Bellator First Round Lightweight Tournament Match-Ups Announced
by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 20, 2010 5:00 PM EDT
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From the most recent Bellator press release here are the first round match-ups for the lightweight tournament:
April 8th (Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Hollywood, Fla.) Roger Huerta (20-3-1) vs. Chad Hinton (6-0) and Janne Tulirinta (12-3) vs. Carey Vanier (7-2)
April 15th (Chicago Theatre – Chicago, Ill.) Pat Curran (9-3) vs. Mike Ricci (5-0)
April 22nd (Mohegan Sun Resort – Uncasville, Conn.) Toby Imada (20-13) vs. Ferrid Kheder (16-5)
Clearly Huerta/Hinton is the marquee fight here but Imada/Kheder is very interesting and Ricci/Curran will be taking place on Curran's turf.
Other announced fights for the promotion include:
April 8
Joe Warren vs. Eric Marriott (FW Tournament)
Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Bao Quach (FW Tournament)
April 15
Ben Askren vs. Ryan Thomas (WW Tournament)
Wilson Reis vs. Shad Lierley (FW Tournament)
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire vs. William Romero (FW Tournament)
April 22
Dan Hornbuckle vs. Sean Pierson (WW Tournament)
Jacob McClintock vs. "Judo" Jim Wallhead (WW Tournament)
Steve Carl vs. Brett Cooper (WW Tournament)
May 20:
Paulo Filho vs. Hector Lombard (non-tournament) *Rumored, not confirmed*
Eddie Alvarez vs. Josh Neer (non-tournament) was also announced for a May date.
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anyone paid much attention to Hinton?
what’s his skill set? is he a threat to beat Huerta?
Follow me on Twitter @KidNate
He’s a wrestler/boxer. Wrestled in college.
Can’t find much more than that about his skills.
I specializes in grammar fail.
by a tommy point on Mar 20, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn't May 20..
the Alvarez/Neer fight, in Boston
and
Filho vs Lombard is still up in the air as far as happening and what date if so…
just an FYI…
Not sold on this marketing
There’s been a lot of talk about Bellator’s marketing strategy of releasing piecemeal information to keep people interested. They shouldn’t be doing that for the event promotion.
The Mohegan Sun event Its barely a month away and they haven’t even announced it or started promotion. They need to market more aggressively if they want more recognition.
it appears they're not that concerned about the
event by event marketing or making money at the gate. They seem almost entirely focused on the national hardcore fanbase. We’ll see if they get ratings on FSN.
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Any word on what happened to Jorge?
He’s booked against Toby and then suddenly he gone. And right before they signed Huerta. Hmmm…
by John Nash on Mar 20, 2010 8:58 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
There’s a picture floating around of him in a Shine Fights shirt.
by Chris Nelson on Mar 21, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Bellator
I can’t wait for Thursday nights to watch these cards LIVE on FSN.
I’m more excited about these Bellator cards since they are packed with fights, as opposed to the TUF on Spike Wednesday nights since they only have 1 fight per episode, along with a macho reality soap opera that is getting a bit old.
MORE Fights!
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