Bellator 62: Lightweight tournament quarterfinals

[rayallen0]

So the Heavyweight tournament finals is finally happening.

and lil write up on the lightweight tournament contestants.

Patricky Freire: 10-2 (7 by KO/TKO), brother of Patricio Freire. The favorite for the tournament. Trains with the Nogueira brothers & Big Foot Silva at Team Nogueira. KOed former WEC Lightweight Champ Rob McCullough & former UFC vet Kurt Pellegrino.

Lloyd Woodard: probs the most epic facial hair in the tournament. 11-1 (6 by submission)

JJ Ambrose: 17-3 (9 by submission), on a 7 fight win streak.

Brent Weedman: 18-7-1(10 by KO/TKO). He armbarred Bellator Welterweight tournament winner Douglas Lima & beat Bellator Welterweight tournament finalist Dan Hornbuckle.

Rick Hawn: Another one of the favorites who made some splashes in the Welterweight class before dropping down to Lightweight for this tournament. 11-1 (7 by KO/TKO). He trains with Stephen Bonnar at TEAM SITYODTONG. he knocked out former UFC vet and MMA journey man Shonie Carter and beat former Bellator Welterweight champ Lyman Good.

Ricardo Tirloni: Choked out former ufc fighter Brian Cobb. 14-1 (7 by submission) trains with Thiago-Tavares at ATAQUE DUPLO. 11 wins in a row.

Thiago Michel: 9-2 (all 9 by KO/TKO).

Rene Nazare: 11-1. TKO'd Pride vet Luiz Azeredo.

[rayallen0]

Santos vs. Prindle won't happen again.
Santos came in overweight at 277.8 LB.
With Santos missing weight, Prindle was declared the season-five tournament victory and will now meet Bellator heavyweight champion Cole Konrad at a later date.


The season-five Heavyweight tournament was pretty much cursed.  First Santos couldn't be in the tournament because of Visa issues.  Then two of the four quarterfinal winners (Ivanov and Hayes) end up having to withdraw so Santos is back in as is Grove who has already lost.  Then the final ends up being a no contest.  Ivanov gets stabbed, Hayes jumps ship to Cage Warriors, the final gets delayed again and then finally cancelled.  And Grove is about to fight in Super Fight League, his first non-Bellator bout after six in a row...  I can't imagine Bellator is too happy with how everything ended up playing out.  Hopefully they'll have Better luck for their next HW tourname

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

WTF