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 Bellator Fighting Championships announced Monday they will kick-off their inaugural light heavyweight mixed martialarts tournament in March 2011 on MTV2.

“We’ve wanted to add a Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament since Season 1, but wanted to ensure that when we did it, we had a great group fighting for the title. Now, we do,” said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “One of the best parts of my job is handing over the Bellator World Title belt to a new champion, and I’ll have the pleasure of doing it again this upcoming season.”

Bellator have selected six of the eight fighters that will compete to become the organization’s first 205-pound king. The victor will also pocket a $100,000 commission for their championship efforts. Bellator did not name which competitors have agreed to participate in their tournament, but stated the complete roster will be announced within the coming days.

Today’s announcement comes on the heels of last week’s announcement regarding Bellator’s newly inked partnership with MTV2. The Music Television’s little brother will most likely telecast two live tournaments per year. If that wasn’t enough it will also have a collection of special feature events starting in 2011.

The following are the current Bellator champions:

Heavyweight: Cole Konrad

Light Heavyweight: ???

Middleweight: Hector Lombard

Welterweight: Ben Askren

Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez

Featherweight: Joe Warren

Bantamweight: Zack Makovsky

Women’s 115-pounds: Zoila Frausto