Bellator 113 lineup set, includes Season 10 lightweight tourney openers

The 11-bout lineup for next month’s Bellator 113 lineup is now set, and it includes the four opening-round matchups of the promotion’s Season 10 lightweight tournament.

Three of those fights will be featured on the evening’s Spike TV-broadcast main card, including David Rickels (15-2 MMA, 9-2 BMMA) vs. Patricky Pitbull (11-5 MMA, 4-4 BMMA), Marcin Held (16-3 MMA, 5-2 BMMA) vs. Rodrigo Cavalheiro (14-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) and Terry Etim (16-5 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Derek Anderson (10-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA).

A fourth bout of Brandon Girtz (10-3 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) vs. Derek Campos (13-3 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) serves as the featured bout of a seven-fight preliminary card that streams on Spike.com.

Featuring a light-heavyweight world title unification fight between champ Attila Vegh and interim title holder Emanuel Newton, Bellator 113 takes place March 21 at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas.

New preliminary bouts announced for Bellator 113 include lightweights Marcio Navarro (9-9) vs. Bobby Cooper (8-4), lightweights Donnie Bell (8-2) vs. Tim Welch (10-4), bantamweights Tory Bogguess (10-7) vs. L.C. Davis (20-6), middleweights Brian Rogers (10-6) vs. Gary Tapusoa (8-2), heavyweights Maurice Jackson (2-1) vs. Daniel Gallemore (2-2) and featherweights Israel Giron (17-3) vs. Cody Carrillo (4-7) .

The full Bellator 113 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD

• Attila Vegh vs. Emanuel Newton – Bellator MMA light heavyweight title unification bout
• Patricky Freire vs. David Rickels – lightweight tournament opening round
• Rodrigo Cavalheiro vs. Marcin Held – lightweight tournament opening round
• Derek Anderson vs. Terry Etim – lightweight tournament opening round

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Derek Campos vs. Brandon Girtz – lightweight tournament opening round
• Bobby Cooper vs. Marcio Navarro
• Donnie Bell vs. Tim Welch
• Taurean Bogguess vs. L.C. Davis
• Brian Rogers vs. Gary Tapusoa
• Daniel Gallemore vs. Maurice Jackson
• Cody Carrillo vs. Israel Giron

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(Pictured: David Rickels)