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skelliher
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06.19.2013 | 11:18 AM ET

Predictions: 11 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 750 Points   |   Tied for 51st

Yo yo yo!!!

Bellator makes it's long-awaited comeback tonight on Spike TV to kick off it's 2013 Summer Series. If you haven't heard, we're running a Summer Series Competition, so get them picks in and check it out.

The five-bout main card has seen a lot of changes over the past few weeks, but we're getting the Semi-Final rounds of both the Summer Series Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight tournaments. Standouts King Mo and Babalu Sobral are the favorites to win the 205 tournament, but Seth Petruzelli and Jacob Noe both have the KO power to say something about that and both Mo and Sobral were upset in Season 8. 

In heavyweight action, undefeated Russian Vitaly Minakov takes on Ohio KO artist Ron Sparts, while Ryan Martinez steps in as a late replacement for Vinicius Quieroz to take on favorite Richard Hale. 

To open the main card, welterweight troublemaker War Machine looks to rebound from some serious inactivity when he takes on hot-and-cold striker Blas Avena. 

The stacked (for Bellator) prelims should kick off anywhere from 5 to 6pm ET on Spike.com -- you never know with Bellator, so make sure you get your picks in early. And catch the main card at a special early start time of 8pm ET.

* Edited at 06.19.2013, 12:29 PM ET *

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Bellator 96
  • Wednesday 06.19.2013 at 08:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Spike TV | Prelims: Spike.com
  • Promotion: Bellator MMA
  • Ownership: Bellator Sport Worldwide LLC
  • Venue: Winstar World Casino
  • Location: Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States
  • Enclosure: Cage
  • TV Announcers: Sean Wheelock, Jimmy Smith
  • Ring Announcer: Michael C. Williams
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Jimmy Smith
  • TV Ratings: 480,000 viewers
  • MMA Bouts: 13
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Bout   Info
Chas Skelly   defeats   Jarrod Card   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Keith Berry   defeats   Cortez Coleman   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Mike Maldonado   defeats   Chavous Smith   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   2:27 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Muhammed Lawal   defeats   Seth Petruzelli   via KO/TKO, Punch   1:35 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Jacob Noe   defeats   Renato Sobral   via KO/TKO, Punches   3:32 Round 3 of 3, 13:32 Total Bout Page
Vitaly Minakov   defeats   Ron Sparks   via KO/TKO, Punches   0:32 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
War Machine   defeats   Blas Avena   via KO/TKO, Punches   3:55 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Damon Jackson   defeats   Keith Miner   via KO/TKO, Punches   2:00 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Raphael Butler   defeats   Jeremiah O'Neal   via KO/TKO, Punches   2:57 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Ryan Martinez   defeats   Richard Hale   via KO/TKO, Punches   2:19 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Brandon Halsey   defeats   Joey Yager   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Derek Campos   defeats   Brandon Girtz   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Justin McNally   defeats   Steven Artoff   via Submission, Inverted Triangle Choke   2:44 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page

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wolfmanhowl
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06.20.2013 | 12:27 AM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 4 Perfect, 600 Points   |   Tied for 228th

there are sure alot of complaints about a free product on this thread. Bellator is the best. KO city and the best Russian fighters on the planet. watching babalu get his azz kicked again. I luv it.

Idrownfish
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06.20.2013 | 12:30 AM ET

Predictions: 7 of 7 Winners, 7 Perfect, 675 Points   |   Tied for 153rd

I am starting to, I just got 4 downvotes by admitting that I expected Chael to beat Jones. Lol.

"Let's just say if we fought again I wouldn't need to keep my hands up." - Luke Rockhold on Michael Bisping's punching power

Brazilian Jitz
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06.21.2013 | 2:26 AM ET

Predictions: 10 of 12 Winners, 8 Perfect, 850 Points   |   Tied for 9th with 3 others

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