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Monday, Oct 10, 2011

Bellator 55 Headed to Yuma, Light-Heavyweight Champ M’Pumbu Facing Wiuff

Vila (left) and Galvao

By FCF Staff

Bellator Fighting Championships has announced that its upcoming, October 22nd card will take place at the Cocopah Resort and Casino in Yuma, Arizona. The card will feature light-heavyweight champion Cristian M’Pumbu taking on well traveled vet Travis Wiuff in a non-title fight, as well as, the semifinals of the promotion’s ongoing bantamweight tournament.

In one semifinal match-up, Alexis Vila will take on Marcos Galvao. Vila (10-0) is coming off a stunning knockout of featherweight champion Joe Warren last month, while Galvao (10-4-1) scored a split decision victory over Chase Beebe in the quarterfinals.

The other semi will see Ed West fight Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas. West (17-5) worked his way to a unanimous decision win over Luis Alberto Nogueira in the tourney’s opening round, while Dantas (11-2) KO’d Wilson Reis.

M’Pumbu (18-3-1) hasn’t competed since May when he stopped Richard Hale at Bellator 45 to win the promotion’s light-heavyweight crown.

Wiuff’s (64-14) last bout was also in May, when he TKO’d Nick Baker while competing for Extreme Challenge.

Bellator 55 will be broadcast live on MTV 2 and the preliminary card will be streamed on Spike.com.

 

 

 

posted by FCF Staff @ 1:18 pm
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