Bellator 61

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Official Card

Main Card
Season Five Heavyweight Tournament Final bout: Eric Prindle vs. Thiago Santos
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Maiquel Falcao vs. Norman Paraisy
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Vitor Vianna vs. Brian Rogers
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Vyacheslav Vasilevsky vs. Victor O'Donnell
Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Giva Santana vs. Bruno Santos

Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight bout: Quaint Kempf vs. Josh Quayhagen
Middleweight bout: Trey Houston vs. Jeremiah Riggs
Welterweight bout: Derrick Krantz vs. Eric Scallan
Lightweight bout: Derek Campos vs. Patrick Cenoble
Bantamweight bout: Jeremy Myers vs. Jason Sampson

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Eric Prindle Out with Flu-Like Symptoms, Santos Rematch Postponed to Bellator 62

Eric Prindle, Bellator's season five heavyweight tournament finalist, has been scratched from his Bellator 61 headlining scrap against Thiago Santos due to flu-like symptoms following a significant weight cut.

As a result, promotion officials have postponed the heavyweight rematch to March 23 at Bellator 62 in Laredo, TX. Friday night's fight card will instead be headlined by a middleweight quarterfinal bout between UFC veteran Maiquel Falcao (28-4, 1 NC) and TUF 11 contestant Norman Paraisy (10-1-1, 1 NC).

USA Today first reported the switch, which was then confirmed by Prindle via Twitter.


Prindle (7-1, 1 NC) reportedly began vomiting on Tuesday night and has struggled with the illness throughout the ensuing days. The 35-year-old bruiser expressed willingness to fight as planned, but Louisiana officials ultimately felt it best to cancel the bout.

The announcement marks another chapter in the ever-expanding history of Prindle-Santos. The two heavyweights initially met last November, at Bellator 59 for season five's heavyweight tournament finals. However, action stopped just 94 seconds into the contest, when Santos (10-1) whizzed a soccer kick straight into the groin of a downed Prindle.
Prindle was eventually ruled unable to continue and the match was declared a no contest.

The winner of the eventual rematch is expected to receive $100,000 and a shot at Bellator's reigning heavyweight champion, Cole Konrad.