Tonight is the night for the Bellator Fighting Championships as an exciting season number four is coming to a close. The fourth season closes with the crowning of the first BFC Light Heavyweight Champion and the finals of the BFC Featherweight Tournament. Also on the card are two other exciting fights, with one of them involving a longtime M-1 Challenge competitor.
Headlining the card will be the BFC Light Heavyweight Tournament Final as Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu (17-3-1) takes on Richard “Rare Breed” Hale (17-3-1). Christian M’Pumbu earned the chance to compete inside the finals by defeating Chris Davis and Tim Carpenter. Richard Hale got his spot inside the tournament finals by defeating the duo of Nik Fekete and DJ Linderman. These two fighters are virtually duplicates of each and every other, but Christian M’Pumbu has a lot more massive fight encounter and which will assist him win the fight.
The co-headliner will be the BFC Featherweight Tournament Final as Daniel Straus (16-3-0) faces off with Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (16-1-0). Daniel Straus earned his position within the finals by defeating both Nazareno Malegarie and Kenny Foster. Patricio Freire battled his approach to the tournament finals with victories over Georgi Karakhanyan and Wilson Reis. Patricio Freire has already fought BFC Featherweight Champion Joe Warren and will do so once again as he wins this fight.
Kicking off the event is often a season five middleweight qualifier as Sam Alvey (14-2-0) does battle with Karl “Psycho” Amoussou (12-3-2). Sam Alvey enters the fight riding a 3 fight winning streak, which includes a victory over Jason Guida, brother of UFC fighter Clay Guida. Karl Amoussou is really a longtime M-1 Challenge veteran who lately fought Shark Fights Light Heavyweight Champion Trevor Prangley. This is really a battle of the striker versus the wrestler, as the wrestler in Karl Amoussou is going to be entering the tournament.
The swing fight* on the card can be a bantamweight encounter as Joseph Abercrombie (2-1-0) takes on Ben Parpart (1-1-0). Joseph Abercrombie has fought all of his expert MMA fights within the Atlas Fights promotion and hasn’t fought in practically a year. Ben Parpart is coming off a win over Jymes Ehlers at Super Brawl 6, but that event took location properly over a year ago. This fight could quickly go either way, but I will probably be picking Joseph Abercrombie to obtain the victory having a submission.