Bellator 194: Nelson vs. Mitrione Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CN Main Card Paramount Network, 9 p.m. ET Roy Nelson vs. Matt Mitrione Derek Campos vs. Patricky Freire Liam McGeary vs. Vadim Nemkov Heather Hardy vs. Ana Julaton Tywan Claxton vs. Jose Perez Preliminary Card MMA Junkie/Paramount Network.com, 7 p.m. ET Some of these fights will occur after the main event for scheduling purposes Pat Casey* vs. Tyler Hamilton Peter Nascimento* vs. Kastriot Xhema Dean Hancock vs. Marcus Surin Walter Howard vs. Jarod Trice Regivaldo Carvalho vs. Tom English Mike Kimbel* vs. Geoffrey Then Ronie Arana Leon* vs. Ross Richardson* * Denotes professional debut
A fighter was complaining online that Bellator offered him $250/$250. This seems to be their strategy. 13 fighters on the card have five or fewer pro bouts. Three are making their debuts. Tywan Claxton (1-0) and Jose Perez (0-1) made it onto the main card. Bellator sparing every expense. Should also be noted that this is a fight on a reserve meaning who the fuck knows what kind of drug testing will be happening. To their credit Bellator have tested Mitrione and Nelson in the run up to the fight. To what degree I have no idea.
Heather Hardy managed to miss weight. The hype train behind these inexperienced female fighters always seems to wreck. MAIN CARD (Paramount, 9 p.m. ET) Roy Nelson (265) vs. Matt Mitrione (255) Derek Campos (154) vs. Patricky Freire (155) Liam McGeary (203.75) vs. Vadim Nemkov (205) Heather Hardy* (126.25) vs. Ana Julaton (125) Tywan Claxton (145) vs. Jose Perez (142) PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET) Pat Casey (155.5) vs. Tyler Hamilton (154.5) Peter Nascimento (163.5) vs. Kastriot Xhema (164.5) – 165-pound catchweight Dean Hancock (155.25) vs. Marcus Surin (156) Walter Howard (203) vs. Jarod Trice (205.5) Regivaldo Carvalho (145) vs. Tom English (146) Mike Kimbel (135.75) vs. Geoffrey Then (135) Ronie Arana Leon (156) vs. Ross Richardson (155.5) * – Hardy missed weight and was fined 20 percent of her purse, which goes to Julaton.
Results Matt Mitrione def. Roy Nelson via majority decision (28-28, 29-28, 29-28) Patricky Freire def. Derek Campos via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:23 Heather Hardy def. Ana Julaton via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) Vadim Nemkov def. Liam McGeary via TKO (injury) – Round 3, 4:02 Tywan Claxton def. Jose Perez via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:39 Ross Richardson def. Ronie Arana Leon via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 1:41 Mike Kimbel def. Geoffrey Then via knockout (slam, punches) – Round 1, 1:03 Regivaldo Carvalho def. Tom English via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:17 Jarod Trice def. Walter Howard via majority decision (28-28, 29-28, 29-28) Marcus Surin def. Dean Hancock via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 4:50 Kastriot Xhema def. Peter Nascimento via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:52 Pat Casey def. Tyler Hamilton via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
I have no issues with he decision. I had it 29-28 Mitrione. Roy did nothing for the first 3.5-4 minutes of the first two rounds. He got pieced up on the feet..got TD's and then laid there. In round 3 he got the take down, got the crucifix and then landed little kid punches. Roy is probably pissed; but whatever dude...fucking try to finish the fight man; so glad the judges didn't screw over Mitrione.
