BELLATOR 95: CURRAN VS SHAMHALAEV - 4/4/13 Bellator 95 Fight Card on Spike TV with FW and MW Tournament Finals

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Bellator 95: Curran vs Shamhalaev

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Season 8, Episode 11 - Bellator MMA 8.11 (Season Finale)

Thursday, April 4, 2013 - MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Event Fight Card

Location: Ovation Hall at Revel in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Broadcast: Spike TV (prelims on Spike.com)

Bellator 95 Results will be posted here on MMAmadman.com after the show.

FIGHT CARD

MAIN CARD (4/4/13 - 10:00 pm EST)

{Featherweight Championship}
Pat Curran (18-4) vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev (12-1-1)

[Featherweight Tournament Final]
Magomedrasul 'Frodo' Khasbulaev (20-5) vs. Mike Richman (15-2)

[Middleweight Tournament Final]
Brett Cooper (19-7) vs. Doug Marshall (17-6)

Rick Hawn (14-2) vs. Karo Parisyan (22-9)

PRELIMINARY BOUTS (7:15 pm EST)

Lyman Good (14-3) vs. Dante Rivera (15-6)

Shedrick Goodridge (3-4) vs. Sam Oropeza (7-2)

Carlos Brooks (4-2) vs. Tom DeBlass (7-2)

Darrell Horcher (7-0) vs. Phillipe Nover (7-5-1)

Brian Kelleher (9-3) vs. Jimmie Rivera (11-1)

Michael Hess (3-1) vs. Will Martinez (5-2-1)

Kevin Roddy (12-14-1) vs. Brylan VanArtsdalen (7-5)

Liam McGeary (3-0) vs. Anton Talamantes (5-3)

BELLATOR RECORDS AND OVERALL MMA STREAKS

[Plus/minus] = consecutive fights currently won/lost (in ANY MMA promotion)

1 – {Bellator Featherweight Championship} (145 lbs) 5 Rounds, Main Event

• Pat "Paddy Mike" Curran {c} (8-1 Bellator) [+5]
  USA – Team Curran – Bellator Featherweight Champion
• vs
• Shahbulat "Assassin" Shamhalaev (3-0 Bellator) [+6]
  RUSSIA – Red Fury Fight Team / Goretz – Bellator Season 7 Featherweight Tournament winner

2 – Bellator Season 8 Featherweight Tournament Final (145 lbs)

• Mike "The Marine" Richman (4-1 Bellator) [+2]
  USA – The Academy – UFC TUF 12 qualifier
• vs
• Magomedrasul "Frodo" Khasbulaev (4-0 Bellator) [+8]
  RUSSIA – Champion / Rusfighters Gym

3 – Bellator Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Final (185 lbs)

• Brett "Fudoshin" Cooper (6-2 Bellator) [+6]
  USA – Kings MMA
• vs
• Doug "The Rhino" Marshall (3-0 Bellator | 8-3 WEC) [+3]
  USA – Elite Team / Visalia Fight Club – former WEC light heavyweight champion

4 – Welterweight (170 lbs)

• Rick "Genghis" Hawn (6-2 Bellator) [-1]
  USA – Tristar Gym
• vs
• Karo "The Heat" Parisyan (Bellator Debut | 2-0 GC | 8-4 [1 NC] UFC) [+2]
  ARMENIA

5 – Welterweight (170 lbs)

• Lyman "Cyborg" Good (7-3 Bellator) [-1]
  USA – Team Tiger Schulmann
• vs
• Dante Rivera (Bellator Debut | 0-1 UFC ) [+2]
  USA – Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu - UFC TUF 7 cast - last fight June 2010

6 – Welterweight (170 lbs)

• Sam "Sammy O" Oropeza (0-1 Bellator | 1-0 XFE | 1-0 Strikeforce) [+2]
  USA – Philadelphia Fight Factory
• vs
• Shedrick "Chocolate Thunder" Goodridge (Bellator Debut | 1-1 CES) [+1]
  USA – Camp Sao Lak MMA

