♪♪ ♪♪ >>> ROMERO. HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT. LIVE TONIGHT AT 10:00 ON SHOWTIME. THE HOME OF COMBAT SPORTS. ♪ >> MMA. HALLOWED GROUND FROM OUTSIDE OF TOKYO TO THE VEGAS STRIP BUT THAT LIST IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT THE SHARK TANK. THE CENTER IN SAN JOSE. AND IN THIS BUILDING, BILL DAVIS, MARQUEE FREE AGENT BACK IN 2015 AFTER YEARS OF THE TOP OF THE SPORT MADE HIS BELLATOR DEBUT, COMING FULL CIRCLE AS HE WELCOMES ROMERO IN THE VERY SAME FOOTSTEPS. GREAT TO BE HERE. JOHN McCARTHY. IT'S FUNNY HOW WORKS BECAUSE SIX YEARS AGO TOMORROW, YOU WERE IN THIS BUILDING. WINS TWO FIGHTS THAT NIGHT. GOES ON TO WORLD THE WORLD TITLE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WENT AS PLANNED. BUT THE 205 DIVISION ENTERS TONIGHT IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. GRAND PRIX GOING ON. GOT VETERANS, UNDEFEATED FIGHTERS COMING UP. WE KNOW THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE PROBABLY TO GET TOWARD THE TOP OF THE TITLE CHASE AGAIN. ROMERO, JOHN, IT MAY BE HIS ONLY CHANCE. >> YOU LOOK AT ROMERO, A GUY AT THE AGE OF 44, VERY MUCH REMINDS EAU AND REMINISCENT OF RANDY WHO WON THE TITLE AT THE AGE OF 43. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT PROBABLY STRONGER AND FASTERMENT ALL OF THOSE THINGS. A SPECIAL ATHLETE. YOU LOOK AT THE WAY HE IS JUST LOOKING AT THIS WEIGH-IN RIGHT HERE. A MONSTER. TELLS US I FEEL BETTER THAN EVER, FASTER AND STRONGER. ONE THING HE WAS DOING BEFORE, SEAN, IS HE WAS LOSING SO MUCH WEIGHT TO MAKE THAT 185 LIMIT. NOW HE'S AT 205. THAT IS A 20 POUND DIFFERENCE AND YOU CAN JUST TELL BY HIS ATTITUDE THIS IS THE RIGHT CHOICE, RIGHT PLACE FOR HIM TO BE. >> IT'S LIKE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR. >> WE LOOK LIKE BROTHERS. >> IDENTICAL. IT'S MOVING MONTH WITH A GRAND PRIX SEMIFINALS COMING UP NEXT MONTH IN PHOENIX. AWFUL LOT GOING ON. CHRISTIAN EDWARDS TRYING TO STAY UNDEFEATED. OPENING THE SHOW ON SHOWTIME AT 10:00 EASTERN TIME. TWO HAVE FORMER WORLD TITLE CHALLENGERS. ALEJANDRO AND NEIMAN GRACIE TRYING TO GET IN THE PICTURE BUT WHEN GIORGI IS ON THE SHOW, DON'T BLINK. >> OH MY GOD, THIS MATCH-UP BETWEEN HIM AND SAL ROGERS IS PERFECT. TALKING ABOUT ROMERO AND THESE ARE BOTH GUYS WHO WERE FIGHTING IN THE FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION AND STEPPING UP TO THE LIGHTWEIGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE LOSING TOO MUCH WEIGHT. HAVING TOO MANY PROBLEMS IN KEEPING THEIR ENERGY DURING THE FIGHT. THEY SAID, I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. I NEED TO MOVE UP AND MOST OF THEM ARE HERE TO SAY I'M GOING TO BE THE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP. I'M GOING TO PROVE THIS WAS THE RIGHT MOVE FOR ME AND PROVE I'M BETTER THAN YOU. >> WE ALL LEARNED SO MUCH AS WE GET OLDER. ISN'T IT FUNNY AFTER EVERYBODY KILLED THEMSELVES, THEY BECOME OLDER AND FINALLY GO UP ONE WEIGHT CLASS AND THEY ALL TELL US, I'VE NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE. >> HUGE SUCCESS FOR SO MANY FIGHTERS. I HOPE THAT WEIGHT CUTTING EDGE WE SEE IN THE PAST IS A THING OF THE PAST. >> SO ROMERO AND PHIL DAVIS WILL END IT TONIGHT. WHERE ELSE TO BEGIN BUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING WITH A LONG AWAITED AND I DO MEAN LONG AWAITED PROFESSIONAL DEBUT. >> NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FIRST FIGHTER READY TO MAKE HIS WAY TO THE CAGE. JOSHUA THE REAL DEAL DILLON. EXPERIENCE IS A RELATIVE THING. JOSHUA AND FRIENDS KNOW SPENT LESS THAN THREE MINUTES IN THE CAGE AT THE PRO BUT TWO FIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE MORE, BUT DON'T EXPECT THE OPPONENT TO BLINK. >> HIS OPPONENT IS A GUY. JOSHUA DIEN IS A GUY THAT BELIEVES IN THE ABILITY AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO FACE A GUY WHO'S A GREAT WRESTLER. YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A GUY WHO CAN PUT HIS HANDS IN PLACES, THE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE MUCH EASIER TO ACHIEVE. >> COLLEGIATE WRESTLING AND TWO TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BUT DREAMS OF MMA TOOK A BACKSEAT AND AGE 29, IT WAS GETTING TO BE NOW OR NEVER AND HE CHOSE NOW. >> HE CHOSE NOW. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY THAT HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A TOP LEVEL MMA FIGHTER, LOOKING AT HIM RIGHT HERE AND DELGADO, SO MUCH EXPERIENCE NOT ONLY IN THE WRESTLING WORLD BUT PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON AND IN THOSE SITUATIONS, COMING OUT AT TOP. >> LONG AWAITED DEBUT FOR JESSE DELGADO. >> YOU SAID IT RIGHT THERE. PRO DEBUT. 1-1. BOTH ARE YOUNG FIGHTERS BUT THIS SHOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING CONTEST FOR THIS PRO DEBUT. >> DEBUT OF YOEL ROMERO WITH MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO BELLATOR MMA'S RETURN. IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. AS WE GET SET NOW TO KICK OFF THE PRELIMS TONIGHT HERE AT BELATOR 266 WITH A CONTRACT WEIGHT OF 130 POUNDS AND FIRST INTRODUCING THE BLUE CORNER. AT 5'7", WEIGHING IN 130 POUNDS EVEN. AS A PROFESSIONAL, HE'S 1-1. HE FIGHTS OUT OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. JOSHUA THE REAL DEAL DILLON. AND FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER. 5'6". WEIGHING, PROFESSIONAL MMA DEBUT OUT OF GILROY, CALIFORNIA. JESSIE DELGADO. IN CHARGE OF THE ACTION. >> BUTTERFIES IN THERE RIGHT NOW. >> FIRST ROUND. FIGHT. READY TO FIGHT? GO. >> TALK ABOUT THE WRESTLING PEDIGREE. YOU SEE A CLOSE-UP SHOT. PROBABLY STILL NEED THAT STRIDE. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IT'S A THROWBACK FIGHT BECAUSE JOSHUA, YOU TALKED ABOUT A GUY WHO LIKES TO STAND UP AND FIGHT. TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE GROUND. HE ALSO IS VERY GOOD ON HIS FEET, SO HE'S NOT A GUY THAT'S NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THROWING HIS HAND AND BEING SUCCESSFUL. >> ISSUE NUMBER ONE FOR AN ELITE LEVEL WRESTLER WHO BY DEFINITE, SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON THAT. WHAT IS STEP NUMBER IN ONE IN MAKING A WRESTLER? >> A FULL MMA FIGHTER. GOT TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND AGAINST THE POSITION ON TOP OF THE WRESTLING SKILL. >> A HIGH SCHOOL LEGEND, HEARD THE OVATION, BIG CHEERING SECTION IN THE DEBUT. COACHING AT THE ACADEMY. >> HE'S GOT A TON OF KIDS THAT ARE UNDER