Bellator 72 (LXXII) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event will take place on July 20, 2012 at USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. The card will be part of Bellator's annual Summer Series and will feature the semifinal round fights in the Summer Series Tournament. The event will be distributed live in prime time by MTV2.


Official Fight Card

Main Card

Welterweight United States Bryan Baker vs France Karl Amoussou - Welterweight tournament final
Welterweight United States Rudy Bears vs England Paul Daley
Welterweight Lithuania Marius Zaromskis vs United States Waachiim Spiritwolf
Light Heavyweight United States Tim Carpenter vs United States Travis Wiuff - Light Heavyweight tournament semifinal
Light Heavyweight United States Emanuel Newton vs Slovakia Attila Vegh - Light Heavyweight tournament semifinal


Preliminary

Welterweight United States Ben Saunders vs United States Brian Warren
Heavyweight United States Chris Barnett vs United States Tom Sauer
Welterweight United States Raul Amaya vs United States Kenny Moss
Featherweight United States Matt McCook vs United States Shanon Slack
Featherweight United States Paul Barrow vs United States Jason Carapelluci
Welterweight United States Ryan DeRocher vs United States Julien Williams


Background

Paul Daley is expected to make his promotional debut at this event against Rudy Bears in a welterweight fight.





July 4 - updated fightcard
July 14 - updated fightcard & background

July 4 - updated fightcard

July 14 - updated fightcard & background

Paul Daley Set To Debut With Bellator This Friday, UK Fans Can Watch On Spike.com

Press Release – CHICAGO, Ill. (July 18, 2012) — When Paul Daley enters the Bellator cage for the first time on Friday, July 20 from the USF Arena in Florida, his friends, family and fans in the United Kingdom can have a front row seat to the action as it was announced today that Bellator 72 will be available on Spike.com to the entire UK viewing audience. As always, the action packed night of fights will air LIVE on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX in the United States at 8pm ET/7pm CT, or 1 AM in the United Kingdom. In addition to Daley, Friday night also features the finals of the Bellator Season 6 Welterweight Tournament as Bryan “The Beast” Baker battles Karl “Psycho” Amoussou, along with the semifinals of the Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament, and the third fight in the three fight trilogy between Marius Zaromskis and Waachiim Spiritwolf.
“Our UK fans have been incredibly patient with us we’ve worked to get Bellator distributed throughout the UK each and every week,” said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. “The single most asked question I get on line and via twitter is ‘how can I watch Bellator live in the UK?’ Well, this isn’t the long term answer, but with Semtex making his Bellator debut this week, I worked with our partners at Spike to secure the Spike.com stream live to the UK from the first streamed fight all the way through the entire televised card. Friday should be a great, great night of fights and I’m happy our awesome fans in the UK will have the chance to see it”

“I have a lot of fans in the UK that were desperate to see this fight, so when I got the news of Bellator on in the UK, I was thrilled to hear it,” Daley said. “I’m sure there are going to be a lot of people arranging fight night parties and things like that, and it’s just great that I know everyone has a chance to watch me in my Bellator debut.”

The full fight card for Bellator 72 is below:

MAIN CARD:

Welterweight Tournament Final Fight: Bryan Baker (18-3) vs. Karl Amoussou (15-4-2)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Paul Daley (29-12-2) vs. Rudy Bears (14-10)

Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Emanuel Newton (18-6-1) vs. Attila Vegh (26-4-2)

Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Tim Carpenter (9-1) vs. Travis Wiuff (67-14)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Waachiim Spiritwolf (9-10-1) vs. Marius Zaromskis (17-6)

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Catchweight Feature Fight: Ben Saunders (13-5-2) vs. Brian Warren (18-15-1)

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Chris Barnett (7-1) vs. Tom Sauer (25-12)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Kenny Moss (5-2) vs. Raul Amaya (9-1)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Matt McCook (8-5) vs. Shanon Slack (4-0)

Catchweight Feature Fight: Jason Carapelluci (6-2) vs. Paul Barrow (4-2)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Julien Williams (2-1) vs. Ryan DeRocher (3-3)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Bellator

MAIN CARD (MTV2)
Karl Amoussou (170.25) vs. Bryan Baker (169.5) - welterweight-tournament final
Rudy Bears (169.5) vs. Paul Daley (170.25)
Emanuel Newton (204.75) vs. Attila Vegh (204.5) - light-heavyweight tourney semifinal
Tim Carpenter (205) vs. Travis Wiuff (206) light-heavyweight tourney semifinal
Waachiim Spiritwolf (170.75) vs. Marius Zaromskis (171)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
Paul Barrow (151) vs. Jason Carapelluci (149.5) - 150-pound catchweight
Ben Saunders (177) vs. Brian Warren (173.5) - 178-pound catchweight
Raul Amaya (169.75) vs. Kenny Moss (170)
Matt McCook (145) vs. Shanon Slack (145.75)
Ryan DeRocher (170.5) vs. Julien Williams (170.25)