Bellator Fighting Championships is slated to hold official weigh-ins for Bellator 50 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida on Friday afternoon. The event marks the opening round of the promotion's season-five middleweight tournament, and features several notable names such as Bryan Baker, Jared Hess, Zelg Galesic, and Alexander Shlemenko. Join MMA Nation today at 5:00 p.m. ET as we bring you live results of the day's proceedings.
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The Bellator 50 fight card is as follows:
Main Card (broadcasted on MTV2 and EPIX):
Middleweight Quarterfinal: Bryan Baker vs. Jared Hess
Middleweight Quarterfinal: Zelg Galesic vs. Alexander Shlemenko
Middleweight Quarterfinal: Sam Alvey vs. Vitor Vianna
Middleweight Quarterfinal: Victor O'Donnell vs. Brian Rogers
Preliminary Card (streamed on Spike.com):
Lightweight: Rad Martinez vs. Brian Van Hoven
Welterweight: Ailton Barbosa vs. Ryan Keenan
Middleweight: Valdir Araujo vs. Brett Cooper
Welterweight: John Kelly vs. Cristiano Souza
Lightweight: Martin Brown vs. James Reese
Lightweight: Marcelo Goncalves vs. Dietter Navarro
Catchweight (140 lbs): Shah Bobonis vs. Marcos da Matta