Bellator 61 (2012)

Bellator LXI took place on March 16 2012 at Horseshoe Riverdome in Bossier City Louisiana Background The event was to feature the rematch between seasonfive heavyweight tournament finalists Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos Prindle and Santos met in the finals of Bellators seasonfive heavyweight tourney but the bout was ruled a nocontest when Santos inexplicably kicked a downed Prindle in the groin However on March 15 Bellator announced the fight had been pushed back a week to Bellator 62 due to Prindle having flulike symptoms This event marked the first time that Bellator Fighting Championships aired in Brazil on TV Esporte Interativo