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#1 ·
Thought i'd get a thread going with all the latest season 6 gossip. There will be 5 weight classes this year - Bantamweight, Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight & Middleweight.

Some recent news - Rick Hawn & Brent Weedman are dropping to lightweight, War Machine is in the welterweight tournament, Travis Wiuff has been signed, Masakatsu Ueda signed to bantamweight tournament.

Below are a list of the fighters expected to be in the tournaments. Fighters in BLUE are official.

Bantamweight
Masakatsu Ueda (14-1) - New Entrant
Rodrigo Lima (10-0) - New Entrant
Hiroshi Nakamura (14-5) - New Entrant
Travis Marx (18-3) - New Entrant
Alexis Vila (11-1) - Season 5 Runner Up
Ed West (17-6) - Season 3 Runner Up, Season 5 Semi Finals
Luis Nogueira (12-2) - Season 5 1st round
Marcos Galvao (10-5) - Season 5 Semi Finals

Ed West vs. Marcus Galvao

Featherweight
Alexandre Bezerra (12-1) - New Entrant
Jeremy Spoon (12-0) - New Entrant
Roberto Vargas (12-1) - New Entrant
Mike Corey (11-2) - New Entrant
Marlon Sandro (20-3) - Summer Series Runner Up
Daniel Straus (17-4) - Season 4 Runner Up
Ronnie Mann (21-4) - Summer Series Semi Finals
Genair Da Silva (11-4) - Summer Series 1st round

Marlon Sandro vs. Roberto Vargas
Ronnie Mann vs. Mike Corey
Alexandre Bezerra vs. Genair da Silva
Daniel Straus vs. Jeremy Spoon

Lightweight
Ricardo Tirloni (13-1) - New Entrant
Thiago Michel (9-2) - New Entrant
Rene Nazare (10-1) - New Entrant
JJ Ambrose (17-3) - New Entrant
Rick Hawn (11-1) - Season 4 Runner Up
Patricky Freire (12-2) - Season 4 Runner Up
Lloyd Woodard (11-1) - Season 4 Semi Finals
Brent Weedman (18-7) - Season 4 Semi Finals, Season 5 1st round

Patricky Freire vs. Lloyd Woodard
Rick Hawn vs. Ricardo Tirloni
Thiago Michel vs. Rene Nazare
Brent Weedman vs. JJ Ambrose


Welterweight
Brian Foster (18-5) - New Entrant
Karl Amoussou (13-4) - New Entrant
Carlos Pereira (33-9) - New Entrant
David Rickels (9-0) - New Entrant
Raul Amaya (9-0) - New Entrant
Ben Saunders (12-4) - Season 5 Runner Up
Bryan Baker (16-3) - Season 2 Runner Up, Season 5 Semi Finals
Chris Lozano (9-2) - Season 4 1st round, Season 5 Semi Finals

Brian Foster vs. David Rickels
Ben Saunders vs. Raul Amaya
Karl Amoussou vs. Chris Lozano
Bryan Baker vs. Carlos Pereira

Middleweight
Maiqual Falcao (28-4) - New Entrant
Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (15-1) - New Entrant
Giva Santana (17-1) - New Entrant
Bruno Santos (12-0) - New Entrant
Norman Paraisy (10-1) - New Entrant
Vitor Vianna (12-2) - Season 5 Runner Up
Brian Rogers (8-3) - Season 5 Semi Finals
Victor O'Donnell (11-3) - Season 5 1st round

Maiquel Falcao vs. Norman Paraisy
Giva Santana vs. Bruno Santos
Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vs. Victor O'Donnell
Vitor Vianna vs. Brian Rogers
 
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#28 ·
Bruno Carioca Santos was named the 4th member of the season six middleweight tournament. He'll be squaring off against countryman Giva "the Arm Collector" Santana in the 1st round. This will be Arm Collector's first fight against a fellow Brazilian in his career (which has spanned 18 fights, during which he's gone 17-1). Santos has faced solely Brazilians during his career spanning 12 fights thru which he's remained unblemished.
 
#30 ·
Yeah, I cringed after I saw Victor O'Donnell's name. Selections like that are why I had prepared myself a little to be disappointed. He had nothing for B-Rog. I'm not saying can the guy as a result, it was only fight, but at least make him prove he's worthy for the tourney by forcing him to win a qualifier. Maybe they are filling an American quota. This was projected to be a very Brasilian/international field with Rogers and Cooper being the only Americans on my list.

