(Bellator VII highlights, courtesy of YouTube.com/BellatorMMA)

Bellator‘s welterweight tournament finals were settled on Friday night in Chicago, as Lyman Good and Omar De La Cruz got their hands raised in the semis after dominant performances. Good increased his record to 9-0 with his whipping of Jorge Ortiz (highlights begin at the above video’s 4:15 mark), as he poured on an overwhelming barrage of strikes over two rounds until Ortiz’s face fell apart and the fight was stopped due to a cut. De La Cruz was just as aggressive in his fight with former UFC middleweight champ Dave Menne (see the vid’s 6:15 mark), throwing down some of hardest punches from the top that you will ever see in your life, before ending the fight with a lights-out right hook. Good and De La Cruz will meet in the welterweight finals on June 12th in Uncasville, Connecticut.

In non-tournament action, Kerry Vera won a thrilling three-rounder over Leslie Smith in her MMA debut (highlights begin at the video’s 1:28 mark), and UFC vet Eddie Sanchez scored the fastest knockout in Bellator history with his 10-second demolition of Jay White (skip to 3:39). Full event results and the complete video of the must-see Vera/Smith fight are after the jump…


– Omar De La Cruz def. Dave Menne via TKO, 3:19 of round 1
– Lyman Good def. Jorge Ortiz via TKO (cut stoppage), 4:37 of round 2
– Troy Gerhart def. Lorenzo Borgomeo via unanimous decision
– Eddie Sanchez def. Jay White via TKO, 0:10 of round 1
– Alonzo Martinez def. Victor Meza via submission (rear-naked choke), 2:43 of round 2
– Jesse Juarez def. Deray Davis via TKO, 4:47 of round 2
– Kerry Vera def. Leslie Smith via unanimous decision
– Jacob Volkman def. Kevin Knabjian via submission (triangle choke), 1:42 of round 2
– Anthony Lapsley def. Ryan Williams via submission (rear-naked choke), 4:22 of round 1