# 2013 in Bellator MMA

2013 in Bellator MMA was the eighth installment of the Bellator MMA, which began on January 17, 2013 and ended on April 4, 2013.
Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in five weight classes and all of the champions, except the heavyweight champion, placed their titles on the line during this season.
This season marked the beginning of Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) airing on Spike TV.

## Bellator 85

Bellator 85 took place on January 17, 2013 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV. It marked the season debut of season eight.
Background
Bellator 85 was to open with a fight chosen exclusively by fans in the "Bellator: Vote For The Fight" contest. Fans could log onto Spike.com to select the two fighters they want to see square off in the first ever Bellator bout on Spike TV. The eligible fighters were all welterweights and included Paul Daley, Douglas Lima, Ben Saunders and War Machine. Initially a bout between Daley and War Machine was announced by Bellator, but it was subsequently cancelled when War Machine tore his ACL and broke his fibula.
Results
* ↑ For Lightweight Title
* 1 2 3 Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
* ↑ For Featherweight Title

## Bellator 86

Bellator 86 took place on January 24, 2013 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 86 featured the opening round of the Season Eight Welterweight Tournament.
The card also featured the Bellator debut of Muhammed Lawal, against veteran Polish fighter Przemyslaw "Misiek" Mysiala.
Results
* ↑ For Welterweight Title
* ↑ Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal
* 1 2 3 4 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal
* ↑ Zarokskis docked 1 point for illegal knees

## Bellator 87

Bellator 87 took place on January 31, 2013 at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 87 featured fights the quarterfinals of the Season Eight Lightweight Tournament.
Patricky Freire was originally supposed to face Guillaume DeLorenzi in the main event. However, on the day of the weigh ins Freire was pulled from the card due to an "undisclosed injury" and replaced by Saad Awad.
Results
* 1 2 3 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal

## Bellator 88

Bellator 88 took place on February 7, 2013 at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 88 featured the opening round of the Season Eight Featherweight Tournament as well as a title fight for the vacant Middleweight title.
A middleweight bout between Kelvin Tiller and Dave Vitkay was originally announced for this card, but failed to materialize.
Results
* ↑ For the vacant Middleweight Title
* 1 2 3 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal

## Bellator 89

Bellator 89 took place on February 14, 2013 at The Bojangles' Coliseum, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 89 featured the opening round of the Middleweight tournament.
The event also featured the first defense for Eduardo Dantas of the Bantamweight Title since he won it from Zach Makovsky in May 2012. It marked the first time two training partners and friends have fought for a title in the Bellator promotion.
Results
* ↑ For Bantamweight Title
* 1 2 3 4 Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal

## Bellator 90

Bellator XC took place on February 21, 2013 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 90 featured the finals of the Bellator Season 7 Featherweight Tournament.
The card also featured the Light Heavyweight and Welterweight tournament semifinals.
Results
* ↑ Bellator Season 7 Featherweight Tournament Final
* 1 2 Light Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
* 1 2 Welterweight Tournament Semi Final

## Bellator 91

Bellator 91 took place on February 28, 2013 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 91 featured the first title defense by Light Heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu, despite having won the belt in May 2011.
Alexander Sarnavskiy was originally scheduled to face David Rickels in the semifinals. However, Sarnavskiy fractured his hand during his first fight and had to withdraw from the tournament. He was replaced with Jason Fischer.
Results
* ↑ For Light Heavyweight Title
* 1 2 Lightweight Tournament Semi Final

## Bellator 92

Bellator 92 took place on March 7, 2013 at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
The card was originally scheduled to have the season 7 Lightweight tournament final between Dave Jansen and Marcin Held. However, Held was injured and the fight was delayed two weeks to Bellator 93.
Results
* 1 2 Featherweight Tournament Semi Final
* 1 2 Middleweight Tournament Semi Final
* ↑ Lara docked 3 points (1 for an illegal knee, 2 for a groin shot)

## Bellator 93

Bellator 93 took place on March 21, 2013 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV and featured the Season Seven Lightweight Tournament Final.
Background
Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima were scheduled to have a rematch on this card to decide the winner of the Bellator Season 8 Welterweight Tournament Final. However, Lima broke his hand and the match was delayed until later in the year.
Heavyweights Brett Rogers and Eric Prindle were scheduled to face each other on this card. However, the week leading up to the show it was announced that Prindle had pulled out of the bout due to an injury.
Jon Lemke defeated Jesse Erickson to kick off the event for the night and marked Bellator's 800th Fight in the history of the company.
Results
* ↑ Bellator Season 7 Lightweight Tournament Final

