Bellator 170 took place last night and we’ve got all the results for you below.
In the main event of the evening, Tito Ortiz finished Chael Sonnen barely two minutes into the fight to end his career on a high.
After an early striking exchange, Ortiz had opted to go for a single leg takedown and landed it, but Sonnen was slickly able to execute a reversal to end up on top and began working on a d’arce choke.
Unable to fully lock up the submission, Sonnen dropped back with a guillotine choke instead, but Ortiz stayed calm and was able to get his head free, leaving him in an advantageous position on top.
Ortiz quickly moved to full mount and landed a few solid elbows down on Sonnen’s face, which caused him to give up his back, giving the former UFC hall-of-famer an opportunity to tap him out with a rear-naked choke at 2.03mins of the first round.
Afterwards, Ortiz did his traditional ‘Grave Digger’ celebration one last time and then had his son leave his gloves in the center of the cage, signalling that the 41-year old’s career is finally at an end.
Earlier, in the co-main event, Paul Daley delivered a finish that will surely be a contender for 2017’s ‘Knockout Of The Year’ against Brennan Ward.
Ward was able to get Daley down early in the fight, but after using the cage to get back to his feet, the striker suddenly unleashed a spinning back elbow that staggered Ward back a few paces.
Daley then charged forward and landed a perfectly placed jumping knee to the head that knocked Ward out cold at 2.27mins to hand ‘Semtex’ a stunning addition to his highlight-reel.
Check out all the Bellator 170 results below.
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Main Card:
Tito Ortiz def. Chael Sonnen via submission (RNC) (1st, 2:03)
Paul Daley def. Brennan Ward via first-round KO (2:27)
Hisaki Kato def. Ralek Gracie via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Emmanuel Sanchez def. Georgi Karakhanyan via majority decision (28-28, 29-27, 29-27)
Derek Campos def. Derek Anderson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Prelims:
Chinzo Machida def. Jamar Ocampo via KO (punch) at 3:48 of R3
Jack May def. Dave Cryer via TKO at 0:41 of R1
Henry Corrales def. Cody Bollinger via KO (body punch) at 4:28 of R3
Kevin Casey vs. Keith Berry ruled a majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28)
Guilherme “Bomba” Vasconcelos def. John Mercurio via TKO (strikes) at 0:41 of R2
Jalin Turner def. Gabriel Green via first-round KO (0:36)
Daniel Rodriguez def. Christian Gonzalez via TKO at 3:55 of R2
Jacob Rosales vs. Ian Butler
Johnny Cisneros vs. Curtis Millender
Mike Segura vs. Tommy Aaron
Rob Gooch vs. James Barnes
Alex Soto def. Demarcus Brown via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Colleen Schneider vs. Chrissie Daniels
