Bellator 138: Unfinished Business took place on June 19, 2015 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri and was broadcast live in prime time on Spike TV, attracting an average 1.7 million viewers.
Background The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between
combat sports veterans
Kimbo Slice and
Ken Shamrock. The two were originally expected to fight on October 4, 2008 at the
BankAtlantic Center in
Sunrise, Florida as part of
CBS'
Saturday Night Fights at
EliteXC: Heat. However, Shamrock received a cut to the left eye during a warm-up only hours before the fight was to take place. That bout was eventually rescheduled for this event. The co-main event was originally expected to feature a
Bellator Featherweight Championship bout between current champion
Patrício Freire and former
WSOF Featherweight champion Georgi Karakhanyan. However, Karakhanyan was forced out of the bout due to an injury and was replaced by Season 10 Featherweight Tournament winner
Daniel Weichel.
Bobby Lashley was originally scheduled to face
James Thompson at this event. However, on June 10, it was announced that Thompson pulled out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by
Dan Charles. Bellator 138 was the highest rated Bellator event to date before Bellator 149. It did an average of 1.6 million viewers for the whole event and a peak of 2.4 million during the Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock fight with a DVR peak of 2.9 million. The previous high was Bellator 131 which did 1.2 million average for the entire event and a peak of 2 million during the Tito Ortiz and Stephan Bonnar fight and a DVR peak of 2.2 million.
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