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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Bellator's welterweight tournament for season four is official, and it has its first participant.
The organization announced on Monday that season four, which will begin on MTV2 in March, will feature another tournament in the 170 lb. weight class, with the winner getting a shot at Bellator Welterweight Champion Ben Askren.
Only one participant was confirmed for the tournament, and that is season two runner up Dan Hornbuckle, who lost to Askren in the finals of that season's tournament.
"The fact that Ben Askren is going to be there waiting for me after I win this tournament keeps me motivated," said Hornbuckle in today's release. "It keeps me waking up every morning hungry. There's never a loss that is taken easily, so I definitely want to get back in there, win this tournament, and avenge that loss. My sights are definitely still set on obtaining that Bellator gold, but the way that this tournament is shaping up, I can't look past my next fight for a second. This is going to be the toughest welterweight tournament that you will ever see in MMA."
Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney is expecting their strongest field of the three welterweight tournaments they will have conducted.
"While our first two welterweight tournaments have been great, based on the lineup, this tournament is stacked from #1 through 8 and should be our strongest to date,” said Rebney. “Dan's a significant talent and I know how motivated he is to earn his way to a rematch with Ben, it's great to have him back in."
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