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Bellator 43

Bellator Fighting Championships
Genre Sports
Created by Bjorn Rebney
Country of origin United States
Production
Running time 120 minutes
Release
Original network MTV 2
Original release March 5 – May 21, 2011
Chronology
Preceded by Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Three
Followed by Bellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer Series
Bellator 35
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Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date March 5, 2011
Venue Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino
City Lemoore, California
Event chronology
Bellator 34 Bellator 35 Bellator 36
Bellator 36
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Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date March 12, 2011
Venue Shreveport Municipal Auditorium
City Shreveport, Louisiana
Event chronology
Bellator 35 Bellator 36 Bellator 37
Bellator 37
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Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date March 19, 2011
Venue Lucky Star Casino
City Concho, Oklahoma
Event chronology
Bellator 36 Bellator 37 Bellator 38
Bellator 38
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Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date March 26, 2011
Venue Harrah's Tunica Hotel and Casino
City Tunica, Mississippi
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Bellator 39
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Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date April 2, 2011
Venue Mohegan Sun Arena
City Uncasville, Connecticut
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Bellator 40
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Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date April 9, 2011
Venue First Council Casino
City Newkirk, Oklahoma
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Bellator 41
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Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date April 16, 2011
Venue Cocopah Resort and Casino
City Yuma, Arizona
Event chronology
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Bellator 42
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Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date April 23, 2011
Venue Lucky Star Casino
City Concho, Oklahoma
Event chronology
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Bellator 43
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Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date May 7, 2011
Venue First Council Casino
City Newkirk, Oklahoma
Event chronology
Bellator 42 Bellator 43 Bellator 44

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four was the fourth installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in multiple weight classes, including three of the original tournament classes: Welterweight, Lightweight and Featherweight. There was also an inaugural Light Heavyweight Tournament taking place during this season, which crowned the first Light Heavyweight Champion in Bellator. This was the first season to air on MTV2.

Bellator 35 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on March 5, 2011 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California. The card kicked off Bellator Season Four and featured opening round fights in the Season Four Welterweight Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

On December 14, 2010, Bellator and MTV2 announced a three-year deal to broadcast Bellator's tournaments and special events. This will be the first Bellator event to air on MTV2.

Bellator's Women's Strawweight Champion Zoila Frausto fought in a non-title catchweight bout against Karina Hallinan.

At this event Steve Carl was expected to fight Jay Hieron in the opening round of the welterweight tournament. However, Carl injured himself during training and was removed from the tournament. His replacement was Anthony Lapsley.

Poppies Martinez was expected to fight at this event, but a bout never materialized.

The event drew an average of around 200,000 viewers on MTV2. Which helped MTV2 in several key advertising demographics including, an 83 percent increase among men aged 18 to 49, an 80 percent increase among men 18 to 34, and an 133 percent increase among men aged 25 to 34.

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