Bellator 81 - Event Coverage and Results

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Bellator 81 - Weigh-In Results


The Bellator 81 weigh-ins have been completed from Kingston, Rhode Island in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at The University of Rhode Island’s Ryan Center, which features the semifinals of the Bellator Season 7 Lightweight Tournament, along with the return of Bellator veterans Marlon Sandro and Jonas Billstein.

Bellator 81will be broadcast LIVE on Friday, November 16th at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX, as well as in Spanish language on mun2. The preliminary card will begin at 7:00 pm ET/ 6:00 pm CT and streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com.



The full results from the Bellator 81 weigh-in are below:

MAIN CARD:

Lightweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Marcin Held (156) vs. Rich Clementi (156)
Lightweight Tournament Semifinals Fight: Dave Jansen (156) vs. Ricardo Tirloni (156)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Dustin Neace (146) vs. Marlon Sandro (145.5)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Perry Filkins (185) vs. Jonas Billstein (185)


PRELIMINARY CARD:

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Robbie LeRoux (135) vs. Ruben Rey 136()
Lightweight Feature Fight: Paul Barrow (155) vs. Matt Bessette (150)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Sam McCoy (185) vs. Brennan Ward (184.5)
Catchweight Feature Fight(210): Matt Uhde (209.5) vs. Mike Mucitelli (209.5)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Joe Lamoureux (185) vs. Dan Cramer (185.5)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Andrew Calandrelli (156) vs. Eric Brown (155)
Catchweight Feature Fight(165): Murad Machaev(166) vs. Lorawnt-T Nelson (165)

[Keithlewis]

The Season 7 lightweight tournament finals are set, as young leg lock phenom Marcin Held and seasoned grappler Dave Jansen scored crucial semifinal victories. Two-time featherweight tournament champion Marlon Sandro made a triumphant return to Bellator, needing less than a round to finish Dustin Neace. In the middleweight division, Perry Filkins earned an impressive decision win over Jonas Billstein.


MAIN CARD (MTV2):

Marcin Held def. Rich Clementi via submission (toe-hold) Round 2, 3:04 - lightweight-tourney semifinal

Dave Jansen def. Ricardo Tirloni via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) - lightweight-tourney semifinal

Marlon Sandro def. Dustin Neace via technical submission (rear-naked choke)- Round 1, 2:05

Perry Filkins def. Jonas Billstein via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)


PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com):

Andrew Calandrelli def. Eric Brown via submission (armbar) - Round 2, 3:10

Dan Cramer def. Joe Lamoureux via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 3:26

Murad Machaev def. Lorawnt-T Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Mike Mucitelli def. Matt Uhde via submission (armbar) - Round 1, 0:26

Brennan Ward def. Sam McCoy via knockout (strikes) - Round 1, 2:49

Matt Bessette def. Paul Barrow via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Ruben Rey def. Robbie LeRoux via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

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