Bellator 110 results and observations
by Brian Woodman Jr. on 03/01/14
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson knocked out Congo native Christian M'Pumbu in the first round during Bellator's main event on Feb. 28 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville. The victory assured the veteran UFC and Pride FC light heavyweight a shot at "King Mo" Lawal, who defeated Russian native Mikhail Zayats by decision in a fight that Bellator spokespersons admitted in a press conference afterward was not a match up ammounting to a particularly exciting fight. Both men are now finalists in Bellator's light heavyweight tournament.
The best received fight occurred during one of the event's four featherweight bouts, which opened the organization's current tournament for that weight class. Matt Bessette, who trains out of Underdog BJJ in Hartford, defeated Diego Nunes of Rio de Janeiro by split decision in an event that clearly had the crowd excited. Bessette is scheduled to fight Daniel Weichel of Frankfurt, Germany, who submitted Scott Cleve of Colorado Springs, Colorado by rear naked choke earlier that evening, on March 28 in Salt Lake City Utah during the semifinal round of the tournament; fellow "nutmegger" Brennan Ward of Waterford will fight Bellator Middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko during the same event.
During the same tournament, Desmond Green of Rochester, New York earned an unanimous decision over Mike Richman of Rosemount, Minnessota and Will Martinez of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania did so over Brazilian native Goiti Yamauchi of Curitiba, Parana. Both winners will progress to the semifinals.
Earlier that evening, Lithuanian native Egidijus Valavicius knocked out Bulgarian native Atanas Djambazov in 48 seconds during the first round of a light heavyweight match. Valavicius, by winning with a knee to the head, earned the right to serve as an alternate for the fight between King Mo and Rampage.
In a featherweight match to determine an alternate for that tournament, Saul Almeida of Boston won an unanimous decision over Andrew Fisher of Sunderland, UK. Ryan Quinn of Danbury defeated Andrew Calandrelli by decision.
Two other fights ended as no contests. These were; a heavyweight match between Manny Lara of Rancho Santa Margarita, California and Josh Diekman of New London; and a bantamweight match between Marvin Maldonado of Latham, New York and Rico Disciullo of Peabody, Massachussetts.
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