7 – Middleweight (185 lbs)

• Tom DeBlass (Bellator Debut | 0-2 UFC | 7-0 Ring of Combat) [-2]
  USA – Ricardo Almeida Jiu-Jitsu
• vs
• Carlos "Shake 'N Bake" Brooks (Bellator Debut | 3-1 Ring of Combat) [-1]
  USA

8 – Lightweight (155 lbs)

• Darrell "The Saint" Horcher (2-0 Bellator) [+7]
  USA – Steve Blackman MMA
• vs
• Phillipe "Super" Nova (1-1 Bellator | 0-1 Dakota FC | 0-3 UFC) [-1]
  USA – Brooklyn MMA – UFC TUF 8 runner-up

9 – Catchweight (140 lbs)

• Jimmie "El Terror" Rivera (3-0 Bellator | 5-1 Ring of Combat) [+10]
  USA – Team Tiger Schulmann – UFC TUF 14 qualifier
• vs
• Brian "Boom" Kelleher (0-1 Bellator | 2-1 CFFC | 1-0 NEF) [+5]
  USA – Team Bombsquad

9 – Featherweight (145 lbs)

• Will Martinez, Jr. (2-0 Bellator) [+4]
  USA – Team Balance
• vs
• Michael Hess (Bellator Debut | 2-1 Shogun Fights) [-1]
  USA – Mikido MMA

10 – Featherweight (145 lbs)

• Brylan VanArtsdalen (1-5 Bellator | 4-0 Matrix Fights) [-1]
  USA – Daddis Fight Camps
• vs
• Kevin "K-Rod" Roddy (Bellator Debut | 0-1 Strikeforce) [+2]
  USA – Kurt Pellegrino MMA

11 – Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)

• Anton "El Terrible" Talamantes (0-1 Bellator | 1-0 Ring of Combat) [-1]
  USA
• vs
• Liam McGeary (Bellator Debut | 1-0 Ring of Combat) [+3]
  ENGLAND – Kurt Pellegrino MMA

All MMA records are cross-referenced between Sherdog and The UG for accuracy.

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BELLATOR 95 WEIGH-IN RESULTS

Max weight limits (include 1-pound leeway for non-title bouts)

145: Pat Curran (144.7) vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev (144.7)

146: Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (145.4) vs. Mike Richman (145.1)

186: Brett Cooper (185.2) vs. Doug Marshall (185.4)

171: Rick Hawn (170.7) vs. Karo Parisyan (171)

171: Lyman Good (170.8) vs. Dante Rivera (170.9)

171: Shedrick Goodridge (172.8)* vs. Sam Oropeza (170.5)

186: Carlos Brooks (188.8)* vs. Tom DeBlass (185.9)

156: Darrel Horcher (156) vs. Phillipe Nover (156)

141: Brian Kelleher (139.5) vs. Jimmie Rivera (139.3)

146: Michael Hess (145.9) vs. Will Martinez (144.9)

146: Kevin Roddy (146) vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen (145.2)

206: Liam McGeary (204) vs. Anton Talamantes (205)

* - Shedrick Goodridge and Carlos Brooks missed weight. Both fighters were fined 20-percent of their purses, and the fights will go on as catchweight bouts.

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BELLATOR 95 FALLOUT

The following fights were scratched from Bellator 95:

Pat Curran vs. Daniel Straus for the Bellator Featherweight Championship
–Straus injured, replaced by Shahbulat Shamhalaev

Munah Holland vs. Jessica Eye
–Eye injured, fight cancelled

Will Martinez vs. Michael Phillips
–Phillips replaced by Michael Hess

Brylan VanArtsdalen vs. Brett Martinez
–Martinez replaced by Kevin Roddy

Chris Liguori vs. Andrew Calandrelli
–fight cancelled

COMPLETE BELLATOR 95 RESULTS

COMPLETE LIST OF UPCOMING MMA EVENTS