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Bellator FC 61: Falcao vs Paraisy

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#1 ·
Bellator 61
Date: Mar 16, 2012
Location: Bossier City, Louisiana
Venue: Horseshoe Riverdome
Broadcast: MTV2 and Spike.com



MAIN CARD (MTV2)

Maiquel Falcao vs. Norman Paraisy (middleweight-tourney opening round)
Brian Rogers vs. Vitor Vianna (middleweight-tourney opening round)
Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vs. Victor O'Donnell (middleweight-tourney opening round)
Giva Santana vs. Bruno Santos (middleweight-tourney opening round)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)

Quaint Kempf vs. Josh Quayhagen
Trey Houston vs. Jeremiah Riggs
Derrick Krantz vs. Eric Scallan
Derek Campos vs. Patrick Cenoble
Jeremy Myers vs. Jason Sampson​

The fight card is set for next week's Bellator 61 event.

The event features the opening round of the season-six middleweight tournament, as well as a season-five heavyweight-tourney rematch between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos. Five bouts also are slated for the prelims.

Bellator 61 takes place March 16 at the Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City, La.

The night's main card airs on MTV2 (and in high-definition on EPIX), and prelims stream on Spike.com.

In the night's featured preliminary-card fight, local lightweight Josh Quayhagen (2-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC) takes on Shark Fights vet Quaint Kempf (4-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC). Quayhagen made a splash in his pro-MMA debut when he scored a unanimous-decision victory over kickboxer Cosmo Alexandre at Bellator 52 in October.

In other action, undefeated middleweight and former XFL and Strikeforce fighter Trey Houston (8-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) meets Jeremiah Riggs (7-5 MMA, 1-0 BFC), a fighter on "The Ultimate Fighter 7" and "WWE Tough Enough" cast member whose current five-fight win streak included a decision victory over Mike Fleniken at Bellator 30.

Other bouts include welterweights Derrick Krantz (10-5 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Eric Scallan (10-3 MMA, 0-0 BFC), lightweights Derek Campos (9-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Patrick Cenoble (8-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC), and bantamweight Jeremy Myers (3-3 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Jason Sampson (8-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC).
http://mmajunkie.com/news/27798/nex...th-five-prelims-including-kempf-quayhagen.mma
 
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#10 ·
They will fight on the next show according to:

Friday's Bellator 61 event has lost a headliner.

Heavyweight Eric Prindle (7-1 MMA, 3-0 BFC) is suffering "flu-like symptoms" following a heavy weight cut is unable to compete in tomorrow's main event with with Thiago Santos (10-1 MMA, 2-0 BFC), sources close to the event today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

MMAjunkie.com reached Alvin Topham, the chairman of Louisiana Boxing & Wrestling Commission, who said he was en route to today's weigh-ins and will make an official decision with Bellator officials once there.

However, Bellator CEO today told our sister site, USAToday.com, the fight is canceled and will be pushed back a week to Bellator 62. A middleweight-tournament bout between Maiquel "Big Rig" Falcao and Norman Paraisy has taken the headlining spot for Bellator 61.

Bellator 61 takes place Friday at the Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City, La. As with all of Bellator's season-six events, the night's main card airs on MTV2 (and in high-definition on EPIX).

Prindle and Santos, of course, met in the finals of Bellator's season-five heavyweight tourney this past fall, but the bout was ruled a no-contest when Santos inexplicably kicked a downed Prindle in the groin. "Big Monster" contended he was targeting Prindle's backside, but his opponent could not continue after the blow.

The winner of the fight was expected to face Bellator heavyweight champ Cole Konrad in a title fight later this year.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/27850/bel...-likely-to-scratch-with-flu-like-symptoms.mma
 
#11 ·
Here were the weigh in results:

The official weigh-in event for tomorrow night's Bellator 61 fight card took place today (March 15, 2012) at 6 p.m. ET from The Orleans Room at Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Of the 16 fighters who stepped on the scales today, two of them missed weight. Most important was main eventer Maiquel Falcao, who has two hours to drop 0.6 pounds.

Bellator 61 features a heavyweight tournament final as Thiago Santos and Eric Prindle's rematch from their original fight which ended inconclusively late last year with a no contest. The winner will earn a title shot against champion Cole Konrad.

Update: Santos vs. Prindle is postponed until next week due to an illness (which you can read about here). Falcao vs. Paraisy is the new main event.

The rest of the main card will comprise the Bellator season six middleweight tournament, which features top competitors like Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran Maiquel Falcao, as well as season five mainstays like Brian Rogers and Vitor Vianna. Also competing is the top Russian prospect Vyachaslav Vasilevsky and "The Arm Collector" Giva Santana.

Complete Bellator 61 weigh in results after the jump:

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Main Card

265 lbs.: Eric Prindle () vs. Thiago Santos ()
185 lbs.: Maiquel Falcao (186.6*) vs. Norman Paraisy (186)
185 lbs.: Vitor Vianna (185.6) vs. Brian Rogers (186)
185 lbs.: Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (185.6) vs. Victor O'Donnell (186)
185 lbs.: Giva Santana (185.2) vs. Bruno Santos (186)

Preliminary Card (Spike.com)

165 lbs.: Brent Taylor (165) vs. Josh Quayhagen (164.6)
185 lbs.: Trey Houston (185) vs. Jeremiah Riggs (185.8)
170 lbs.: Derrick Krantz (170.4) vs. Eric Scallan (170.4)
155 lbs.: Derek Campos () vs. Patrick Cenoble ()
135 lbs.: Jeremy Myers (141**) vs. Jason Sampson (134.6)

*Falcao has two hours to drop 0.6 pounds or he will not be allowed to participate in the tournament
**Myers failed to make weight so his bout with Samson will be contested at a 140-pound catch-weight.

Remember that MMAMania.com will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of Bellator 61, beginning with the MTV2 telecast starting at 8 p.m. ET tomorrow night (March 16).

It's going to be a great night of fights so don't miss it, and remember to check us out for all the post-fight coverage after tomorrow night's card is wrapped up.
http://www.mmamania.com/2012/3/15/2...lts-live-from-louisiana-for-santos-vs-prindle
 
#18 ·
Great MW fight with Falcao vs Paraisy. Anybody else laughing out loud at this...Falcao's unloading nice combos. He's such a nut case...haha!
 
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