## Bellator 94

Bellator 94 took place on March 28, 2013 at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV and featured the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight Tournament Finals.
Background
Tony Fryklund made his return to mixed martial arts on this card after a 6-year absence. His last fight was a losing effort against Cung Le at a Strikeforce event in June 2007.
A bout between middleweights Ivan Devalle and Rory Shallcross was originally announced for this card, but failed to materialize.
Results
* ↑ Bellator Season 8 Light Heavyweight Tournament Final
* ↑ Bellator Season 8 Lightweight Tournament Final
* ↑ Cenoble was docked 1 pt. in round 2 for grabbing the fence.

## Bellator 95

Bellator 95 took place on April 4, 2013 at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
The event was initially scheduled to feature a championship match for the Featherweight Title between Pat Curran and Daniel Mason-Straus. However, on February 26, it was announced that Straus had broken his hand and had to pull out of the fight. On February 27, it was announced that recent tournament winner Shahbulat Shamhalaev would advance with his title shot and he faced Curran on this card.
The card was to feature the #1-ranked 125-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings Jessica Eye vs. Munah Holland in a Women's Flyweight bout, but Eye had to withdraw due to a back injury.
Results
* ↑ For Featherweight Title
* ↑ Bellator Season 8 Featherweight Tournament Final
* ↑ Bellator Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Final

## Tournaments
### Light Heavyweight tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Emanuel Newton | Emanuel Newton | SUB | | | | | | |
| Atanas Djambazov | Atanas Djambazov | 2 | | | | | | |
| Atanas Djambazov | Atanas Djambazov | 2 | Emanuel Newton | Emanuel Newton | KO | | | |
| | | | Muhammed Lawal | Muhammed Lawal | 1 | | | |
| Muhammed Lawal | Muhammed Lawal | TKO | Muhammed Lawal | Muhammed Lawal | 1 | | | |
| Przemyslaw Mysiala | Przemyslaw Mysiala | 1 | | | | | | |
| Przemyslaw Mysiala | Przemyslaw Mysiala | 1 | | | | Emanuel Newton | Emanuel Newton | UD |
| | | | | | | Mikhail Zayats | Mikhail Zayats | 3 |
| Mikhail Zayats | Mikhail Zayats | TKO | | | | | | | Mikhail Zayats | Mikhail Zayats | 3 |
| Renato Sobral | Renato Sobral | 1 | | | | | | |
| Renato Sobral | Renato Sobral | 1 | Mikhail Zayats | Mikhail Zayats | SUB | | | |
| | | | Jacob Noe | Jacob Noe | 1 | | | |
| Jacob Noe | Jacob Noe | TKO | Jacob Noe | Jacob Noe | 1 | | | |
| Seth Petruzelli | Seth Petruzelli | 1 | | | | | | |

### Middleweight tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Doug Marshall | Doug Marshall | KO | | | | | | |
| Andreas Spang | Andreas Spang | 1 | | | | | | |
| Andreas Spang | Andreas Spang | 1 | Doug Marshall | Doug Marshall | SD | | | |
| | | | Sultan Aliev | Sultan Aliev | 3 | | | |
| Sultan Aliev | Sultan Aliev | UD | Sultan Aliev | Sultan Aliev | 3 | | | |
| Mikkel Parlo | Mikkel Parlo | 3 | | | | | | |
| Mikkel Parlo | Mikkel Parlo | 3 | | | | Doug Marshall | Doug Marshall | KO |
| | | | | | | Brett Cooper | Brett Cooper | 1 |
| Brett Cooper | Brett Cooper | UD | | | | | | | Brett Cooper | Brett Cooper | 1 |
| Norman Paraisy | Norman Paraisy | 3 | | | | | | |
| Norman Paraisy | Norman Paraisy | 3 | Brett Cooper | Brett Cooper | TKO | | | |
| | | | Dan Cramer | Dan Cramer | 3 | | | |
| Dan Cramer | Dan Cramer | UD | Dan Cramer | Dan Cramer | 3 | | | |
| Brian Rogers | Brian Rogers | 3 | | | | | | |

