Tampa, Florida. (July 16, 2012) —The weigh-in for Bellator 72 will take place THURSDAY at 5:00 P.M. EST at the USF Sun Dome, located at 4202 E. Fowler Ave # Sun 130, Tampa, FL 33620. Bellator 72 will take place at The USF Sun Dome on Friday, July 20th with the first fight taking place at 6:05 p.m. ET and streaming LIVE on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 8 p.m. ET and will air LIVE on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX2.
All participants from Friday night’s event will be on hand, including Bellator Season 6 Welterweight Tournament Finalists Bryan Baker and Karl Amoussou, as well as Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinalists Travis Wiuff, Attila Vegh, Tim Carpenter and Emanuel Newton. Additionally, welterweights Paul Daley, Rudy Bears, Waachiim Spiritwolf and Marius Zaromskis will be in attendance.
The event will be emceed by Bellator cage announcer Michael C. Williams and Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith.
As always the weigh-in is open to both the public and media.
If you are not able to attend the official weigh-in/pre-fight conference for Bellator Fighting Championship’s Friday event, you can catch all the action LIVE at www.Bellator.com. The entire weigh-in/pre-fight press conference for Bellator 72 will be streaming LIVE at 5:00 P.M. EST.
The full fight card for Bellator 72 is below:
MAIN CARD:
Welterweight Tournament Final Fight: Bryan Baker (18-3) vs. Karl Amoussou (15-4-2)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Paul Daley (29-12-2) vs. Rudy Bears (14-10)
Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Emanuel Newton (18-6-1) vs. Attila Vegh (26-4-2)
Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Tim Carpenter (9-1) vs. Travis Wiuff (67-14)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Waachiim Spiritwolf (9-10-1) vs. Marius Zaromskis (17-6)
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Catchweight Feature Fight: Ben Saunders (13-5-2) vs. Brian Warren (18-15-1)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Chris Barnett (7-1) vs. Tom Sauer (25-12)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Kenny Moss (5-2) vs. Raul Amaya (9-1)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Matt McCook (8-5) vs. Shanon Slack (4-0)
Catchweight Feature Fight: Jason Carapelluci (6-2) vs. Paul Barrow (4-2)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Julien Williams (2-1) vs. Ryan DeRocher (3-3)