Chester, West Virginia – The Bellator 71 weigh-ins have been completed from Chester, West Virginia in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at The Mountaineer Casino, Resort and Racetrack, which features the quarterfinals of the Bellator Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament as Travis Wiuff faces Chris Davis, Zelg Galesic takes on Attila Vegh, Tim Carpenter meets Beau Tribolet and Emanuel Newton squares off against Roy Boughton. Also, a Bellator Heavyweight matchup will take place as Brett Rogers faces off against former training partner Kevin Asplund.
Bellator 71 will be broadcast LIVE on Friday, June 22 at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT on Spike.com, Bellator.com and on Gametrailers.com. The undercard will begin at 6:00 pm ET/ 5:00 pm CT and streamed LIVE and FREE around the world on Spike.com.
The full results for Bellator 71 are below:
MAIN CARD:
Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Travis Wiuff (206lbs) vs. Chris Davis (204.6lbs)
Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Zelg Galesic (205lbs) vs. Attila Vegh (204.6lbs)
Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Tim Carpenter (204.3lbs)* vs. Beau Tribolet (204.6lbs)
Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Roy Boughton (205.6lbs) vs. Emanuel Newton (204.6lbs)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Brett Rogers (264.8lbs) vs. Kevin Asplund (246.8lbs)
*Rich Hale was originally slated to compete in the Bellator Season 7 Light Heavyweight Tournament, but became sick and has been replaced by Tim Carpenter.
PRELIMINARY CARD:
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Josh Stansbury (204.2lbs) vs. Dan Spohn (206lbs)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Jason Butcher (186lbs) vs. Duane Bastress (184.8lbs)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Neil Johnson (146lbs) vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen (145.2lbs)
Catchweight Feature Fight: Chris Goldbaugh (189.2lbs) vs. Kevin Zalac (189.4lbs)
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Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator’s founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.