### Welterweight tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Douglas Lima | Douglas Lima | TKO | | | | | | |
| Michail Tsarev | Michail Tsarev | 2 | | | | | | |
| Michail Tsarev | Michail Tsarev | 2 | Douglas Lima | Douglas Lima | TKO | | | |
| | | | Bryan Baker | Bryan Baker | 1 | | | |
| Brent Weedman | Brent Weedman | UD | Bryan Baker | Bryan Baker | 1 | | | |
| Marius Zaromskis | Marius Zaromskis | 3 | | | | | | |
| Marius Zaromskis | Marius Zaromskis | 3 | | | | Douglas Lima | Douglas Lima | KO |
| | | | | | | Ben Saunders | Ben Saunders | 2 |
| Ben Saunders | Ben Saunders | UD | | | | | | | Ben Saunders | Ben Saunders | 2 |
| Koffi Adzitso | Koffi Adzitso | 3 | | | | | | |
| Koffi Adzitso | Koffi Adzitso | 3 | Ben Saunders | Ben Saunders | KO | | | |
| | | | Raul Amaya | Raul Amaya | 1 | | | |
| Raul Amaya | Raul Amaya | TKO | Raul Amaya | Raul Amaya | 1 | | | |
| José Gomes | José Gomes | 1 | | | | | | |
* ↑ Replaces Brent Weedman due to an injury

### Lightweight tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| David Rickels | David Rickels | UD | | | | | | |
| Lloyd Woodard | Lloyd Woodard | 3 | | | | | | |
| Lloyd Woodard | Lloyd Woodard | 3 | David Rickels | David Rickels | UD | | | |
| | | | Jason Fischer | Jason Fischer | 3 | | | |
| Alexander Sarnavskiy | Alexander Sarnavskiy | SUB | Jason Fischer | Jason Fischer | 3 | | | |
| Thiago Michel | Thiago Michel | 2 | | | | | | |
| Thiago Michel | Thiago Michel | 2 | | | | David Rickels | David Rickels | TKO |
| | | | | | | Saad Awad | Saad Awad | 2 |
| Saad Awad | Saad Awad | TKO | | | | | | | Saad Awad | Saad Awad | 2 |
| Guillaume DeLorenzi | Guillaume DeLorenzi | 1 | | | | | | |
| Guillaume DeLorenzi | Guillaume DeLorenzi | 1 | Saad Awad | Saad Awad | TKO | | | |
| | | | Will Brooks | Will Brooks | 1 | | | |
| Will Brooks | Will Brooks | UD | Will Brooks | Will Brooks | 1 | | | |
| Ricardo Tirloni | Ricardo Tirloni | 3 | | | | | | |
* ↑ Replaces Alexander Sarnavskiy due to an injury

### Featherweight tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | SUB | | | | | | |
| Fabricio Guerreiro | Fabricio Guerreiro | 2 | | | | | | |
| Fabricio Guerreiro | Fabricio Guerreiro | 2 | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | TKO | | | |
| | | | Marlon Sandro | Marlon Sandro | 3 | | | |
| Marlon Sandro | Marlon Sandro | MD | Marlon Sandro | Marlon Sandro | 3 | | | |
| Akop Stepanyan | Akop Stepanyan | 3 | | | | | | |
| Akop Stepanyan | Akop Stepanyan | 3 | | | | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | DD |
| | | | | | | Mike Richman | Mike Richman | 3 |
| Mike Richman | Mike Richman | TKO | | | | | | | Mike Richman | Mike Richman | 3 |
| Mitch Jackson | Mitch Jackson | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mitch Jackson | Mitch Jackson | 1 | Mike Richman | Mike Richman | UD | | | |
| | | | Alexandre Bezerra | Alexandre Bezerra | 3 | | | |
| Alexandre Bezerra | Alexandre Bezerra | SUB | Alexandre Bezerra | Alexandre Bezerra | 3 | | | |
| Genair da Silva | Genair da Silva | 1 | | | | | | |

## Bellator 96

Bellator 96 took place on June 19, 2013 at the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV. It marked the season debut of the 2013 summer series. Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Greg Jackson and Joe Warren took part in commentary.
Background
Bellator 96 featured the opening round of the 2013 Summer Series Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight tournaments.
This event served as the lead in for the debut of Bellator's new reality TV series, Fight Master: Bellator MMA.
Michael Chandler was expected to defend his Lightweight Title against Dave Jansen on this card. However, on June 2, it was announced that Jansen had to pull out of the bout due to an injury.
Vinicius Queiroz was originally scheduled to face Richard Hale in the heavyweight tournament. Queiroz, however, suffered a knee injury and was replaced Ryan Martinez.
Both Derek Campos and Keith Berry missed weight for their fights; as a result, both fighters forfeited a portion of their purses to their opponents and the matches were changed to catchweight.
Both Seth Petruzelli & Renato Sobral retired from MMA competition after this event.
Results
* 1 2 Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
* 1 2 Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
* ↑ Yager deducted 1 point for a groin kick.

