Bellator 113: Vegh vs Newton 2 (Official Discussion)

March 21, 2014  | Kansas Star Arena   | Mulvane, Kansas

MAIN CARD (9 p.m. ET)

Attila Vegh  vs.  Emanuel Newton light heavyweight title unification bout
Patricky Freire  vs.  David Rickels lightweight tournament opening round
Rodrigo Cavalheiro  vs.  Marcin Held lightweight tournament opening round
Derek Campos  vs.  Tim Welch lightweight tournament opening round

PRELIMINARY CARD (7 p.m. ET)

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

What's up with Sass?

I'm telling you, if Held and Sass do what they usually do if they fight one another, it'd easily be a FOTY contender.

Awesome card! Really looking forward to it.

Someone is getting bodied in Vegh vs Newton

wekka wrote:I'm telling you, if Held and Sass do what they usually do if they fight one another, it'd easily be a FOTY contender.

That match would be absolutely mental, would love to see it.

Going with Vegh to beat him again but it's a tough one to call

great fight card

I'm picking Newton to win this time.

Maybe if Newton wins and it's a close enough fight then Vegh can bypass a tourney and everyone can moan and cry again.

  

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

Mmajunkie

Can't wait for the Vegh/Newton fight

CDF47 wrote:Can't wait for the Vegh/Newton fight

this is going to be a good one for sure

Kansas in the prelims

I got Newton

I'm thinking Newton as well. His first fight with Vegh was close. This could go either way.

Hard to go with Vegh. Newton has only got better since that first fight while Vegh is coming off 13 month layoff.

Terry etim hurt his ACl and is out of the bellator tourney this sucks.

Etim (16-5 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) recently suffered an ACL injury, so Tim Welch (10-4 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) has stepped in as a replacement for the bout, which helps kick off the eight-man Season 10 lightweight tournament.

Featuring a light-heavyweight title-unification fight between champ Attila Vegh and interim titleholder Emanuel Newton, Bellator 113 takes place at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kan. The main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.

Etim initially was slated to fight Derek Anderson (10-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA). However, with Welch stepping in, he’ll now take on Derek Campos (13-3 MMA, 2-1 BMMA). Anderson, meanwhile, will fight Brandon Girtz (10-3 MMA, 3-1 BMMA), Campos’ originally scheduled opponent.

Welch initially was slated to fight UFC/Strikeforce vet Eric Wisely (21-8 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in a preliminary-card bout. Donnie Bell (8-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) has stepped in as his replacement.

Mmajunkie.com

Vegh/Newton should be an absolute barn burner.


Really excited to watch.

Finally, the Bellator champ will be at the top of our LHW rankings after this fight.

Just really pumped for this fight. these are two of the absolute best 205'ers on the planet imo

Hopefully there are no robberies this time around.

Rooting for newton

I added a poll for the Vegh vs Newton fight   

MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 9 p.m. ET)

Champ Attila Vegh (204.2) vs. interim champ Emanuel Newton (203) – light-heavyweight title-unification bout
Patricky Freire (156.1)* vs. David Rickels (155.7) – lightweight tournament opening round
Rodrigo Cavalheiro (154) vs. Marcin Held (155.9) – lightweight tournament opening round
Derek Campos (155) vs. Tim Welch (155.8) – lightweight tournament opening round
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 7 p.m. ET)

Derek Anderson (155.6) vs. Brandon Girtz (155.6) - lightweight tournament opening round
Taurean Bogguess (136.6)** vs. L.C. Davis (135.9)
Cody Carrillo (154.5) vs. Israel Giron (155)
Donnie Bell (155.4) vs. Eric Wisely (155.4)
Daniel Gallemore (265) vs. Maurice Jackson (265.1)
Bobby Cooper (158.4)*** vs. Marcio Navarro (157.4)****
* Freire was given two hours to make the lightweight max of 156 pounds.
** Bogguess was given two hours to make the bantamweight max of 136 pounds.
*** Cooper was given two hours to make the lightweight max of 156 pounds.
**** Navarro was given two hours to make the lightweight max of 156 pounds.