ALEXANDER SHLEMENKO-MAIQUEL FALCAO MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT HEADLINES BELLATOR 88 IN GEORGIA...

Alexander Shlemenko and Maiquel Jose Falcao Goncalves will square off for the vacant middleweight title on Feb. 7 at Bellator 88.

Sherdog.com confirmed the booking with sources close to the bout, who also verified that The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga., will play host to the event, which marks Bellator’s fourth effort of Season 8. Promotion officials have yet to release any information about the show, but it will nevertheless air live on Spike TV.

Shlemenko, 28, will take a second run at Bellator’s middleweight strap, as the Russian previously came up short in his bid to take the title from then-champion Hector Lombard after winning the Season 2 tournament in 2010. “Storm” responded by posting nine straight wins, three of which came in Bellator’s Season 5 tournament last year. On Feb. 7, the RusFighters Sport Club leader will return to the cage for the first time since an April car accident in his home country left him nursing a broken collarbone and a dislocated thumb.

Known best to fight fans as simply Maiquel Falcao, the Brazilian won Bellator’s Season 6 draw by besting Norman Paraisy, Vyacheslav Vasilevsky and Andreas Spang to earn his shot at the middleweight title. The hard-hitting Renovacao Fight Team representative has won 13 of his last 14, with only a 2011 submission defeat to Antonio Braga Neto blemishing his record dating back to March 2009. “Big Rig” owns 23 of his 31 victories by way of knockout and has gone the distance just five times in 36 career outings.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Alexander-ShlemenkoMaiquel-Falcao-Middleweight-Title-Fight-Headlines-Bellator-88-in-Georgia-48211

Holy shit, I've been practically begging for Bellator to head to Georgia for years and now, not only does that happen, but we quite possibly get the most exciting championship fight outside of Pitbull/Currant.

This is awesome.

wekka wrote:Holy shit, I've been practically begging for Bellator to head to Georgia for years and now, not only does that happen, but we quite possibly get the most exciting championship fight outside of Pitbull/Currant.

This is awesome.

great news....wekka you live there??? nice i envy you if you are going...lol

Yeah, I live about an hour and a half away from Duluth so ill do my best to go to this.

WAR SHLEMENKO. I'm very happy to have seen him fight live.

Been looking forward to this fight for a while. One of the best Bellator title fights coming up. Going with Shlemenko in this one but not a real easy call.

CDF47 wrote:Been looking forward to this fight for a while. One of the best Bellator title fights coming up. Going with Shlemenko in this one but not a real easy call.

I saw that you went to a Bellator show, any idea on what ticket prices are?

I was planning on going for a late birthday present if they're reasonable.

wekka wrote:Holy shit, I've been practically begging for Bellator to head to Georgia for years and now, not only does that happen, but we quite possibly get the most exciting championship fight outside of Pitbull/Currant.

This is awesome.

I got even more excited for G-MMA when I first read the headline...

Dagwood wrote:

wekka wrote:Holy shit, I've been practically begging for Bellator to head to Georgia for years and now, not only does that happen, but we quite possibly get the most exciting championship fight outside of Pitbull/Currant.

This is awesome.

I got even more excited for G-MMA when I first read the headline...

lololololololol

Dagwood wrote:

wekka wrote:Holy shit, I've been practically begging for Bellator to head to Georgia for years and now, not only does that happen, but we quite possibly get the most exciting championship fight outside of Pitbull/Currant.

This is awesome.

I got even more excited for G-MMA when I first read the headline...

They've had their RINGS events, I think they still have it better.

wekka wrote:

CDF47 wrote:Been looking forward to this fight for a while. One of the best Bellator title fights coming up. Going with Shlemenko in this one but not a real easy call.

I saw that you went to a Bellator show, any idea on what ticket prices are?

I was planning on going for a late birthday present if they're reasonable.

I paid $35 for one event I went to for alright seats and I think it was like $40 or $45 for the Aoki/Eddie fight for good seats.

WAR SHELMENKO! Watch Falcão shoot for C-1 level take downs in this fight.

shlemenko vs falcao thats a good main event....close fight to call people...great fight