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Bellator Poster 66 Alvarez Aoki

Bellator 66: Alvarez vs. Aoki II
When: April 20th, 2012
Where: Indoor Exposition Center in Cleveland, Ohio
How: MTV2 (8PM ET/PT)
Who:

Eddie Alvarez vs. Shinya Aoki

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