On Friday, Nov. 22, Bellator hosted its 109th event from the Sands Event Center in Bethlehem, Pa.

In the night’s main event, middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko put his belt on the line against tournament winner Doug Marshall. Shlemenko was expected to face Marshall at Bellator 98 in September, but Marshall was forced to pull out due to injury. The Russian went on to defeat tournament runner-up Brett Cooper via unanimous decision in his first title defense. The knockout artist Marshall had been out of action since April, when he stopped Cooper to earn his crack at the belt.

Also on the main card, the promotion crowned tournament winners in both the lightweight and welterweight divisions. In the 155-pound final, Will Brooks battled Alexander “Tiger” Sarnavskiy, while the 170-pound division saw Olympic judoka Rick Hawn compete in the third tournament final of his career against Ron Keslar.

The four-fight main card aired live on Spike TV beginning at 9 p.m. ET. The night’s six-fight preliminary card streamed live on Spike.com starting at 7 p.m. ET.

For a recap and full results of the event, click here.

Below is video from the main event between Shlemenko and Marshall, as well as the entire main card (courtesy of Bellator MMA)

Bellator 109 Fight Card
Alexander Shlemenko vs. Doug Marshall – for middleweight title
Will Brooks vs. Alexander “Tiger” Sarnavskiy – season nine lightweight tournament final
Ron Keslar vs. Rick Hawn – season nine welterweight tournament final
Patrick Cenoble vs. Terry Etim
Mike Bannon vs. Ahsan Abdullah
Blagoi Ivanov vs. Keith Bell
Goiti Yamauchi vs. Saul Almeida
Bubba Jenkins vs. Ian Rammel
Brent Primus vs. Brett Glass
Lester Caslow vs. Jay Haas

Photo: Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator MMA)