Bellator adds Bronzoulis-Riggs 'Fight Master' final to PPV prelims

The delayed tournament final of Bellator MMA’s first reality show season has a home on the promotion’s first pay-per-view.

Mike Bronzoulis (15-5-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) will meet Joe Riggs (39-14 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) on the preliminary card of Bellator 106, the company’s inaugural pay-per-view event. Promotion officials announced the date late Friday.

Bellator 106 takes place Nov. 2 at Long Beach Arena in California. The main card, featuring a main event between former UFC champs Quinton Jackson and Tito Ortiz, making their Bellator debuts, plus three title fights, airs on pay-per-view. The Bronzoulis-Riggs fight will be part of a preliminary card on Spike TV, the promotion’s broadcast partner.

Bronzoulis and Riggs were supposed to meet at Bellator 98, the Season 9 opener earlier this month. But a Riggs eye injury forced him out of that fight. Now the two have a new date.

Both fighters were part of “Fight Master,” Bellator’s first reality competition series, which aired over the summer. Bronzoulis, on a team coached by former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Randy Couture, reached the finals opposite Riggs, who was coached by Greg Jackson.

Before joining “Fight Master,” Riggs was on a five-fight winning streak that had him back on track after a stretch of four losses in six fights. The veteran fighter has a resume that includes a 2-1 record in the WEC, 4-4 in the UFC with wins over Nick Diaz and Chris Lytle and 4-3 in Strikeforce.

Bronzoulis had won two straight before “Fight Master” started taping, which had him going in the right direction after three losses in four fights. The 34-year-old Texans has fought for Strikeforce and Legacy FC. His wins on “Fight Master” include a unanimous decision win over Bellator veteran Chris Lozano.

With the addition, the Bellator 106 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Quinton Jackson vs. Tito Ortiz
• Champ Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez – for lightweight title
• Champ Pat Curran vs. Daniel Straus – for featherweight title
• Muhammed Lawal vs. Emanuel Newton – for interim light heavyweight title

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Mike Bronzoulis vs. Joe Riggs – “Fight Master” tournament final

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(Pictured: Joe Riggs)