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Bellator XII card announced for Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 19


Bellator Fighting Championships (Bellator) today put the finishing touches on the twelfth and final fight card for its inaugural season, which will conclude at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., this Friday (June 19) night.

Bellator XII is the culmination of the promotion's 12-week world championship mixed martial arts tournament.

It is a stacked line up, featuring the final rounds of the Bellator lightweight and middleweight tournaments: Top-ranked 155-pound slugger Eddie Alvarez will face off against Toby Imada in the main event of the evening and 185-pound Cuban judoka Hector "Shango" Lombard will battle Jared Hess in the co-featured fight of the night.

The winners of both bouts are not only fighting for championship glory, but also a generous $175,000 in collective tournament earnings.

Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney had this to say about the landmark event:

"Our first season has proven that magical things can happen when fighters are allowed to control their own destiny. As a fan of this spectacular sport it’s been my great pleasure to sit cageside week after week and watch these amazing moments happen over and over again."

Check out the complete Bellator XII fight card after the jump:

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155 lbs.: Eddie Alvarez vs. Toby Imada for first-ever Bellator lightweight title
185 lbs.: Hector Lombard vs. Jared Hess for first-ever Bellator middleweight title
155 lbs.: Jorge Masvidal vs. Eric Reynolds
145 lbs.: Sami Aziz vs. Brad Pickett
170 lbs.: Josh Martin vs. Sergio Morais
120 lbs.: Valerie Coolbaugh vs. Rosi Sexton
155 lbs.: Troy Gerhart vs. Luis Palomino
140 lbs.: Stephanie Guimaraes vs. Jennifer Kloptsof

MMAmania.com will provide LIVE blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action on Friday, June 19, beginning at around 9 p.m. ET. We'll also deliver up-to-the minute quick results of all the under card action as it happens.

Bellator XII will not air live on television or anywhere else. The good news is that it will air in primetime on ESPN Deportes on Saturday, June 20, and the English-language version will be available Wednesday, June 25, at Bellator.com.

This has all the ingredients of an exciting show -- be sure to join us on fight night for all the Bellator coverage you can shake a stick at.

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I’ll be there – hooray. :D

by Immak on Jun 17, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Me too

by El Mexicutioner, formerly The Mexicutioner on Jun 17, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

R.I.P. jared hess.

by day1er on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

What happened to Sexton-Aguilar? Is it cancelled or is it on a different card?

by NameNotRequired on Jun 17, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

hector will be bellator MW champ for sure…the guy is a beast in the MW division…cant wait for him to sign at affliction or strikeforce…

hector vs vitor would be a dream matchup for me!!!

by gaara on Jun 17, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Alvarez and Lombard, no doubt. just give them that 100 G’s right now!

by medecine balls on Jun 17, 2009 8:48 PM EDT reply actions  

WHY OH WHY is this not on regular tv?!?!?!?! are they stupid no one gets espn deportes i have direct tv with hdnet and hbo and showtime but i dont have espn desportes can’t ESPN figure it out that they would get killer ratings if they showed bellator fighting instead of 2006 poker championship re-runs??

by iamdanawhite on Jun 17, 2009 8:58 PM EDT reply actions  

If anyone is in So. Florida you’ve got to try and make this show. Seats aren’t that much and this is going to be a great night of fights.

by El Mexicutioner, formerly The Mexicutioner on Jun 17, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions  

wish i knew this was in fl. where is this place in fl?

by the still operator on Jun 17, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hollywood, by Ft Lauderdale

by El Mexicutioner, formerly The Mexicutioner on Jun 18, 2009 6:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

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