A. Shlemenko (photo) defends the Bellator belt. Photo: Disclosure
The Bellator middleweight belt remains with Russian Alexander Shlemenko. The champion successfully defended his title against Brennan ward, submitting his rival with a guillotine choke in the second round. The fight was the main attraction of the 114th edition of the show, held on Friday night (28), in Utah, in the United States.
The fight
Despite the champion's triumph, it was the challenger who started the dispute better. Ward combined good strikes in the stand-up fight with his takedown game to take the lead in the first round. But in the second round, Shlemenko's experience made the difference. After an attempted takedown by the North American, the Russian defended the attack well and landed a fair standing guillotine choke to emerge victorious.
Check out the complete results from Bellator 114 below:
Middleweight title fight:
Alexander Shlemenko submitted Brennan ward with a guillotine in R2;
Featherweight GP semi-finals:
Daniel weichel defeated Matt Bessette via unanimous decision;
Desmond Green defeated Will Martinez via unanimous decision;
Middleweight GP semi-final:
Brett Cooper defeated Kendall Grove by knockout in R2;
Preliminary Card
Rad Martinez defeated Edson Berto via unanimous decision by the judges;
Justin Wilcox defeated Jason Fischer via unanimous decision;
Bubba Jenkins defeated Sean Powers via unanimous decision;
Linton Vassell submitted Trevor Carlson with a rear naked choke in R2;
Gavin Sterritt submitted Mike Estus with a guillotine choke in R1;
Joe Rodriguez submitted Eric Wahlin with a kata-gatame in R2;
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