Brazil no longer has representatives from the Bellator lightweight GP. On Wednesday (30), the potiguar Patricky Pitbull had already announced his withdrawal from the tournament due to a knee injury. This Thursday (31), in the 87th edition of the show, Thiago Michel from Minas Gerais and Ricardo Tirloni from Santa Catarina were surpassed by Alexander Sarnavskiy and Will Brooks, respectively.
The first Brazilian to perform on the show, Thiago Michel was unable to impose his sharp Muay Thai and ended up submitted by Alexander Sarnavskiy with a rear naked choke in the second round. Ricardo Tirloni started the duel well against the undefeated Will Brooks, but with good movement and working with a game of takedowns, the American ended up taking the fight with a unanimous decision from the judges.
The only Tupiniquim victory of the night came on the preliminary card. Making his debut on the show, Samuel Quito submitted Ben Lagman with a leglock in the second round.
Check out the complete results from Bellator 87 below:
Main Card
David Rickels defeated Lloyd Woodard via unanimous decision;
Will Brooks defeated Ricardo Tirloni in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Saad Awad defeated Guillaume DeLorenzi via TKO in R1;
Alexander Sarnavskiy finished Thiago Michel with a rear naked choke in R2;
Preliminary Card
Jason Fischer submitted Sevak Magakian via rear naked choke in R1;
Karl Etherington defeated Jason Fish via TKO in R1;
Amir Khillah submitted John Schulz with a rear naked choke in R1;
James Reese defeated David Shepherd via unanimous decision by the judges;
Samuel Quito submitted Ben Lagman with a leglock in R2.
Tony Zelinski defeated Nick Kirk via split decision.
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