Bellator 111 lineup set with six-fight preliminary card
The second event of Bellator MMA’s upcoming 10th season has been set.
Bellator 111 will feature a four-fight main card and six fights on the prelims.
Headlining the card is a bout between bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas (15-3 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) and 2013 Summer Series tournament winner Rafael “Morcego†Silva (21-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA). In addition, the Season 10 heavyweight tournament gets underway.
Bellator 111 takes place March 7 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. The main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.
The heavyweight tourney features Alexander Volkov (19-4 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) vs. Mark Holata (12-4 MMA, 3-2 BMMA), and former tourney finalist Ryan Martinez (10-3 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) vs. UFC/Stikeforce vet Lavar Johnson (17-8 MMA, 0-1 BMMA). Other matchups include Peter Graham (9-6 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) vs. Siala Siliga (5-2 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), and Blagoi Ivanov (9-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) vs. Rich Hale (21-6-1 MMA, 6-3 BMMA).
The bout between Ivanov and Hale is the featured bout on the preliminary card.
The complete Bellator 111 card now includes:
MAIN EVENT (Spike TV, 9 p.m. ET)
Eduardo Dantas vs. Rafael Silva – for bantmaweight tirle
Lavar Johnson vs. Ryan Martinez – heavyweight tournament opening round
Peter Graham vs. Mighty Mo – heavyweight tournament opening round
Mark Holata vs. Alexander Volkov – heavyweight tournament opening round
PRELIMARY CARD (Spike.com, 7 p.m. ET)
Rich Hale vs. Blagoi Ivanov – heavyweight tournament opening round
Cortez Coleman vs. Daniel Miller
Javy Ayala vs. Eric Prindle
Matt Jones vs. Emeliano Sordi – 190-pound catchweight
Chris Jones vs. Brent Primus
Stephen Banaszak vs. Treston Thomison
