Last night Spike TV finally played host to Bellator, stacking the card with two title fights and three fairly high profile opening round matches for this season’s light heavyweight tournament. Opening the show and garnering over 1.1 million viewers was the featherweight championship bout between challenger Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and champion Pat Curran. The fight [...]
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Main Card (Spike TV) Weight Class Method Round Time Notes Light Heavyweight Jacob Noe def. Seth Petruzelli TKO (punches) 1 2:51 [a] Lightweight Michael Chandler (c) def. Rick Hawn Submission (rear naked choke) 2 3:07 [b] Light Heavyweight Mikhail Zayats def. Renato Sobral TKO (punches) 1 4:49 [a] Featherweight Pat Curran (c) def. Patricio Freire Split decision [...]
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