Bellator's 'Road to the Championship' special airs tonight at 11 p.m. ET

Bellator MMA takes its customary "off week" this week and instead of a live show airs a "Road to the Championship" highlights special.

The half-hour-long special airs tonight at 11 p.m. ET on Spike TV.

It recaps the organization's five current Season 8 tournaments, all of which conclude in the next few weeks.

In this season's 12-week Bellator run, tournaments were held in the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight tournaments. Each winner gets $100,000 in total pay and a guaranteed title shot.

The "Road to the Championship" special is hosted by Jimmy Smith and features special guests Joe Warren, Michael Chandler, Ben Saunders, Emanuel Newton, Doug Marshall and Manny Rodriguez.

The schedule of tournament finales includes:

* Bellator 93 (March 21): Marcin Held vs. Dave Jansen (Season 7 lightweight tourney finale)
* Bellator 94 (March 28): Saad Awad vs. David Rickels (Season 8 lightweight tournament final) and Emanuel Newton vs. Mikhail Zayats (Season 8 light heavyweight tournament final)
* Bellator 95 (April 4): Magomedrasul Khasbulaev vs. Mike Richman (Season 8 middleweight tournament final) and Brett Cooper vs. Doug Marshall (Season 8 middleweight tournament final)

Additionally, the Season 8 welterweight tournament final of Douglas Lima vs. Ben Saunders is expected to be scheduled for later this year.

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