Bellator LXI is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Bellator Fighting Championships. It is scheduled to take place on March 16, 2012 at Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City, Louisiana. The event will be distributed live in prime time by MTV2.
Official Card
Main Card
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Brazil Maiquel Falcao vs. France Norman Paraisy
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Brazil Vitor Vianna vs. United States Brian Rogers
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Russia Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vs. United States Victor O'Donnell
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Brazil Giva Santana vs. Brazil Bruno Santos
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight bout: Quaint Kempf vs. Josh Quayhagen
Middleweight bout: Trey Houston vs. Jeremiah Riggs
Welterweight bout: Derrick Krantz vs. Eric Scallan
Lightweight bout: Derek Campos vs. Patrick Cenoble
Bantamweight bout: Jeremy Myers vs. Jason Sampson
Background
The event sees a rematch between season-five heavyweight tournament finalists Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos. Prindle and Santos met in the finals of Bellator's season-five heavyweight tourney, but the bout was ruled a no-contest when Santos inexplicably kicked a downed Prindle in the groin.
Mar 12 - updated fightcard
