Bellator MMA: Season Eleven

Bellator MMA: Season Eleven is the eleventh and final season for Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion, which began on September 5, 2014.

Bellator MMA
Genre	Sports
Created by	Scott Coker
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	120 minutes
Release
Original network	Spike TV
Original release	September 5 – November 15, 2014
Chronology
Preceded by	Bellator MMA: 2014 Summer Series
Followed by	Bellator MMA in 2015

Background

In June 2014, Bellator MMA underwent significant change in their executive ranks. Founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney parted with the company.[1] Former Strikeforce founder Scott Coker was announced as the new President of Bellator MMA.[2]

Coker confirmed Bellator would retain the weekly event schedule for eleventh season, beginning on Friday, September 5, 2014.[3]

Events

Bellator 123

Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull 2
Information
Date	September 5, 2014
Venue	Mohegan Sun Arena
City	Uncasville, Connecticut
Attendance	7,109
Total gate	$302,010

Bellator 123 took place on September 5, 2014 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 123 was headlined by a Featherweight Championship rematch between Pat Curran and Patricio "Pitbull" Freire. The two originally met in a closely contested fight at Bellator 85 on January 17, 2013, with Curran winning the bout via split decision. The rematch was initially scheduled to take place at Bellator 121, however, it was announced on May 21, 2014 that Curran had pulled out of the bout due to a calf injury.[4]

This event marked the first time Bellator MMA and their rival the Ultimate Fighting Championship have had live shows go against each other. Additionally, both were held in the same state in venues located within miles of each other.[5]

In the night's co-main event former tournament champion, and former Strikforce champion, Muhammed Lawal was originally scheduled to face Tom DeBlass. However, on August 11, it was revealed DeBlass suffered a knee injury and was replaced by Marcus Sursa.[6] In turn, Sursa was also injured and Lawal faced Dustin Jacoby.

Results

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Patricio Freire	def.	Pat Curran (c)	Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 49-46, 49-46)	5	5:00	[lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight	Muhammed Lawal	def.	Dustin Jacoby	TKO (punches)	2	1:13
Middleweight	Tamdan McCrory	def.	Brennan Ward	KO (punches)	1	0:21
Heavyweight	Bobby Lashley	def.	Josh Burns	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:54
Heavyweight	Cheick Kongo	def.	Lavar Johnson	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:27
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Middleweight	Dan Cramer	def.	Perry Filkins	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Scott Cleve	def.	Matt Bessette	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Josh Diekmann	def.	Mike Wessel	KO (punches)	1	0:47
Bantamweight	Steve Garcia	def.	Kin Moy	Decision (split) (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Rico Disciullo	def.	Marvin Maldonado	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Unaired
Light Heavyweight	Mike Mucitelli	def.	Mark Griffin	Submission (armbar)	1	0:37
Featherweight	Pete Rogers Jr.	def.	Phillipe Martins	KO (punches)	1	0:11
Bantamweight	Blair Tugman	def.	Brandon Fleming	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

1. For the Bellator Featherweight Championship

[7]

Bellator 124

Bellator 124: Newton vs. Beltran
Information
Date	September 12, 2014
Venue	Compuware Arena
City	Plymouth Township, Michigan
Attendance	2,468

Bellator 124 took place on September 12, 2014 at the Compuware Arena in Plymouth Township, Michigan. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 124 was headlined by a Light Heavyweight Championship match between champion Emanuel Newton and Joey Beltran.[8]

The event also featured the Bellator 2014 Light Heavyweight Tournament Final between Liam McGeary and Kelly Anundson in the co-main event, to determine the next title challenger.[8]

Results

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Emanuel Newton (c)	def.	Joey Beltran	KO (spinning back fist)	3	3:07	[lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight	Liam McGeary	def.	Kelly Anundson	Submission (inverted triangle choke)	1	4:47	[lower-alpha 2]
Bantamweight	L.C. Davis	def.	Zeilton Rodrigues	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (159 lb)	Ryan Couture	def.	Tom Bagnasco	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:01
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	Adrian Hadribeaj	def.	Michael Hamida	Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Sabah Homasi	def.	Eric Moon	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:07
Bantamweight	Michael Hernandez	def.	Thomas Vasquez	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	LeRoy Johnson	def.	Adrian Henderson	Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Jason Fischer	def.	Tony Hervey	Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Eric Ramirez	def.	Cortez Phelia	Submission (guillotine choke)	3	0:38
Unaired
Middleweight	Ben Reiter	def.	Shamir Garcia	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Justin Jaynes	def.	Ruben Baraiac	TKO (punches)	1	4:17

