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[theanticool]

Sergio Pettis dominates Juan Archuleta, becomes new Bellator Bantamweight champion!

Archuleta finally got the takedown in the 5th round but could do nothing with it. Pettis was just the sharper striker. Countered the crap out of Archuleta’s blitzes, beat him to the punch in the pocket with the shorter shots, and mostly nullified his attempts to wrestle. Super similar to his fight with Brandon Moreno actually.

Pettis vs Horiguchi would be a dope ass fight.

[theanticool]

Jose Augusto, who broke his right hand almost instantly, dropped Rumble Johnson with a left hook. So close to the finish!

[theanticool]

Peter Queally cuts open Patricky Pitbull in 2nd round and gets the doctor stoppage TKO.

That’s two doctor stoppages on this main card. In a fight that Patricky Pitbull was completely winning, Pitbull shoots for a double at the end of the 2nd round. Queally goes down but starts throwing elbows at the top of Patricky’s scalp. One managed to cut open Pitbull nad the doc called the fight between rounds.

I’d be cool with Queally getting a title fight just because LW is such a shallow division for Bellator in terms of contenders. We know the Pitbull bros won’t fight one another and even though he was losing this, it adds some flavor to a potential fight with Patricio. That said, I’d also be cool with them running this back because Patricky was probably going to win.

[jonathanmilliondollarsmile]

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[theanticool]

Raufeon Stots dominates Josh Hill. Takes UD.

All around good performance from Stots. Outwrestled Hill when he decided to wrestle, but primarily won this one by stalking Hill to the cage and picking his shots as Hill circled not throwing anything. Won every phase of the fight. Neither guy are particularly good finishers or combination punchers so there was not much drama.

[theanticool]

Lorenz Larkin takes SD over Rafael Carvalho

I really don’t know what it is with Larkin, but when fights get competitive he just shuts down. Like he had a great first round. Aggressive, dominant. He was throwing elbows from the tie up. But from the 2nd round on, when Carvalho didn’t go away, his output dropped. If dude could get over that hump he might be champion.