Bellator Fighting Championships is set for its
highly-anticipated return to The Garden State for Bellator 74 on Friday,
September 28 from the historic Caesars Atlantic City. The night will feature
the start of Bellator’s Season 7 Welterweight Tournament as former Bellator
Welterweight Champion and New York native
Lyman “Cyborg” Good makes his return to action in Bellator’s Season 7
Welterweight Tournament in front of a raucous New Jersey crowd. Tickets for Bellator 74 go
on sale Friday, July 13th and will be available to purchase at Ticketmaster.com
or at the Caesars Box Office. Tickets are priced from $52-$165.
The event will broadcast LIVE starting at 8 p.m. EST on MTV2
and in commercial-free HD on EPIX. Doors open at 6 p.m. EST, with the first
fight scheduled for 7 p.m. EST. The preliminary card, featuring some of the
area’s top local talent will be streamed LIVE and FREE around the world on
Spike.com starting at 7 p.m. EST.
“Caesars Atlantic City has become a second home to Bellator,
so kicking off our seventh season in New
Jersey was a very easy decision to make,” said
Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Atlantic City
is a classic fight town and New
Jersey is a hotbed for mixed martial arts, so our
fans should expect another great night of fights.”
Good returns to Bellator following a dominant, 13 second
destruction of LeVon Maynard at Bellator 65 in April. After compiling an
impressive 10-fight winning streak to begin his professional career, “Cyborg”
hopes that a return to the tournament will yield the same results that saw him
become the first ever Bellator Welterweight Champion.
Bellator 74 will mark the seventh Bellator event from
Caesars Atlantic City. Fans have been treated to some unbelievably incredible Atlantic City moments,
including Daniel Straus defeating Marlon Sandro to become the Bellator Season 6
Featherweight Tournament Champion, Michael Chandler’s impressive victory over
Patricky “Pitbull” to capture the Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Championship
and Eduardo Dantas capturing the Bellator Bantamweight World Championship by
submitting Zach Makovsky.
“Caesars has established a great partnership with Bellator
Fighting Championships dating back to our inaugural event of Bellator 44, in
May of 2011, and we’re proud of the fact the MTV2 will broadcast the latest
tournament live from our venue,” said Don Marrandino, Eastern Division President
for Caesars Entertainment. “Bellator Fighting Championships has provided
Caesars Atlantic City with six previous MMA exhibitions, but I can honestly say
without hesitation that Bellator 74 on Friday, September 28th will be our
biggest.”
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on
Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney
@BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Caesars Atlantic
City
Caesars Atlantic City sets the standard for excitement and
luxury, having been awarded the 2011 AAA Four Diamond Lodging designation. The
Roman inspired hotel and casino reigns at the center of the Atlantic City
Boardwalk, featuring more than 1,100 hotel guest rooms and suites, eight
diverse cafes and restaurants, including Mia by George Perrier and Chris
Scarduzio, Atlantic Grill, and Morton’s Steakhouse, Qua Baths & Spa, and a
lavish 140,000 square foot casino. The 1,600 seat Circus Maximus Theater
spotlights leading entertainers such as Jerry Seinfeld, Mary J. Blige, and Tony
Bennett. The Pier Shops at Caesars deliver the pinnacle of designer boutiques,
chic eateries and abundant entertainment in a $175 million oceanfront complex.
Caesars is located at 2100 Pacific
Avenue in Atlantic
City , New Jersey
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts
promotional company headquartered in Chicago .
Bellator, Latin for Warrior, is partnered with entertainment industry leaders
Viacom and Fremantle Entertainment, and is the world’s leading tournament-based
mixed martial arts organization. Bellator’s Founder, Chairman & 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.
About MTV2
Available in approximately 80 million homes MTV2 is man’s
best friend. Since its launch in 1996, the network has reflected the subversive
interests and behaviors of young men with a compelling and diverse programming
line-up inspired by ordinary guys who do extraordinary things. MTV2 is part of
Viacom Media Networks, one of the world’s leading creators of programming and
content across all media platforms. For more information, go to
www.mtvpress.com or follow us on Twitter @MTVPress.
About EPIX
EPIX, a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and
VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), is a next-generation premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand
and online service launched on October 30, 2009. With access to more than
15,000 motion pictures spanning the vast libraries of its partners and other
studios, EPIX provides a powerful entertainment experience with more feature
films on demand and online and more HD movies than any other service. It is the
only premium service providing its entire monthly line-up of new Hollywood
titles, classic feature films, original series, music and comedy specials
through the linear channel, video-on-demand and online at EpixHD.com, the
leading online destination for movies.
EPIX has made the commitment to deliver the industry’s most
expansive online collection of movies, making more than 3,000 titles available
on EpixHD.com. The service is available to over 30 million homes nationwide
through distribution partners including Charter Communications, Cox
Communications, DISH Network, Mediacom Communications, NCTC, Suddenlink
Communications and Verizon FiOS.
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