bout: Ricco Rodriguez vs. Seth Petruzelli Petruzelli defeated Rodriguez via KO (punches) at 4:21 of round 1. Lightweight bout: Juan Barrantes vs. Renê Nazare Nazare defeated Barrantes via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2. Local feature fights Light Heavyweight bout: Dan Cramer vs. Jeff Nader Nader defeated Cramer via TKO (punches) at 1:04 of round 3. Light Heavyweight bout: Nik Fekete vs. Mark Griffin Fekete defeated Griffin via TKO (elbows) at 3:12 of round 2. Lightweight bout: Andrew Calandrelli vs. Matt Nice Calandrelli defeated Nice via submission (keylock) at 3:55 of round 1. Welterweight bout: Brett Oteri vs. Ryan Quinn Quinn defeated Oteri via technical submission (rear naked choke) at 1:48 of round 1. This bout aired on the MTV2 broadcast following the Rodriguez vs. Petruzelli bout. Featherweight bout: Saul Almeida vs. Tateki Matsuda Almeida defeated Matsuda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28). Featherweight tournament bracket Bellator 49 Bellator 49 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on September 10, 2011 at Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The card was the debut of the promotion's fifth season and distributed live in prime time by MTV2. Background This event hosted the first round of an eight-man welterweight tournament to be held over the duration of Bellator's fifth season. Rick Hawn was expected to face Ben Saunders at this event but Hawn was forced out of the bout due to a knee injury. Hawn was replaced by Bellator newcomer Chris Cisneros. The Ultimate Fighter 12 competitor, Andy Main, was set to fight Kenny Foster on the undercard of this event. However, after an undisclosed injury, Main was pulled from the bout. On September 6, 2011, it was announced Bellator's Season 5 "Local Feature Fights" would be streamed live on Spike.com, starting with this event. The event drew an estimated 235,000 viewers on MTV2. Results Main card Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Chris Lozano vs. Brent Weedman Lozano defeated Weedman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Ben Saunders vs. Chris Cisneros Saunders defeated Cisneros via TKO (knee to body and punches) at 0:29 of round 3. Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Luis Santos vs. Dan Hornbuckle Santos defeated Hornbuckle via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Welterweight Quarterfinal bout: Steve Carl vs. Douglas Lima Lima defeated Carl via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27). Local feature fights (Spike.com) Catchweight bout (147 lb): Alexandre