HIS TUTELAGE. TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO LEARN FROM ONE OF THE VERY BEST. THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY YOUNG KID. >> SKILLS, SPORTSMANSHIP, HOW TO CARRY YOURSELF. INTERESTING LANGUAGE. >> I'M SURE THEY DO. RIGHT NOW, YOU LOOK AT WHAT JOSHUA DILLON IS DOING. TRYING TO CREATE SOME SPACE HERE. THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE WRESTLER SO DIFFICULT TO FIGHT. THE SPACE AND BALANCE IS SO STRONG. YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, TRY TO OFF BALANCE THEM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY'RE JUST RIGHT BACK AT IT. BIG SHOT. NICE STEP OVER. ALMOST GOT OUT. ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE GUARD. FULL GUARD. >> I MEAN, THE FIRST THING YOU SEE, DELGADO. HOW STRONG HE IS. CREATING A LOT OF DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON TO JOSHUA. SHOT OF THE BODY HERE. TRY TO OPEN UP THE GUARD. GET HIM TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT. NOW IT'S AN OPEN GUARD. TRIED TO USE THE HITS. >> RIGHT HERE. DELGADO. SEE A COUPLE OF PRO DEBUTS. SO FASCINATING TO SEE EVERYTHING YOU STUDY. ANYONE WHO'S TAKEN THE LENGTH AND FEEL LIKE IT'S IN THERE AND THEN WAIT A MINUTE. >> THIS IS A BIG TEST. THIS IS A BIG AUDITION. YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE, YOU'VE GOT HIM SITTING HERE WATCHING YOU SAYING, LET'S SEE WHAT THIS KID'S GOT. YOU IMPRESS HIM, GUESS WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO? THIS IS YOUR AUDITION. YOU WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND PUT IT ALL OUT. DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO SHOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. >> THINK ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY EYES. NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE THE DEBUT. >> EXACTLY. AND YOU LOOK, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THAT'S TOUGH. TIME TO GET HIM. TIME FOR YOU TO IMPRESS. >> THIS SPORT IS CALLED THE SHOOT FOR A REASON. ANYBODY CAN WIN. ONE OF THE THINGS IN BELLATOR, THE GUYS BECOME ELITE BY WATCHING THEM AND WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN IN A PREVIOUS GENERATION. THEY'RE LEARNING THEIR CRAFT TO FIGHT THREE, FOUR, FIVE OF THEIR CAREER. >> ONE THING, THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF BUILDING YOUNG FIGHTERS. LET'S JUST GO RIGHT TO THE NUMBER ONE YOU COULD NAME. FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION. AJ McGEE. FIRST PROFESSIONAL FIGHT IN BELLATOR. BUT THEY BUILT FROM THE BEGINNING. >> GET BACK. SIT BACK AND RELAX. NICE WORK. GOOD HEAD POSITIONING. WE COULD STEP OVER. STEP OVER TO HALF GUARD. >> THIS IS PERFECT. >> DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? STEP OVER TO HALF GUARD? >> ABSOLUTELY. BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST AND TO SIT THERE. STEP OVER THAT. >> WHERE TO IMPROVE HIS POSITIONING AND DO THE MOST DAMAGE. >> COACHING AND SOMETIMES, MAY BE LAID BACK A LITTLE BIT. >> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR FIGHTER IS ACTUALLY DOING WELL. DON'T OVERLOAD HIM. >> MOVE YOUR DIRECTION. >> JOSH WITH THE FIRST TIME. >> OVERLOAD ALL THE TIME. GOT OFF BALANCE. 