1. For the Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship
2. Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament Final

[8]

Bellator 125

Bellator 125: Marshall vs. Manhoef
Information
Date	September 19, 2014
Venue	Save Mart Center
City	Fresno, California
Attendance	5,000

Bellator 125 took place on September 19, 2014 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 125 was headlined by a Middleweight match between former kickboxing champion and Bellator newcomer Melvin Manhoef facing former Bellator tournament winner, and former WEC champion, Doug Marshall.[9]

Four time Bellator tournament veteran Brian Rogers was originally scheduled to face former WEC champion James Irvin in the co-main event of this card. However, on September 1, it was revealed that Irvin was injured and Rogers would instead face season eight tournament finalist Brett Cooper.[10] Then, on September 9, it was announced that Cooper would have to pull out of the match due to a back injury; Rogers instead faced promotional newcomer Rafael Carvalho.[11]

Results

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Melvin Manhoef	def.	Doug Marshall	KO (punch)	1	1:45
Middleweight	Rafael Carvalho	def.	Brian Rogers	TKO (punches)	1	3:06
Heavyweight	Javy Ayala	def.	Raphael Butler	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:03
Catchweight (148 lb)	Goiti Yamauchi	def.	Martin Stapleton	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:37
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Featherweight	Joe Neal	def.	Paul Ruiz	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Matt Ramirez	def.	Oscar Ramirez	Submission (armbar)	1	0:42
Welterweight	Chris Honeycutt	def.	Aaron Wilkinson	TKO (punches)	2	4:45
Featherweight	Julio Cesar Neves	def.	Poppies Martinez	TKO (punches)	1	2:16
Featherweight	Jonny Bonilla-Bowman	def.	Art Becerra	Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Jesse Juarez	def.	Ron Keslar	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	George Zuniga	def.	Granson Clark	TKO (punches)	1	0:34
Unaired
Middleweight	Nate James	def.	Anthony Ruiz	Decision (split)	3	5:00

[9]

Bellator 126

Bellator 126: Shlemenko vs. Halsey
Information
Date	September 26, 2014
Venue	Grand Canyon University Arena
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance	6,300

Bellator 126 took place on September 26, 2014 at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 126 was headlined by a Middleweight Championship bout between champion Alexander Shlemenko and Season 10 Middleweight Tournament winner Brandon Halsey.[12]

The card also featured the final bout of the Season 10 Lightweight Tournament between Patricky Freire and Marcin Held.[12]

Results

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Brandon Halsey	def.	Alexander Shlemenko (c)	Technical submission (rear-naked choke)	1	0:35	[lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight	Marcin Held	def.	Patricky Freire	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-26)	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 2]
Featherweight	Bubba Jenkins	def.	Thiago Meller	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Mike Richman	def.	Ed West	KO (punches)	1	2:44
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Catchweight (160 lb)	LaRue Burley	def.	Raymond Pina	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	0:22
Middleweight	Clifford Starks	def.	Kobe Ortiz	Technical submission (guillotine choke)	2	0:52
Heavyweight	Nick Rossborough	def.	Ryan Martinez	TKO (injury)	1	5:00	[lower-alpha 3]
Bantamweight	Joe Taimanglo	def.	Michael Parker	Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Dan Charles	def.	Stuart Austin	KO (punch)	3	0:18
Lightweight	Derek Campos	def.	Estevan Payan	KO (punch)	1	0:31
Lightweight	Brandon Girtz	def.	Benny Madrid	TKO (punches)	1	0:57

1. For the Bellator Middleweight Championship
2. Bellator Lightweight Tournament Final
3. Doctor stopped the fight between rounds due to Martinez's torn bicep.

[12]

Bellator 127

Bellator 127: Straus vs. Wilcox
Information
Date	October 3, 2014
Venue	Pechanga Resort & Casino
City	Temecula, California
Attendance	1,200

Bellator 127 took place on October 3, 2014 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

The event was headlined by featherweight match between former Bellator Featherweight Champion Daniel Mason-Straus and season nine tournament finalist Justin Wilcox.

