BRIAN ROGERS-DAN CRAMER MIDDLEWEIGHT TOURNEY BOUT BOOKED FOR BELLATOR 89...

A middleweight tournament bout between Brian Rogers (10-4 MMA, 3-2 BFC) and Dan Cramer (9-3 MMA, 6-1 BFC) has found its way onto next month's Bellator show in North Carolina.

Sources with knowledge of the fight confirmed the booking to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Bellator officials have not yet announced the bout.

The promotion heads to Charlotte for Bellator 89, a card that will feature the first bantamweight title defense of Eduardo Dantas, who takes on Marcos Galvao in the main event.

Bellator 89 takes place at Bojangles Coliseum. The main card will air on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.

Rogers twice has reached the semifinals of Bellator middleweight tournaments, but twice has come up short. In Season 5, he was stopped by Alexander Shlemenko in the second round. In the Season 6 semis, he was stopped by Andreas Spang in the second.

With another chance, he'll be looking to make the third time the charm. Rogers won six straight fights, including a win for Strikeforce, before signing with Bellator.

Cramer, who in 2009 went 1-1 with the UFC before being released, has won five of his past six fights and will be fighting for the eighth time under the Bellator banner. He won both his fights in 2012, rebounding from a third-round TKO loss to Jeff Nader in 2011.

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/01/brian-rogers-dan-cramer-middleweight-tourney-bout-booked-for-bellator-89

Cool that Cramer finally got a spot in the Middleweight tournament, definitely deserves a shot.

I don't think he'll get by Rogers though.