20 SECONDS INTO ROUND ONE. THAT LITTLE RING YOU SEE BACKING HIMSELF UP TOWARD THE CAGE WAY TOO MUCH. STEPS FORWARD. THIS IS WHERE IT IS. SIT THERE AND WAIT FOR IT. >> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> EARLY IN THE ROUND. PLENTY OF TIME TO DO IT. HEAD POSITIONING. LOOK AT HOW HEAVY HE IS. DRIVING HIS HEAD INTO THE FOREHEAD AREA. CREATING A PROBLEM JUST WITH WHERE JOSHUA'S HEAD IS ABLE TO BE. WHEN YOUR HEAD'S TO THE SIDE, YOU BECOME A WEAKER FIGHTER. LIFE CHANGED. EMBARKED ON THAT CAREER. JUST RETIRED. HIS ASSIST. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. >> TALK ABOUT A GUY WITH INCREDIBLE REFERENCES. UNBELIEVABLE IN BEING ABLE TO GET OTHER GUYS UP TO A CERTAIN LEVEL. FANTASTIC. >> YOUR POSITIONS. >> ROUND ONE, WHICH IS STARTING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF GETTING TIRED. A LITTLE BIT WEAKER. >> FASTER THAN HE WAS BEFORE. ALL THE PRESSURE STARTING TO GET TO HIM. THIRD PRO FIGHT. TRY FINDING A PARTNER TO TRAIN WITH WHO'S A TWO-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION. IT'S HARD TO FIND HIM ON CRAIGSLIST. >> PUT ON ALL THE ADS YOU WANT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND HIM. >> PUT HIS HEAD INTO THE CAGE. LOOK AT WHERE HIS LEFT ARM IS. BLOCK THE LEG. PUT PRESSURE OUT. STEP OVER. CLOSE DOWN ON IT. >> JOSHUA DILLON LET HIM PASS IN THE SITUATION. >> HAIL MARY. >> IF SMART ENOUGH, YOU CAN ALSO FREE UP AND CONTINUE ALL AROUND. ALL THE PRESSURE AWAY. NOW GOING TO WALK AROUND THE HEAD. RIGHT NOW, HOLD HIMSELF. WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE SHAPING OFF AND DOING THAT. HEAVY ON THE WAY FORWARD. AND REACH BACK. GO FOR A STRETCH OFF THE LEG. >> THIS IS THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A GUY WHO'S NOT A SOUND WRESTLER. CONTINUE ON UNTIL YOU GET A REVERSAL. >> NOT IN THE POSITION TO CREATE THE POWER AND LEVERAGE HE NEEDS TO MAKE THAT WORK. >> BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER PROGRESSION OFFERED HIM BETWEEN ROUNDS. >> JUST KIND OF FIND YOUR WAY TO HALF GUARD. GET THEM OUT. USE THE OPENER. GOING TO COME OUT WILD. SO BE READY. >> MY FAVORITE PART OF THAT IS WHEN WE GET THE TAKEDOWN. MORE LIKE REALITY. >> SECOND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. NOW OR NEVER. >> EARLY KICK IN ROUND TWO. THE BEGINNING OF ROUND THREE. THERE IT IS. THE SHOT. WAITING FOR THAT BY JOSH. BRINGS HIM RIGHT DOWN. I THINK HE DOES RIGHT NOW DOING HIS WORK. DON'T DRIVE HIM TOWARDS THE CAGE. MAKE IT TO WHERING HAVE ALL THE ROOM PASS ON EITHER SIDE. WORK ON EITHER SIDE. >> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR, IF YOU'RE JOSHUA DILLON. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR THE QUOTE UNQUOTE? >> MAKING A MISTAKE RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE HIS ARMS ARE AT TO THE GROUND, YOU DO NOT WANT HIS HANDS ON THE GROUND. I DON'T THINK, HE CAN ACTUALLY START TO OPEN UP THE GUARD BUT RIGHT NOW, SUCH A POSITION AS FAR AS FEELING SO HEAVY ON TOP OF DILLON THAT DILLON'S NOT EVEN LOOKING AT THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> WHERE DO YOU WANT, HIS HANDS ON HIS OPPONENT. EVERY TIME IN A POSITION TO BE ATTACKED. WHEN ON THE