The co-main event was supposed to feature a Welterweight bout between former Dream welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis and former WEC champion Karo Parisyan. However, on September 24 it was announced that Fernando Gonzalez replaced Marius Zaromskis due to an undisclosed injury. Fernando's original opponent Justin Baesman faced newcomer John Mercurio.[13]

Results

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Daniel Mason-Straus	def.	Justin Wilcox	KO (punches)	1	0:50
Catchweight (173 lb)	Fernando Gonzalez	def.	Karo Parisyan	TKO (punches)	1	1:43
Catchweight (138 lb)	Rafael Silva	def.	Rob Emerson	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Kendall Grove	def.	Christian M'Pumbu	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	4:14
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Light Heavyweight	Ray Sloan	def.	Nick Moghaddam	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Saad Awad	def.	Sergio Rios	Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Keith Berry	vs.	Joe Pacheco	No Contest	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	def.	Malik Merad	TKO (elbows)	2	4:04
Catchweight (177 lb)	Ricky Rainey	def.	Johnny Cisneros	TKO (knee & strikes)	1	3:18
Welterweight	Justin Baesman	def.	John Mercurio	Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Unaired
Bantamweight	Shawn Bunch	def.	David Duran	TKO (strikes)	1

1. Originally a split decision win for Berry; overturned after failing a drug test.

[13]

Bellator 128

Bellator 128: Dantas vs. Warren
Information
Date	October 10, 2014
Venue	Winstar World Casino
City	Thackerville, Oklahoma
Attendance	1,325

Bellator 128 took place on October 10, 2014 at the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 128 was headlined by a Bellator Bantamweight Championship fight between champion Eduardo Dantas and interim champion Joe Warren.

A Lightweight contest between Alexander Sarnavskiy and John Gunderson was scheduled to take place on this card. However, due to Gunderson pulling out of the bout and retiring, Derek Campos stepped in as a replacement.[14] Campos suffered an injury and was forced out of the fight, Sarnavskiy faced promotional newcomer Dakota Cochrane.[15]

Results

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Joe Warren (ic)	def.	Eduardo Dantas (c)	Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)	5	5:00	[lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight	Michael Page	def.	Nah-Shon Burrell	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (160 lb)	Alexander Sarnavskiy	def.	Dakota Cochrane	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:32
Middleweight	Emiliano Sordi	def.	Bubba McDaniel	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:58
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Welterweight	Cortez Coleman	def.	William Florentino	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Jason Butcher	def.	Andreas Michailidis	TKO (punches)	2	0:28	[lower-alpha 2]
Featherweight	Emmanuel Sanchez	def.	Stephen Banaszak	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:18	[lower-alpha 3]
Featherweight	John Teixeira	def.	Scott Cleve	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Lightweight	J.C. Cottrell	def.	Jonathan Gary	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	3:30
Flyweight	Brenden Seyler	def.	Demario Cade	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:25
Unaired
Featherweight	Cody Walker	def.	Treston Thomison	KO (head kick)	2	4:59
Lightweight	Jason Sampson	def.	Danny Sykora	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

1. For the Bellator Bantamweight Championship
2. This fight aired on Spike TV after Alexander Sarnavskiy vs. Dakota Cochrane.
3. This fight aired on Spike TV after Michael Page vs. Nah-Shon Burrell.

Bellator 129

Bellator 129: Neer vs. Bradley
Information
Date	October 17, 2014
Venue	Mid-America Center
City	Council Bluffs, Iowa
Attendance	3,951

Bellator 129 took place on October 17, 2014 at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 129 was headlined by a Welterweight fight between Iowa natives and UFC Vets Josh Neer and Paul Bradley.

In the co-main event Houston Alexander was expected to face Pride FC vet James Thompson in a Heavyweight bout. However, on October 10, 2014, it was announced that Thompson was pulled from the fight due to injury.[16] Alexander instead faced Virgil Zwicker.[17]

Results

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Paul Bradley	def.	Josh Neer	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Catchweight (215 lb)	Houston Alexander	vs.	Virgil Zwicker	Draw (majority) (29-28, 28-28, 28-28)	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight	André Santos	def.	James Terry	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Joe Vedepo	def.	Davin Clark	TKO (punches)	3	2:27
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Catchweight (139 lb)	John DeVall	def.	Chris Lane	Submission (triangle choke)	1	4:40
Catchweight (150 lb)	Eric Howser	def.	Tim Bazer	TKO (elbows)	1	4:11
Catchweight (150 lb)	Martin Brown	def.	Bryan Corley	KO (punches)	2	0:42
Catchweight (168 lb)	Jozette Cotton	def.	Holly Lawson	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Anthony Smith	def.	Brian Green	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight (177 lb)	Victor Moreno	def.	Marcos Marquez	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight (158 lb)	Michael McBride	def.	Kevin Morris	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:32

1. Alexander was docked a point in the third round for a head-butt.

Bellator 2014 Monster Energy Cup

Bellator 2014 Monster Energy Cup
Information
Date	October 18, 2014
Venue	Sam Boyd Stadium
City	Whitney, Nevada

The Bellator 2014 Monster Energy Cup took place on October 18, 2014 at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada.

