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Bellator 255 outcomes: Patricio Pitbull cements his standing as Bellator’s greatest

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire continued to lord over two divisions because the Bellator 255 outcomes got here in on Friday night time. It was the battle promotion’s debut occasion on the Showtime community. Bellator 255 outcomes: Patricio Pitbull chokes out Emmanuel Sanchez In a featherweight title rematch, Bellator featherweight and light-weight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire made fast work of no. 2 ranked featherweight contender Emmanuel Sanchez. He completed the battle with a guillotine choke within the first spherical of the Bellator 255 most important occasion and featherweight grand prix semi-final. Pitbull dropped Sanchez with an image excellent left hook, adopted up with a proper jab to Sanchez’s shoulder that accelerated his journey to the canvas. Freire subsequently sank in a guillotine choke to place Sanchez to sleep 4:32 into the primary spherical. With Freire’s most important occasion victory, the Bellator double champ advances to the finals of the Bellator featherweight grand prix. Pitbull will meet surging undefeated no. 1 featherweight contender A.J. McKee for the Bellator featherweight championship and a $1 million greenback prize. Patricio Pitbull and AJ McKee faceoff at Bellator 255 Bellator 255 outcomes: Jason Jackson choices Neiman Gracie No. 6 ranked welterweight Jason Jackson took residence the victory within the Bellator 255 co-main occasion over no. 3 ranked Neiman Gracie. Jackson’s victory offers the Sanford MMA product a four-fight win streak. The battle in whole was relatively weird. Jackson had prime management of Gracie when his eye dragged towards the cage. Nevertheless, Jackson overcame the adversity and completed the battle. The choice was additionally seen as a head-scratcher to many, notably Bellator shade commentator and famend former MMA referee Huge John McCarthy, who believed Gracie had received the battle. The battle statistics present logic to McCarthy’s argument, as Gracie doubled Jackson’s strikes landed (73-36) and likewise maintained 26 extra seconds of floor management with 4:35. Bellator 255 outcomes: Tyrell Fortune steamrolls Jack Could by first-round TKO Tyrell Fortune continued his ascendance up the Bellator heavyweight division with a dominant efficiency over Jack Could, who stuffed in on brief discover after Matt Mitrione pulled out of the battle for undisclosed causes. The heavyweight scrap was really a rematch between Fortune and Could after a no contest on account of a low blow of their first bout, which passed off final September. It took comparatively no time for Fortune to get Could to the bottom. The no. 6 ranked heavyweight utilized floor and pound, together with noticeable energy in his arms, to take the TKO at 3:16 into the primary spherical. Bellator 255 outcomes: Usman Nurmagomedov outstrikes Mike Hamel to take unanimous choice Usman Nurmagomedov added one other victory to his undefeated file with a unanimous choice victory over Mike Hamel in a light-weight contest. Opposite to his cousin Khabib, Nurmagomedov stayed on the ft for the whole thing of the battle, decisively outstriking Hamel, regardless of a valiant effort from the MMA Lab product. Along with his first victory below the Bellator banner, Nurmagomedov prolonged his undefeated streak to a powerful 12-0. Watch the total Bellator 255 occasion replay Bellator 255 outcomes Primary Card Patricio Pitbull (c) def. Emmanuel Sanchez by way of first-round submission (guillotine choke)Jason Jackson def. Neiman Gracie by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)Tyrell Fortune def. Jack Could by way of first-round TKO (strikes)Usman Nurmagomedov def. Mike Hamel by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)Kana Watanabe def. Alejandra Lara by way of cut up choice (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) Preliminary Card Magomed Magomedov def. Cee Jay Hamilton by way of second-round submission (rear bare choke)Mandel Nallo def. Ricardo Seixas by way of first-round knockout (punch)Khalid Murtazaliev def. Fabio Aguiar by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)Chris Gonzalez def. Roger Huerta by way of third-round submission (faucet to strikes)Jose Augusto def. Jonathan Wilson by way of first-round submission (head and arm choke)Roman Faraldo def.Trevor Gudde by way of first-round TKO (punches)Jordan Newman def. Branko Busick by way of second-round TKO (elbows)