Main Card
- Women's (115 lbs.) Semifinal bout: Jessica Aguilar vs. Zoila Frausto
- Frausto defeated Aguilar via split decision (30–27, 27–30, 30–27).
- Women's (115 lbs.) Semifinal bout: Megumi Fujii vs. Lisa Ward
- Fujii defeated Ward via submission (armbar) at 1:39 of round 1
- Welterweight bout: Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Chris Lozano
- Lozano defeated Yoshida via TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 2 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
Local Feature Fights
- Heavyweight bout: Mark Holata vs Shawn Jordan
- Holata defeated Jordan via KO (punch) at 1:13 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: John Harris vs Kyle Miers
- Harris defeated Miers via submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 0:49 of round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Tim Ruberg vs Aaron Davis
- Ruberg defeated Davis via submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:44 of round 2.
- Heavyweight bout: Dave Herman vs Michał Kita
- Herman defeated Kita via submission (Omoplata) at 3:16 of round 1.
- Catchweight (165 lbs) bout: Scott Stapp vs Mike Chandler
- Chandler defeated Stapp via TKO (Punches) at 1:57 of round 1.
Bellator XXXII
Bellator XXXII 
Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date October 14, 2010 Venue Kansas City Power & Light District City Kansas City, Missouri, USAEvent chronology Bellator XXXI Bellator XXXII Bellator XXXIII Bellator XXXII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Missouri.[27] The card featured the tournament finals fights in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
This was the fourth Bellator event to be held at the Kansas City Power & Light District, all in 2010. Bellator XVI, Bellator XXII and Bellator XXVI have also been held at this venue.
The event hosted bouts to crown the first Bellator Heavyweight and Bantamweight Champions.
Results
Main Card
- Heavyweight Tournament Final: Cole Konrad vs. Neil Grove
- Konrad defeated Grove via submission (keylock) at 4:45 of round 1 to become the first Bellator Heavyweight Champion.
- Bantamweight Tournament Final: Zach Makovsky vs. Ed West
- Makovsky defeated West by unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) to become the first Bellator Bantamweight Champion.
- Welterweight bout: Ryan Thomas vs.
Jim Wallhead
- Wallhead defeated Thomas by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
- Welterweight bout: Chris Page vs. Michael Chandler
- Chandler defeated Page via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:57 of round 1.
Local Feature Fights
- Featherweight bout: Ryan Roberts vs. Eric Marriott
- Marriott defeated Roberts via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).
- Welterweight bout: Chad Reiner vs. Rudy Bears
- Bears defeated Reiner via KO (Punches) at 1:29 of round 1.
- Bantamweight bout: Jared Downing vs. Danny Tims
- Downing defeated Tims via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 30–27).
- Featherweight bout: Shane Hutchison vs. Brian Davidson
- Davidson defeated Hutchison via KO (punches) at 0:54 of round 1.
Bellator XXXIII
Bellator XXXIII 
Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date October 21, 2010 Venue Liacouras Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAEvent chronology Bellator XXXII Bellator XXXIII Bellator XXXIV Bellator XXXIII was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[28] The card featured a tournament final fight in Bellator's third season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Background
The main event was supposed to feature Eddie Alvarez defending his lightweight title against season two's lightweight tournament winner, Pat Curran. Curran injured himself during training so Alvarez instead fought Roger Huerta in a non-title fight.
Wilson Reis vs. Deividas Taurosevičius was set to air as a part of the night's main card; however, the fight was not aired for unknown reasons.
Results
Main Card
- Lightweight bout: Eddie Alvarez vs. Roger Huerta
- Alvarez defeated Huerta via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2.
- Welterweight Championship bout: Lyman Good (c) vs. Ben Askren
- Askren defeated Good via unanimous decision (49–46, 48–47, 50–45) to become the new Bellator Welterweight Champion.
