2014 in Bellator MMA

Pat Schultz was scheduled to face Dave Roberts in a Light Heavyweight bout on this card.

On March 8, 2014, it was announced that War Machine, Mark Scanlon, and Joe Riggs pulled out of their tournament bouts and were replaced by Paul Bradley, Nathan Coy, and Cristiano Souza.

UK fighter Terry Etim was forced to withdraw from the Lightweight tournament due to an ACL injury.

[10] Results Bellator 114 took place on March 28, 2014 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.

Ron Keslar and Jordan Smith were scheduled to face each other in a welterweight match; however, the bout did not materialize due to undisclosed reasons.

[13] His opponent Dan Cramer was then scheduled to face Jeremy Kimball in a Middleweight Tournament Semifinal.

[13] Andrey Koreshkov and Sam Oropeza were scheduled to meet in the Welterweight Tournament Semifinals on this card.

[13] Additionally, a lightweight bout between Jimmy Jones and Rudy Morales that was scheduled to take place at World Series of Fighting 9 was rescheduled for this card.

Background Eduardo Dantas was originally scheduled to defend his Bantamweight title against Joe Warren in the main event.

[20] The Welterweight semifinals bout between Andrey Koreshkov and Sam Oropeza originally set for Bellator 115[13] was rescheduled to this card.

The Season 10 Lightweight tournament final between Patricky Freire and Marcin Held was originally scheduled to take place on the Spike TV portion of this event.

Background A Bellator Featherweight World Championship rematch between current champion Pat Curran and Patricio Pitbull headlined the event.

The two originally met in a closely contested fight at Bellator 85 on January 17, 2013, with Curran winning the bout via split decision.

The rematch was initially scheduled to take place at Bellator 121, however, it was announced on May 21, 2014 that Curran had pulled out of the bout due to a calf injury.

[31] Former Strikforce Light Heavyweight Champion Muhammed Lawal was originally scheduled to face Tom DeBlass.

Background Bellator 124 was headlined by a Light Heavyweight Championship match between champion Emanuel Newton and Joey Beltran.

[35] Four time Bellator tournament veteran Brian Rogers was originally scheduled to face former WEC champion James Irvin in the co-main event of this card.

However, on September 1, it was revealed that Irvin was injured and Rogers would instead face season eight tournament finalist Brett Cooper.

[36] Then, on September 9, it was announced that Cooper would have to pull out of the match due to a back injury; Rogers instead faced promotional newcomer Rafael Carvalho.

[37] Results [35] Bellator 126 took place on September 26, 2014 at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.

[38] The card also featured the final bout of the Season 10 Lightweight Tournament between Patricky Freire and Marcin Held.

[40] Campos suffered an injury and was forced out of the fight, Sarnavskiy faced promotional newcomer Dakota Cochrane.

Background Bellator 129 was headlined by a Welterweight fight between Iowa natives and UFC Vets Josh Neer and Paul Bradley.

[43] Results The Bellator 2014 Monster Energy Cup took place on October 18, 2014 at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada.

Background On October 15, 2014, Bellator announced that during the Monster Energy Cup series three fights will take place during the "Party in the Pits" pre-race festivities.

Background Bellator 130 was headlined by a Light Heavyweight Championship fight between Emanuel Newton and Linton Vassell.

Results Bellator 131 took place on November 15, 2014 at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California.

Bellator President Scott Coker announced the main event would feature a grudge match between two former top UFC light heavyweights with Tito Ortiz taking on the newly signed Stephan Bonnar.