Bellator Fighting Championships on Thursday announced it had signed International Fight League veteran
Shad Lierley to compete in its Season 2 featherweight tournament. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Lierly joins 2009 Dream featherweight grand prix semi-finalist
Joe Warren, former EliteXC champion
Wilson Reis,
Georgi Karakhanyan,
Patricio Freire,
Bao Quach and
William Romero in the tournament-based promotion’s eight-man draw. He outpointed
Nathan Murdock in a unanimous decision at his Bellator debut in May.
“I found out then that Bellator is just an awesome organization,” Lierley said in a release. “They’re doing some great things in MMA, and the talent they’ve been recruiting is just phenomenal. There’s going to be a lot of fireworks come springtime, and I think I’m going to be a part of that. I wouldn’t have signed if I didn’t think I could win this tournament.”
Lierley suffered his only two defeats inside the IFL, losing a decision to recent World Extreme Cagefighting signee
Chris Horodecki in June 2007 before being knocked out by
Wagnney Fabiano 10 months later. The 29-year-old wrestled collegiately at New York University and will carry a three-fight winning streak into his next match.
“
Shad Lierley has been part of some great fights,” Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney said. “He is another solid addition to our featherweight tournament.”
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