Bellator MMA: Season Ten

Bellator 110

Bellator 110 took place on February 28, 2014 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 110 featured the opening round of the Light Heavyweight and Featherweight tournament.

A bout between Josh Diekmann and Chris Birchler was initially planned for this card, but later cancelled.

Pat Schultz was scheduled to face Dave Roberts in a Light Heavyweight bout on this card. However, on the day of the weigh ins, Roberts came in overweight at 212 pounds and the bout was eventually removed from the card.

Results

Bellator 111

Bellator 111 took place on March 7, 2014 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 111 was to feature a Bellator Bantamweight Championship bout between Eduardo Dantas and 2013 Summer Series Tournament winner Rafael Silva. However, Silva was forced to pull out of the bout due to injury, and replaced by Anthony Leone.

The card also featured the opening round of the Heavyweight tournament.

Results

Bellator 112

Bellator 112 took place on March 14, 2014 at The Horseshoe in Hammond, Indiana. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 112 featured the first Bellator Featherweight Championship title defense for Daniel Mason-Straus. He will face former champion Pat Curran in a rematch. This move drew criticism for Bellator from MMA pundits and fans, as many felt that Curran, who had previously lost his last match to Straus and not won a tournament for a rematch, had not done enough to earn a title shot over waiting tournament winners Patricio Freire and Magomedrasul Khasbulaev.

The card also featured the opening round of the Welterweight tournament. On March 8, 2014, it was announced that War Machine, Mark Scanlon, and Joe Riggs pulled out of their tournament bouts and were replaced by Paul Bradley, Nathan Coy, and Cristiano Souza.

Results

Bellator 113

Bellator 113 took place on March 21, 2014 at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 113 featured a Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship unification bout between champion Attila Vegh and interim champion Emanuel Newton.

The card also featured the opening round of the Lightweight tournament.

UK fighter Terry Etim was forced to withdraw from the Lightweight tournament due to an ACL injury. He was replaced by Tim Welch. Donnie Bell, Welch's previous opponent, instead faced Eric Wisely.

Brian Rogers was scheduled to face Gary Tapusoa in a Middleweight bout. However, Tapusoa was unable to make the weight requirements and the fight was cancelled.

Results

Bellator 114

Bellator 114 took place on March 28, 2014 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 114 featured the third Bellator Middleweight Championship title defense for Alexander Shlemenko as he faced Season 9 tournament winner Brennan Ward.

Ron Keslar and Jordan Smith were scheduled to face each other in a welterweight match; however, the bout did not materialize due to undisclosed reasons.

Aaron Wilkinson and Michael Arrant were also scheduled to face each other in a welterweight match, but it was cancelled.

Results

Bellator 115

Bellator 115 took place on April 4, 2014 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 115 featured the first Bellator Heavyweight Championship title defense for Vitaly Minakov as he took on Season 9 tournament winner Cheick Kongo.

Doug Marshall was originally announced as one of the participants in the Middleweight tournament. However, he was pulled from the bout due to a current suspension and was replaced by Jeremy Kimball. His opponent Dan Cramer was then scheduled to face Jeremy Kimball in a Middleweight Tournament Semifinal. Kimball, however, missed weight badly and was pulled from the bout.

Andrey Koreshkov and Sam Oropeza were scheduled to meet in the Welterweight Tournament Semifinals on this card. However, on the day of the weigh ins, the bout was cancelled due to Koreshkov having flu-like symptoms.

Additionally, a lightweight bout between Jimmy Jones and Rudy Morales that was scheduled to take place at World Series of Fighting 9 was rescheduled for this card.

Results

Bellator 116

Bellator 116 took place on April 11, 2014 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 116 featured the semifinals of the Season 10 Heavyweight Tournament and one of the semifinals for the Middleweight tournament.

The event also featured the final fight for Vladimir Matyushenko, as he retired from MMA after his fight.

Results

Bellator 117

Bellator 117 took place on April 18, 2014 at the Mid-American Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 117 featured a bout between Douglas Lima and Rick Hawn for the vacant Bellator Welterweight title as well as the semifinals of the Season 10 Lightweight Tournament.

Results

Bellator 118

Bellator 118 took place on May 2, 2014 in Revel Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Eduardo Dantas was originally scheduled to defend his Bantamweight title against Joe Warren in the main event. However, on April 26, 2014 it was revealed that Dantas was injured head and withdrew from the fight. Warren was to face Rafael Silva in an Interim Bantamweight title fight. Silva, however, missed weight and the promotion made the interim title available only if Warren were to win.

The Welterweight semifinals bout between Andrey Koreshkov and Sam Oropeza originally set for Bellator 115 was rescheduled to this card. Oropeza was eventually replaced by Justin Baesman.

Results

Bellator 119

Bellator 119 took place on May 9, 2014 in Rama, Ontario, Canada . The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 119 was originally set to feature the Bellator season 10 Heavyweight tournament final. However the Bellator season 10 Featherweight tournament final headlined the card instead.

The Middleweight tournament final of Brett Cooper against Brandon Halsey was originally scheduled for this event, but was cancelled when Cooper injured himself in training.

Fabricio Guerreiro and Shahbulat Shamhalaev were also scheduled to face each other on this event, but that bout was moved to the following week's event.

John Alessio was originally scheduled to face Guillaume DeLorenzi at the event, however, DeLorenzi withdrew from the bout due to injury and was replaced by Eric Wisely.

Results

Bellator 120

Bellator 120 took place on May 17, 2014.

Background

The event served as Bellator MMA's inaugural pay-per-view event.

Bellator 120 was expected to be headlined by Eddie Alvarez defending his Bellator Lightweight Championship against the former champion Michael Chandler in a trilogy fight. However, a week before the fight, it was announced that Alvarez had suffered a concussion and was forced to pull out of the fight. Chandler instead faced Will Brooks for the Interim Lightweight title.

Tito Ortiz made his Bellator MMA debut at this event against Bellator Middleweight Champion Alexander Shlemenko in a Light Heavyweight bout.

The Season 10 Lightweight tournament final between Patricky Freire and Marcin Held was originally scheduled to take place on the Spike TV portion of this event. However, Freire was injured and the bout was pushed back to another card.

Results

Welterweight tournament bracket

(*) Replaced Oropeza

Middleweight tournament bracket

(*) Replaced Jeremy Kimball vs. Dan Cramer