Bellator 75: Heavyweight Quarterfinals (10/5 on MTV 2)

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Bellator FC 75 in Hammond, Indiana

Since the champion retired, looks like the winner of the tourney will be the new heavyweight champ.


Heavyweight Quarterfinals
Eric Prindle vs. Thiago Santos (anyone think this fight will ACTUALLY happen?!)
Mike Wessel vs. Richard Hale
Mark Holata vs. Vinicius Queiroz
Alexander Volkov vs. Brett Rogers

Prelims on Spike.com
Chase Beebe vs. Bo Harris
Manny Lara vs. Ryan Martinez
Joe Williams vs. Brandon Delprado
Jason Graves vs. Rafal Skibinski
Anthony Gomez vs. Jose Medina
Bobby Reardanz vs. Cliff Wright

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Santos and Hale are the lead dogs in this tournament.

Volkov kinda intrigues me, but he's still a twig and I think Rogers is going to bully him.

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Santos by groin kick

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Bellator 75 weigh-in results: Heavyweight tournament set as all fighters hit mark
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Oct 04, 2012 at 7:10 pm ET
The eight fighters enlisted in Bellator's season 7 heavyweight tournament all made weight for Friday's Bellator 75 event.

Included in the festivities were headliners Eric Prindle (264 pounds) and Thiago Santos (265.6), who will finally have their long-awaited rematch, as well as a co-feature between the heaviest fighter in the field, Brett Rogers (265.8), and the lightest, Alexander Volkov (225.2).

Today's ceremony took place in the lobby of the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind. The same venue hosts Friday's event, which includes a main card on MTV2 and prelims on Spike.com.

There was one slight issue on the evening's preliminary card as Chase Beebe initially weighed 136.2 pounds, which is just slightly over the bantamweight limit. However, he came back shortly after the official ceremony and made the contest official at 136 pounds.

Additionally, the evening's preliminary card features three separate catchweight contests.

The full Bellator 75 weigh-ins included:

MAIN CARD (MTV2)
Eric Prindle (264) vs. Thiago Santos (265.6) - heavyweight tourney opening round
Brett Rogers (265.8) vs. Alexander Volkov (225.2) - heavyweight tourney opening round
Richard Hale (233) vs. Mike Wessel (262.2) - heavyweight tourney opening round
Mark Holata (249.2) vs. Vinicius Queiroz (247) - heavyweight tourney opening round
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
Bo Harris (135.2) vs. Chase Beebe (136.2)
Manny Lara (248.8) vs. Ryan Martinez (263.6)
Rod Montoya (170.6) vs. Joe Williams (170.8)
Jason Graves (171) vs. Rafal Skibinski (177.4)*
Jose Medina (209.8) vs. Anthony Gomez (209.6)+
Cliff Wright Jr. (147.8) vs. Bobby Reardanz (146.2)#
* - 178-pound catchweight fight
+ - 210-pound catchweight fight
# - 148-pound catchweight fight

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BOOM

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MY GOD THIS HW ACTION

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Rogers getting picked apart by the young Russian.

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"Don't kick him in the groin"

Awesome

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Did Santos really get a taste of his own medicine?

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AXE KICK TO THE GROIN

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This heavyweight tournament has been great so far.

@ Santos/Prindle. They are cursed. Never match them up again ever.

So very disappointed in Rogers. He apparently thought he had an easy win, but after that first round he just gave up. Volkov looked very good.

Thought Holata was going to pull it off, but Queiroz's BJJ saved him.

Hale ran through Wessel. His athleticism will be a big advantage for him.

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