Welterweight bout: Valdir Araujo vs. Ailton Barbosa Araujo defeated Barbosa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28 , 29-28). Catchweight bout (157 lb): Cosmo Alexandre vs. Avery McPhatter Alexandre defeated McPhatter via KO (knees) at 0:20 in round 1. Middleweight bout: Jonas Billstein vs. Herbert Goodman Goodman defeated Billstein via disqualification (illegal soccer kick) at 3:21 in round 2. Lightweight bout: Farkhad Sharipov vs. Fabio Mello Mello defeated Sharipov via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Bellator 59 Bellator 59 was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. It took place on November 26, 2011 at Caesars Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was distributed live in prime time by MTV2. Background This event hosted the final round of Bellator's Season Five Bantamweight Tournament as well as the Bellator's Season Five Heavyweight Tournament. Michael Costa pulled out of his fight with Lyman Good due to an injury, which led the organization to scrap Good from the event all together. The lightweight bout between Phillipe Nover and Marcin Held was promoted to the main card. The final of the Heavyweight tournament was ruled a No Contest after an accidental groin kick by Thiago Santos rendered Eric Prindle unable to continue. Following the event Santos failed to make weight for a scheduled rematch causing the bout to be cancelled, and Prindle to be awarded the tournament win by default. Results Main card Heavyweight Tournament Final bout: Eric Prindle vs. Thiago Santos The bout was ruled a No Contest after Santos kicked Prindle in the groin at 1:24 of the round 1 and Prindle was unable to continue. Lightweight bout: Patricky Freire vs. Kurt Pellegrino Freire defeated Pellegrino via TKO (punches) at 0:50 of round 1. Bantamweight Tournament Final bout: Eduardo Dantas vs. Alexis Vila Dantas defeated Vila via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Lightweight bout: Marcin Held vs. Phillipe Nover Held defeated Nover via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). Local feature fights '''Catchweight (175 lb) bout: Karl Amoussou vs. Jesus Martinez Amoussou defeated Martinez via TKO (punches) at 2:20 of round 1. Welterweight bout: LeVon Maynard vs. Christopher Wing Maynard defeated Wing via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26). Catchweight (175 lb) bout: Doug Gordon vs. Lucas Pimenta Pimenta defeated Gordon via KO (elbows) at 0:40 in round 1. Featherweight bout: Brylan Van Artsdalen vs. Scott Heckman Heckman defeated Van Artsdalen via submission (standing modified guillotine) at 1:38 in round