BELLATOR FC12
Bellator Fighting Championship closed their
English fighter Rosi Sexton
inaugural season with their twelfth event,
quickly took the advantage
marked by the crowning of the organization’s
against Valerie Coolbaugh.
lightweight and middleweight champions.
Eddie Alvarez, the favourite, walked away with
the lightweight belt by beating the man who
took Jorge Masvidal out of the tournament,
Toby Imada, by submission at the beginning
of the second round. Alvarez sent Imada with
a huge right hand right at the start of the
fight. He then unleashed a rain of punches on
his opponent, then sunk in the choke while
Imada was busy defending the punches.
Cuban judoka Hector Lombard went home
with the middleweight title with a win over
Jared Hess by TKO at the start of the fourth
round. Lombard opened a cut on Hess just
above the right eye and the end of the third
Jared Hess was stopped
HOLLYWOOD
Alvarez pounded on Imada
round and the doctor stepped in to stop the
due to a cut. 19.06.09 in the first round...
fight shortly after the fight restarted. The rest
of the evening was notable for the impressive
number of submissions, whether from the
men (Jorge Masvidal over Eric Reynolds, Fabio
Mello over Sami Aziz, Sergio Moraes over
Josh Martin) or from the women (Sexton over
Coolbaugh, Guimaraes over Reis).
Eddie Alvarez went home with a cheque
for $175,000.
...before choking him
in the second.
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