Following a dominant first round, Joe Soto forced Yahir Reyes to submit to a rear naked choke late in the second frame of their headlining bout at Bellator X at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California on Friday to become the promotion's first featherweight champion.

All 16 fighters set to compete tonight at Bellator X at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California successfully made weight at yesterday's weigh-ins. Featherweight finalists Joe Soto and Yahir Reyes will square off tonight in the promotion's first tournament final with the Bellator 145-pound title and a $100,000 prize on the line.

Bellator Fighting Championships continues its 12 week nationwide world championship series with its sixth event taking place at the Central Pavilion Arena at Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown, Texas on May 8, 2009.

Jared Hamman (203.5) vs. Po’ai Suganuma (205)
Fabricio Camoes (161) vs. Sam Morgan (160)
Cyrille Diabate (203.5) vs. Jaime Fletcher (204)
Debi Purcell (129) vs. Rosi Sexton (130)
Keith Berry (191) vs. Ray Lizama (190.5)
David Douglas (154.5) vs. Marcus Levesseur (154.5)
Lucas Gamaza (169.5) vs. Kenny Johnson (171)
Jesse Brock (139) vs. Josh Rave (131)
Roberto Vargas (150) vs. Ralph Lopez (148.5)
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Same network, same venue, same fighters. It’s only fitting.
In a rematch of a fight that demanded one, promising, once-beaten light heavyweights Po’ai Suganuma (9-1) of Hilo, Hawaii, and Jared Hamman (10-1) of San Bernardino, Calif., will clash in the main event on ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series Friday, Aug. 15, live on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, [...]