Bellator 44 Fight Card: Lombard vs. Vitale

[WrestlingSmarks News]

Join us at BloodyElbow.com this Saturday night for Bellator 44 as the organization's middleweight champion Hector Lombard competes in a non-title superfight against veteran Falaniko Vitale. Along with that, the next opponent for Eddie Alvarez will be revealed in the finals of the lightweight tournament when Patricky Friere meets Michael Chandler. In other action, former middleweight tournament winner Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko will meet striker Brett Cooper in a middleweight affair, and one of the last season five bantamweight tournament contestants will be decided when Bryan Goldsby meets Anthony "Cheesesteak" Morrison.

May 14th, live on MTV2 at 9pm EST from Atlantic City, NJ:



Falaniko Vitale (29-9) +350 vs. Hector Lombard (27-2-1) -550 - Middleweight

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Patricky Friere (9-1) -115 vs. Michael Chandler (7-0) -115 - Lightweight Tournament Final



Brett Cooper (13-6) +137 vs. Alexander Shlemenko (30-5) -167 - Middleweight



Bryan Goldsby (15-11) +175 vs. Anthony Morrison (17-10) -215 - Bantamweight tournament qualifier

Local Main Event Giedrius Karavackas
4-1
Atlantic City, NJ vs Sam Orepeza
4-1
Philadelphia, PA Local Co-Main Event Anthony Leone
8-2
Ithaca, NY vs Jeff Lentz
6-3
Lanoka Harbor, NJ Local Feature Fight Randy Smith
11-8-1
Courtland, NY vs Azunna "Zulu" Anyanwu
3-0
Ben Salem, PA Local Feature Fight Gemiyale Adkins
6-1
Newark, DE vs Jay Silva
6-4
Newark, NJ

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