Englishman Liam McGeary (10-0) khaws cia nws kev cov ntaub ntawv unblemished, Capping tawm ib tug zoo “British ntxeem tau” thiab txais cov Bellator MMA teeb Heavyweight title nrog ib tug tsib-round kev txiav txim siab yeej tshaj yav tas los yeej Emanuel Newton (25-8-1).
Lub contest pab raws li lub headlining sib ntau sib tw ntawm Friday tus “Bellator MMA: British ntxeem tau” tshwm sim nyob rau Mohegan Sun Arena nyob rau hauv Uncasville, Conn.
McGeary rov los ntawm qhov pib, raws li nws siv nws lanky ncej thiab zoo kawg grappling rau koj tsiv ntawm cuav sim cuav los nyob rau hauv entertaining zam. Los ntawm daim duab peb sab txham rau kimura rau armbar, McGeary yog tas li nyob rau hauv lub txav, tab sis Newton pom muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv thiab rub dawb los ntawm txhua tuav.
Txawm tias muaj cuab txaus ntshai rau hauv av, Newton txuas ntxiv mus rau noj lub sib ntaus rau hauv pem teb nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig, ua hauj lwm los ntawm nws tus nrog sib ntaus tsis tshua muaj active khwb. Ib zaug dua, McGeary tus cuav sim tau relentless, tab sis Newton rub dawb los ntawm txhua tuav.
Tas lub sib ntaus ua si tawm nyob rau hauv uas zoo sib xws zam, nrog Newton mus xeem tau tus sib ntaus rau hauv pem teb nrog yooj yim tab sis yuam kom tiv thaiv qhov grappling tawm tsam los ntawm McGeary. Ob fighters yuav ua sib ceg rau lub yeej, nrog Newton enjoying ncua stretches nyob rau hauv lub tseem ceeb rau txoj hauj lwm. Txawm li cas los, McGeary lub qhov ua txhaum teem lub suab nrov rau qhov kev txiav txim. Nyob rau hauv lub kawg, hais plaub ib tog nrog McGeary, awarding nws lub yeej nrog cov qhab nia ntawm 48-46, 48-47 thiab 48-47.
McGeary tseem zoo meej los ntawm cov thawj 10 fights ntawm nws cov hauj lwm.
Meanwhile, Newton pom ib tug xya-sib ntaus yeej streak tuaj mus rau qhov kawg.
“Nws yog ib tug nyob ze sib ntaus,” Newton hais. “Kuv yog nyob rau hauv av. Kuv tsis tau nres ntaus thiab tsiv nrog daim duab peb sab hits. Uas txiv leej tub yog li ntawd nplua thiab tawv.”
Nyob rau hauv lub hmo ntuj lub co-feature, teeb Heavyweight contender Mohammed “King Mo” Lawal (15-4) tsiv mus txog rau lub Heavyweight faib thiab khwv tau ib qho impressive kev txiav txim siab yeej tshaj Cheick Kongo (22-10-2).
Txojkev ib tug loj heev loj differential, Lawal muab rau nws wrestling puag es tsis sim thiab lag luam nrog rau cov loj txiv neej. Lub hom phiaj ua hauj lwm, raws li Lawal tswj qhov kev txiav txim nyob rau hauv lub clinch thiab racked li cov ntsiab lus nrog takedowns. Thaum lub sij hawm cov tib neeg coob sim los ntxias Lawal mus coj ib tug ntau risky mus kom ze, “King Mo” tseem disciplined nyob rau hauv nws mus kom ze thiab cruised mus rau dab tsi ntsia zoo li ib tug ntshiab-txiav kev txiav txim siab yeej, tab sis nws yuav tsum tau txiav txim rau ib tug split tshwm sim, 30-27, 28-29 thiab 29-28.
“Kuv tsis pom zoo nrog rau cov kev txiav txim siab ntawm tag nrho cov split,” Lawal hais tias tom qab kev sib ntaus. “Kuv yeej tag nrho peb rounds. Nws paub tias nws poob uas sib ntaus. Kuv tau txais lub yeej thiab hais tias yog txhua yam uas tseem ceeb. Sib mog hauj lwm thiab nws tsom nyob rau hauv no sib ntaus.
