Dudu Dantas submits in the second round and defends Bellator belt

Dudu defends Bellator belt. Photo: Disclosure.

The Brazilian Dudu Dantas continues to reign in Bellator. On Friday night (07), in the 111th edition of the show, the Nova União athlete recovered from a bad start and after losing the first round to Anthony Leone, he submitted his rival with a rear-naked choke in no time. more than two minutes of fighting in the second round.

The fight

Dudu started the fight by taking the initiative and soon landed a high kick. Afterwards, the challenger took the fight to the ground and tied the fight. The action was enough for Leone to take the lead in the cards.

At a disadvantage, Dudu showed why he is the champion in the second round. After defending two takedown attempts by Anthony, the Brazilian took control of the duel. By the time they hit the ground, the Brazilian had already reached his back and was preparing the submission. With a quick adjustment, he reached the choke from behind and scored his 15th victory in MMA.

Check out the complete results from Bellator 111 below:

main card 

Dudu Dantas submitted Anthony Leone with a rear naked choke in R2;

Lavar Johnson defeated Ryan Martinez via TKO in R1;

Siala Sigila submitted Peter Graham with a kata-gatame in R3;

Alexander Volkov defeated Mark Holata via TKO in R1;

Preliminary Card 

Stephen Banaszak submitted Treston Thomison with an armbar in R1;

Blagoi Ivanov defeated Rich Hale via unanimous decision;

Cortez Coleman defeated Daniel MIller via TKO in R2;

Javy Ayala defeated Eric Prindle via TKO in R3

Abdul Razak Alhassan defeated Matt Jones via TKO in R2;

Brent Primus defeated Chris Jones via TKO in R1;

Chris Gutierrez defeated Justin McNally via TKO in R1;

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