Bellator brings season two finale to 'Fourth Street Live' on June 24 in Louisville, KY

by Press Release on Jun 1, 2010 3:50 PM EDT

CHICAGO, Ill. (June 1, 2010) - Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that it will bring the much-anticipated finale of its highly successful second season to the Fourth Street Live entertainment district in downtown Louisville, Ky., on June 24th.

The event-which will be broadcast LIVE on FOX Sports Net and during weekend highlight shows on NBC, Telemundo and mun2-marks the first time ever that a major national mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion has staged an event in the Bluegrass State.

It will also mark the first time that a live sporting event will be held at Fourth Street Live, a state-of-the-art, open-air, mixed-use entertainment venue owned and managed by The Cordish Company.

Tickets are on sale now at Ticketsweb.com.

"If you've ever been to Fourth Street Live, I think you can envision what a spectacular and exciting event this is going to be," said Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney. "We are extremely proud to be partnering with The Cordish Company to bring the Bellator brand of MMA to Louisville and the hundreds of thousands of MMA fans in the Greater Louisville area."

The evening will feature two championship fights in Bellator's ongoing Season 2 Middleweight and Featherweight Tournaments.

In the first fight, world champion Greco-Roman wrestler and former NCAA all-American Joe Warren (4-1) will face undefeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu black-belt Patricio Pitbull (14-0) in the Featherweight Tournament Finals. The winner will earn the title of No. 1 Contender to reigning Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Soto (9-0) and the chance to face Soto in a title fight later this year.

Then, in the Middleweight Tournament Finals, 13-1 WEC veteran Bryan "The Beast" Baker looks to continue his seven-fight winning streak when he squares off with Russian striker Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko (29-4). The winner will earn the title of No. 1 Contender to reigning Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard (25-2-1) and the chance to face Lombard in a title fight later this year.

In the spirit of Rocky Balboa, the Louisville card will also include six "Local Feature Fights" showcasing top up-and-coming fighters from Louisville, Cincinnati and Southern Indiana with selected winners qualifying to compete at future Bellator events. Competitors will be announced over the coming weeks.

This is the final event in Bellator's 12-week-long second season. Season 3 kicks off on Aug. 12 in Hollywood, Fla.

Bellator has also held highly successful Season 2 events in Miami, Chicago, Kansas City, Boston, Dallas and San Antonio this year.

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at Facebook.com/Bellator.

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I've been impressed by the bellator fights.

I liked what i see in dan hornbuckle and i do think he will win vs askren in the finale. i’m also taking curran and shlemenko to win in their finale’s. i hope bellator gets big enough to where we can bet on the fights in nevada. the man who runs bellator seemed very intelligent and i like the fact that he is trying to get an eddie alvarez vs gilbert melendez fight put together. i just hope scott coker returns his call.

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by wolfmanshowlforever on Jun 1, 2010 4:03 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah live

unless there’s a god damn baseball game on again ::mad::

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by Brizzle T on Jun 1, 2010 4:04 PM EDT reply actions

I've partied many a time at

Fourth Street Live. A lot of nice snatch running around there.

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by _Felix_ on Jun 1, 2010 5:11 PM EDT reply actions

only problem with bellator is:

i thought about making a road trip for this and visiting my buddy in KY and then i looked up the date and realized it was a thursday : (, dont get me wrong i like having mid week mma but couldnt the finally be on a sat night? maybe im just sour grapes on this one but i was honestly considering going…

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by DrewMoney$$$ on Jun 1, 2010 7:49 PM EDT reply actions