*Bellator 56 Weigh-In Results*

Posted on | October 28, 2011 | No Comments

Kansas City, KS. – The Bellator 56 weigh-ins have been completed from Riverside, Missouri in preparation for Bellator’s Saturday night event at Memorial Hall, which features Welterweight Champion Ben Askren defending his belt against season 4 tournament winner, Jay Hieron as well as the semifinals of the Season 5 Heavyweight Tournament.

Bellator 56 will be broadcast LIVE on Saturday, October 29 at 9:00 pm ET/8:00 pm CT on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX. The undercard will begin at 7:00 pm ET/ 6:00 pm CT and streamed LIVE and FREE around the world on Spike.com.

The full results for Bellator 56 are below:

MAIN CARD:

Welterweight Championship Fight: Jay Hieron (169.8) vs. Ben Askren (169.6)

Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Thiago Santos (264.6) vs. Neil Grove (264.6)

Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Fight:  Eric Prindle (264.2) vs. Ron Sparks (264.4)

UNDERCARD:

Welterweight Feature Fight: Marcio Navarro (169.8) vs. Rudy Bears (169.6)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Adam Schindler (145.8) vs. Jeremy Spoon (145.4)

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Kelvin Tiller (206.4)* vs. Dan Spohn (205.6)

Catchweight Feature Fight(158): William De Souza (155.8) vs. Emanuel Brooks (157)**

Featherweight Feature Fight: Jeimeson Saudino (135.75) vs. Jacob Aiken (131.4)

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Aaron Ely (140.4)*** vs. Owen Evinger (135)

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Daniel Gallemore (247) vs. Derrick Ruffin (242.5)

*Kevin Tiller made weight at 205.75

**The De Souza-Brooks fight will be a catchweight at 158 lbs

***Aaron Ely made weight at 136 pounds

For more information, visit Bellator.com; follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator.

About Bellator Fighting Championships

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. 

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