Friday's Bellator 111 lineup finalized, weigh-ins slated for Thursday in Oklahoma

After impressive ratings for its season debut this past week, Bellator MMA returns to Spike TV on Friday with an 11-bout Bellator 111 lineup.

The event takes place at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. A four-bout main card airs on Spike TV following seven prelims on Spike.com.

Bellator kicked off its 12-week 10th season on Feb. 28 and averaged 880,000 viewers with a peak of 1.3 million, according to Spike TV executives. The organization looks to build off the momentum on Friday with Bellator 111, which features a bantamweight title fight between bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas (15-3 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) and replacement Anthony Leone (13-6 MMA, 3-3 BMMA), as well as the start of an eight-man heavyweight tournament.

Weigh-ins and a pre-event press conference take place Thursday at 6 p.m. ET (5 p.m. CT local time) at Mist Nightclub at WinStar World Casino.

The official Bellator 111 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 9 p.m. ET)

• Champ Eduardo Dantas vs. Anthony Leone – for bantamweight title
• Lavar Johnson vs. Ryan Martinez – Season 10 heavyweight tournament opening round
• Peter Graham vs. Siala Siliga – Season 10 heavyweight tournament opening round
• Mark Holata vs. Alexander Volkov – Season 10 heavyweight tournament opening round

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 7 p.m. ET)

• Rich Hale vs. Blagoi Ivanov – Season 10 heavyweight tournament opening round
• Cortez Coleman vs. Daniel Miller
• Javy Ayala vs. Eric Prindle
• Matt Jones vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan
• Chris Jones vs. Brent Primus
• Chris Gutierrez vs. Justin McNally
• Stephen Banaszak vs. Treston Thomison

For the latest on Bellator 111, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Eduardo Dantas)