Bellator 31 Fight Card: Megumi Fujii vs. Lisa Ward

by Nick Thomas on Sep 28, 2010 11:52 AM EDT in Bellator News

Join us at Bloodyelbow.com for Bellator 31 - Thursday, Sept. 30th, live on Fox Sports Net at 8:00 PM EST:

The Bellator Women's Tournament moves into the semifinals when the world's top pound-for-pound female fighter Megumi Fujii squares off against veteran submission specialist Lisa Ward and explosive knockout artist Zoila Frausto takes on dangerous submission finisher Jessica Aguilar.

Bellator 31 - Lake Charles, Louisiana
Megumi "Mega Megu" Fujii (21-0) vs. Lisa Ward (14-5-1) [women's semifinal]

Zoila "Warrior Princess" Frausto (8-1) vs. Jessica "Jag" Aguilar (9-3) [women's semifinal]

Chris "The Assassin" Lozano (5-0) vs. Yoshiyuki "Zenko" Yoshida (11-5)

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Local Feature fights:
Mark Holata (4-2) vs Shawn Jordan (8-1)
John Harris (2-3) vs Kyle Miers (1-0)
Tim Ruberg (2-0) vs Aaron Davis (1-2)
Dave Herman (16-2) vs Michal Kita (10-4)
Scott Stapp (2-0) vs Mike Chandler (3-0)

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has hit a point of diminishing returns this season IMO.

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by Nate Wilcox on Sep 28, 2010 11:54 AM EDT reply actions

How so?

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by Sergio Non on Sep 28, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

this is the first card I’ve been amped up for in several weeks

perception is reality

by Marvin Malehooves on Sep 28, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm getting less interested rather than more interested

as the season goes on.

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by Nate Wilcox on Sep 28, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Mileage will vary, I guess. I find the women’s tourney very interesting.

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by Sergio Non on Sep 28, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

i must agree with this. im finding the extra fights outside of the tournament more interesting than the tournament ones. not sure if its the weight classes/the fighters or wat, but last season, guys like joe warren and co had me interested nearly every week

only exception this season is niel grove for me

by milson on Sep 28, 2010 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Herman vs Kita

With today’s press release, looks like Dave Herman vs Michal Kita is off the card. That really needs to be a main card fight anyway.

by MMAmadman on Sep 28, 2010 12:06 PM EDT reply actions

They are telling me it is still on. At least they are flying Herman in. No word on if it makes TV.

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by Jonathan Snowden on Sep 28, 2010 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I was told that the fight will be televised only if Kita wins.

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by Venom77 on Sep 28, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL that could be true. Just told 100 % the fight is on though.

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by Jonathan Snowden on Sep 28, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

any idea why it wasn’t mentioned in the press release, mistake or on purpose?

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by Venom77 on Sep 28, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

The women's tournament is a great draw

Personally, more interested in the women’s tourney than any of the other matches.

Every single match has been pretty awesome and action packed. Plus no lay and prey wrestlers here ;)

Also love that Mega Megu put it out on the line and is fighting in this tourney.

by squaresphere on Sep 28, 2010 12:31 PM EDT reply actions

I can’t wait for the semifinal fights but I also want to watch WEC 51!!!! Guess I’ll be going back and forth between the two.

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by Keren on Sep 28, 2010 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

I was surprised by the amount of decisions last week on Bellator. This card looks great though, and Bellator is wise to have a 115 lb. Womens tournament for the basic reason being that no other well-known MMA promotion in North America has this division. Many MMA fans and I expect Megumi Fujii to win the whole thing.

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by chrisbboy82 on Sep 28, 2010 2:30 PM EDT reply actions