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The penultimate show until the PPV is this Friday on Spike live from Atlantic City.
Unfortunately, bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas was injured in training last week and is out of action until late in the year. So, the main event Friday will be for the interim-title between the top two contenders.
Interim Bantamweight Championship
Joe Warren vs. Rafael Silva
-Silva is 21-3 overall and 13-0 over the past 3 years. Made his U.S. debut last summer in the Bellator tournament and beat Rodrigo Lima and Anthony Leone to win. He's finished 17 of his pro fights. Warren is the 37-year-old (at one time) Olympic caliber Greco-Roman wrestler (that plan was derailed in 2008 due to a positive weed test), he also fell short of making the 2012 U.S. team. Since dropping down to bantamweight in 2012, he's 3-0 including a pair of finishes in last year's tournament to secure a title fight. He was the 2nd ever Bellator featherweight champion, losing to Pat Curran in March 2012.
Welterweight Tournament Semifinal
Andrey Koreshkov vs. Sam Oropeza
-Winner meets undefeated Adam McDonough (11-0) later this year for the tournament championship and right to challenge welterweight champ Douglas Lima in 2015.
(Summer 2014) Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
Liam McGeary vs. Mike Micitelli
-Both guys are 6-0, McGeary the Englishman has finished all of his opponents
Marcos Galvao vs. Thomas Vasquez
-Galvao is one of the top bantamweights in Bellator and bounced back from his loss to Dantas with two TKO wins last year. Now, he's fighting Vasquez, a 7-0 prospect out of Mississippi (14-0 if you count his amateur fights) in his Bellator debut.
Unfortunately, bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas was injured in training last week and is out of action until late in the year. So, the main event Friday will be for the interim-title between the top two contenders.
Interim Bantamweight Championship
Joe Warren vs. Rafael Silva
-Silva is 21-3 overall and 13-0 over the past 3 years. Made his U.S. debut last summer in the Bellator tournament and beat Rodrigo Lima and Anthony Leone to win. He's finished 17 of his pro fights. Warren is the 37-year-old (at one time) Olympic caliber Greco-Roman wrestler (that plan was derailed in 2008 due to a positive weed test), he also fell short of making the 2012 U.S. team. Since dropping down to bantamweight in 2012, he's 3-0 including a pair of finishes in last year's tournament to secure a title fight. He was the 2nd ever Bellator featherweight champion, losing to Pat Curran in March 2012.
Welterweight Tournament Semifinal
Andrey Koreshkov vs. Sam Oropeza
-Winner meets undefeated Adam McDonough (11-0) later this year for the tournament championship and right to challenge welterweight champ Douglas Lima in 2015.
(Summer 2014) Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
Liam McGeary vs. Mike Micitelli
-Both guys are 6-0, McGeary the Englishman has finished all of his opponents
Marcos Galvao vs. Thomas Vasquez
-Galvao is one of the top bantamweights in Bellator and bounced back from his loss to Dantas with two TKO wins last year. Now, he's fighting Vasquez, a 7-0 prospect out of Mississippi (14-0 if you count his amateur fights) in his Bellator debut.
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