As summer is approaching, Bellator is preparing for it’s third “Summer Series”. To MMAjunkie.com Bellator boss Bjorn Rebney said they’re planning eight-man competitions in the bantamweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions.
The champs are now waiting to defend their titles. Alexander Volkov who took the belt off Richard Hale at Bellator 84 is still waiting for his contender.
The fresh champ Attila Veigh who was crowned after a win over former titleholder Christian M’Pumbu at Bellator 91 will have to defend his title against the winner of the current Season 8 tournament.
Bantaweight champion Eduardo Dantas with his first title defense last month at Bellator 89 is also awaiting his next challenge.
"We've got a lot of weight divisions potentially doing a tournament. The cornerstone of everything that we've got going on with Spike now is I can get so many tournaments into these different packages. We've doing five tournaments now that are going to finish up this first season on Spike. I'd like to get two, maybe three in over the summer, and four or five in the fall.
"This is what I've been waiting for in keeping the champs really busy. So that's all about getting these tournaments done."