“Kuv muaj ib tug zoo kev coach neeg ua hauj lwm nyob rau ntawm lub American Sab saum toj Team. Kuv yuav twb ploj mus lwm ob rounds. Nyob tom kawg ntawm peb puag ncig, Kuv paub hais tias nws gassed, ces kuv cia li taug kev nws tawm. Kuv vam tias yuav tau txais rau lub sij hawm sib ntaus rau ib tug title tom ntej no.”
Nyob rau hauv Welterweight txiav txim, Brazilian qub tub rog Lwm yam “Chatuba” Santos (37-10) muaj pov thawj nws tus kheej ib tug kev ua si nrog sib ntaus tiv thaiv Paul “Semtex” Daley (36-13-2), tab sis lub British Slugger kawg cruised mus rau ib tug txiav txim yeej.
Nyob rau hauv raug Daley zam, nws raug rho tawm haujlwm hnyav punches nyob rau hauv ko taw, tab tom nrhiav rau lub knockout. Txawm li cas los, Santos muaj pov thawj resilient, teb nrog ntaus ntawm nws tus kheej thaum lub sij hawm tseem tab tom nrhiav mus ua hauj lwm los ntawm cov clinch. Qhov kev txiav txim mus rov qab thiab neb rau cov lus qhib ob ib ncig ua ntej Daley coj tshaj nyob rau hauv lub thib peb.
Ib tug thaum ntxov Daley knockdown teem lub suab nrov rau qhov kawg ncej, thiab Daley ua hauj lwm nyuaj rau cov finish. Santos, Txawm li cas los, tsuas yuav tsis txiav luam yeeb, thiab txawm ua yeej nyob rau hauv lub kawg puag ncig, nws ciaj sia kom txog thaum zaum kawg tswb, qhov twg Daley twb muab tsub ib tug txiav txim yeej.
“Nws pom tau tias zoo yuav rov qab nyob rau hauv MMA; Kuv yog ib tug me ntsis rusty,” Daley, uas tau kawm los lawm rau nws kickboxing hauj lwm, txais tom qab lub yeej. “Qhov no txiv leej tub yog li ntawd nyuaj. Kuv ntes tau nws nrog hnyav, qus txhaj tshuaj, thiab feem ntau kuv yuav twb coj kuv tus nrog sib ntaus tawm nyob rau hauv lub thib ob los yog peb puag ncig, tab sis nws tsis txiav luam yeeb; nws muaj ib tug ton ntawm lub plawv. Nws yog ib tug zoo sib ntaus.”
Sib ntaus sib tua rau thawj lub sij hawm txij li thaum ib tug ua tsis tau tejyam twv rau lub Bellator MMA teeb Heavyweight World Title, Linton “Lub Swarm” Vassell (15-4) tua nkag ib tug thib ob-round TKO tshaj Ceg “Cov neeg Asmeskas neeg tua” Sokoudjou (16-13).
Vassell tswj qhov kev txiav txim los ntawm qhov pib, noj Sokoudjou rau hauv pem teb thiab xeem tau nrog av-thiab-phaus blows thaum yos hav zoov tawm lub sij hawm mus xaus kev sib ntaus nrog ib tug cuav. Uas qhib yuav tuaj nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig.
Dua ua hauj lwm nyuaj rau noj lub sib ntaus rau hauv pem teb, Vassell tsis kam muab Sokoudjou tej chav tsev ua hauj lwm, xeem tau sab saum toj txoj hauj lwm thiab siv superior grappling txawj. Sokoudjou yog tsis tau rov qab mus rau nws ob txhais taw, thiab Vassell nws thiaj li unleashed ib flurry ntawm tsoo uas khwv tau lub stoppage nyob rau ntawm lub 3:18 cim ntawm lub thib ob.
“Kuv xav kom tag nws nyob rau hauv thawj puag ncig,” Vassell hais tias tom qab lub yeej. “Nws tuav kuv txhais tes thiab nres kuv los ntawm kev noj nws cia.
