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Bellator’s inaugural season came to a close on Friday night, with the finals of their middleweight and lightweight brackets. In the 185-pound title fight, Hector Lombard used his striking and ground-and-pound to open up some nasty cuts on the head of his opponent, Jared Hess; the fight was eventually stopped in the fourth round after Hess lost a few gallons of blood. Directly after, 155-pound favorite Eddie Alvarez completed his sweep of the lightweight tourney by knocking Toby Imada out of his jock with a big right hook early in the second round, then sinking in a rear-naked choke. Lombard and Alvarez collected $100,000 checks for their efforts.
In non-tournament action, Jorge Masvidal submitted Eric Reynolds via third-round rear-naked choke, Bodog/ShoXC vet Rosi Sexton submitted Valerie Coolbaugh via first-round armbar, and Stephanie Guimaraes became Bellator’s latest YouTube star with her 49-second knee-knockout of Yvonne Reis. The Guimaraes knockout is above; highlights from the Lombard/Hess and Alvarez/Imada fights are after the jump.
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commentsbellator is steppin it up
Alverez was the shit! Killer right hand made the entire Hard Rock Live crowd jump out of their seats. Also, Hector Lombard FTW!!! American Top Team has another Champ!
Please stop queering up the post section with all the whining you ignorant slut.
Bellator was great this season, I had the pleasure of seeing one event live and followed the rest online. Great action, great fighters, I just hope their business model can stay afloat to keep this thing going.
Wow, Bellator is the bomb. War Alvarez.
Brutal knee, one of the cleanest female KOs I've ever seen.
....nice to see a Philly boy do good!
That right hand was MURDREOUS!
BTW, Bellator has been a perpetual MMA highlight reel. Can't wait 'till next season!
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