Bender Bender defeated Herrick via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:42 of Round 1 Bantamweight bout: Jesus Castro vs. Paul Ruiz Ruiz defeated Castro via TKO (punches) at 1:17 of Round 1 Bellator 36 Bellator 36 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on March 12, 2011, at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The card featured opening-round fights in the Bellator Season Four Lightweight Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. Background Toby Imada was originally scheduled to face French fighter Ferrid Kheder; however, Kheder refused to weigh in and Josh Shockley was moved up from the preliminary card to face Imada. Shockley's original opponent, Kelvin Hackney, still weighed in, but was pulled off the card and paid his show money and win bonus. Hackney was expected to fight at Bellator 45. The event drew an estimated 230,000 viewers on MTV2. Results Main card Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Rob McCullough vs. Patricky Freire Freire defeated McCullough via TKO (punches) at 3:11 of round 3. Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Toby Imada vs. Josh Shockley Imada defeated Shockley via verbal submission (armbar) at 1:36 of round 1. Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Carey Vanier vs. Lloyd Woodard Woodard defeated Vanier via TKO (punches) at 0:46 of round 2. Lightweight Quarterfinal bout: Michael Chandler vs. Marcin Held Chandler defeated Held via technical submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:56 of round 1. Local feature fights Middleweight bout: Kelly Leo vs. Chad Leonhardt Leonhardt defeated Leo via TKO (corner stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2. Catchweight (150 lb) bout: Matt Hunt vs. Kevin Aguilar Aguilar defeated Hunt via TKO (punches) at 3:02 of round 1. This bout aired on the MTV2 broadcast following Imada vs. Shockley. Catchweight (150 lb) bout: Javone Duhon vs. Booker Arthur Arthur defeated Duhon via verbal submission (elbows) at 2:31 of round 2. Bellator 37 Bellator 37 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on March 19, 2011 at the Lucky Star Casino in Concho, Oklahoma. The card featured opening round fights in the Bellator Season Four Featherweight Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. The event drew an estimated 173,000 viewers on MTV2. Results Main card Featherweight Quarterfinal bout: Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Patricio Freire Freire defeated Karakhanyan via KO (punches) at 0:56 of round 3. Featherweight Quarterfinal bout: Wilson Reis