Injury scraps Lewis vs. Santos, but Bellator 45 lineup again complete with eight bouts

Bellator Fighting Championships' final season-four event takes place Saturday lineup, and after some last-minute juggling, the card is complete with eight contests.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned that a previously announced heavyweight bout between Derrick Lewis and Thiago Santos was scrapped after "Big Monster" suffered an injury.

A newly-arranged 140-pound catchweight fight between Joseph Abercrombie (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) and Ben Parpart (1-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) has been installed as a swing bout and will be shown if time permits.

Featuring the finales of Bellator's first-ever light heavyweight tournament, as well as the final bout of the promotion's season-four featherweight bracket, Bellator 45 takes place at L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, La. As with all of Bellator's season-four events, the main card of Bellator 45 airs on MTV2.

A pair of bouts previously reported by MMAjunkie.com were today confirmed by the promotion, as former LSU fullback and rising heavyweight contender Shawn Jordan (9-2 MMA, 2-1 BFC) meets John Hill (3-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) and Luis "Sapo" Santos (48-6 MMA, 0-0 BFC) will make his big-show debut against judoka Nicolae Cury (4-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC).

Rounding out the card are local-feature fights that see Rene Nazare (8-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC) face Kelvin Hackney (9-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) and Mike Fleniken (3-3 MMA, 0-2 BFC) meet Tim Ruberg (5-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC).

The full Bellator 45 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD

• Richard Hale vs. Christian M'Pumbu (light-heavyweight tourney finale)
• Patricio Freire vs. Daniel Straus (featherweight-tourney finale)
• Sam Alvey vs. Karl Amoussou
• Joseph Abercrombie vs. Ben Parpart*

PRELIMINARY CARD

• John Hill vs. Shawn Jordan
• Nicolae Cury vs. Luis "Sapo" Santos
• Kelvin Hackney vs. Rene Nazare
• Mike Fleniken

* - Not officially announced