Controversial T. Ortiz celebrates victory at Bellator
the controversial Tito Ortiz spoke, provoked and made it happen. The former UFC champion had a real feud Stephan bonnar, finalist in the first edition of TUF and member of the Ultimate Hall of Fame, and beat his rival in a close decision by the judges. The fight was the main attraction of Bellator 131, held in the early hours of this Sunday (16), in San Jose, California. The show was the organization's second with sales pay-per-view in the United States.
In the second most important fight of the night, Will Brooks showed that his first victory against Michael chandler It wasn't just luck. The American Top Team lightweight knocked out his rival in the fourth round, which he lost before the end of the duel for the first time.
Tito x Bonnar
the veteran Tito Ortiz entered the circular cage with his old tactic. Teasing and takedown game. The former UFC champion worked well from a distance in front of Bonnar to attack his rival's legs and take him down. From the second round onwards, Ortiz gained confidence and Bonnar managed to keep the fight standing.
Good boxing blows were landed on both sides and the fight became interesting. The fighters, even veterans, provided a good duel with alternation in control.
At the end of 15 minutes, Tito Ortiz was announced as the winner in the judges' split decision (30×27, 28×29, 30×27). The 'People's Champion', as Tito wants to be called, celebrated a lot, while Bonnar didn't believe in the result and fell to the floor of the cage, just as he did in the TUF 1 final, against Forrest griffin.
Brooks beats Chandler once again
American Will Brooks became interim champion of Bellator's lightweight division almost by accident. Called up at the last minute to replace champion Eddie Alvarez, who would make a famous trilogy against Michael chandler, the ATT athlete fought and won the dispute for the interim belt by the judges' decision. This morning, Brooks showed that the victory was not by chance.
At Bellator 131, Brooks dominated the action of the fight, landed the best strikes while standing and opened the front. The consecration came through a technical knockout in the fourth round, with a combination of punches on the fence.
Check out the complete results from Bellator 131 below:
Tito Ortiz derrotou Stephan bonnar in the judges' split decision;
Will Brooks defeated Michael chandler by technical knockout in R4
Joe Schilling knocked out Melvin Manhoef in R2
Mike Richman knocked out Nam Phan in R1
King mo defeated Joe Vedepo via TKO in R3
Joao Faria submitted Ian Butler with a kata-gatame in R3
AJ Matthews knocked out Kyle Bolt in R1
Jonathan Santa Maria defeated Ron Henderson via split decision
Andy Murad defeated Bubba Ough via split decision
Nick Garcia submitted Matt Ramirez with a guillotine choke in R1
Jordan Bailey submitted Alex Higley with rear naked choke in R1
Rolando Perez and Mark Vorgeas tied after the judges' decision
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