OPPONENT, MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO ATTACK THAT. >> LEFT ARM IS UNDER AND NOW RIGHT ARM UNDER THE HEAD. GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL. GET INTO SOMEONE WHO'S REALLY GOOD AT THE SUBMISSION GAME, STARTING TO ATTACK. >> BACK TO WHERE MOST HAS BEEN, WHICH IS UP. >> RIGHT NOW, ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORLD TO PASS THAT GUARD. ESPECIALLY GOING TOWARDS HIS LEFT SIDE AND THE ABILITY IS THERE. >> GOOD JOB BY JOSHUA. PUTTING THE FEED ON THE HIP, TRYING TO CREATE THAT SPACE. NEARLY AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES UNTIL NOW. >> BEAUTIFUL. ONE THING THAT WRESTLERS ARE VERY GOOD WITH IS THE POSITION OF HALF GUARD. THEY CAN CONTROL THE BODY. THEY CAN LAND PUNCHES. LAND ELBOWS. WRESTLERS LOVE THE HALF GUARD. BUT YOU DID HEAR THE CORNER TOP ABOUT HALF GUARD AND MOVING TOWARD THAT INSTRUCTION. >> THE GUARD'S OVER. THE ABILITY TO GET HIS HOOK INSIDE. 0-4 BUT WENT BACK TO HIS WRESTLING ROOTS OF GIVING HIS HIPS BACK. WHICH GO BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW. GO BACK TO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TRAINED TO DO. GOT THE ABILITY TO CREATE A CRUCIFIX HERE. A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO GET TO. HIS OPPONENT BUT ANY TIME ON THAT. JOSHUA DILLON RIGHT NOW, WORKING TO GET A TAKEDOWN. NOT EXACTLY THE THING YOU WOULD THINK HE'D BE WORKING HARD FOR. BETTER FOR HIM TO GET OUT AND AWAY, BACK TO THAT. >> FOR A SECOND. STAY HEAVY ON TOP. >> IN THIS SITUATION, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THE POSITION AND YOU COULD SEE JOSHUA WASN'T ABLE TO GET HIS HEAD HIGH. >> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE TWO TIME MAKES HIS DEBUT AND DOMINATES WITH IT. >> GOOD TOUGH PRO DEBUT FIGHT. LEARNED A LOT FROM IT. GO BACK AND WHERE HE DID WELL, WHERE HE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER. EVERY ROUND STARTED THE SAME WAY IN THE LAST 20 OR 40 SECONDS. >> SEE THAT LEVEL CHANGE. YOU SAW THE DROP OF THE LEVEL AND VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP SOMEONE WITH THAT TYPE OF ENTRY. VERY, VERY QUICK. VERY STRONG AND HIS POSITIONING. AGAIN, RIGHT THROUGH. EVERY TIME. THE 15 MINUTES WERE. IT'S THOSE THREE. 3-0 ALL IN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OF EACH ROUND AND ALL RESULTED IN JESSE DELGADO HAVING POSITION. >> BASICALLY GOT HIT. GOT SHOT OUT. >> GOOD FEELING TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS. >> SEVEN YEARS AFTER WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. JESSE DELGADO AND MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS MAKING IT OFFICIAL. >> THREE JUDGES AT CAGESIDE. SCORES AT 30 TO 27. RON McCARTHY. 30-27 AND GEORGE ALLEN, 30 TO 27. HAVE IT FOR THE WIN BY UNANIMOUS DECISION. JESSE DELGADO. >> HIGH SCHOOL LEGEND. TWO TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION. THREE TIME ALL AMERICAN AND NOW UNDEFEATED PROFESSIONAL MMA WRESTLER. WE'VE GONE 28 MINUTES WITHOUT HAVING TO GO. >> THANK YOU. DON'T MAKE US FEEL EXCITED. