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BELLATOR FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS 45 TELEVISED CARD PREVIEW

Tonight is the night for the Bellator Fighting Championships as an exciting season number four is coming to a close. The fourth season closes with the crowning of the first BFC Light Heavyweight Champion and the finals of the BFC Featherweight Tournament. Also on the card are two other exciting fights, with one of them involving a longtime M-1 Challenge competitor.

Headlining the card is the BFC Light Heavyweight Tournament Final as Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu (17-3-1) takes on Richard “Rare Breed” Hale (17-3-1). Christian M’Pumbu earned the opportunity to compete in the finals by defeating Chris Davis and Tim Carpenter. Richard Hale got his spot in the tournament finals by defeating the duo of Nik Fekete and DJ Linderman. These two fighters are almost duplicates of each other, but Christian M’Pumbu has more big fight experience and that will help him win the fight.

The co-headliner is the BFC Featherweight Tournament Final as Daniel Straus (16-3-0) faces off with Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (16-1-0). Daniel Straus earned his position in the finals by defeating both Nazareno Malegarie and Kenny Foster. Patricio Freire battled his way to the tournament finals with victories over Georgi Karakhanyan and Wilson Reis. Patricio Freire has already fought BFC Featherweight Champion Joe Warren and will do so again as he wins this fight.

Kicking off the event is a season five middleweight qualifier as Sam Alvey (14-2-0) does battle with Karl “Psycho” Amoussou (12-3-2). Sam Alvey enters the fight riding a three fight winning streak, including a victory over Jason Guida, brother of UFC fighter Clay Guida. Karl Amoussou is a longtime M-1 Challenge veteran who recently fought Shark Fights Light Heavyweight Champion Trevor Prangley. This is a battle of the striker versus the wrestler, as the wrestler in Karl Amoussou will be entering the tournament.

The swing fight* on the card is a bantamweight encounter as Joseph Abercrombie (2-1-0) takes on Ben Parpart (1-1-0). Joseph Abercrombie has fought all of his professional MMA fights in the Atlas Fights promotion and hasn’t fought in nearly a year. Ben Parpart is coming off a win over Jymes Ehlers at Super Brawl 6, but that event took place well over a year ago. This fight could easily go either way, but I will be picking Joseph Abercrombie to get the victory with a submission.

* A swing fight is a fight that only takes place if there is enough time on the televised portion of the card.

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