Fight Master: Bellator MMA

Background

Cast

Coaches

• Randy Couture, head coach of black team
• Frank Shamrock, head coach of green team
• Greg Jackson, head coach of red team
• Joe Warren, head coach of blue team

Fighters

• Team Jackson
• *Tim Welch, Eric Bradley, Bryan Travers, Joe Riggs
• Team Couture
• *AJ Matthews, Cole Williams, Cristiano Souza, Mike Bronzoulis
• Team Shamrock
• *Nick Barnes, Chris Lozano, Mike Dubois, Joe Williams
• Team Warren
• *Eric Scallan, Evan Cutts, Jason Norwood, Ismael Gonzalez

• Chip Pollard, Christopher Curtis, Brendan Tierney, Darryl Cobb, Josh Quayhagen, Rob Mills, Tom Gallicchio, Brett Nakamura, Joe Williams, Steve Montgomery, Jacob Ortiz, Marcus Aurelio, Dom O'Grady, Artenas Young, Gareth Joseph, Frank Carrillo, Andy Uhrich

Episodes

• An introduction video explained the Fight Master concept where fighters are allowed to pick their own coaches.
• The introduction of the four coaches, Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Greg Jackson and Joe Warren.
• The first five preliminary fights were shown:

• The elimination round continued with six more fights:

• The elimination round continued with the final five fights:
• The final fight was scheduled to be Frank Carrillo against Joe Riggs. However, Carrillo injured his left shoulder while warming up and was unable to fight. With the approval of the athletic commission, Mills was allowed to re-enter the tournament.

• The 15 advancing fighters move into the house and start training with the coaches.
• Due to being one fighter short, Shamrock is allowed to bring back a fighter who lost; he chose Joe Williams.
• The coaches rank the fighters in order of 1 through 16 and the fighters are randomly chosen in order to pick their fights
• Two elimination fights were held.

• Two more elimination fights were held.
• Norwood chose Bronzoulis to be his opponent.
• Gonzalez chose Joe Williams to be his opponent.

• Two more elimination fights were held.
• Welch chose Barnes to be his opponent.
• Top seed Riggs chose Scallan to be his opponent.

• The final two elimination fights were held.
• Souza chose Cutts to be his opponent.
• Matthews chose Bradley to be his opponent.

• The coaches rank the remaining fighters; Joe Riggs is once again the top seed.
• Cole Williams chose Barnes to be his opponent.
• Bellator fighter Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal shows up to watch the next match.
• Lozano chose Bronzoulis to be his opponent.

• The last two quarterfinal matches are held.
• Bradley chose Joe Williams to be his opponent.
• This was a match between two former collegians as Bradley wrestled for the Penn State Nittany Lions, while Williams wrestled for the Michigan State Spartans.
• With Williams' loss, Team Shamrock has been eliminated from the tournament.
• Riggs chose Cutts to be his opponent.
• With Cutts' loss, Team Warren has been eliminated from the tournament.

• The final four fighters are ranked by the coaches with Cole Williams superseding Joe Riggs as the new top seed.
• Williams chose Riggs to be his opponent.
• Bradley and Bronzoulis were the final two contestants.
• The two finalists, Riggs and Bronzoulis, faced off in the cage with their coaches Jackson and Couture, respectively.

Finale

• '''Welterweight bout: Joe Riggs vs Mike Bronzoulis'''