- Welterweight bout: Rick Hawn vs. LeVon Maynard
- Hawn defeated Maynard via KO (punches) at 4:53 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator's Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
Local Feature Fights
- Featherweight bout: Wilson Reis vs.
Deividas Taurosevičius
- Reis defeated Taurosevičius via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Jamal Patterson vs. Tim Carpenter
- Carpenter defeated Patterson via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
- Lightweight bout: Luiz Azeredo vs Edward Guedes
- Azeredo defeated Guedes via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Featherweight bout: Kenny Foster vs. Lester Caslow
- Foster defeated Casow via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
- Catchweight (130 lbs) bout: Tuan Pham vs Nick Cottone
- Cottone defeated Pham via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
- Bantamweight bout: Lewis Cassner vs. Francis Evans
- Evans defeated Cassner via Submission (Triangle) at 3:20 of round 1.
Bellator XXXIV
Bellator XXXIV 
Information Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships Date October 28, 2010 Venue Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino City Hollywood, Florida, USAEvent chronology Bellator XXXIII Bellator XXXIV Bellator XXXV Bellator XXXIV was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.[29] The card featured the final round of the Bellator 115-pound women's tournament in Bellator's third season,[30] as well as Hector Lombard defending his middleweight title. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
Results
Main Card
- Middleweight Championship bout: Hector Lombard (c) vs. Alexander Shlemenko
- Lombard defeats Shlemenko by unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, 49–46).
- Women's (115 lbs.) Tournament Final: Megumi Fujii vs. Zoila Frausto
- Frausto defeated Fujii via split decision (48–47, 47–48, 49–46) to become the Bellator Women's Champion.
- Middleweight bout: Mike Bernhard vs.
Dragan Tešanović
- Bernhard defeated Tešanović via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Raphael Davis vs. Tony Lopez
- Davis defeated Lopez via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Local Feature Fights
- Welterweight bout: William Kuhn vs. John Kelly
- Kelly defeated Kuhn via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
- Bantamweight bout: Ralph Acosta vs. Tulio Quintanila
- Acosta defeated Quintanila via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
- Middleweight bout: Frank Carrillo vs. Moyses Gabin
- Carrillo defeated Gabin via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Middleweight bout: Igor Almeida vs. Dan Cramer
- Cramer defeated Almeida via TKO (cut) at 2:36 of round 1.
- Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Bounmy Somchay vs. J.P. Reese
- Reese defeated Somchay via TKO (strikes) at 3:32 of round 1.
Tournaments
Women's (115 lbs) Tournament Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Megumi Fujii SUB Carla Esparza 2 Megumi Fujii SUB Lisa Ward 1 Lisa Ward DEC Aisling Daly 3 Megumi Fujii DEC Zoila Frausto 5 Jessica Aguilar SUB Lynn Alvarez 1 Jessica Aguilar DEC Zoila Frausto 3 Jessica Pene DEC Zoila Frausto 3 ^ 1: Carla Esparza replaced Angela Magana after Magana was forced to withdraw due to a foot injury.[31]
Bantamweight Tournament Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Jose Vega DEC Danny Tims 3 Jose Vega DEC Ed West 3 Bryan Goldsby DEC Ed West 3 Ed West DEC Zach Makovsky 5 Nick Mamalis DEC Zach Makovsky 3 Zach Makovsky DEC Bryan Goldsby1[›] 3 Ulysses Gomez DEC Travis Reddinger 3 ^ 1: Bryan Goldsby replaced Ulysses Gomez after Gomez was forced to withdraw due to staph infection.[32]
Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Neil Grove TKO Eddie Sanchez 1 Neil Grove TKO Alexey Oleinik 1 Mike Hayes DEC Alexey Oleinik 3 Neil Grove SUB Cole Konrad 1 Cole Konrad DEC Rogent Lloret 3 Cole Konrad DEC Damian Grabowski 3 Damian Grabowski DEC Scott Barrett 3 References
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