## Bellator 97

Bellator 97 took place on July 31, 2013 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The event was distributed live in prime time by Spike TV.
Background
The card featured Ben Askren's fourth title defense of the Bellator Welterweight Championship and Michael Chandler's second defense of the Bellator Lightweight Championship.
The card also featured the Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Tournament Finals and Bantamweight Tournament Semifinals.
Douglas Lima and Ben Saunders were scheduled to fight in order to decide the next contender for the Welterweight title. However, on June 11, it was announced that Lima had to pull out of the bout due to an injury.
Patricio Freire was originally scheduled to face The Ultimate Fighter veteran Rob Emerson. However, on July 12, it was revealed Emerson had to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by Jared Downing.
The live airing featured the announcement of Bellator's first pay per view event for November 2, 2013 that will be headlined by Tito Ortiz versus Quinton Jackson.
Results
* ↑ Lightweight Title Fight
* ↑ Welterweight Title Fight
* ↑ Light Heavyweight Tournament Final
* ↑ Heavyweight Tournament Final
* 1 2 Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal

## Tournaments
### Heavyweight tournament bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Vitaly Minakov | Vitaly Minakov | TKO | | | |
| Ron Sparks | Ron Sparks | 3 | | | |
| Ron Sparks | Ron Sparks | 3 | Vitaly Minakov | Vitaly Minakov | TKO |
| | | | Ryan Martinez | Ryan Martinez | 3 |
| Ryan Martinez | Ryan Martinez | KO | Ryan Martinez | Ryan Martinez | 3 |
| Richard Hale | Richard Hale | 1 | | | |

### Light Heavyweight tournament bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Muhammed Lawal | Muhammed Lawal | KO | | | |
| Seth Petruzelli | Seth Petruzelli | 1 | | | |
| Seth Petruzelli | Seth Petruzelli | 1 | Muhammed Lawal | Muhammed Lawal | TKO |
| | | | Jacob Noe | Jacob Noe | 3 |
| Jacob Noe | Jacob Noe | TKO | Jacob Noe | Jacob Noe | 3 |
| Renato Sobral | Renato Sobral | 3 | | | |

### Bantamweight tournament bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Rafael Silva | Rafael Silva | SUB | | | |
| Rodrigo Lima | Rodrigo Lima | 3 | | | |
| Rodrigo Lima | Rodrigo Lima | 3 | Rafael Silva | Rafael Silva | UD |
| | | | Anthony Leone | Anthony Leone | 3 |
| Anthony Leone | Anthony Leone | SUB | Anthony Leone | Anthony Leone | 3 |
| Frank Baca | Frank Baca | 3 | | | |

## Bellator 98

Bellator 98 took place on September 7, 2013 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV. It marked the season debut of season nine.
Background
Bellator 98 was supposed to feature a Bellator Middleweight Championship bout between Alexander Shlemenko and Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Winner Doug Marshall. However, on August 19 Marshall was forced out of the title bout due to an injury and was replaced by Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Runner Up Brett Cooper.
The Fight Master: Bellator MMA finale between Joe Riggs and Mike Bronzoulis was expected to take place at this event. However, on September 3, it was revealed Riggs has sustained a significant eye injury and the bout was postponed indefinitely. The fight was later scheduled for Bellator 106.
Dan Cramer was originally scheduled to face Perry Filkins in the Middleweight tournament opening round, but withdrew from the match and was replaced by Jeremy Kimball.
Joe Warren was scheduled to face Nick Kirk on this card. However, on the Friday before the event, Warren was removed for undisclosed medical reasons. The fight was later scheduled for Bellator 101
Andreas Spang was originally scheduled to face Justin Torrey in the Middleweight tournament opening round, but was declared unfit to fight by the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation. He was replaced by Brennan Ward, who originally was supposed to face Dave Vitkay on the preliminary card.
Andrew Calandrelli was originally scheduled to face Ryan Quinn, but was removed from the card and replaced by Brylan Van Artsdalen.
The card featured all the Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.
Results
* ↑ For Middleweight Championship
* 1 2 3 4 Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal
* ↑ Mucitelli inadvertently poked Nader in the eye in round one.

