Blagoi Ivanov vs. John "Doo Doo" Brown headlines Bellator 38 local-feature fights

Bellator Fighting Championships officials today announced the five-fight "local feature" card for this week's Bellator 38 event, and recent signee Blagoi Ivanov (8-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) heads the list.

The man best known for a 2008 combat sambo win over Fedor Emelianenko meets Mississippi native John "Doo Doo" Brown (8-4 MMA, 0-0 BFC).

Featuring the four quarterfinal matchups of Bellator's debut light heavyweight tournament, Bellator 38 takes place Saturday at Harrah's Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica, Miss. The main card airs live on MTV2.

Brown and Ivanov each make their Bellator debut. While the fight is the highest-profile contest in Brown's four-year career, he does count losses to notables Ricco Rodriguez and Jeff Monson among his past experiences.

The 24-year-old Bulgarian Ivanov is currently training with Shawn Tompkins at Las Vegas' TapouT gym. Competing professionally since 2005, Ivanov's highest profile MMA bout to date is an August 2009 split-decision win over Kazuyuki Fujita under the Sengoku banner.

Additional contests include Austin Lyons (5-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC), who's currently riding a five-fight win streak, against Spartan Fighting Club's Jimmy Van Horn (2-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC), as well as submission specialist Tim Galluzzi (4-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) against Jake Underwood (1-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC).

The fight card is rounded out with Brian Albin (6-4 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Cody Donovan (5-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) and Amaechi Oselukwue (0-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Abe Wilson (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC).

With the local-feature fights now booked, Bellator 38's full card now includes:

MAIN CARD

• Tim Carpenter vs. Daniel Gracie (light heavyweight tourney quarterfinal)
• Raphael Davis vs. D.J. Linderman (light heavyweight tourney quarterfinal)
• Nik Fekete vs. Richard Hale (light heavyweight tourney quarterfinal)
• Chris Davis vs. Chrisitian M'Pumbu (light heavyweight tourney quarterfinal)

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

• John Brown vs. Blagoi Ivanov
• Austin Lyons vs. Jimmy Van Horn
• Tim Galluzzi vs. Jake Underwood
• Brian Albin vs. Cody Donovan
• Amaechi Oselukwue vs. Abe Wilson