Bellator Notes

With the exception of UFC on FX 2, the month of March was pretty much UFC-free. Bellator came back and delivered some really great stuff. The best MMA fight in March was Bellator’s Patricky “Pitbull” Freire vs Lloyd Woodard. Awesome aggressive action with a nasty brutal finish. Patricky was the favorite in this tournament, so it was shocking to Woodard finish him off like that. For those of you that missed it, here is your chance to see it thanks to Bellator:

The most significant moment in the month of March for Bellator was Pat Curran knocking out Joe Warren several times in route to win the featherweight crown. It was a stoppage that practically everyone thought was way too late, let’s hope Warren makes a speedy recovery.

The most amusing Bellator moment was Eric Prindle vs Thiago Santos never having a definitive conclusion after three tries and Prindle becoming the tournament champion because Santos was overweight. It’s such a lame situation that it becomes amusing.

For those that have missed Bellator action, here are all the results for the month of March.

March 9th, 2012

Bellator 60

Main Card

Featherweight Championship – Pat Curran defeated Joe Warren via knock out in Round 3
Feathweright Quaterfinal – Daniel Straus defeated Jeremy Spoon via unanimous decision
Featherweight Quaterfinal – Mike Corey defeated Ronnie Mann via unanimous decision
Featherweight Quaterfinal – Marlon Sandro defeated Roberto Vargas via rear naked choke in Round 2

Prelims
Jake Nauracy defeated Cory Galloway via rear naked choke in Round 2
Travis Wiuff defeated Anthony Gomez via unanimous decision
Sean McCorkle defeated Richard White via neck crank in Round 1
Josh Shockley defeated Shamar Bailey via unanimous decision
Genair da Silva defeated Bobby Reardanz via TKO in Round 3

March 16th, 2012

Bellator 61

Main Card

Middleweight Quarterfinal – Maiquel Falcao defeated Norman Paraisy via unanimous decision
Middleweight Quarterfinal – Vyacheslav Vasilevsky defeated Victor O’Donnell via unanimous decision
Middleweight Quarterfinal – Bruno Santos defeated Giva Santana via unanimous decision
Middleweight Quarterfinal – Brian Rogers defeated Vitor Vianna via flying knee KO in Round 1

Prelims

Josh Quayhagen defeated Brent Taylor via unanimous decision
Derrick Krantz defeated Eric Scallan via brabo choke submission in Round 1
Jason Sampson defeated Jeremy Myers via rear naked choke in Round 3
Trey Houston defeated Jeremiah Riggs via armbar submission in Round 1

March 23rd, 2012

Bellator 62

Main Card

Lightweight Quarterfinal – Lloyd Woodard defeated Patricky Freire via kimura submission in Round 2
Lightweight Quarterfinal – Rick Hawn defeated Ricardo Tirloni via KO in Round 1
Lightweight Quarterfinal – Brent Weedman defeated J.J. Ambrose via Von Flue choke in Round 2
Lightweight Quarterfinal – Thiago Michel defeated Rene Nazare via split decision

Prelims

Luis Vega defeated Sonny Luque via arm-triangle submission in Round 1
Chris Jones defeated Steven Peterson via split decision
Dave Jansen defeated Jacon Kirwan via unanimous decision
Rad Martinez defeated Douglas Frey via TKO in Round 1
Sean Spencer defeated Joseph Daily via rear-naked choke in Round 2

March 30th, 2012

Bellator 63

Main Card

Karl Amoussou defeated Chris Lozano via rear naked choke submission in Round 1
Bryan Baker defeated Carlos Alexandre Pereira via split decision
David Rickels defeated Jordan Smith via KO in Round 1
Ben Saunders defeated Raul Amaya via unanimous decision

Prelims

Ryan Quinn defeated Marc Stevens via unanimous decision
Matt Bessette defeated Saul Almeida via unanimous decision
Dan Cramer defeated Jeff Nader via split decision
Andrey Koreshkov defeated Tiawan Howard via KO in Round 1
Munah Holland defeated Marianna Kheyfets via KO in Round 2
Brandon Fleming defeated Pete Rogers via Peruvian necktie submission in Round 1