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
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