October's Bellator 52 event will feature the opening round of the organization's fifth-season eight-man heavyweight tournament. Officials today announced the tournament pairings for the Oct. 1 card.
The event takes place at L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, La. The tourney bouts comprise the night's main card, which airs on MTV2 (and in high definition on EPIX).
The opening-round matchups include Ron Sparks (7-0 MMA, 2-0 BFC) vs. Mark Holata (11-2 MMA, 1-0 BFC), Neil Grove (11-3-1 MMA, 3-1 BFC) vs. Mike Hayes (15-4-1 MMA, 1-1 BFC), Thiago Santos (8-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Blagoi Ivanov (4-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC), and Eric Prindle (7-1 MMA, 1-0 BFC) vs. Abe Wagner (10-4 MMA, 0-0 BFC).
Grove was the season-three tourney runner-up to current champ Cole Konrad, and Hayes was eliminated in the first round of the tournament.
Combined, this year's tourney competitors own a 73-15-2 career record.
The winner of the season-five tournament will be crowned at season's end and then gets a guaranteed title shot with Konrad in 2012.
The latest Bellator 52 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (MTV2)
- Mark Holata vs. Ron Sparks (heavyweight-tourney opening round)
- Neil Grove vs. Mike Hayes (heavyweight-tourney opening round)
- Blagoi Ivanov vs. Thiago Santos (heavyweight-tourney opening round)
- Eric Prindle vs. Abe Wagner (heavyweight-tourney opening round)
by MMAjunkie.com Staff
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