In regards to where I learned about Carioca's invite, it was from this video:
 
#32 ·
There's a report that Bellator will now hold a sixth tournament, this one in the light heavyweight class, during the upcoming season. Although I can't vouch for the credibility of the source.

http://mm-eh.ca/2012/01/13/hollett-gets-opponent-for-bellator-light-heavyweight-tournament/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hollett-gets-opponent-for-bellator-light-heavyweight-tournament

I have noticed Bellator are using Richard Rare Breed in their promos so that adds some evidential support to the report.
 
#33 ·
The more tournaments the better. If there were 6 some would probably have to take place on the undercard, i hope they stick the undercard fights on spike.tv again. I was actually suprised there wasn't lightheavyweights in season 6 as they've signed some good fighters for it.

Though i can't see it happening to be honest, i think its more likely for them to do another summer tournament with lightheavyweights.
 
#34 ·
Well here's more confirmation that it is taking place in season six, but at the same time contradictorily states it'll happen during the summer.

http://mmadiehards.com/live/features/bellator-season-6-light-heavyweight-tournament-line-up-revealed/

Here's the field:
Richard "Rare Breed" Hale
Marcus Vanttinen
Attila "the Hun" Vegh
Roger "Hulk" Hollett
Raphael Davis
Travis "Chosen" Wiuff
Beau Tribolet
????

If it weren't going down the same time as the other tourneys I don't know why they would be announcing the field already.

I hope for the fighter's sakes who were promised upon signing they would be competing in a tourney ASAP, and the others who need work, that the tournament is happening this season.
 
#36 ·
I e-mailed Jordan Breen (of sherdog) asking him about it, and he replied saying there is just discussions about it, nothing has been decided either way yet. So i think the story that website ran listing the fighters in the tournament was rubbish. Still think they'll stick with 5, and do the lightheavyweight one as a summer series, between 6 and 7.

That website also says match-ups include Saunders-Amaya, Amoussou-War Machine & Rogers-Vianna. When the match-ups do get released, we can compare wioth these to see the authenticity of the site....
 
#40 ·
I doubt the final choice for the MW tourney will be Cory Macdonald....

http://topmmanews.com/2012/01/16/canadian-rumour-mill-january-16/comment-page-1/

Let’s hope Cory MacDonald’s appearance with the Kingston Provincial Court goes well tomorrow (Tuesday). The Bellator Middleweight, along with five other correctional officers, is facing charges of assault against an inmate on Oct 4th according to the local Kingston paper.
Cooper (alright w/ me), Houston (don't know), Paraisy (not a fan), JT Money (yuck), Marquardt (yes!), or Chalidow (I'd piss myself).

mattandbenny said:
That website also says match-ups include Saunders-Amaya, Amoussou-War Machine & Rogers-Vianna. When the match-ups do get released, we can compare wioth these to see the authenticity of the site....
FWIW, those fights have all been confirmed on the fighter's own Twitter pages or other websites. I'm sure mmadiehards had information about the LHW tourney and its participants, they just may have been confused as to when it would technically be occurring. It's ambiguous as to which season the summer series would actually be part of. It sounds like Bellator hasn't decided if it will be in season six or the summer series from that Breen quote.
 
#42 ·
I actually e-mailed the writer of the article at mmadiehards and he replied saying Roger Hollett told them. So i'm guessing he has been approached about fighting in a lightheavyweight tournament, and Bellator is currently deciding on whether to hold it in season 6 or in the summer as a summer series event.

Of the other middleweights, Trey Houston is a great prospect, and although he's too green to win this thing, he'd be a great addition (though i've not seen his name mentioned to do with bellator anywhere except wikipedia). Obviously Marquardt would be a great addition. And i'd actually be happy with Parai9sy - yes he was awful on TUF, but since then he's actually looked reasonably decent, and he has a good record. Cooper would be ok if they paired him with O'Donnel or Rogers, he could put on a fun fight, don't think he'd offer much against Vasilevsky or Falcao.
 
#43 ·
Trey "That Just Happened" Houston is on Bellator's official roster. http://www.bellator.com/Fighters.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23600&FIGHTER_SPID=82496&FIGHTER_START=9

They might give him a couple preliminary fights before he joins a tourney so there isn't such a huge step up in comp at once.

I checked the dude out, and you're right, he does seem to have a lot of ability. Well-rounded and a sick grappler. I'd much prefer him over JT Money or Paraisy. Maybe even Cooper. He has the talent to win the whole thing.

