Tonight’s Bellator 43 from the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma had a little bit everything, from quick finishes to in cage marriage proposals. Oh yeah and let’s not forget the welterweight tournament final between Rich Hawn and Jay Hieron.
After a week off last week, Bellator fighting Championship is back with Bellator 43 from the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma. The fourth season is coming to an end and that means tournament finals time.
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Rick Hawn and Jay Hieron have both made their way to the Bellator Season 4 Welterweight final. Now the undefeated Hawn meets the 21-4 Jay Hieron for the tournament championship and a chance to fight Welterweight Champion, Ben Askren.
Bellator has been airing weekly live shows on MTV2, and those events feature tournament fights at Lightweight, Welterweight and Light Heavyweight. It’s a very aggressive schedule having live events weekly, and Bellator has done a great job keeping the events exciting and engrossing. The Welterweight tournament has been going well, and now we’ve reached the finals.
The 40th Bellator event is now in the books and the season four finals for both the lightweight and welterweight divisions are all set. Following last week’s Bellator 39 where lightweight Patricky Freire and welterweight Rick Hawn punched their ticket to the tournament finals, Michael Chandler and Jay Hieron joined them with win last night at Bellator 40.
Coming to you from the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma, season four of Bellator continues with Bellator 40 this Saturday April 9th. The finals of the welterweight and lightweight tournament will be set as the last of the semifinal bouts will take place on the main card of Bellator 40. A non title bout featuring the Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren against Nick Thompson will headline the night.
