After an incredibly successful Bellator debut at Soaring Eagle Casino
& Resort, Bellator MMA will return to Mount Pleasant, Michigan on
January 31st for the premiere event of the $100,000 Lightweight
Tournament Championship, featuring Brazilian Knockout artist Patricky
Pitbull, Lloyd “Cupcake” Woodard and David “The Caveman” Rickels.
Tickets for the event are on sale now and are available at
StarTickets.com, Bellator.com and The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Box Office. Tickets are priced from $20-$65.
The event will broadcast LIVE starting at 10 p.m. EST on Spike, as
well as in Spanish language on mun2. The preliminary card will be
streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com starting at 8 p.m. EST.
After a convincing win in front of a raucous Soaring Eagle crowd,
“The Caveman” returns as David Rickels is set for an opening round
showdown against Lloyd “Cupcake” Woodard. Two of the most explosive
lightweights in the division, both men have their sights set on a
tournament crown and the $100,000 payday that awaits the winner.
“This is just nasty matchup that’s going to be a war,” Rickels said.
“Cupcake is a guy that likes to throw down, and come right at you, and
like you saw in my fight against Amoussou, I don’t get intimidated by
anyone, and certainly not by a guy named cupcake.”
“All I can say is the mountain man from Montana is going to come to
Michigan and show this “Caveman” a mountain main ass whooping,” Woodard
said. “Fighting on Spike is going to be an incredible experience, and I
just can’t wait to get back into that Bellator cage, and make a run
through this tournament.”
In possibly the most intriguing tournament matchup featured, knockout
artist and world class kickboxer Thiago Michel is back with Bellator
and set to battle the 21-1 Russian phenom “Tiger” Sarnavskiy. Both
competitors are coming off recent victories, and are primed to keep the
momentum going in Bellator’s stacked Lightweight Tournament.
After engaging in one of the most highly anticipated fights of 2012
with lightweight contender Eddie Alvarez, Patricky Pitbull is back and
set to battle Montreal native Guillaume DeLorenzi in quarterfinal
action. DeLorenzi impressed Bellator brass with a dominating submission
victory last year and “IL Toro” is ready for his first taste of
tournament action on January 31st.
The preliminary card will be featured by Central Michigan alum and
rising star Jason “The Finisher” Fischer. The Michigan native suffered a
tough luck loss at the hands of Rickels last year, but at only 27, the
sky is limit for the promising lightweight.
“To have the chance to fight again in front of friends, family and
fans is a dream come true,” Fischer said. “I wasn’t happy with my first
performance, and I’ve got my eyes on a big win in front of the Soaring
Eagle crowd.”
“Our first event at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort was a
tremendous success, so we made it a point to get back to Michigan as
quickly as we could,” said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney.
“This Lightweight Tournament live on Spike is stacked with some of the
sport’s most exciting finishers, so I expect another night of great
fights and a packed arena.”
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter
@BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney
@BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/Bellator
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