Bellator L is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event is scheduled to take place on September 17, 2011 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The event will be distributed live in prime time by MTV2.

Main Card

Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: United States Jared Hess vs. United States Bryan Baker
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Croatia Zelg Galesic vs. Russia Alexander Shlemenko
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: United States Sam Alvey vs. Brazil Vitor Vianna
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: United States Victor O'Donnell vs. United States Brian Rogers

Local Feature Fights

Lightweight bout: United States Radley Martinez vs. United States Brian van Hoven
Featherweight bout: Peru Luis Palomino vs. Haiti Edson Berto
Welterweight bout: United States Ailton Barbosa vs. United States Ryan Keenan
Middleweight bouts: United States Brett Cooper vs. United States Valdir Araujo
Welterweight bout: Brazil Cristiano Souza vs. United States John Kelly
Catchweight (140 lbs) bout: United States Shah Bobonis vs. Brazil Marcos da Matta
Lightweight bout: United States Dietter Navarro vs. Brazil Marcelo Goncalves
Lightweight bout: United States J.P. Reese vs. United States Martin Brown


Background

The event will host the opening round of the middleweight tournament in Bellator's fifth season.
Veteran welterweight fighter Ailton Barbosa won Bellator's open tryouts in Hollywood, Florida in June 2011 to earn his spot on the card.

R.J. Goodridge was scheduled to fight J.P. Reese, but after suffering an undisclosed injury Goodridge pulled out of the bout. Reese will now fight Martin Brown.

aug 16 - updated fightcard
sept 12 - updated fightcard, added custom poster and background
sept 16 - added new custom poster