Background

On October 15, 2014, Bellator announced that during the Monster Energy Cup series three fights will take place during the "Party in the Pits" pre-race festivities.[18]

Results

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Dan Charles	def.	James Wilson	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Adrian Hadribeaj	def.	A.J. Williams	Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Gustavo Lopez	def.	Sean Cantor	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	4:39

Bellator 130

Bellator 130: Newton vs. Vassell
Information
Date	October 24, 2014
Venue	Kansas Star Arena
City	Mulvane, Kansas
Attendance	2,700

Bellator 130: Newton vs. Vassel took place on October 24, 2014 at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

Bellator 130 was headlined by a Light Heavyweight Championship fight between Emanuel Newton and Linton Vassell.

Results

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Emanuel Newton (c)	def.	Linton Vassell	Submission (rear-naked choke)	5	0:47	[lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight	Bobby Lashley	def.	Karl Etherington	Submission (punches)	1	1:31
Women's Featherweight	Marloes Coenen	def.	Annalisa Bucci	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	0:57
Lightweight	Dave Jansen	def.	Rick Hawn	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight	David Rickels	def.	Davi Ramos	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Ricky Musgrave	def.	Joe Wilk	TKO (punches & elbows)	1	2:45
Featherweight	Marcio Navarro	def.	Cody Carrillo	Submission (punches)	3	2:09
Heavyweight	Daniel Gallemore	def.	Gzim Selmani	TKO (punches)	2	4:33
Middleweight	Sam Oropeza	def.	Gary Tapusoa	TKO (punches)	1	2:31
Featherweight	Darrion Caldwell	def.	Anthony Dizy	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Aaron Derrow	def.	Nate Jolly	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Alex Huddleston	def.	Derek Bohi	TKO (punches)	1	4:04

1. For the Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship

Bellator 131

Bellator 131: Ortiz vs. Bonnar
Information
Date	November 15, 2014
Venue	Valley View Casino Center
City	San Diego, California
Attendance	8,243
Total gate	$407,259

Bellator 131 took place on November 15, 2014 at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Background

The event was announced during the Bellator Season 11 debut on September 5, 2014. It served as the season finale.

Bellator President Scott Coker announced the main event would feature a grudge match between two former top UFC light heavyweights with Tito Ortiz taking on the newly signed Stephan Bonnar.[19]

Additionally, it was announced that the co-main event would be a rematch between current interim lightweight champion Will Brooks and former undisputed champion Michael Chandler, for the vacant world title.[19]

Muhammed Lawal was originally scheduled to face Tom DeBlass on this card. However, on November 1, it was announced that DeBlass had suffered a cut during training and had to withdraw from the bout.[20] Lawal instead faced Joe Vedepo.

This event was the highest rated in Bellator's history, garnering an average viewership of 1.2 million television viewers in the U.S. with a peak of over 2 million viewers in the main event.[21]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Tito Ortiz	def.	Stephan Bonnar	Decision (split) (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Will Brooks (ic)	def.	Michael Chandler	TKO (punches)	4	3:48	[lower-alpha 1]
Middleweight	Joe Schilling	def.	Melvin Manhoef	KO (punch)	2	0:32
Catchweight (143 lb)	Mike Richman	def.	Nam Phan	TKO (punches)	1	0:46
Light Heavyweight	Muhammed Lawal	def.	Joe Vedepo	TKO (punches)	3	0:39
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Middleweight	A.J. Matthews	def.	Kyle Bolt	TKO (punches)	1	1:39
Flyweight	Jonathan Santa Maria	def.	Ron Henderson	Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Jordan Bailey	def.	Alex Higley	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:27
Flyweight	Nick Garcia	def.	Matthew Ramirez	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	0:56
Welterweight	Andy Murad	def.	Bubba Pugh	Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Rolando Perez	vs.	Mark Vorgeas	Split Draw (29-27, 26-30, 28-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Joao Faria	def.	Ian Butler	Submission (head and arm choke)	3	1:58

1. For the vacant Bellator Lightweight Championship

[19]

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External links

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