Bellator XLVII is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event is scheduled to take place on July 23, 2011 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario. The card featured semi-final fights in the Bellator 2011 Summer Series Featherweight Tournament. The event will be distributed live in prime time by MTV2.Official Fight Card Featherweight Semifinal bout: United States Pat Curran vs. England Ronnie Mann
Featherweight Semifinal bout: Brazil Marlon Sandro vs. Argentina Nazareno Malegarie
Heavyweight bout: South Africa Neil Grove vs. United States Zak Jensen
Lightweight bout: Canada Chris Horodecki vs. United States Chris Saunders
Local Feature Fights Featherweight bout: William Romero vs. Daniel Langbeen
Bantamweight bout: Bo Harris vs. Bryan Goldsby
Welterweight bout: Sergej Juskevic vs Daron Cruickshank
Bantamweight bout: Syd Barnier vs. Denis PuricBackgroundThis event was to feature Joe Warren's first defense of his featherweight title against season four tournament winner Patricio Freire. Freire, however, pulled out of the fight in early July due to a broken hand.
This will be Bellator's first event in Canada. Bellator 4 was set to take place in Canada, but was moved due to the promotion unable to come to terms with the Quebec Boxing Commission.
Ben Saunders was expected to fight at this event, but had to pull out due to an undisclosed injury he suffered in training.- july 4 updated fightcard
- july 10 updated practically all / dent