“Nws xav zoo sawv cev rau kuv lub teb chaws thiab tuaj ntawm no thiab tua nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm tag nrho cov kiv cua American yog ib tug zoo yawm.”
Nyob rau hauv lub hmo ntuj tus thawj ntsiab-card contest, Welterweight Brennan “Lub Irish Phem Tub” Pawg ntseeg (10-3) ua ceev ua hauj lwm ntawm “Courteous” Curtis Millender (7-1), hu ua deductible xwb 64 vib nas this kom tau ib tug cuav yeej.
Ob tug mus ntiv taw-mus-ntiv taw xoo nyob rau hauv lub ob txhais taw mus qhib, thiab nws nyob Millender twb tau qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub thawj zaug sib pauv. Tab sis tom qab los txog luv luv rau ib tug takedown, Pawg ntseeg tua nkag ib tug nkig ob-punch ua ke uas xa nws tus nrog sib ntaus rau hauv pem teb. Pawg ntseeg coj kom zoo dua ntawm lub qhib, hopping rau nws tus nrog sib ntaus rov qab thiab sinking nyob rau hauv ib tug tu-liab qab caj pas, xaus kev sib ntaus nyob rau ntawm lub 1:37 cim ntawm lub thawj puag ncig.
“Koj paub kuv, ib,” Pawg ntseeg hais tias tom qab lub ceev yeej. “Kuv tuaj ncaj ntawm mav zoo li ib txwm.”
Nyob rau hauv bouts muaj nyob rau ntawm cov ntsia hlau loj TV, nyob ib ncig ntawm lub ntiaj teb no rau Spike.com, hometown neeg tua hluav taws tsis disappoint no nyob rau ntawm lub Mohegan Sun Arena nyob rau hauv Uncasville, I li Blair Tugman (Sab qaum teb Haven), Matt Bessette(Hartford) thiab Dean Hancock (Danbury) tag nrho yeej lawv bouts nyob rau hauv impressive zam.
Khawm (7-5) pib tawm qhov tsaus ntuj nrog ib tug dominating kev kawm tshaj Marvin Maldonado (2-4) ntawm Latham, N.Y., tau qhab nia 30-26, 30-27 ob zaug, tag nrho nyob rau hauv dej siab ntawm Tugman.
“Xav zoo tau lwm yeej nyob rau hauv Bellator tawm tsam ib tug nyuaj tus nrog sib ntaus nyob rau hauv Marvin,” hais tias Tugman. “Kuv zoo siab tua nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv lub tsev neeg coob coob. Kuv muaj ib tug zoo cob qhia (Andrew Calandrelli) thiab kev cob qhia cov neeg koom tes ntawm qhov kawg MMA Training Center nyob rau hauv North Haven, I. Thiab yog ntseeg hais tias yog hais tias kuv siv kuv txoj kev npaj kuv yuav tawm tuaj nrog cov yeej. Kuv chim siab kuv tsis tas Marvin tab sis nws yog ib tug nyuaj txiv leej tub kom tiav. Kuv vam tias kuv hom kev kawm qhia tau hais tias Bellator Kuv npaj txhij rau loj sib ntaus.
Bessette (14-6), uas muaj peev xwm mus ua txhaum free ntawm Josh Laberge lub (9-5) nres los ntawm ciav nws nrog lub hwj chim punches thiab stuns mus rau lub puab tsaig. “Txhua yam mus txoj cai hmo no, Kuv yeej,” hais tias ib tug ecstatic Bessette.” Kuv muaj peev xwm mus muab pov kuv lub hwj chim txhaj tshuaj thiab ua rau nws seb nws puas rau lwm tus neeg.
“Kuv tau txais lub yeej, uas yog lub tseem ceeb tshaj plaws. Josh [Laberge] muab kuv ib qho txaus sib ntaus thiab kuv yuav tsis zoo siab ntxiv.”
Nyob rau hauv ib tug viav vias sib ntau sib tw, Hancock looked poised in his professional debut against Mike Mangan (0-3), despite early jitters. “Nws muaj zoo tuaj tawm ntawm lub tawb, thawj ob peb lub vib nas this twb zoo li ib tug plooj rau kuv,” hais tias Hancock. “Ib zaug kuv tau txais kuv bearings kuv muaj peev xwm mus ua hauj lwm thiab ua li cas kuv ua zoo tshaj plaws. Nws yog ib tug lossis loj lub sij hawm ntawd rau kuv.
