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OFFICIAL BELLATOR 249: CYBORG VS. BLENCOWE FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS & Photos

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Bellator 249: Cyborg vs. Blencowe Main Khadi:
Cris “Cyborg” (23-2) anagonjetsa Arlene Blencowe(13-8) kudzera kugonjera (kumbuyo-maliseche Choke) pa 2:46 wa kuzungulira awiri
Leandro Higo (20-5) anagonjetsa Ricky Bandejas(13-5) kudzera kugonjera (kumbuyo-maliseche Choke) pa 2:32 wa kuzungulira awiri
Steve Mowry (8-0) anagonjetsa Shawn Teed (6-3-1) via TKO at 4:22 wa kuzungulira limodzi
Inu Awad (23-13, 1 NC) ndipo Mandel Nallo(7-1, 1 NC) ended in a no contest (unintentional low blow)
Kuyambirira Khadi:
Andrew Kapel(16-7) anagonjetsa Joseph Creer(7-2-1) kudzera TKO (dokotala stoppage – cut) pa 5:00 wa kuzungulira awiri
Kemran Lachinov(10-2) anagonjetsa Kyle Crutchmer(6-1) kudzera akamakambirana (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Christian Edwards(4-0) anagonjetsa Hamza Salim(5-4) kudzera kugonjera (kumbuyo-maliseche Choke) pa 1:38 wa kuzungulira awiri
Da’mon Blackshear (8-3) anagonjetsa Mike Kimbel (3-3) kudzera kugonjera (kumbuyo-maliseche Choke) pa 4:14 wa kuzungulira awiri
Aviv Gozali(5-0) anagonjetsa Logan Neal(1-1) kudzera kugonjera (kimura) pa 3:22 wa kuzungulira limodzi
Albert Gonzales(2-2) anagonjetsa Kastriot Xhema(3-5, 1 NC) kudzera TKO (fighter retirement) pa 5:00 wa kuzungulira awiri

BELLATOR SIGNS CRIS ‘CYBORG’ TO LARGEST CONTRACT IN WOMEN’S MMA HISTORY

Los Angeles - Bellator is proud to announce the signing of Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (21-2, 1 NC) to the organization. The deal – the largest of its kind in women’s MMA history – exclusively secures “Cyborg’s” talents with a multi-year, Mipikisano nkhondo mgwirizano.

“Cyborg” joins current champJulia BuddOlga Rubin, Arlene BlencoweJanay Harding ndipoLeslie Smithpakati ena, cementing Bellator’s 145-pound weight class as the strongest women’s featherweight division in MMA.

“Cyborg” joins Bellator following a three-year run in UFC, multiple world titles and a 20-fight unbeaten streak that includes notable victories against Holly Holm, Tonya Evinger, Marloes Coenen and Leslie Smith. Notably, the 34-year-old Curitiba, Brazil-native was the inaugural Strikeforce Women’s Featherweight Champion, defeating Gina Carano for the title in 2009.

“I have worked with countless athletes over my thirty-plus years of promoting combat sports, but there is no one quite like ‘Cyborg’,” Bellator President Scott Coker said. “Her ability to excite the crowd from the moment she makes her walk to the cage is special, and having had the pleasure of promoting several of her fights in the past, I am looking forward to the opportunity of promoting her once again. ‘Cyborg’ is the most dominant female fighter in the history of the sport and she will be a perfect fit here at Bellator, where champion Julia Budd and the other women that make up best female featherweight division in the world have eagerly awaited her arrival.”

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