Spike.com to stream LIVE fights at 7 p.m. ET / MTV2-EPIX2 broadcast at 9 p.m. ET Saturday
Atlantic City, New Jersey. (October 13, 2011) —The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator 54 will take place FRIDAY at 5:00 P.M. EST inside Caesars Atlantic City, located at 2100 Pacific Avenue Atlantic City, NJ 08401. Bellator 54 will take place at Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, October 15 with the first fight taking place at 7 p.m. ET and streaming LIVE on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 9 p.m. ET and will air LIVE on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX2.
All participants from Saturday night’s event will be on hand, including middleweight semifinalists Bryan Baker, Brian Rogers, Alexander Shlemenko and Vitor Vianna, as well as Bellator Bantamweight Champion Zack Makovsky, who takes on fellow bantamweight Ryan Roberts in a non title affair.
The event will be emceed by Bellator cage announcer Michael C. Williams and Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith.
As always the weigh-in is open to both the public and media.
If you are not able to attend the official weigh-in/pre-fight conference for Bellator Fighting Championship’s Saturday event, you can catch all the action LIVE at www.Bellator.com. The entire weigh-in/pre-fight press conference for Bellator 54 will be streaming LIVE at 5:00 P.M. EST.
The full fight card for Bellator 54 is below:
MAIN CARD:
Middleweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Brian Rogers (8-2) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (41-7)
Middleweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Vitor Vianna (11-1-1) vs. Bryan Baker (16-2)
Bantamweight Non-title Feature Fight: Ryan Roberts (16-9-1) vs. Zack Makovsky (13-2)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Jacob Kirwan (8-3) vs. Rene Nazare (10-0)
UNDERCARD:
Middleweight Feature Fight: Duane Bastress (3-1) vs. Daniel Gracie (5-3-1)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Ryan Contaldi (7-3-1) vs. Tim Carpenter (7-1)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Lewis Rumsey (6-6) vs. Joey Kirwan (7-5)
Women’s Feature Fight: Andria Caplan (0-0) vs. Adrienne Seiber (1-1)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Brian Kelleher (4-1) vs. Claudio Ledesma (4-2)
For more information, visit Bellator.com; follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator.
