Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Bellator 51 preliminary card finalized

Four new fights have been added to this month's Bellator 51 preliminary card.

The total now sits at six fights that will stream live on Spike.com.

Bellator 51 takes place Sept. 24 at Canton Memorial Civic Center in Canton, Ohio. The MTV2-televised main card, which also airs in high-definition on EPIX, features the opening round of Bellator's season-five bantamweight tournament.

Ohio's biggest MMA promotion, the NAAFS, is co-promoting the night's preliminary card.

Bellator previously announced fights of Jessica Eye (3-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Casey Noland (3-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) and featherweights Frank Caraballo (6-4 MMA, 0-1 BFC) vs. Dustin Kempf (5-4 MMA, 0-0 BFC).

Joining them on the lineup are light heavyweights John Hawk (5-3 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. onetime WEC fighter Allan Weickert (6-8 MMA, 0-0 BFC), light heavyweights Dan Spohn (5-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Dane Bonnigson (1-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC), bantamweight Farkhad Sharipov (13-3 MMA, 1-0 BFC) vs. TBA, and former Penn State wrestler Clint Musser (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. lightweight Joey Holt (2-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC).

The latest Bellator 51 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (MTV2)
  • Alexis Vila vs. Joe Warren (bantamweight-tourney opening round)
  • Eduardo Dantas vs. Wilson Reis (bantamweight-tourney opening round)
  • Luiz Nogueira vs. Ed West (bantamweight-tourney opening round)
  • Chase Beebe vs. Marcos Galvao (bantamweight-tourney opening round)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
  • Jessica Eye vs. Casey Noland
  • Frank Caraballo vs. Dustin Kempf
  • John Hawk vs. Allan Weickert
  • Dane Bonnigson vs. Dan Spohn
  • Farkhad Sharipov vs. TBA
  • Joey Holt vs. Clint Musser

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