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#1 ·
Bellator 44, Lombard vs. Vitale headliner headed to Atlantic City

Bellator 44
Date: May 14, 2011
Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Venue: Caesars Atlantic City
Broadcast: MTV2

MAIN CARD

* Hector Lombard vs. Falaniko Vitale (non-title fight)
* Michael Chandler vs. Patricky "Pitbull" Freire (lightweight-tourney final)
* Brett Cooper vs. Alexander Shlemenko
* Bryan Goldsby vs. Anthony Morrison (bantamweight-tourney qualifier)

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Giedrius Karavackas vs. Sam Oropeza
* Jeff Lentz vs. Anthony Leone
* Azunna Anyanwu vs. Randy Smith
* Gemiyale Adkins vs. Jay Silva



Bellator Fighting Championships officials have unveiled their final host site for the current fourth season.

Bellator 44, the organization's second-to-last show of the season, takes place May 14 at Caesars Atlantic City in New Jersey.

As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported, the headliner features a non-title bout between Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard (27-2-1 MMA, 6-0 BFC) and Falaniko Vitale (28-9 MMA, 0-0 BFC).

The event also will feature the finale of one of the organization's four season-four tournaments.

"This is a great partnership for us; Atlantic City is a classic fight town, and New Jersey is a hotbed for mixed martial arts, so it was a natural fit," Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney stated. "And, Hector vs. Falaniko should be a great fight."

Lombard, who won Bellator's season-one tournament to become champion, beat the first challenger to his belt this past October when he took on season-three tourney winner Alexander Shlemenko and earned a unanimous-decision win at Bellator 34. With the victory, Lombard's win streak now stands at 16 fights, and he hasn't lost a bout since November 2006.

Vitale returned to active competition this past year and put together back-to-back wins in his home state of Hawaii. It was a welcome turnaround following an unsuccessful stint in Strikeforce in which Vitale went 1-2. The UFC veteran holds notable victories over Yushin Okami, Matt Lindland and former UFC champ Dave Menne. His fight with Lombard serves as his Bellator debut.

Caesars Atlantic City features a 1,600-seat performance venue. It plays host to Bellator's first-ever show in New Jersey

Tickets for the event are now on sale.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/22953/bellator-44-lombard-vs-vitale-headliner-headed-to-atlantic-city.mma

Interesting to see Bellator really holding onto him. They need to sign some guys to further deepen their talent pool.
 
#38 ·
Yeah that was a pretty slick sub.

Can't believe Bellator had the never to brag up Lombards winning streak as the longest of any champion in MMA considering the scrubs he has been fighting in most of his fights.
 
#40 ·
His level of competition is pretty weak though especially if your gonna start trying to compare him to guys like Anderson Silva.
 
#42 ·
But not accurate, he swings pretty wildly.

I would love to see him work with somebody like Freddie Roach. Guy could be scary if he was more accurate.
 
#44 ·
This is an awful fight. Lombard should have put this guy away its not like he is fighting a guy who is even in the top 50 at MW.
 
#47 ·
That was the least impressive win from a guy who is supposed to be a top fighter in his division in a long time. Even with the knock out that was a pretty sad showing from Lombard.
 
#50 ·
But its raw power that he just puts behind every punch till he finds the button. Just imagine though if Lombard went and spent some time at like Golden Glory. That would be just plain scary.
 
#56 ·
Why the hell is the ref letting Patricky lean on the cage and talk to his corner?


EDIT: This is gonna be an interesting decision, could almost be 29-28 with the point deduction, could be 28-28, could be 29-27. I dont know.
 
#59 ·
Chandler looks like a FW standing next to Alvarez. They look two weight classes a part tonight.

That dude is definitely going places though those slams were sick, great cardio, good speed.
 
#61 ·
True enough, I was kinda assuming that Alvarez was walking around at about WW size.

You know its to bad about the nut shots though because honestly I think that could have been one of the best fights of the year had there not been those stalls. The flying kick, flying knee and the slams. It was a great fight but the stalls killed the momentum of the fight.
 
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