“Kuv xav tias zoo li kuv yuav nyob rau hauv Bellator, nws yog zoo kawg kom tau kuv thawj kev yeej. Kuv yuav tsum cia li kom mus pem hauv ntej.”
Tseem nyob rau hmo no lub ntej card
New York hloov Neiman Gracie tsis yog dab tsi Gracie lub ua zoo tshaj plaws: yeej ntawm rear liab qab caj pas ntawm 2:36 ntawm puag ncig 1 tshaj Massachusetts lub Bobby Flynn (4-3). Nrog lub yeej, Gracie yuav nws unbeaten streak lawm ntawm 3-0.
Tsis tas li ntawd los ntawm New York, Binghamton lub Raws li McCrory (13-3) tau qhab nia rau ib qho armbar kov yeej Jason tua tsiaj (8-2) ntawm 1:06 ntawm cov thawj ncej.
Thaum muaj xwm ceev! Raphael Butler yog tam sim no 9-1-1 tom qab xeem ib tug guillotine caj pas kov yeej Josh Diekmann (15-6) ntawm 1:04 ntawm puag ncig 1.
Main Card tau
Liam McGeary def Emanuel Newton los ntawm unanimous kev txiav txim siab (48-46, 48-47, 48-47) los yeej Bellator MMA teeb Heavyweight title
Mohammed “King Mo” Lawal def. Cheick Kongo los ntawm split kev txiav txim siab (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Paul Daley def. Lwm Santos los ntawm unanimous kev txiav txim siab (29-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Linton Vassell def. Rameau Sokoudjou los ntawm TKO (punches) – Puag ncig 2, 3:18
Brennan Ward def. Curtis Millender los ntawm kev mloog lus (rear-liab qab caj pas) – Puag ncig 1, 1:37
Preliminary Card tau
Dean Hancock def. Mike Mangan los ntawm kev mloog lus (rear-liab qab caj pas) – Puag ncig 1, 1:33
Matt Bessette def. Josh LaBerge los ntawm TKO (tus kws kho mob stoppage) – Puag ncig 2, 5:00
Raphael Butler def. Josh Diekmann los ntawm kev mloog lus (guillotine caj pas) – Puag ncig 1, 1:04
Raws li McCrory def. Jason tua tsiaj los cuav (armbar) – Puag ncig 1, 1:06
Neiman Gracie def. Bobby Flynn los ntawm kev mloog lus (rear-liab qab caj pas) – Puag ncig 1, 2:36
Blair Tugman def. Marvin Maldonado los ntawm unanimous kev txiav txim siab (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Bellator MMA yog ib tug uas Mixed Martial Arts lub koom haum featuring ntau ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws neeg tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no. Nyob rau hauv cov kev coj ntawm qub tub rog sib ntaus pab txhawb Scott Coker, Bellator yog muaj rau ze li ntawm 500 lab tsev thoob ntiaj teb nyob rau hauv dhau 140 lub teb chaws. Nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States, Bellator yuav pom nyob rau hauv cov ntsia hlau loj TV, lub MMA TV thawj coj. Bellator MMA yog dub ntawm ib tug thawj pab neeg uas muaj xws li kev lag luam sab saum toj cov tub txawg nyob rau hauv TV lawm, nyob kev tshwm sim orchestration, fighter txoj kev loj hlob / kev sib raug zoo, venue ceev, sponsorship creation / kev loj hlob, thoob ntiaj teb daim ntawv tso cai, marketing, advertising, tshaj tawm thiab commission kev sib raug zoo. Bellator yog raws li nyob rau hauv Santa Monica, California thiab uas los ntawm kev lom zem loj heev Viacom, lub tsev mus rau lub ntiaj teb premier lom zem hom uas txuas nrog audiences los ntawm yuam cov ntsiab lus nyob rau hauv TV, tsab ntawv tsa suab duab, hauv internet thiab mobile platforms.
