Bellator's sixth season begins with a title fight and featherweight tournament

Two Brazilians will be in action trying to get a place in the GP semi-final

The sixth season of Bellator, one of the strongest organizations in world MMA, begins this Friday night. O Bellator 60 will kick off with the featherweight belt dispute and the first phase of the tournament in the same category.

In the main fight, the champion Joe Warren will put his title on the line for the first time against Pat curran, who won the challenger position by winning the 2011 summer season tournament. The winner already has a challenger waiting: the Brazilian Patricio pitbull, champion of the fourth season tournament.

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Marlon sandro e Alexandre “Popo” Heifer are the two Brazilians involved in the card main event, in fights valid for the quarter-finals of the featherweight tournament. They will face Americans Roberto Vargas and Kenny Foster, respectively. Foster replaces Junior PQD, who didn't make the 145-pound mark at yesterday's official weigh-ins and is out of the tournament.

Check out card complete Bellator 60, which will also feature ex-UFC Sean McCorkle, Shamar Bailey and Travis Wiuff:

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Feather belt: Joe Warren vs. Pat curran
Featherweight Tournament: Marlon sandro vs. Roberto Vargas
Featherweight Tournament: Ronnie mann vs. Mike Corey
Featherweight Tournament: Alexandre “Popo” Heifer vs. Kenny foster
Featherweight Tournament: Daniel straus vs. Jeremy Spoon

Preliminary, bantamweight: Cory Galloway vs. Jake Nauracy
Preliminary, 215lbs intermediate weight: Travis wuff vs. Anthony Gomez
Preliminary, 280lbs intermediate weight: Sean McCorkle vs. Richard White
Preliminary, 165 lbs intermediate weight: Shamar bailey vs. Josh Shockley

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