## Bellator 99

Bellator 99 took place on September 13, 2013 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 99 featured the Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.
Vladimir Matyushenko was originally scheduled to face for Bellator Light Heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu. However, on August 18, it was announced that M'Pumbu had a hand injury and he was replaced by Houston Alexander.
Shahbulat Shamhalaev was originally scheduled to face Akop Stepanyan on this card. However, on September 9, it was revealed Shamhalaev was forced to pull out of the tournament due to his ailing father. He was replaced by Justin Wilcox.
A bantamweight bout between Derek Loffer and Mario Navarro was initially planned for this card, but cancelled for unknown reasons.
Results
* 1 2 3 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal

## Bellator 100

Bellator 100 took place on September 20, 2013 at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 100 featured the Season 9 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts and the Season 8 Welterweight finals.
Matt Riddle was originally scheduled to face Luis Melo on this card, but pulled out due to a cracked rib. He was replaced by Ron Keslar.
Mark Scanlon was originally scheduled to face Herman Terrado on this card, but pulled out due to an injury and was replaced by Rick Hawn
Results
* ↑ Season 8 Welterweight Tournament Final
* 1 2 3 4 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal
* ↑ Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal

## Bellator 101

Bellator 101 took place on September 27, 2013 at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 101 featured the Season 9 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.
Rob Sinclair was scheduled to face Rich Clementi in a Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal fight, but on Sept. 9, 2013 had to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Ricardo Tirloni. Marcin Held was originally scheduled to face Tirloni on the preliminary card, and Ryan Healy took the fight as a replacement.
Results
* ↑ Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal
* 1 2 3 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal

## Bellator 102

Bellator 102 took place on October 4, 2013 at Visalia Convention Center in Visalia, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 102 featured the Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals, Middleweight Tournament Semifinals and Summer Series bantamweight tournament final between Anthony Leone and Rafael "Morcego" Silva.
Michael Page and Kenny Ento were scheduled to face each other in a Welterweight bout on this card. However, on September 30, it was announced that Page was injured and both he and Ento were removed from the card.
Perry Filkins was to face Brennan Ward in the Middleweight Tournament Semifinals. However, he had to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Joe Pacheco.
Results
* 1 2 Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals
* ↑ 2013 Summer Series Bantamweight Tournament Final
* 1 2 Middleweight Tournament Semifinals

## Bellator 103

Bellator 103 took place on October 11, 2013 at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 103 featured the Featherweight Tournament Semifinal bouts.
Results
* 1 2 Featherweight Tournament Semifinals

## Bellator 104

Bellator 104 took place on October 18, 2013 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 104 featured the Welterweight Tournament Semifinal bouts.
Results
* 1 2 Welterweight Tournament Semifinals

## Bellator 105

Bellator 105 took place on October 25, 2013 at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 105 featured the Lightweight Tournament Semifinal bouts.
Eugene Fadiora was initially scheduled to face Andreas Spang. However, Spang was removed from the card and replaced by Keith Berry.
Results
* 1 2 Lightweight Tournament Semifinals
* ↑ Doctor stopped the fight due to a cut caused by an elbow strike.

## Bellator 106

Bellator 106 took place on November 2, 2013 at Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California. The event aired live on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 106 was to be Bellator's first ever pay-per-view event and was expected to be headlined by a Light Heavyweight bout between Tito Ortiz and Quinton Jackson, both of whom would have been making their promotional debuts. However, on October 25, it was announced that Ortiz was out of the bout due to injury. Subsequently, Bellator announced that the show would air on Spike TV rather that PPV.
The main event featured a Lightweight title rematch between the current champion Michael Chandler and former champion Eddie Alvarez. Chandler defeated Alvarez via fourth round submission in their original bout back at Bellator 58.
The Heavyweight tournament final between Cheick Kongo and Vinicius Queiroz was originally scheduled for this card. However, an injury to Queiroz forced it off the card and it will be rescheduled on a future show.
Results
* ↑ For Lightweight Championship
* ↑ For Interim Light Heavyweight Championship
* ↑ For Featherweight Championship
* ↑ Fight Master Welterweight Final

