Bezerra vs. Scott Heckman Bezerra defeated Heckman via TKO (punches) at 1:38 in round 2. Welterweight bout: Giedrius Karavackas vs. LeVon Maynard Karavackas defeated Maynard via TKO (knee and punches) at 1:32 in round 3. Featherweight bout: Brylan Van Artsdalen vs. Joel Roberts Roberts defeated Van Artsdalen via technical submission (triangle choke) at 1:47 in round 2. Catchweight bout (150 lb): James Jones vs. Lester Caslow Caslow defeated Jones via TKO (injury) at 0:15 in round 2. Heavyweight bout: Azunna Anyanwu vs. J.A. Dudley Anyanwu defeated Dudley via TKO (punches) at 4:16 in round 2. Bellator 50 Bellator 50 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on September 17, 2011 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. Background The event hosted the opening round of the middleweight tournament in Bellator's fifth season. Veteran welterweight fighter Ailton Barbosa won Bellator's open tryouts in Hollywood, Florida in June 2011 to earn his spot on the card. R.J. Goodridge was scheduled to fight J. P. Reese, but after suffering an undisclosed injury Goodridge pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Martin Brown. Also, Ryan Hodge was scheduled to fight Valdir Araujo, but was pulled from the bout with an injury, and replaced with Brett Cooper. On September 15, 2011, Luis Palomino suffered an injury in training and was pulled from his scheduled bout with James Edson Berto. Berto was later pulled from the card as well, and the fight was scratched altogether; The two then met at W-1: Reloaded in which Palomino defeated Berto. A scheduled lightweight bout between Dietter Navarro and Marcelo Goncalves was changed into a 156 lb catchweight bout after both fighters missed weight. The event drew an estimated 114,000 viewers on MTV2. Results Main card Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Jared Hess vs. Bryan Baker Baker defeated Hess via TKO (strikes) at 2:52 of round 3. Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Victor O'Donnell vs. Brian Rogers Rogers defeated O'Donnell via TKO (strikes) at 1:56 of round 1. Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Zelg Galesic vs. Alexander Shlemenko Shlemenko defeated Galesic via submission (standing guillotine) at 1:55 of round 1 Middleweight Quarterfinal bout: Sam Alvey vs. Vitor Vianna Vianna defeated Alvey via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). Local feature fights (Spike.com) Catchweight (140 lb) bout: Marcos da Matta vs. Shah Bobonis Bobonis