HOUSTON, TEXAS (Februar 19) - To je uparivanje koja je sinonim za sport mješovitih borilačkih vještina — Ken Shamrock naspram Royce Gracie — and on Friday night at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas during "Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie," it was Gracie who went home with a second victory over Shamrock in the third fight of their classic rivalry.
After landing a knee to the body of Shamrock, Gracie pounced, raining down hammerfists to the temple of “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” that forced the referee to call a stoppage to the action at 2:22 otvaranja okvira. Will this victory lead to more fights for Gracie inside the Bellator MMA cage? Stay tuned.
Kimbo Slice (6-2) emerged victorious after an all-out brawl with his old nemesis Grudi 5000, sending the South Florida resident facefirst into the mat at 1:32 okruglih tri. The win ends a longstanding beef between the two men that began in the streets of Perrine, and wound up being settled inside the Bellator MMA cage.
Derek Fields (16-6) upset Melvin Guillard (32-16-2) with vicious strikes only 32 sekundi u drugi krug. Sa win, “The Stallion” bounced back from two consecutive defeats against Majkl Svjećar i Brandon Girtz.
A light heavyweight rematch between Emanuel Newton i Linton Vassell featured multiple low blows, which ultimately cost “The Hardcore Kid” the bout on the scorecards, with judges’ giving scores of (30-26, 29-27, 29-27). Sa pobjedom, “The Swarm” snapped a one-fight skid and moves one-step closer to the top at 205-pounds.
Emmanuel Sanchez (13-2) grinded out another split decision at "Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie," porazivši Daniel Pineda (21-12) s ocjenama od (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). Sa pobjedom, “El Matador” has now won three consecutive bouts at featherweight and continues his pursuit of trying to become the “Oscar De La Hoya” of mixed martial arts.
Preliminarni rezultati:
Isaac Villanueva (9-7) poražen Richard Knepp (3-3) TKO (punches) u :42 Mahon (5-4) poražen Davis Sylvester (5-4) via TKO at 4:22 of R2
Adrian Yanez (4-1) poražen Ryan Hollins (10-8) via jednoglasnom odlukom (29-28 X3)
Jason Langellier (3-0) poražen Anthony Ivy (1-1) submission (anaconda choke) u 2:09 or R1
Justin Wren (12-2) poražen Juan Torres (4-5) via jednoglasnom odlukom (30-27 X3)
Mike Trinh (3-3) poražen Angel Zamora submission (armbar) u 3:49 of R
C.J. Hancock (1-0) poražen Ruben Esparza (1-1) submission (zadnja-naked čok) u 1:26 of R3
Manny Lozoya (1-0) poražen Jacob Norsworthy (1-6) submission (giljotina) u 2:33 of R1