The first undercard bout is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, with the pay-per-view beginning an hour later.

Headlining the show is the match that (Polish) fans have been waiting for: five-time “World’s Strongest Man” Mariusz Pudzianowski takes on former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in a super-heavyweight bout. In an exciting clash of two pound-for-pound ranked female fighters, Philly’s Tara LaRosa meets Massachusetts native Roxanne Modafferi.

Main card:
Tim Sylvia (25-6) -310 vs. Mariusz Pudzianowski (2-0) +250

Travis Wiuff (60-14) -220 vs. Mu Bae Choi (9-4) +170

Travis Lutter (10-5) -180 vs. Rafael Natal (11-2) +140

Yves Edwards (37-15-1) -215 vs. Mike Campbell (6-2) +170

Tara LaRosa (18-1) vs. Roxanne Modafferi (14-5)


Preliminary card:
- Forrest Petz vs. Ralph Johnson
- Chang Seob Lee vs. Lukasz Jurkowski 
- Matt Lee vs. Brett Oteri 
- Frederic Belleton vs. Anthony Lapsley 
- Paul Barry vs. Stipe Miocic

Exhibition charity bout:
- Lyndon Byers vs. Eric “Butterbean” Esch

Bellator 19 took place in Texas last night, and we discovered who would be contesting this season’s welterweight final.

In the end, it went as many people had expected – Ben Askren and Dan Hornbuckle successfully navigated their semi-final match-ups to earn their spot in the final and put themselves within touching distance of a fight with current welterweight champion Lyman Good.

Askren’s rematch with Ryan Thomas featured no controversy this time round as he used his wrestling to control his opponent en-route to a unanimous decision victory. Meanwhile Hornbuckle once again demonstrated his ability to end fights quickly by requiring only 2 and a half minutes to finish Steve Carl by a kimura submission.

Elsewhere current featherweight champion Joe Soto made short work of challenger Diego Saraiva, landing a vicious elbow in the closing stages of the first round that forced a referee stoppage.

The full list of results from the main card below.

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Main Card Results:

Joe Soto defeats Diego Saraiva via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at 5:00mins of Rd1

Ben Askren defeats Ryan Thomas via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Dan Hornbuckle defeats Steve Carl via submission (kimura) at 2:31mins of Rd1

Scott Barrett defeats Ty Lee via TKO (punches) at 2:25mins of Rd1

Catch the Bellator highlights late Saturday night on Telemundo or in English on mun2

Wild Cards: Kris and Kyacey Are Fighting For One More Chance On TUF

On an all new episode of The Ultimate Fighter®, Team Ortiz members Kyacey Uscola and Kris McCray have a chance to get back into the competition when they take on eachother in the Octagon. Tonight at 10pm ET/PT on SPIKE

Rampage and Rashad Continue Their Collision Course To UFC 114

Follow Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans with an up close and personal look on UFC Primetime – all new tonight at 11pm ET/PT on SPIKE

Mariusz “Dominator” Pudzianowski, 5-time World’s Strongest Man, (6’1”, 275lbs.) will be taking on a super-heavyweight Tim Sylvia (6’8”, 300lbs.) who has an impressive 25-6-0 record.

Sylvia has defeated many of the top MMA heavyweights and super heavyweights – Andrei Arlovski (2) Brandon Vera, Jeff Monson, Wes Sims, Ricco Rodriguez, Mike Whitehead (2), Ben Rothwell and Jason Lambert. He believes that, if the Polish strongman and his team agreed to fight him this early in Pudzianowski’s MMA career, they must feel that he is over-the-hill in the cage.

In the co-main event, Korean heavyweight Mu Bae “The Heavy Tank of Busan” Choi (9-4-0) faces veteran Travis “Diesel” Wiuff (59-14-0). Brazilian middleweight Rafael “Sapo” Natal (11-2-0) meets The Ultimate Fighter 4 winner Travis “The Serial Killer” Lutter (10-5-0), while Bahamian lightweight Yves “The Texas Gunslinger” Edwards (37-15-1) tangles with rising New England star Mike Campbell (7-2-0).

A special female attraction features two of the premier women MMA fighters in the U.S., Tara LaRosa (18-1-0) and Roxy Modafferi (13-4-0), at a 130-pound catch-weight.

“God of Martial Arts” is being distributed by Integrated Sports Media at 9:00PM ET in North America on cable and satellite Pay-Per-View.

Bellator 19 takes place Thursday, May 20 in Grand Prairie, Texas, and features the promotion’s welterweight tournament semifinals and a non-title “super fight” between Bellator featherweight champ Joe Soto and Diego Saraiva.

