Bellator 101 will take place on September 27th in Portland and the complete fight card was announced on Thursday as the organization revealed the six fight preliminary card.
The preliminary card will begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Spike.com and will be headlined by a lightweight bout as Bellator tournament veterans square off with Ricardo Tirloni meeting Marcin Held.
Tirloni (15-4) is a veteran of three Bellator tournaments and he will be looking to snap a two fight losing streak. His most recent defeat came at Bellator 87 to Will Brooks by unanimous decision.
Held (15-3) is also a veteran of the Bellator tournament as he has appeared in two tournaments and made it to the final of the season seven tournament. He was defeated by Dave Jansen in the final and the defeat snapped a five fight winning streak.
Bellator 101 will come from the Rose Quarter on September 27th and will feature the opening round of the next lightweight tournament. Tickets for this event are currently on sale and can be purchased by visiting the Rose Garden Arena Box Office.
The current Bellator 101 fight card is below.
Main Card: (Spike TV – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Rob Sinclair (12-2) vs. Rich Clementi (45-22-1) *
Martin Stapleton (12-1) vs. Saad Awad (14-5) *
John Alessio (34-16) vs. Will Brooks (10-1) *
Marcus Davis (22-9) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (23-1) *
Preliminary Card: (Spike.com – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Ricardo Tirloni (15-4) vs. Marcin Held (15-3)
Joe Pacheco (6-0) vs. Tyson Jeffries (10-7)
Andy Uhrich (9-3) vs. Nathan Coy (12-4)
Jeremiah Riggs (7-7) vs. Peter Aspinwall (3-3)
Scott Thometz (6-2) vs. Brent Primus (2-0)
Austin Springer (3-0) vs. Brent Alvarez (1-1)
* – Lightweight Tournament Opening Round