Konrad To Defend Bellator Belt On Friday

What: Bellator Fighting Championships 70

When: Friday, May 25, 2012

How to watch: 6:00-7:00 PM on Spike.com; 7:00-9:15 PM: MTV2; 9:15-9:45 PM: Spike.com

MTV2 broadcast schedule

Heavyweight Title: Cole Konrad (8-0) vs Eric Prindle (9-1)

Lightweight Tourney Final: Rick Hawn (13-1) vs Brent Weedman (20-7-1)

Bantamweight Tourney Semi: Hiroshi Nakamura (15-5-4) vs Luis Alberto Nogueira (13-2)

Lightweights: Derek Campos (9-2) vs Rich Clementi (42-21)

Konrad Set To Defend Bellator Title Against Prindle

Cole Konrad

Bellator Heavyweight champ Cole Konrad has an opponent at last. Eric Prindle was declared the Bellator Season 5 winner after Thiago Santos missed weight for their  tourney final. Previously defeating Abe Wagner and Ron Starks, Prindle will now face Team Death Clutch training partner Konrad at Bellator 65 on April 13.

A former NCAA wrestling champion with the University of Minnesota, Konrad (8-0) defends the Bellator belt for the first time since winning the title in October 2010. He fought once in 2011, a non-title unanimous decision victory over UFC and Strikeforce vet Paul Buentello in August.



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Prindle-Santos Will Fight Again

Eric Prindle came to Bellator Fighting Championships with dreams of winning a heavyweight tournament and the $100,000 prize that comes with it. Unfortunately, Prindle will have to wait for that opportunity.

A training partner of Brock Lesnar, Prindle was facing Thiago Santos in the tournament finale. Early in the first round, Santos was standing over Prindle and a kick errantly caught Prindle in the groin. After a 5 minute recovery time expired, the doctors ruled the fight a no-contest as Prindle was clearly not recovered.

A rematch of the tournament final will be rescheduled by Bellator at a later date.

Watch the post-fight press conference here: http://www.bellator.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?catid=0

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