Cooper doesn't have the talent to be a champion in all likelihood, but I disagree that he wouldn't offer much against Falcao or Vasilevsky (who I don't think of as the faves even). I think he offers a lot against anyone. Look how tough of a fight he gave Storm. Fudoshin is well-rounded himself and has a ton of heart. He's 5-1 at MW w/ that tough loss to Storm and some solid wins. 3 of his 7 losses occurred when he was 18. Wish he would have gotten a spot over Victor O'Donnell. I think Cooper could pull the upset against a 1-dimensional wrestler type. His sprawl and brawl is textbook.
 
#45 ·
You just have that perception because those are the only fights you can see. :)

kantowrestler said:
I wish I had cable or that Bellator broadcast online or something.
In all seriousness, it probably depends on how much they like a fighter and what his demands are just like when the UFC signs a prospect. I doubt the UFC wanted Papy Abedi to debut against Thiago Alves, but that's what he requested, and he's a heck of a talent, so they accommodated him. Who knows how he'll bounce back from that beating he took. Similarly, I wouldn't want Houston starting out against someone with Falcao's experience level and ability. But if that's what he wanted I'd potentially bend to that demand so he signs w/ my organization.
 
#46 ·
Featherweight tournament pairings were announced today. Sandro v Vargas, Mann v Fabiano, Bezerra v Da Silva & Straus v Spoon.

Some good fights there, i'm going with Sandro, Mann, Bezerra & Straus to win.
 
#49 · (Edited)
He's fodder for a HW tourney, nothing more, nothing less. He definitely isn't a contender.

I hate when these ignorant people, like on FiveOuncesofPain, say every UFC reject is going to end up in Bellator and start mowing everyone down in their organization.

Firstly, Bellator is rather selective about which UFC cast-offs they sign long-term. A high majority of the time they needed to have been cut for disciplinary issues or unfairly.

Secondly, even in their heavyweight division, Bellator has at least 3 guys who would be good anywhere; Konrad, Big Monster, and Ivanov. That's not counting Grabowski, Prindle, Madsen (unjust UFC cut), Tony Johnson Jr., etc.; who are solid. McCorkle would be lucky to advance through one of those fighters, let alone 3. Even a Mark Holata level guy would be tough for him. Holata KO'ed Shawn Jordan in Bellator, Jordan was subsequently cut, and since has beaten Lavar Johnson in SF and has an upcoming fight in UFC.

There are plenty of former Bellator fighters who've looked solid in other organizations when given the chance like Masvidal, Herman, Stinson, James, Pineda, Jordan, Wallhead, etc. And outside of Herman, who didn't ever fight at a tourney level, none did all that well in Bellator.

This clown named David Castillo submitted a Bloody Elbow article about how Melvin freaking Guillard, a guy who should be 3-7 (got gift decisions vs. Tibau and Stephens) against current members of the UFC roster, would tool Chandler and Alvarez. That's rich. Unlike Mel, Alvarez beat their one common opponent in Neer who has fared pretty well in his comeback and Chandler is a good wrestler who has subbed the likes of Held and Alvarez, as if he couldn't get it done against Guillard who has lost 8 times by sub in the 1st round alone.

There's a mystique about being a UFC fighter, and that's why I make a killing betting on Bellator. Pellegrino was a favorite against Patricky Pitbull. lol
 
#51 ·
Norman Paraisy confirmed as the final middleweight addition.

The match-ups also announced - Santana v Santos, Vasilevsky v O'Donnell, Viana v Rogers & Falcao v Paraisy

I fancy Santos, Vasilevsky, Rogers and Falcao to make it through.
 
#53 ·
You're slackin'. :)

Bellator 61, March 16th in Louisiana:

- Big Monster Santos vs. Eric Prindle (Season 5 HW Tourney Redo)
Plus the MW Quarterfinal match-ups

Additional Notes:

- The rumored Eddie Alvarez vs. Shinya Aoki match is all but set for April. It will likely take place under the Bellator banner.

- Shamar Bailey's opponent in a non-tournament bout at Bellator 60 will be 8-1 Josh Shockley (excellent fight for a prelim, I think Shockley will snatch that neck or win on strikes).

- Bellator will be back in Canada, where they've enjoyed there most success from an attendance standpoint, on April the 6th, this time in Windsor, Ontario.

- Bellator has also applied for a Nevada license. It couldn't hurt to try out Vegas. There's always people there with free time, looking for something to do, and a way to spend their money. If Bellator ever moves midweek like some have suggested, then Vegas being a regular destination is almost a necessity unless they want to get killed at the gate.
 
#54 ·
I'm loving the first 2 Bellator cards of the season, 5 great fights each card, and some decent prelims announced too, though the UFC rejects with fights (McCorkle, Bailey) aren't great. Madsen is a better signing, i think he could even go all the way in the next heavyweight tourney, depending on the participants.
 
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