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 | March 9 – May 25, 2012 |
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Preceded by | Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five |
Followed by | Bellator Fighting Championships: 2012 Summer Series |
Bellator 60 | |
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Date | March 9, 2012 |
Venue | The Venue at Horseshoe Casino |
City | Hammond, Indiana |
Bellator 61 | |
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Date | March 16, 2012 |
Venue | Horseshoe Riverdome |
City | Bossier City, Louisiana |
Bellator 62 | |
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Date | March 23, 2012 |
Venue | Laredo Energy Arena |
City | Laredo, Texas |
Bellator 63 | |
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Date | March 30, 2012 |
Venue | Mohegan Sun Arena |
City | Uncasville, Connecticut |
Bellator 64 | |
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Date | April 6, 2012 |
Venue | Caesar’s Windsor |
City | Windsor, Ontario |
Bellator 65 | |
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Date | April 13, 2012 |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall |
City | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Bellator 66 | |
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Date | April 20, 2012 |
Venue | I-X Center |
City | Cleveland, Ohio |
Bellator 67 | |
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Date | May 4, 2012 |
Venue | Casino Rama |
City | Rama, Ontario |
Bellator 68 | |
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Date | May 11, 2012 |
Venue | Caesars Hotel and Casino |
City | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Six was the sixth installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which began on March 9, 2012. The sixth season of Bellator was originally scheduled to begin on March 2, 2012. However, the debut was pushed back a week so it began with the show on March 9, 2012.
Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in five weight classes, including the bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight, welterweight and middleweight divisions.
Bellator 60 took place on March 9, 2012 at The Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Background
Bellator 60 was expected to take place on March 2, but the season opener was pushed back one week.
Wagnney Fabiano was originally scheduled to face Ronnie Mann in the opening round of the Featherweight tournament; however, on March 1, 2012, Fabiano pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Mike Corey.
Genair da Silva was originally scheduled to face Alexandre Bezerra in the opening round of the Featherweight tournament; however, after weigh-in issues, da Silva was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Kenny Foster who was set to fight Bobby Reardanz on the undercard of this event.
Results
Bellator 61 took place on March 16, 2012 at Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City, Louisiana. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Background
The event was to feature the rematch between season-five heavyweight tournament finalists Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos. Prindle and Santos met in the finals of Bellator's season-five heavyweight tourney, but the bout was ruled a no-contest when Santos inexplicably kicked a downed Prindle in the groin. However, on March 15, Bellator announced the fight had been pushed back a week to Bellator 62 due to Prindle having "flu-like symptoms."