This will obviously be speculated that Bellator has signed a TV deal with Spike TV, but that has not happened yet. Spike TV will however stream a 2hr preliminary card tonight for Bellator 49. The preliminary card includes, Joel Roberts vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen, Giedrius Karavackas vs. LeVon Maynard, Alexandre “Popo” Bezerra vs. Scott Heckman, Lester Caslow vs. James “Binky” Jones and Azunna Anyanwu vs. J.A. Dudley.
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said, “We are thrilled to join forces with Spike.com, The Spike brand is synonymous with mixed martial arts worldwide and is another member of the MTV family, who does an incredible job in resonating with the hard-to-reach 18-to-34-year-old male audience.”
The full fight card is below…
MAIN CARD (MTV2)
Dan Hornbuckle vs. Luis Santos (welterweight-tourney opening round)
Chris Cisneros vs. Ben Saunders (welterweight-tourney opening round)
Chris Lozano vs. Brent Weedman(welterweight-tourney opening round)
Steve Carl vs. Douglas Lima (welterweight-tourney opening round)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
Joel Roberts vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen
Giedrius Karavackas vs. LeVon Maynard
Alexandre “Popo” Bezerra vs. Scott Heckman
Lester Caslow vs. James “Binky” Jones
Azunna Anyanwu vs. J.A. Dudley
