Bellator 59 took place November 26, 2011 from Caesar's Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After a full month stretch, the upstart promotion finally had the night to themselves.

The first tournament bout of the night was in the bantamweight division between Eduardo Dantas and Alexis Vila.

Things started out good for the wrestler Vila but Dantas made the correct adjustments between rounds and turned the fight around in his favor.

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In what many can call the most exciting night of MMA action this year, Bellator had a hidden gem and some stunning results to add to the mayhem. In what seems to be the standout organization outside of Zuffa, Bellator had a champ fall tonight in one heck of a war.

Michael Chandler boosted his undefeated record when he brought the fight to one of the world’s best in Eddie Alvarez.

In the first three rounds the fans noticed two things, the fight wasn’t in either fighter’s court, and both were high-caliber fighters with great chins. In the fourth Chandler connected hard with Alvarez, sending him to the mat where he was caught in a tight real naked choke.

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Bellator 57 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on November 12, 2011 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario.

Douglas Lima and Alexander Shlemenko both were the big tournament winners at Bellator 57 in front of a soldout crowd at Casino Rama.

It was just the second time Bellator Fighting Championships had visited Canada and everyone in attendance was treated to a show as they witnessed a pair of action packed tournament final fights, one of which ended by second round knockout.

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Bellator 56 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. It took place on October 29, 2011 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.

Ben Askren was not pleased at all after registering his first successful welterweight title defense over a very game Jay Hieron.

It took 25 minutes of back-and-forth action, but Askren managed to convince two of the three judges to score the fight in his favor; he had done just enough to earn the split-decision win.

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Bellator 55 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships on October 22, 2011 at Cocopah Resort and Casino in Yuma, Arizona.

Look no further than the main event of the evening, a semifinal matchup in the Bellator bantamweight tournament pitting Olympic bronze medal wrestler Alexis Vila against two-time world champion Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and WEC veteran Marcus Galvao.

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Bellator 54 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on October 15, 2011 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

A non-title three round bout between Bellator bantamweight champion Zach Makovsky and Ryan Roberts will serve as the night's main event.

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Bellator 53 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on October 8, 2011 at the Buffalo Run Hotel & Casino in Miami, Oklahoma.

Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima punched their tickets to next month's Bellator season-five welterweight-tournament finale. Both fighters picked up victories in the semifinal round of the tourney, which took place at Saturday's Bellator 53 event at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla.

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Bellator 52 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. It took place on October 1, 2011 at the L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

It was an action-packed start to the Bellator Heavyweight Tournament as eight heavy hitters lined up inside the L'Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles for Bellator 52 to kickoff the quarterfinals of the Season 5 tournament. Ron Sparks will take on Eric Prindle and Mike Hayes faces Blagoi Ivanov in the semifinals after wins in Louisiana this weekend.

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Bellator 51 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on September 24, 2011 at the Canton Memorial Civic Center in Canton, Ohio.

Undefeated Bellator newcomer Alexis Vila dashed Joe Warren’s hopes of multiple titles in emphatic fashion Saturday night.

The fight served as the main event of Bellator 51, which took place at Ohio’s Canton Memorial Civic Center as part of the MTV2-televised main card. The prelims streamed on Spike.com.

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Bellator 50 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on Saturday September 17th, 2011 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL

Bryan Baker is one step closer to a rematch with Alexander Shlemenko and that elusive title shot.

Baker, a season-four tournament runner-up, was one of four fighters to advance to the semifinal round of Bellator Fighting Championships' season-five middleweight tourney.

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