Bellator 43
Main Card
- Welterweight Tournament Final bout:
Jay Hieron vs. Rick Hawn
- Hieron defeated Hawn by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) to win Bellator’s Season Four Welterweight Tournament.
- Middleweight bout: Joe Riggs vs. Bryan Baker
- Baker defeated Riggs via KO (punch) at 3:53 of round 2 to earn a spot in Bellator’s Season Five Middleweight Tournament..
- Bantamweight bout: Jose Vega vs. Chase Beebe
- Beebe defeated Vega via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:06 of round 1 to earn a spot in Bellator’s Season Five Bantamweight Tournament..
- Heavyweight bout: Vince Lucero vs. Ron Sparks
- Sparks defeated Lucero via submission (keylock) at 2:18 of round 1.
Local Feature Fights
- Catchweight (179 lb) bout: Rich Bouphanouvong vs. David Rickels
- Rickles defeated Bouphanouvong via submission (triangle choke) at 1:11 of round 2. This bout aired on the broadcast.
- Lightweight bout: Mike Schatz vs. Michael Osborn
- Osborn defeated Schatz via TKO (ref-stoppage) at 1:58 of round 1