Bellator 85 is currently scheduled to take place on January 17, 2013 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. The event will be distributed live in prime time by Spike TV. It marks the season debut of season eight.

Fight card

Main

Lightweight United States Michael Chandler (c) vs United States Rick Hawn Lightweight Title Bout
Light Heavyweight Brazil Renato Sobral vs Russia Mikhail Zayats Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout
Featherweight United States Pat Curran (c) vs Brazil Patricio Freire Featherweight Title Bout

Preliminary Card (Spike.com)

Light Heavyweight United States Seth Petruzelli vs United States Jacob Noe Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout
Light Heavyweight United States Emanuel Newton vs Bulgaria Atanas Djambazov Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout
Light Heavyweight United States Jason Lambert vs United States Hector Ramirez
Lightweight J.J. Ambrose vs. Brian Warren
Lightweight Mike Guymon vs. Savant Young
Welterweight Joe Williams vs. Jamie Yager
Lightweight Cleber Luciano vs. Mario Navarro
Featherweight Joe Camacho vs. Aaron Miller


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.[4] 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.



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