Joseph Abercrombie vs. Ben Parpart Abercrombie defeated Parpart via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:11 of round 1. Tournaments Light Heavyweight tournament bracket Welterweight tournament bracket Lightweight tournament bracket Featherweight tournament bracket Bellator 46 Bellator 46 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on June 25, 2011 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The card was part of Bellator's inaugural Summer Series and featured opening round fights in the Summer Series Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. Background This event hosted the first round of an eight-man featherweight tournament to be held over the Summer Series. David Baggett missed the middleweight limit allowance of 186 for non-title fights, weighing in at 191.5 lb, and his bout with Moyses Gabin was scrapped from the card. The event drew an estimated 185,000 viewers on MTV2. Results Main card Featherweight Quarterfinal bout: Pat Curran vs. Luis Palomino Curran defeated Palomino via submission (peruvian neck-tie) at 3:49 of round 1. Featherweight Quarterfinal bout: Marlon Sandro vs. Genair da Silva Sandro defeated da Silva via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28). Featherweight Quarterfinal bout: Nazareno Malegarie vs. Jacob DeVree Malegarie defeated DeVree via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:25 of round 3. Featherweight Quarterfinal bout: Ronnie Mann vs. Adam Schindler Mann defeated Schindler via KO (punches) at 4:14 of round 1. Local feature fights Women's (115 lb) bout: Jessica Aguilar vs. Carla Esparza Aguilar defeated Esparza via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 30–27). Heavyweight bout: Tony Johnson vs. Derrick Lewis Johnson defeated Lewis via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28). Catchweight bout (152 lb): Alexandre Bezerra vs. Sam Jones Bezerra defeated Jones via submission (triangle choke) at 3:27 of round 1. Middleweight bout: Dan Cramer vs. Josh Samman Cramer defeated Samman via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28). Bellator 47 Bellator 47 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took place on July 23, 2011 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario. The card featured semi-final fights in the Bellator 2011 Summer Series Featherweight Tournament. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. Background This event was to feature Joe Warren's first defense of his featherweight title against season four tournament winner Patricio Freire. Freire, however, pulled out of the fight in early July due to a broken hand. This was Bellator's first event in Canada.