October 19th marks the start of Bellator's Season 7 lightweight tournament, and the eight fighters scheduled to compete have been been confirmed.

The tournament matchups include Rene Nazare (10-2 MMA, 3-2 BFC) vs. Ricardo Tirloni (14-2 MMA, 1-1 BFC), Dave Jansen (16-2 MMA, 3-0 BFC) vs. Magomed Saadulaev (14-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC), Marcin Held (10-2 MMA, 2-1 BFC) vs. Murad Machaev (9-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC), and former UFC fighter Rich Clementi (44-21-1 MMA, 1-1 BFC) vs. Alexander "Tiger" Sarnavskiy (20-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC),

Bellator 77 will takes place at Reading Eagle Theater in the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA. with the event's main card airing on MTV2 in the United States and The Score in Canada.