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Bellator 72 heads to Tampa July 20 with Amoussou-Baker, Spiritwolf-Zaromskis III Empty Bellator 72 heads to Tampa July 20 with Amoussou-Baker, Spiritwolf-Zaromskis III

Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:01 pm
The second of Bellator's three "Summer Series" events is slated for July 20 when Bellator 72 heads to the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla.

Officials today announced the event will feature the season-six lightweight-tournament finale between Bryan Baker (18-3 MMA, 8-2 BFC) and Karl Amoussou (15-4-2 MMA, 3-1 BFC).

Additionally, welterweights Waachiim Spiritwolf (9-10-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) and Marius Zaromskis (17-6 MMA, 1-0 BFC) meet for a third time following controversial endings to their first two fights.

Bellator 72, which also will include the semifinals of the organization's eight-man "Summer Series" light-heavyweight tournament, features an MTV2-televised main card following prelims on Spike.com.

Baker, who posted semifinal and runner-up finishes in two previous middleweight tournaments, looks for an elusive tourney championship at welterweight. He advanced to the latest finale with a split-decision victory over Carlos Alexandre Pereira and a unanimous-decision win over Ben Saunders. He's now 5-1 over his past six fights.

Amoussou, a DREAM and Strikeforce vet, punched his ticket to the tourney finale with victories over Chris Lozano (submission) and David Rickels (split decision). He's won...




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