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Eddie Alvarez & Toby Imada win in semi-finals, “Pee-Wee” also victorious at “Bellator V”

May 1, 2009 by Jack Bratcher

eddie-alvarez-at-bellator-5-ground-n-pound — Eddie Alvarez defeats Eric Reynolds at "Bellator V"

“Bellator V” is in the books after a stacked card entertained fans at Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio tonight. It was the semi-final round of Bellator Fighting Championshiips’ Lightweight Tournament and Eddie Alvarez and Toby Imada both won by submission in round three, not only collecting a cool $50,000 in the process, but now they go to the finals for a chance to earn the $100,000 grand prize.

In non-tournament bouts, Nashville MMA’s resident top heavyweight prospect Dave Herman destroyed his opponent Eric Reynolds via a flying knee that put him on the canvas and finished it up with punches causing the referee to stop the action at 4:46 of round 1.

Bellator III – full video (English)

April 25, 2009 by Jack Bratcher

“Bellator III” took place on April 17, 2009 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The card featured such notable fighters as Hector Lombard and Mike Messina. Here is the full video of that event.

Bellator III & IV results

April 18, 2009 by Jack Bratcher

bellator-hector-lombard-pounding — Hector Lombard knocked out Virgil Lazano in round 1 at "Bellator III"

The Bellator Fighting Championship 2009 season consists of twelve weekly events, however, week three combined two events, “Bellator III” and “Bellator IV” because the promotion will be taking next week off.

“Bellator III” will air on ESPN Deportes on April 18th – 9:00PM EST and “Bellator IV” will air on ESPN Deportes on April 25th – 9:00PM EST.

The weekly tournament series will pick back up with “Bellator V” at Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio on May 1st and will air on ESPN Deportes on May 2nd – 9:00PM EST.

Bellator III weigh-in results

April 16, 2009 by Jack Bratcher

dave-menne-bellator — Dave Menne will fight Norman Paraisy at Bellator III

PRO MMA (promma.info) has received from the promotion the official weigh-in results for “Bellator III” which were held today.

All but one of the fighters successfully made weight. Donald Sanchez came in at one pound over the 146 lbs. limit for his Featherweight non-tournament bout with Johnny Eduardo.

The third week of the Bellator Fighting Championships inaugural 2009 season takes place tomorrow, Friday, April 17th, 2009 at the Lloyd Noble Arena at the University of Oklahoma beginning at 8:00PM. The event will air the following day on ESPN Deportes.