Patrick Pitbull (right) faces Georgi Karakhanyan in the Bellator GP - Photo: Disclosure
The Bellator Fighting Championships featherweight GP begins tonight (19) with the 37th edition of the event. In the quarterfinals of the tournament, the Brazilians Patrick Pitbull e Wilson reis start their looking for the opportunity to fight for the category belt.
Pitbull will face the Armenian as his opponent Georgi Karakhanyan. The native of Rio Grande do Norte has a new chance to win the Bellator GP, as he was a semi-finalist in the last edition of the tournament, where he ended up defeated by the current featherweight champion, Joe Warren, in June last year.
“I want to perform even better than my brother did last week,” said Pitbull, referring to his brother’s knockout victory. Patricky Pitbull at Bellator 36 (remember here).
Reis will now face the North American Zach George in another quarter-final scheduled for tonight. The São Paulo native is coming off a victory over the Lithuanian Deividas Taurosevicius, in a split decision by the judges, in a fight valid for Bellator 33, which took place last October.
The Bellator featherweight GP will also feature the Argentinean based in Brazil. Nazareno Malegarie. The winner of the tournament will automatically be declared the next challenger for the category belt. Check out the full Bellator 37 card:
main card
Patrick Pitbull x Georgi Karakhanyan (featherweight GP quarter-final)
Zac George x Wilson reis (quarter-final of the featherweight GP)
Kenny Foster vs Eric Larkin (featherweight GP quarter-final)
Nazareno Malegarie x Daniel Straus (featherweight GP quarter-final)
Preliminary Card
John Bryant x Jake Rosholt
Jerrod Sanders vs. Jeremy Spoon
Brandon Shelton vs. Adam Snook
Roli Delgado x Jameel Massouh
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