## Bellator 107

Bellator 107 took place on November 8, 2013 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 107 featured the Heavyweight Tournament final, Middleweight Tournament final and Bantamweight Tournament final.
Cheick Kongo was originally scheduled to face Vinicius Queiroz in the Heavyweight tournament finals, but Queiroz withdrew due to a knee injury. He was replaced by Peter Graham.
Results
* ↑ Heavyweight Tournament Final
* ↑ Bantamweight Tournament Final
* ↑ Middleweight Tournament Final

## Bellator 108

Bellator 108 took place on November 15, 2013 at Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 108 featured the Featherweight Tournament Finals.
Heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov made the first defense of his title against Vitaly Minakov on this show in the co-main event.
The card featured the Bellator debut of Quinton Jackson following the cancellation of his bout against Tito Ortiz. He faced Bellator and UFC veteran Joey Beltran in the main event.
Nah-Shon Burrell was originally scheduled to face Dante Rivera on this card. However, he was rescheduled to face Jesus Martinez due to undisclosed reasons.
Results
* ↑ Heavyweight Title fight
* ↑ Featherweight Tournament Final
* ↑ Foster was docked one point for illegal groin strikes.

## Bellator 109

Bellator 109 took place on November 22, 2013 at Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
Background
Bellator 109 featured the 2013 Season 9 Welterweight and Lightweight Tournament Finals.
Michael Page and Andrew Osbourne were slated to face each other in a Welterweight bout on this card but the fight was scrapped due to Page recovering from lingering injuries.
Matt Riddle was expected to come out of his 3-week retirement to fight Nathan Coy at this event. However, he pulled out of the bout on November 13, 2013.
Results
* ↑ Middleweight Championship
* ↑ Welterweight Tournament Final
* ↑ Lightweight Tournament Final

## Tournaments
### Heavyweight tournament bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Cheick Kongo | Cheick Kongo | TKO | | | |
| Mark Godbeer | Mark Godbeer | 2 | | | |
| Mark Godbeer | Mark Godbeer | 2 | Cheick Kongo | Cheick Kongo | UD |
| | | | Peter Graham* | Peter Graham* | 3 |
| Vinicius Queiroz | Vinicius Queiroz | KO | Peter Graham* | Peter Graham* | 3 |
| Lavar Johnson | Lavar Johnson | 1 | | | |
* (*) Replaced Vinicius Queiroz

### Middleweight tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Brennan Ward* | Brennan Ward* | TKO | | | | | | |
| Justin Torrey | Justin Torrey | 2 | | | | | | |
| Justin Torrey | Justin Torrey | 2 | Brennan Ward | Brennan Ward | SUB | | | |
| | | | Joe Pacheco*** | Joe Pacheco*** | 2 | | | |
| Perry Filkins | Perry Filkins | SUB | Joe Pacheco*** | Joe Pacheco*** | 2 | | | |
| Jeremy Kimball** | Jeremy Kimball** | 3 | | | | | | |
| Jeremy Kimball** | Jeremy Kimball** | 3 | | | | Brennan Ward | Brennan Ward | TKO |
| | | | | | | Mikkel Parlo | Mikkel Parlo | 2 |
| Mikkel Parlo | Mikkel Parlo | UD | | | | | | | Mikkel Parlo | Mikkel Parlo | 2 |
| Brian Rogers | Brian Rogers | 3 | | | | | | |
| Brian Rogers | Brian Rogers | 3 | Mikkel Parlo | Mikkel Parlo | UD | | | |
| | | | Jason Butcher | Jason Butcher | 3 | | | |
| Jason Butcher | Jason Butcher | TKO | Jason Butcher | Jason Butcher | 3 | | | |
| Giva Santana | Giva Santana | 2 | | | | | | |
* (*) Replaced Andreas Spang
* (**) Replaced Dan Cramer
* (***) Replaced Perry Filkins

