La ap / Eric Coleman – Select Fight Photos / Scorecards
IRVINE, Kalifòni. (Avril 10, 2015) – An energetic Southern Californian crowd was on hand aswè a at the Bren Event Center enjoying a spectacular night of fights at Bellator 136.
With celebrities and MMA legends the likes of Tommy Lasorda, Charlie Hough, Jermaine Dye, Tito Ortiz, Ken Shamrock, Don Frye and Frank Shamrock cageside, the Scott Coker-led promotion emphatically returned to the arena for the first time since its debut on Spike at Bellator 85.
In addition to a lightweight title fight in the main event, 12 other exciting contests helped continue the trend of exciting cards on Spike TV thus far in 2015.
It took the full five rounds, but Will Brooks (16-1) made the first defense of his Bellator Lightweight strap, defeating Dave Jansen (20-3) via desizyon inanim [49-46, 49-46, 49-46]. After a clear cut opening frame that saw “The Fugitive” surprise “Ill Will” with his explosive kicking and punching, Brooks slowly turned the tide in his favor, slowing the pace and using his world renown grappling to remain the 155-pound kingpin.
“Dave Jansen is exactly what people consider him to be,” said Brooks. “He’s got that warrior spirit and he’s really intelligent. He fought hard, I just fought harder. I’m still young in this sport, and there were definitely a lot of things that I wanted to do in the fight that he neutralized. I’m looking to stay busy and get back to putting on exciting fights for the fans.”
Apre 15 minutes of co-main event action, Rafael Carvalho improved to 11-1, earning a split decision win [28-29, 30-27, 29-28] against Joe Schilling (2-4). The young Brazilian slowed the fight down throughout, nullifying the striking of “Stitch Em’ Up.” One judge did see the fight in favor of the world champion kickboxer, but it wasn’t enough as Schilling drops to .500 inside the Bellator cage.
In a battle of submission specialists, Marsing Fèt (21-3) finished Tiger Sarnavskiy (30-3) via verbal submission caused by a knee bar at 1:11 fè wonn tant twa. Avèk genyen an, Held has now won 12 nan l ' 21 professional fights via submission.
The first televised scrap of the evening featured heavyweights Tony Johnson (8-2) and Alexander Volkov (6-1). After three grueling rounds, “The Hulk” remained undefeated in the Bellator cage. Johnson was awarded a [29-28, 28-29, 29-28] split decision. Overall it was the wrestling of Johnson that earned him the victory. Koulye a,, Johnson returns home to his two daughters and fiancée, where he doubles as a self-proclaimed “Mr. Mom.”
Joey Beltran (16-11) bounced back from a lackluster opening round to take rounds two and three, ultimately defeating Brian Rogers (11-8) atravè desizyon majorite [28-28, 29-28, 29-27]. “The Mexicutioner” impressed in his Bellator MMA middleweight debut, while “The Predator” has dropped four of five scraps.
Ou Awad (18-6) handed Rob Sinclair (12-3) the third loss of his career, earning a unanimous decision [30-27, 30-27, 30-37]. Avèk genyen an, Awad moves even closer to a trilogy fight with lightweight champion Will Brooks.
Nan bout la ouvèti ki nan yon aswè a, Jan Txekiera (18-1-2) defeated Fabricio Guerreiro (20-4) atravè desizyon fann [29-28, 28-29, 29-28]. Guerreiro has now dropped two of his last three bouts, while “Macapa” has won three straight.
AJ McKee (1-0) made a successful professional debut nan Vandredi lannwit, finishing Marcos Bonilla (1-2) with a deep rear-naked choke at 2:08 round one. The contingent that remained after the main card was heavily in favor of the Long Beach, Kalifòni., natif natal.
Chad George (16-8) finished Mark Vorgeas (5-3-1) with a head and arm choke at 3:37 nan premye tou an. There was no tap or verbal submission, as George had to inform the referee that his opponent had gone unconscious. The Los Angeles native now has nine submission wins in his young career.
Laguna Hills, Kalifòni., Justin Governale (4-2) submitted hometown boy Jay Bogan (6-5) via rear-naked choke at 2:09 nan wonn de. It was an exciting end to a fight that was nearly finished by Governale with strikes.
Steve Ramirez (1-1) finished Jon Santa Maria (3-1) with a toehold at 3:29 nan yon sèl wonn.
Cleber Luciano (11-5) finished Aaron Miller (14-10) with an arm bar at 4:36 nan wonn de.
Sou la ap mma
La ap mma se yon dirijan Melanj Martial Arts òganizasyon prezante anpil nan konbatan yo ki pi bon nan mond lan. Sou direksyon veteran pwomotè batay Scott Coker, La ap se disponib nan prèske 400 milyon kay atravè lemond nan plis pase 120 peyi. Nan peyi Etazini an, La ap ka wè sou Spike televizyon, lidè nan televizyon mma. La ap mma se konpoze de yon ekip egzekitif ki gen ladan endistri pwofesyonèl tèt nan pwodiksyon televizyon, ap viv òkestrasyon evènman, devlopman avyon de gè / relasyon, pidevan akizisyon, kreyasyon parennaj / devlopman, lisans entènasyonal, maketing, piblisite, piblisite ak komisyon relasyon. La ap se ki baze nan Santa Monica, California ak posede pa amizman jeyan Viacom, lakay yo nan mak nan mond lan premye minis amizman ki konekte ak odyans nan kontni irezistib toupatou nan televizyon, foto mouvman, sou entènèt ak mobil tribin.
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