Bellator 115 is expected to take place on April 4, 2014 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. The event is set to air live in prime time on Spike TV.Fight Card
Main Card (Spike TV)Heavyweight Cheick Kongo vs. Vitaly Minakov (c) For Heavyweight ChampionshipWelterweight Herman Terrado vs. Justin Baesman
Light Heavyweight Kelly Anundson vs. Volkan Oezdemir
Catchweight (193.5 lbs) Johnny Cisneros vs. Mikkel Parlo Preliminary Card (Spike.com)Welterweight James Terry vs. Rick Reeves
Heavyweight Freddie Aquitania vs. Josh Appelt
Lightweight Jason Powell vs. Sinjen Smith
Flyweight Oscar Ramirez vs. Benito Lopez BackgroundBellator 115 will feature the first Bellator Heavyweight Championship title defense for Vitaly Minakov as he takes on Season 9 tournament winner Cheick Kongo.
Doug Marshall was originally announced as one of the participants in the Middleweight tournament. However, he was pulled from the bout due to a current suspension and was replaced by Jeremy Kimball.
Andrey Koreshkov and Sam Oropeza were scheduled to meet in the Welterweight Tournament Semifinals on this card. However, on the day of the weigh ins, the bout was cancelled due to Koreshkov having flu-like symptoms.
Additionally, Dan Cramer was scheduled to face Jeremy Kimball in a Middleweight Tournament Semifinal. Kimball, however, missed weight badly and was pulled from the bout.Apr 04 - Updated fight card & background