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE IN SUNNY SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. HOME OF THE SAN JOSE SHARKS AND THIS GUY OVER HERE. WORLD CHAMP EXCITED TO BE BACK IN YOUR HOMETOWN? >> NO RESPECT DOWN THERE. WHAT'S GOING ON? AT HOME, ALL NIGHT, THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING. >> FOUGHT HERE 12 TIMES. MISS IT? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'D RATHER BE UP HERE SHARING EXCHANGES. >> A LOT LESS HARDER PUNCHES. HERE ON YOUTUBE AS WELL AS MAIN CARD ON SHOWTIME. LET'S TALK OUR HEADLINER. ROMERO, TAKING ON OUR FORMER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP AND PHIL DAVIS. WHAT EXCITES YOU MOST ABOUT THIS ONE, JOSH? >> EVERYTHING EXCITES ME ABOUT THIS FIGHT. A LOT OF THE UNKNOWNS THAT EXCITES ME THE MOST, TO BE HONEST. THE TALK AND THE BUZZ. WHERE HE STRUGGLED MULTIPLE TIMES TO MAKE WEIGHT. 205 AND LIKE PHIL DAVIS. HIS WRESTLING PEDIGREE. FIGHTING SOMEONE WITH THE CHAMP OUT OF PENN STATE. THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, THE UNKNOWN IS WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING FOR THEM BECAUSE THE WRESTLING, WE HAVE ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THE SILVER MEDALLIST. IN HIS YOUTH AND MAY BE A FACTOR. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WEIGHT MOVING UP FOR YOEL. TALKED TO HIM THIS WEEK. JUST HAPPY. TRAINING, DIDN'T CHANGE MUCH. JUST HAPPIER WALKING AROUND AT 205 RATHER THAN CUTTING DOWN TO 185. GREAT ONE TONIGHT. JUST ONE OF FOUR IGHTS WE HAVE COMING AT 10:00 EASTERN. 7:00 PACIFIC. A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO INCLUDING OUR NEXT PRELIMINARY BATTLE. WHO'S NEXT? >> MORE PRO DEBUTS FOR YOU BUT IT'S FUNNY. SOMETHING NICE ABOUT THE FACT WITH THE FIRST EVENT HERE. YOU REALLY, AGAIN, PAINFUL TO SAY IT, BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO APPRECIATE WHAT HE GAVE TO THE SPORT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESEARCH AND LOOK AT THE YEARS THAT HE PUT IN. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT GIVE HIM HIS PLACE IN THE SPORT. >> JOSH WAS A LEGEND IN THIS BUILDING. HE HAD SOME OF THE VERY BEST. HE HAD ONE OF THE BEST FIGHTS I'D EVER SEEN. HIS SECOND FIGHT AND HE WAS A CHAMPION. LOST THAT FIGHT BUT IT WAS SO GOOD. SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE BY BOTH GUYS. HE'S A LEGEND HERE AND I HATE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I LOVE MAKING FUN OF HIM. >> WE MOVE ON AND AGAIN, ON A NIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PRO DEBUTS. EDWIN DE LOS SANTOS HAD AN INTERESTING AND SUCCESSFUL AMATEUR CAREER. >> NOW SET TO MAKE HIS WAY, JON "SUPER HERO" ADAMS. >> IN YOU'RE WONDERING, FANDOM OF COMIC BOOKS, SPIDER-MAN IN PARTICULAR, THAT'S THE ORIGIN OF THE NICKNAME SUPER HERO. HE IS A FLY WEIGHT IN A DIVISION BUT SPEAKING OF HISTORY OF MMA IN SAN JOSE. >> THE NORTH AMERICAN RECORD FOR THE VERY FIRST MMA FIGHT. LEGALLY DONE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THIS BUILDING OUT WITH OVER 18,200 PEOPLE. FRANK SHAMROCK THAT HEADLINED THAT CART. >> AND NOW SET TO MAKE HIS WAY.5 AT TIMES, IT WAS GOING THEY'RE EVER GOING TO DO IT. JUST REMARKABLE HERE. >> CHECK IT OUT. DON'T SEE A LOT OF 25ERS. ANOTHER PRO DEBUT. 