Bellator MMA
Bellator 255 took place on Friday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. In the main event, Bellator lightweight and featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire put on a fantastic performance to retain his 145-pound title and punch his ticket to the Featherweight World Grand Prix Final.
Pitbull scored the big win by choking Emmanuel Sanchez unconscious in the first-round of their main event scrap.
Because of the win, Pitbull will now defend his title against undefeated star AJ McKee in the Grand Prix Final later this year.
“I am ready to fight AJ McKee right now, please just tell Showtime, I will get in the cage and we can take care of this tomorrow,” Pitbull said after the fight. “I want to be the first man to defeat McKee, he has been opening his mouth about me for a very long time, this will be the biggest fight in Bellator history.”
If you missed out on the action, we have you covered.
A full look at the results from Bellator 255 on Friday night can be seen below.
Bellator 255 Results
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MAIN CARD
- C-Patricio Pitbull (32-4) defeated #2-Emmanuel Sanchez (20-5) via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 3:35 of round one
- #6-Jason Jackson (14-4) defeated #3-Neiman Gracie (10-2) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- #6-Tyrell Fortune (10-1) defeated Jack May (11-8) via TKO (punches) at 3:16 of round one
- Usman Nurmagomedov (12-0) defeated Mike Hamel (7-5) via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
- 5-Kana Watanabe (10-0-1) defeated #4-Alejandra Lara(9-4) via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
- #6-Magomed Magomedov (18-1) defeated Cee Jay Hamilton (15-8) via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:22 of round two
- Mandel Nallo (8-1) defeated Ricardo Seixas (9-3) via knockout (strikes) at 3:23 of round one
- Khalid Murtazaliev (15-2) defeated Fabio Aguiar (17-2) via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
- Chris Gonzalez (6-0) defeated Roger Huerta (24-13-1) via submission (strikes) at 3:01 of round three
- Jose Augusto (17-1) defeated Jonathan Wilson (9-3) via submission (head and arm choke) at 4:58 of round one
- Roman Faraldo (5-0) defeated Trevor Gudde (2-2) via TKO 1:30 of round one
- Jordan Newman (3-0) defeated Branko Busick (2-2) via TKO (strikes) at 2:30 of round two