Bellator 97 85 took place on January 17,2013 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California.
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44 Facts About Bellator 97
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Bellator 97 85 was to open with a fight chosen exclusively by fans in the "Bellator 97: Vote For The Fight" contest.
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Bellator 97 86 took place on January 24,2013 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
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Bellator 97 86 featured the opening round of the Season Eight Welterweight Tournament.
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Bellator 97 87 took place on January 31,2013 at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
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Bellator 97 87 featured fights the quarterfinals of the Season Eight Lightweight Tournament.
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Bellator 97 88 took place on February 7,2013 at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia.
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Bellator 97 88 featured the opening round of the Season Eight Featherweight Tournament as well as a title fight for the vacant Middleweight title.
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Bellator 97 89 took place on February 14,2013 at The Bojangles' Coliseum, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Bellator 97 89 featured the opening round of the Middleweight tournament.
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Bellator 97 XC took place on February 21,2013 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.
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Bellator 97 90 featured the finals of the Bellator 97 Season 7 Featherweight Tournament.
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Bellator 97 91 took place on February 28,2013 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
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Bellator 97 91 featured the first title defense by Light Heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu, despite having won the belt in May 2011.
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Bellator 97 92 took place on March 7,2013 at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California.
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Bellator 97 93 took place on March 21,2013 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine.
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Bellator 97's last fight was a losing effort against Cung Le at a Strikeforce event in June 2007.
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Bellator 97 95 took place on April 4,2013 at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Bellator 97 96 took place on June 19,2013 at the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
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Bellator 97 96 featured the opening round of the 2013 Summer Series Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight tournaments.
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Bellator 97 took place on July 31,2013 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
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Live airing featured the announcement of Bellator 97's first pay per view event for November 2,2013 that will be headlined by Tito Ortiz versus Quinton Jackson.
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Bellator 97 98 took place on September 7,2013 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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Bellator 97 98 was supposed to feature a Bellator 97 Middleweight Championship bout between Alexander Shlemenko and Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Winner Doug Marshall.
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Bellator 97 was replaced by Brennan Ward, who originally was supposed to face Dave Vitkay on the preliminary card.
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Bellator 97 100 took place on September 20,2013 at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Bellator 97 100 featured the Season 9 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts and the Season 8 Welterweight finals.
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Bellator 97 101 took place on September 27,2013 at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon.
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Bellator 97 101 featured the Season 9 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal bouts.
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Bellator 97 102 took place on October 4,2013 at Visalia Convention Center in Visalia, California.
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Bellator 97 102 featured the Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals, Middleweight Tournament Semifinals and Summer Series bantamweight tournament final between Anthony Leone and Rafael "Morcego" Silva.
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Bellator 97 104 took place on October 18,2013 at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Bellator 97 105 took place on October 25,2013 at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
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Bellator 97 106 took place on November 2,2013 at Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California.
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Bellator 97 106 was to be Bellator 97's first ever pay-per-view event and was expected to be headlined by a Light Heavyweight bout between Tito Ortiz and Quinton Jackson, both of whom would have been making their promotional debuts.
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Subsequently, Bellator 97 announced that the show would air on Spike TV rather that PPV.
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Bellator 97 107 took place on November 8,2013 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
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Bellator 97 107 featured the Heavyweight Tournament final, Middleweight Tournament final and Bantamweight Tournament final.
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Bellator 97 108 took place on November 15,2013 at Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.
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Bellator 97 faced Bellator and UFC veteran Joey Beltran in the main event.
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Bellator 97 109 took place on November 22,2013 at Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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Bellator 97 109 featured the 2013 Season 9 Welterweight and Lightweight Tournament Finals.
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