Event: Bellator 47 Summer Series

Location: Ontario, Canada

Venue: Casino Rama

Date: July 23, 2011

Broadcast: The Score (Canada) MTV2 (US)

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Bellator Fighting Championships announced today it will be traveling north of the border for the promotion's first international event, debuting in Rama, Ontario, on July 23rd at the Casino Rama. Bellator 47, which will air LIVE on MTV2, will be brought to Canada by Orion Sports Management in conjunction with Casino Rama.

"Our fans have been asking us to come to Canada since our first season," said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. "Casino Rama is an unbelievable venue and should make for a magical night of fights at Bellator 47."

The night will host the semifinals of the Bellator Featherweight Summer Series Tournament, with the winners moving onto the finals at Bellator 48 in August.

The eight-man competition is shaping up to be one of Bellator's deepest tournaments to date, with Sengoku veteran and Bellator 42 winner Ronnie Mann, Brazilian knockout artist Marlon Sandro, Argentine submission finisher Nazareno Malegarie and Bellator Season 2 Lightweight Tournament Winner Pat Curran all scheduled to participate.

Curran and Sandro still stand as the overall favorites, but the significant difference between the remaining two is that Malegarie, a BJJ specialist with thirteen submission wins, is a singularly proficient fighter.

Mann's diverse style should offer a stiffer test for Curran, especially considering that Sandro trains with a litany of esteemed grapplers at Nova Uniao and showed exemplary submission defense against the dangerous clutches of Hatsu Hioki's ground onslaught.

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Bellator 47 Main Card:

Pat Curran vs Ronnie Mann

Marlon Sandro vs Nazareno Malegarie

Neil Grove vs Zak Jensen

Chris Horodecki vs Chris Saunders

Bellator 47 Preliminary Card:

William Romero vs Daniel Langbeen

Sergej Juskevic vs Daron Cruickshank

Syd Barnier vs Denis Puric

Alex Ricci vs Alca Matewa

Alexandre Bezerra vs Jesse Gross