2012 MMA fight – Shahbulat Shamhalaev vs Mike Richman – full fight Video Bellator 79

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2012-11-02, good fight between Mike Richman and Shahbulat Shamhalaev: three stars. Mike Richman (13-1-0) entered as the No.33 featherweight in the world while Shahbulat Shamhalaev (10-1-1) entered as the No.84. Richman vs Shamhalaev is the semifinal of the Bellator featherweight tournament; undercard of Thiago Santos vs Richard Hale – Bellator 79. Watch the video!

MMA News – Bellator 79 weigh-in results and preview: Hw and Fw Tourney Semifinals

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The Bellator 79 weigh-ins have been completed from Orillia, Ontario for tonight event at Casino Rama, which features the semifinals of the Bellator Season 7 Heavyweight and Featherweight Tournaments.
The main event is Richard Hale (238.4 pounds) vs Thiago Santos (265.2 pounds), Heavyweight semifinal.
Richard ‘Rare Breed’ Hale (20–4–1) in his career has won the Rage in the Cage Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight championships, and in the quarterfinal defeated Mike Wessel by TKO.
Thiago ‘Big Monster’ Santos (11-1-1nc) has a very effective rear-naked choke submission and his huge weight can be an advantage against Hale. In his last two matches, he had a “groin issue” with Eric Prindle: he first gave it at Bellator 59 (= Prindle vs Santos 1), and than