The winner of each tournament will get a shot at the current Bellator Champion in his respective weight class.
The event took place on Thursday, April 8, 2010, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
[2][3] Background The card featured two quarter-final bouts of the Featherweight and Lightweight tournaments Bellator is holding in its second season.
[3][4] Background The card featured the quarter-final bouts in three of the four tournaments Bellator is holding in its second season.
[5] To make room, a featherweight tournament bout between Patricio Freire and William Romero was moved to Bellator 15.
[5] A bout between Jonatas Novaes and Daniel Mason-Straus was canceled due to an undisclosed illness.
[3] Background The card featured quarter-final bouts in the Welterweight and Featherweight tournaments Bellator is holding in its second season.
[7] Jim Wallhead was forced out of his bout with Jacob McClintock due to air travel not being available in England.
Background The card featured the quarter-final bouts of the Middleweight Tournament Bellator is holding in its second season.
The event took place on Thursday, May 6, 2010, at the Citi Performing Arts Center: Wang Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts.
Background The bout between Eddie Sanchez and Wayne Cole was reported to be for a spot in Bellator's season three Heavyweight tournament.
[18] Two of the match ups became catchweight bouts after Brian Melancon and Andrew Chappelle failed to make weight.
The event took place on Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
Background The card featured the final tournament fight in the Featherweight and Middleweight divisions.
Luke Zachrich was originally set to compete in a middleweight bout against Mike Fleniken.
Kurt Kinser agreed to catchweight contest after Dave Overfield weighed-in well-over the 155-pound lightweight limit.
The event took place on Thursday, August 12, 2010, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
Background Two bouts, Nico Parella vs. Efrain Ruiz and Frank Carrillo vs. Moyses Gabin, were scratched from the untelevised portion of this card.
Parella pulled his groin and Gabin suffered a broken foot, which forced both off the card.
Background A lightweight bout featuring Mark Miller and Josh Shockley was set to happen at this event.
The event took place on Thursday, September 9, 2010, at Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Background Chas Skelly was expected to fight Georgi Karakhanyan in a fourth season featherweight tournament qualifier bout.
[33] The card took place in the same city and during the same night and time as the 2010 NFL season opener, a rematch of the NFC Championship game between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings, a decision in MMA to counter-program a marquee NFL event which may have had adverse effect on local ticket sales.
[38] Kyle Dietz was set to be Camus' replacement; however, an illness forced Ulysses Gomez out of his bout in the bantamweight tournament and Bryan Goldsby, who was set to fight Nik Mamalis, stepped in for Gomez and returned to the tournament.
Massouh initially weighed in two pounds over the limit, but successfully made weight two hours after the original weigh-in on a subsequent attempt.
Jason Guida weighed in five pounds over the 210 lb catchweight limit in his bout against Justin Lemke.
The event took place on Thursday, September 30, 2010, at L'Auberge du Lac Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Background This was the fourth Bellator event to be held at the Kansas City Power & Light District, all in 2010.
Curran injured himself during training so Alvarez instead fought Roger Huerta in a non-title fight.
The event took place on Thursday, October 28, 2010, at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.