### Welterweight tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Rick Hawn** | Rick Hawn** | UD | | | | | | |
| Herman Terrado | Herman Terrado | 3 | | | | | | |
| Herman Terrado | Herman Terrado | 3 | Rick Hawn | Rick Hawn | UD | | | |
| | | | Brent Weedman | Brent Weedman | 3 | | | |
| Brent Weedman | Brent Weedman | SUB | Brent Weedman | Brent Weedman | 3 | | | |
| Justin Baesman | Justin Baesman | 1 | | | | | | |
| Justin Baesman | Justin Baesman | 1 | | | | Rick Hawn | Rick Hawn | KO |
| | | | | | | Ron Keslar | Ron Keslar | 3 |
| Ron Keslar* | Ron Keslar* | SD | | | | | | | Ron Keslar | Ron Keslar | 3 |
| Luis Melo | Luis Melo | 3 | | | | | | |
| Luis Melo | Luis Melo | 3 | Ron Keslar | Ron Keslar | SUB | | | |
| | | | War Machine | War Machine | 1 | | | |
| War Machine | War Machine | SUB | War Machine | War Machine | 1 | | | |
| Vaughn Anderson | Vaughn Anderson | 2 | | | | | | |
* (*) Replaced Matt Riddle
* (**) Replaced Mark Scanlon

### Lightweight tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Will Brooks | Will Brooks | UD | | | | | | |
| John Alessio | John Alessio | 3 | | | | | | |
| John Alessio | John Alessio | 3 | Will Brooks | Will Brooks | UD | | | |
| | | | Saad Awad | Saad Awad | 3 | | | |
| Saad Awad | Saad Awad | SUB | Saad Awad | Saad Awad | 3 | | | |
| Martin Stapleton | Martin Stapleton | 1 | | | | | | |
| Martin Stapleton | Martin Stapleton | 1 | | | | Will Brooks | Will Brooks | UD |
| | | | | | | Alexander Sarnavskiy | Alexander Sarnavskiy | 3 |
| Alexander Sarnavskiy | Alexander Sarnavskiy | SUB | | | | | | | Alexander Sarnavskiy | Alexander Sarnavskiy | 3 |
| Marcus Davis | Marcus Davis | 1 | | | | | | |
| Marcus Davis | Marcus Davis | 1 | Alexander Sarnavskiy | Alexander Sarnavskiy | SUB | | | |
| | | | Ricardo Tirloni | Ricardo Tirloni | 1 | | | |
| Ricardo Tirloni* | Ricardo Tirloni* | UD | Ricardo Tirloni | Ricardo Tirloni | 1 | | | |
| Rich Clementi | Rich Clementi | 3 | | | | | | |
* (*) Replaced Rob Sinclair

### Featherweight tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Patricio Freire | Patricio Freire | KO | | | | | | |
| Diego Nunes | Diego Nunes | 1 | | | | | | |
| Diego Nunes | Diego Nunes | 1 | Patricio Freire | Patricio Freire | UD | | | |
| | | | Fabricio Guerreiro | Fabricio Guerreiro | 3 | | | |
| Fabricio Guerreiro | Fabricio Guerreiro | UD | Fabricio Guerreiro | Fabricio Guerreiro | 3 | | | |
| Desmond Green | Desmond Green | 3 | | | | | | |
| Desmond Green | Desmond Green | 3 | | | | Patricio Freire | Patricio Freire | TKO |
| | | | | | | Justin Wilcox | Justin Wilcox | 1 |
| Justin Wilcox* | Justin Wilcox* | SUB | | | | | | | Justin Wilcox | Justin Wilcox | 1 |
| Akop Stepanyan | Akop Stepanyan | 2 | | | | | | |
| Akop Stepanyan | Akop Stepanyan | 2 | Justin Wilcox | Justin Wilcox | UD | | | |
| | | | Joe Taimanglo | Joe Taimanglo | 3 | | | |
| Joe Taimanglo | Joe Taimanglo | UD | Joe Taimanglo | Joe Taimanglo | 3 | | | |
| Andrew Fisher | Andrew Fisher | 3 | | | | | | |
* (*) Replaced Shahbulat Shamhalaev

### Bantamweight tournament bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Joe Warren | Joe Warren | SUB | | | |
| Nick Kirk | Nick Kirk | 2 | | | |
| Nick Kirk | Nick Kirk | 2 | Joe Warren | Joe Warren | TKO |
| | | | Travis Marx | Travis Marx | 2 |
| Travis Marx | Travis Marx | TKO | Travis Marx | Travis Marx | 2 |
| Brandon Bender | Brandon Bender | 2 | | | |