'Wild' West Official for Bellator Season 6 Bantamweight Draw
Ed
West (right) will be part of the Bellator Season 6 bantamweight
bracket. | Photo: Dave Mandel
Bellator Fighting Championships announced Friday that two-time tournament veteran Ed West will go for a hat trick in Season 6.
A total of five competitors have now been officially announced for the upcoming bantamweight draw. West joins Marcos Galvao, Alexis Vila, Luis Alberto Nogueira and Rodrigo Lima as a verified participant.
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In addition to the bantamweight field, the Chicago-based promotion will also hold tournaments in the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight and middleweight divisions. Season 6 is expected to kick off in March on MTV2.
A five-time Bellator veteran, West, 28, fought his way to the finals of the promotion's third-season bantamweight draw, besting Bryan Goldsby and Jose Vega before being outwrestled by tournament champion Zach Makovsky in a five-round unanimous decision defeat.
After his failed bid to capture Bellator's inaugural 135-pound title, West returned for the Season 5 tournament this past September, outpointing Luis Alberto Nogueira in the quarterfinals before dropping a split decision to eventual tournament winner Eduardo Dantas in the round of four.
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