After the shock at the weigh-in, this Thursday, Maiquel Falcao He turned things around a day later and won the Bellator middleweight GP. In action in the 69th edition of the event, a show held this Friday (18), in Lake Charles, in the United States, the Brazilian dominated the fight against the Swede Andreas Spang and took the win with the judges' unanimous decision.
The duel had an electrifying start with the Brazilian going forward, but being surprised by the counterattack and almost being knocked out. However, the Brazilian recovered well, took Spang down and began the punishment with several blows from above. He ended up being punished with the loss of a point due to an illegal knee.
With the scare in the exchange, Maiquel returned to the second round using the strategy of taking down the Swede to work on top, adding points. The tactic continued in the same way for the next round and after 15 minutes of fighting, Maiquel Falcao won the middleweight GP of Bellator's sixth season.
With the win, Maiquel qualifies to face Alexander Shlemenko, winner of the GP in the fifth season, for the Bellator belt, as Hector Lombar abandoned the belt to move to the UFC.
“I thought his performance was spectacular”, praised Bellator president, Bjorn Rebney, who soon after confirmed the fight between Falcão and Shlemenko for the belt.
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