Bellator 77: Tirloni defeats Nazaré and advances to the semifinals of the lightweight GP

Ricardo Tirloni will be the Brazilian representative in the semifinals of the Bellator lightweight GP. In the 77th edition of the event, held on Friday night (19), in Pennsylvania, in the United States, Tirloni won the 100% Tupiniquim duel against Renê Nazaré, submitting his compatriot with a hand triangle in the second round.

VEJA: Watch the video of the fight between Tirloni vs. Nazareth

With the triumph, Ricardo, who is a training partner of Thiago tavares, will face Dave Jensen, who got past Magomed Saadulaev in another quarter-final clash. The duel will take place on November 17th, at Bellator 81.

The other Brazilian on the fight program was Cosmo Alexandre, who defeated Mike Bannon due to medical interruption, at the end of the second round, and recorded his fifth consecutive victory in MMA

Main Card:
Rich Clementi defeated Alexander Sarnavskiy via split decision;
Dave Jansen submitted Magomed Saadulaev via guillotine choke in R3;
Marcin Held defeated Murad Machaev via unanimous decision;
Ricardo Tirloni submitted Renê Nazaré with a hand triangle in R2.

Preliminary Card:
Brett Martinez submitted Eric Albright with a guillotine choke in R2;
Cosmo Alexandre defeated Mike Bannon via TKO in R2;
Duane Bastress defeated Lewis Rumsey via split decision;
Lew Polley defeated Carmelo Marrero via unanimous decision;
Darrel Horcher defeated Emanuel Brooks by knockout in R1.

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