Bellator XLIX is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event is scheduled to take place on September 10, 2011 at Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The card will be the debut of the promotion's fifth season. The event will be distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Official Fight Card
Main Card
Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: United States Chris Lozano vs. United States Brent Weedman
Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: United States Ben Saunders vs. United States Chris Cisneros
Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Brazil Luis Santos vs. United States Dan Hornbuckle
Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: United States Steve Carl vs. Brazil Douglas Lima
Local Feature Fights (Spike.com)
Featherweight bout: United States Brylan Van Artsdalen vs. United States Joel Roberts
Welterweight bout: United States Giedrius Karavackas vs. United States LeVon Maynard
Featherweight bout: Brazil Alexandre Bezerra vs. United States Scott Heckman
Featherweight bout: United States James Jones vs. United States Lester Caslow
Heavyweight bout: United States Azunna Anyanwu vs. United States J.A. Dudley
Background
This event will host the first round of an eight-man welterweight tournament to be held over the duration of season five.
Rick Hawn was expected to face Ben Saunders at this event but Hawn was forced out of the bout due to a knee injury. Hawn will be replaced by Bellator newcomer Chris Cisneros.
The Ultimate Fighter 12 competitor, Andy Main, was set to fight Kenny Foster on the undercard of this event. However, after an undisclosed injury, Main was pulled from the bout and Foster was moved to Bellator 53 against Ronnie Mann.
On September 6th, 2011, it was announced Bellator's Season 5 "Local Feature Fights" would be streamed live on Spike.com, starting with this event.
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