Bellator Fighting Championships | |
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Genre | Sports |
Created by | Bjorn Rebney |
Country of origin | United States |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
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Original network | MTV 2 |
Original release | June 25 – August 20, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four |
Followed by | Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five |
Bellator 46 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | June 25, 2011 | |||
Venue | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino | |||
City | Hollywood, Florida | |||
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Bellator 47 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | July 23, 2011 | |||
Venue | Casino Rama | |||
City | Rama, Ontario | |||
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Bellator 48 | ||||
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Promotion | Bellator Fighting Championships | |||
Date | August 20, 2011 | |||
Venue | Mohegan Sun Arena | |||
City | Uncasville, Connecticut | |||
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Bellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer Series was the first installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships Summer Series which started in June 2011. A Mixed martial arts tournament was held in the Featherweight weight class.
Bellator 46 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on June 25, 2011 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The card was part of Bellator's inaugural Summer Series and featured opening round fights in the Summer Series Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Background
This event hosted the first round of an eight-man featherweight tournament to be held over the Summer Series.
David Baggett missed the middleweight limit allowance of 186 for non-title fights, weighing in at 191.5 lbs, and his bout with Moyses Gabin was scrapped from the card.
The event drew an estimated 185,000 viewers on MTV2.
Results
Main Card
Local Feature Fights
Bellator 47 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on July 23, 2011 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario. The card featured semi-final fights in the Bellator 2011 Summer Series Featherweight Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Background
This event was to feature Joe Warren's first defense of his featherweight title against season four tournament winner Patricio Freire. Freire, however, pulled out of the fight in early July due to a broken hand.