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Bellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer Series

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 June 25 – August 20, 2011
Chronology
Preceded by Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four
Followed by Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five
Bellator 46
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date June 25, 2011
Venue Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
City United States Hollywood, Florida
Event chronology
Bellator 45 Bellator 46 Bellator 47
Bellator 47
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date July 23, 2011
Venue Casino Rama
City Canada Rama, Ontario
Event chronology
Bellator 46 Bellator 47 Bellator 48
Bellator 48
Information
Promotion Bellator Fighting Championships
Date August 20, 2011
Venue Mohegan Sun Arena
City United States Uncasville, Connecticut
Event chronology
Bellator 47 Bellator 48 Bellator 49

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.


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