Main Card Bouts (Live on Spike TV, 9:00 PM ET) -Doug Marshall vs. Alexander Shlemenko -Will Brooks vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy -Ron Keslar vs. Rick Hawn -Patrick Cenoble vs. Terry Etim Preliminary Bouts (Live on Spike.com, 6:30 PM ET) - Keith Bell (256.5) vs. Blagoi Ivanov -Saul Almeida (145.9) vs. Goiti Yamauchi -Ahsan Abdullah (153) vs. Mike Bannon -Bubba Jenkins (155.6) vs. Ian Rammel -Brett Glass (155.7) vs. Brent Primus -Lester Caslow (145.3) vs. Jay Haas
Re: Bellator 109: Shlemenko vs. Marshall (tonight) If you haven't seen Alexander Shlemenko fight before you should tune-in for the main event. "Storm" is 48-7 and though you might argue his competition has been weak (and he's got a bit of a Bisping thing going in that he loses when he faces a ranked opponent) he is pretty exciting nonetheless. Although he's only 29 years old he's been fighting pro since 2004.
Re: Bellator 109: Shlemenko vs. Marshall (tonight) Results via MMA Junkie MAIN CARD Champ Alexander Shlemenko def. Doug Marshall via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:28 – to retain Bellator middleweight title Rick Hawn def. Ron Keslar via knockout (punches) – Round 3, 0:55 – Season 9 welterweight tournament final Will Brooks def. Alexander Sarnavskiy via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) – Season 9 lightweight tourney final Terry Etim def. Patrick Cenoble via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-26) PRELIMINARY CARD Mike Bannon def. Ahsan Abdulla via technical submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:51 Blagoi Ivanov def. Keith Bell via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:59 Goiti Yamauchi def. Saul Almeida via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:04 Bubba Jenkins def. Ian Rammel via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 2:38 Brent Primus def. Brett Glass via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:20 Lester Caslow def. Jay Haas via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 3, 2:44
Former lightweight Rick Hawn scored an impressive knockout win over durable veteran Ron Keslar in the co-main event to win the Season 9 Welterweight Tournament and another $100,000 cheque. The Tristar Montreal fighter is the Season 6 Lightweight Tournament winner and Season 4 Welterweight Tournament runner-up. Hawn earns the right to face Doug Lima for the vacant Bellator Welterweight Championship at an upcoming event in 2014. In the main event Bellator Middleweight Champion Alexander Shlemenko retained his title with a TKO win over Doug Marshall. Shlemenko finished Marshall in the first round with body punches. Marshall may have suffered a broken rib in the fight. Shlemenko will face Season 9 Middleweight Tournament winner Brennan Ward next.