Bellator 96 on June 19th from the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma will kickoff the 2013 Summer Series and the organization has announced the preliminary card bouts.
Bellator previous announced the four main card bouts that will air on Spike TV with a special start time of 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with the main event being Michael Chandler defending the lightweight title against Dave Jansen.
The preliminary card will be streamed live on Spike.com and is scheduled to being at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.
This portion of the fight card will have eight bouts and one of the bouts will be a heavyweight bout between undefeated fighters as Karl Etherington (8-0) meets Raphael Butler (5-0).
The current Bellator 96 fight card is below:
Main Card: (Spike TV – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Michael Chandler (11-0) vs. Dave Jansen (19-2)
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (9-2) vs. Seth Petruzelli (14-7)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral (37-10) vs. Jacob Noe (11-2)
Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver (12-4) vs. Blas Avena (8-6)
Preliminary Card: (Spike.com – 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT)
Karl Etherington (8-0) vs. Raphael Butler (5-0)
Joe Yager (5-1) vs. Volkan Oezdemir (9-0)
Brandon Halsey (3-0) vs. Mike Brown (3-1)
Justin McNally (1-0) vs. Steven Artoff (5-1)
Keith Miner (5-4) vs. Damon Jackson (5-0)
Mike Maldonado (4-0) vs. Jason Sampson (10-1)
Brandon Girtz (9-2) vs. Treston Thomison (7-1)
Keith Berry (14-10) vs. Cortez Coleman (9-3)