LOUISVILLE, Ky. (June 23, 2010) — The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator Fighting Championships’ Thursday evening event at Fourth Street Live will take place TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET at the Sports & Social Club, 427 S. Fourth Street in Louisville.


Bellator will once again provide a LIVE video stream of the weigh-in and press conference at Bellator.com.

Participants include Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney as well as all 16 competitors in Thursday’s event including Middleweight Tournament finalists Bryan “The Beast” Baker and Alexander Shlemenko and Featherweight Tournament finalists Joe Warren and Patricio Pitbull.

The event will be emceed by Bellator cage announcer Michael C. Williams and Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith.

The full fight card for Bellator 23 is below:


MAIN CARD:

Featherweight Tournament Championship: Patricio Pitbull (14-0) vs. Joe Warren (4-1)

Middleweight Tournament Championship: Alexander Shlemenko (29-4) vs. Bryan Baker (10-1)

Bantamweight Showcase Fight: Nik Mamalis (9-4) vs. Albert Rios (12-4)

Female Showcase Fight: Zoila Frausto (4-1) vs. Rosi Sexton (9-1)



UNDERCARD:

Local Main Event: John Troyer (10-4) vs. Brent Weedman (14-5)

Local Feature Fight #3: Daniel Straus (10-2) vs. Chad Hinton (6-1)

Local Feature Fight #2: Stoney Hale (3-1) vs. Mike Fleniken (2-1)

Local Feature Fight #1: David Overfield (6-1) vs. Kurt Kinser (2-0)



For more information, visit Bellator.com,