Bellator 64 last night featured a welterweight title fight, a featherweight semi-final and bantamweight quarter-finals in a show that was to produce a series of main card fights that would be decided on the judges scorecards.
In the main event Ben Askren successfully defended his welterweight belt by claiming a dominant unanimous decision victory over Douglas Lima.
Askren used his superior grappling abilities to control Lima on the ground for long spells of this five rounder, though while Lima never looked like getting out from under him, neither did Askren look like finishing him.
Earlier Marlon Sandro booked his place in the featherweight final with a close split decision win over Alexandre Bezerra in what proved to be a stand-up battle.
Finally, both Travis Marx and Hiroshi Nakamura moved on to the bantamweight semi-finals with unanimous decision victories over Masakatsu Ueda and Rodigo Lima respectively.
See all the results below.
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Main Card:
Ben Askren def. Douglas Lima via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
Marlon Sandro def. Alexandre Bezerra via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Travis Marx def. Masakatsu Ueda via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Hiroshi Nakamura def. Rodigo Lima via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Prelims:
Mike Richman def. Chris Horodecki via knockout (punches) at 1:23 of Round 1
Chad Laprise def. Josh Taveirne via submission (triangle choke) at 2:48 of Round 1
Kyle Prepolec def. Lance Snow via submission (arm-bar) at 2:54 of Round 1
Elias Theodorou def. Rich Lictawa via verbal submission (blindness) at 0:33 of Round 3
Nordine Taleb def. Matt Secor via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-24)
Taylor Solomon def. Jason Fischer via via technical submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:59 of Round 3
