On the night of November 18, Russian Alexandr Shabliy defeated Brazilian Patricky Freire at Bellator 301 in Chicago to advance to the organization s Lightweight Grand Prix final. Despite the fact that the other semifinal was held a month earlier, it is not yet known who the Russian will have a decisive fight with.
The inaugural Bellator flyweight title fight between Kyoji Horiguchi and Makoto Takahashi ends a no contest while Patricky Freire stops Roberto de Souza in Japan.