Main Card:
Non-Title “Super Fight”:
Joe Soto (8-0) vs. Diego Saraiva (18-8-1)


Welterweight Tournament Bout:
Dan Hornbuckle (20-2) vs. Steve Carl (10-1)

-Dan Hornbuckle def. Tyler Stinson – Submission (Triangle Choke) BFC 15
- Steve Carl def. Brett Cooper – Decision (Split) BFC 15

Ben Askren(4-0) vs. Ryan Thomas (11-4)

- Ben Askren def. Ryan Thomas – Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) BFC 14*

*Thomas was invited back immediately following this loss due to referee early stoppage. The ref thought Thomas was choked out but, he was just caught in a tight neck crank.

- Ryan Thomas def. Jacob McClintock – TKO (Punches) BFC 15

Local Feature Fight Card

Aaron Wise vs. Douglas Frey (135 lbs.)

Donyiell Winrow vs. Josh Smith (185 lbs.)

Jared Lopez vs. Johnny Bedford (135 lbs.)

Ty Lee vs. Scott Barrett (265 lbs.)

Brandon McDowell vs. Joe Christopher (170 lbs.)

Daniel Pineda vs. Chas Kelly (145 lbs.)

Main Card on Showtime:

-Alistair Overeem def. Brett Rogers by TKO (Strikes) at 3:40, R1

-Antonio Silva def. Andre Arlovski by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), R3

-Ronaldo “Jacare” de Souza def. Joey Villasenor by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28), R3

-Roger Gracie def. Kevin Randleman by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:10, R2

-Rafael Cavalcante def. Antwain Britt by TKO (Strikes) at 3:45, R1

PRELIMINARY CARD (NON-TELEVISED):

-Jesse Finney def. Justin DeMoney by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 3:22, R1

-Lyle Beerbohm def. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro by Split Decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27), R3

-Darryl Cobb def. Booker DeRousse by Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29), R3

-Mike Chandler def. Sal Woods by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 0:59, R1

-Fransisco “Kiko” France def. Lee Brousseau by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:27, R1

-Tom Aaron def. Erik Steenberg by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 0:56, R1

-Matt Ricehouse def. Greg Wilson by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 0:45, R3

Seven of the Best Fights of 2010 Are On Spike Tomorrow Night

Relive some of the classics the year has produced so far, including Frank Mir and Shane Carwin’s battle for the interim heavyweight belt, and the epic brawl between Leonard Garcia and Chan Sung Jung. 10pm ET / 7pm PT on SPIKE.

While there will be exciting LIVE fights at the same time on Showtime.

SATURDAY MAY 15, 2010 – SCOTTRADE CENTER – ST. LOUIS, MO -

Editor’s note: When did TMZ get so involved in MMA?

Tito Ortiz is officially out of the doghouse with the man who signs his checks – UFC honcho Dana White — now that the D.A. has rejected possible criminal charges in that whole domestic violence arrest.

White — who had threatened to kick Tito’s ass to the curb if Jenna Jameson‘s accusations against the fighter turned out to be legit — tells TMZ that Ortiz will not face any punishment from the organization.

White added, “I’m cool with Tito … he’s still on our roster now … we’ll be looking to get him in the ring in October or November.”

After two weeks of arrests, fighting, restraining orders, press conferences, drug tests, hospitalizations and reconciliations, unmarried couple  Ortiz and  Jameson enjoyed a beautiful, peaceful day in Huntington Beach this weekend with their twins.

TMZ reported that the two spent Mother’s Day together — and Tito even splurged on a gift … “one of everything” from La Perla lingerie shop.

Bellator 18 took place in Louisiana last night with the semi-finals of the promotion’s featherweight tournament and a showcase bout between their current middleweight champion Hector Lombard and late replacement Jay Silva.

Joe Warren and Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire secured their places in the final with unanimous decision victories, while Lombard took just six seconds to knockout Silva.

See all the results from the event below.

Main Card

Superfight

Hector Lombard defeats Jay Silva via knockout at 0:06 of Round 1

Tournament Fights

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire defeats Wilson Reis via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Joe Warren defeats Georgi Karakhanyan via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Preliminary Card

Shawn Jordan defeats Douglas Williams via TKO at 0:19 of Round 1

William Albrecht defeats Jason Anderson via submission at 0:36 of Round 1

Lamont Stafford defeats Jules Bruchez via TKO at 0:19 of Round 2

Brock Kerry defeats Mike Braswell via TKO at 3:20 of Round 1

Charlie Rader defeats Christian Fulgium via knockout at 3:20 of Round 1

See highlight replays of Bellator 18 Saturday nights on Telemundo and mun2.

Come See Reno’s only all MMA cage fights Friday June 11th at the Grand Sierra Resort. You’ll see 12 in your face cage fights, including Reno’s Tyler Cowan defending His Title, Heavyweight Title fight, Female fight including Reno’s standout fighter Tay Stratford and undefeated Scott Rosa, Drew Bowman, Levi Bowman, Brandon Frunk, Tomasz Kotowski and many more, get your tickets now at grandsierraresort.com or at the Blood Happens store inside the Reno Academy of Combat located at 3010 Mill Street.