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Bellator 81

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 September 28 – December 14, 2012
Chronology
Preceded by Bellator Fighting Championships: 2012 Summer Series
Followed by Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Eight
Bellator 74
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Date September 28, 2012
Venue Caesars Atlantic City
City Atlantic City, New Jersey
Bellator 75
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Date October 5, 2012
Venue Horseshoe Casino
City Hammond, Indiana
Bellator 76
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Date October 12, 2012
Venue Caesars Windsor
City Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Bellator 77
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Date October 19, 2012
Venue Reading Eagle Theater
City Reading, Pennsylvania
Bellator 78
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Date October 26, 2012
Venue Nutter Center
City Dayton, Ohio
Bellator 79
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Date November 2, 2012
Venue Casino Rama
City Rama, Ontario
Bellator 80
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Date November 9, 2012
Venue Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
City Hollywood, Florida
Bellator 81
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Date November 16, 2012
Venue Ryan Center
City Kingston, Rhode Island
Bellator 82
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Date November 30, 2012
Venue Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
City Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Seven was the seventh installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which began on September 28, 2012.

Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in several weight classes, including the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight and heavyweight divisions.

Bellator 74 took place on September 28, 2012 at Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. It was the season debut of season seven.

Background

Bellator 74 hosted the opening round in the Bellator Season Seven Welterweight Tournament.

Alexandre Bezerra was originally scheduled to face The Ultimate Fighter: Live alumni Jeff Smith. However, Smith failed his pre-fight medical and was replaced by Matt McCook in a 157 lb catchweight fight. Plinio Cruz and Kelvin Tiller were also originally announced to meet in a middleweight fight, but the bout was cancelled after Cruz sustained an injury in training.

Results


Bellator 75 took place on October 5, 2012 at The Venue in the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Background

Bellator 75 hosted the opening round in the Bellator Season Seven Heavyweight Tournament.

The event featured the long-planned 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. The initial rematch was scheduled for Bellator 61. However, on March 15, Bellator announced the fight had been pushed back a week to Bellator 62 due to Prindle having "flu-like symptoms." The following week Santos failed to make weight and the bout was cancelled, and Prindle was awarded the tournament win by default. Incredibly, the fourth scheduled meeting of these two fighters again ended in controversy as this time Prindle accidentally kicked Santos in the groin in round one.


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