New Bellator policy is REALLY QUITE SIMPLE....

Lots of changes going on in Bellator, including Fight Master moving to Thursdays after Impact due to low ratings, and Eddie Alvarez re-signing with the company after a protracted legal battle to rematch against Michael Chandler at the company's first-ever PPV on November 2nd. Next up: A Champion Replacement Clause. Let's say a guy wins a tournament and is owed a shot at the championship. If he gets injured and can't take the title shot, they want to make sure the champion defends as often as possible against only worthy opponents. What they're NOT going to do, because they operate under a "REAL SPORTS FORMAT" (unlike, apparently UFC), is sign the champion to fight "whoever else we thought would sell PPVs or generate ratings." Nope. This would be FOOLISH. Instead, this is what they're going to do to determine a challenger, and I am not making this up:

Step #1: Bellator will refer to the most recent completed tournament (in the instance of a 4-man tournament being the most recent tournament, we would expand this to be the most recent two tournaments), and tabulate tournament points based on the following criteria with fighters that are still under contract with Bellator:
- For every decision victory, fighter will record one (1) point
- For every KO/TKO/submission win in the third round, fighter will record two (2) points
- For every KO/TKO/submission win in the second round, fighter will record three (3) points
- For every KO/TKO/submission in the first round, fighter will record four (4) points
- From the above list, the top three (3) point earners in the applicable weight class in which a replacement title challenger must be determined will be chosen. Bellator MMA executives may also include a fourth (4th) fighter on the ballot as well. This list of four will comprise the list of available fighters for the title shot.

Once the list has been established, three (3) different groups, each holding 33% voting power, will vote on who rightfully deserves a shot at the Bellator World Title:

1) Current Bellator MMA World Champions (including the Champion in the division under consideration)
2) Current Bellator MMA Tournament winners
3) Bellator Executives including CEO Bjorn Rebney, President Tim Danaher & the top two executives on Bellator’s Talent Development Team including Sam Caplan and Zach Light. After the voting results are in, a final challenger will be determined and revealed. The chosen fighter will replace the injured tournament winner and receive a world title shot.