Bellator 131 will take place on November 15, 2014 at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California. The event will air live in prime time on Spike TV.
Official fight card
Main card
Light Heavyweight Tito Ortiz vs. Stephan Bonnar
Lighweight Will Brooks (ic) vs. Michael Chandler For the vacant Bellator Lightweight Championship
Light Heavyweight Muhammed Lawal vs. Joe Vedepo
Middleweight Melvin Manhoef vs. Joe Schilling
Featherweight Mike Richman vs. Nam Phan
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Middleweight Kyle Bolt vs. A.J. Matthews
Flyweight Ron Henderson vs. Jonathan Santa Maria
Featherweight Jordan Bailey vs. Alex Higley
Flyweight Nick Garcia vs. Matthew Ramirez
Welterweight Andy Murad vs. Bubba Pugh
Featherweight Rolando Perez vs. Mark Vorgeas
Lightweight Ian Butler vs. Joao Faria
Background
The event was announced during the Bellator Season 11 debut on September 5, 2014. It will serve as the season finale.
Bellator President Scott Coker announced the main event will feature a grudge match between two former top UFC light heavyweights with Tito Ortiz taking on the newly signed Stephan Bonnar.
Additionally, it was announced that the co-main event will be a rematch between current interim lightweight champion Will Brooks and former undisputed champion Michael Chandler, for the vacant world title.
Muhammed Lawal was originally scheduled to face Tom DeBlass on this card. However, on November 1, it was announced that DeBlass had suffered a cut during training and had to withdraw from the bout. Lawal will instead face Joe Vedepo.