at 0:09 of round 1. Light Heavyweight bout: John Hawk vs. Allan Weickert Hawk defeated Weickert via TKO (retirement) at 5:00 of round 2. Lightweight bout: Clint Musser vs. Joey Holt Holt defeated Musser via KO (flying knee) at 4:07 of round 1. Bellator 52 Bellator 52 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. It took place on October 1, 2011 at the L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Louisiana. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. Background This event hosted the opening round of Bellator's second heavyweight tournament. Blagoy Ivanov was originally scheduled to face Thiago Santos. Santos, however, was unable to travel from Brazil for the event and was replaced by Zak Jensen. The event drew an estimated 269,000 viewers on MTV 2. Results Main card Heavyweight Quarterfinal bout: Neil Grove vs. Mike Hayes Hayes defeated Grove via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). Heavyweight Quarterfinal bout: Blagoy Ivanov vs. Zak Jensen Ivanov defeated Jensen via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 2:35 of round 2. Heavyweight Quarterfinal bout: Eric Prindle vs. Abe Wagner Prindle defeated Wagner via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Heavyweight Quarterfinal bout: Mark Holata vs. Ron Sparks Sparks defeated Holata via KO (punches) at 1:24 of round 1. Local feature fights (Spike.com) Catchweight 150 lb bout: Genair da Silva vs. Bryan Goldsby da Silva defeated Goldsby via submission (D'arce choke) at 3:51 of round 1. Lightweight bout: Cosmo Alexandre vs. Josh Quayhagen Quayhagen defeated Alexandre via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Heavyweight bout: Liron Wilson vs. Justin Frazier Frazier defeated Wilson via TKO (punches) at 1:50 of round 1. Catchweight (213 lb) bout: Matt Van Buren vs. Nick Nichols Van Buren defeated Nichols via TKO (punches) at 2:29 of round 2. Bellator 53 Bellator 53 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on October 8, 2011 at the Buffalo Run Hotel & Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. Background This event hosted the second round of the Bellator Season 5 Welterweight Tournament. The event drew an estimated 103,000 viewers on MTV2. Results Main card Welterweight Semifinal bout: Ben Saunders vs. Luis Santos Saunders defeated Santos via submission (americana) at 1:45 of round 3. Welterweight Semifinal bout: Chris Lozano vs. Douglas Lima Lima defeated Lozano via KO (punch) at 3:14 of