Bellator 172: Fedor vs. Mitrione 18 February 2017 SAP Center, San Jose, CA MAIN CARD SpikeTV, 9 p.m. ET Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione Josh Thomson vs. Patricky Freire Cheick Kongo vs. Oli Thompson Adam Piccolotti vs. Brent Primus Josh Koscheck vs. Mauricio Alonso PRELIMINARY CARD Spike.com, 4 p.m. ET Justin Wren vs. Roman Pizolatto David Douglas vs. James Terry Cesar Gonzalez vs. Nikko Jackson Juan Cardenas vs. Luis Vargas Carlos Eduardo Rocha vs. Danasabe Mohammed Anthony Do vs. Bobby Escalante Jeremy Murphy vs. Matthew Ramirez J.J. Okanovich vs. Paradise Vaovasa Roque Reyes vs. Justin Tenedora
MM is pretty unreliable and easy to submit. This fight could go in any direction. But he has big punching power and this is a risky fight for Fedor.
Kongo has turned into the sports most boring fighter. I am expecting that fight to be similar to Kato/Gracie with very little action between the two. The rest of this fight card seems surprisingly strong for Bellator.
Apparently Meathead has a kidney stone. This has happened to him before. Struve passed out in the shower just before their fight.
Chael Sonnen offered to jump in and Bellator was interested but apparently they couldn't make it happen.
Results Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione - no decision Patricky Freire def. Josh Thomson via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 0:40 Cheick Kongo def. Oli Thompson via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-25, 30-25) Anatoly Tokov def. Francisco France via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:24 Veta Arteaga def. Brooke Mayo via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 3, 4:04 Mauricio Alonso def. Josh Koscheck via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:42 Juan Cardenas vs. Luis Vargas Dominic Sumner vs. Abraham Vaesau Jeremy Murphy vs. Matthew Ramirez Anthony Do vs. Bobby Escalante Nikko Jackson def. Cesar Gonzalez via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) J.J. Okanovich def. Zach Andrews via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:26 James Terry def. J.C. Llamas via unanimous technical decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Gaston Bolanos def. Abner Perez via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:53 Diego Herzog vs. Martin Sano declared a majority draw (28-27, 28-28, 28-28) Justin Tenedora def. Roque Reyes via submission (face crank) – Round 2, 4:59