0-1-1 AND I'VE WATCHED JON ADAMS FIGHT. SEE BOTH OF THOSE FIGHTS. HE IS A SCRAPPER, A GAMER GUY THAT NEVER QUITS. THIS SHOULD BE FUN. >> WELCOME THOSE TONIGHT TUNING IN LIVE TO THE PRELIMS ON YOUTUBE AND BELLATOR AND SHOWTIME SPORTS CONTINUE ON IN THE FLY WEIGHT DIVISION, SCHEDULED FOR THREE FIVE MINUTE ROUNDS INTRODUCING. 5.7 WEIGHING IN 125.4 POUNDS. PROFESSIONAL RECORD EARLY ON. 0-1 FIGHTS OUT OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. JON "SUPER HERO ATMOSPHERE ADAMS. >> AS A PROFESSIONAL TONIGHT, MAKING HIS DEBUT. FIGHTS OUT OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. REFEREE. ARE YOU READY? FIGHT. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY PRO DEBUTS YOU HAVE REFEREES. A COMMON THREAD FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT IS THE FRESHMAN PUT ON HIM. THE MOMENT YOU LOOK AND GO, ALL THE FIGHTS, A LOT OF AMATEUR FIGHTS. A GREAT RECORD BUT NOW, THEY ALL COUNT. THESE GUYS FEEL THE PRESSURE AND YOU'LL SEE GUYS WORKING YOUR WAY THROUGH THE PRESSURE AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GO, HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT. IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. >> YOU TALK ABOUT SEEING JOHN ADAMS. THE BELLATOR BANNER. >> THE FIGHTER FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU'RE LOOKING AT OR FOR? >> I WANT TO SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT FIGHT. GOING TO SIT THERE. DON'T GO CRAZY. GET HIT. NOT SITTING THERE HAVING TO GET THE OPPONENT BACK RIGHT AWAY. JUST RELAXED AND SAYING, IT'S OKAY. AND GO ABOUT DOING THINGS IN THEIR STYLE. JUST RIGHT NOW. >> HE'S STAND UP FIGHTING FOR THE MOST PART. BUT THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED IN MARTIAL ARTS. HE'S THE ONE CONTROLLING THE LOCATION. PRO DEBUT. BUT CONTROLLING WHERE THE FIGHTING IS AT. THAT'S SAYING A LOT ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE. >> ONE THING TO WATCH, DEFINITELY COMING DOWN. IF JON ADAMS SEES HIM DO THAT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT MISTAKE. >> YOU'VE GOT TO TRY TO HIT AND MAKE YOU PAY FOR IT. GOT THROUGH. DOES NOT AFFECT AT ALL. >> EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT. GOT ONE. >> BACK AND FORTH. LEFT AND RIGHT. CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE ANGLE. >> 27 YEARS OLD. >> FIRST PROFESSIONAL FIGHT. AFTER 12 AMATEUR FIGHTS. NOT SAYING EVERY CASE IS DIFFERENT BUT WHAT'S THE COMMON THREAD TO SAY LET'S GO. >> IT'S OVER. THAT WAS AS GOOD OF A PERFORMANCE YOU'LL SEE FROM A FIGHTER IN HIS PRO DEBUT. >> HONEST BELIEVE HE GOT HIT ONE TIME IN THAT FIGHT. IN CONTROL FROM THE BEGINNING. >> LOOK AT WHERE IT LANDS WITH THE ELBOW. THAT HURTS HIM. HE'S IN TROUBLE AT THIS POINT. DOES HE SURVIVE? >> CHANGE THE WAY JON ADAMS IS MOVING. BOY, DID HE EVER PICK HIS SPOT. THAT WAS AWFULLY. >> THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE A GOOD TRAINING PARTNER OR COACH. YOU TAKE THE WET MOUTHPIECE. THAT'S OKAY. >> PRO DEBUT AND IMPRESSION NEVER CHANGED. TAKE A LOOK WITH THE RIGHT SIDE RIB CAGE, WITH ONE SHOT. >> MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS MAKING THIS OFFICIAL. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BELLATOR CAGE, AND STEPS IN OFF THE CONTEST. THE OFFICIAL TIME. 3:29 IN ROUND NUMBER ONE. THE WINNER BY TKO. EDWIN DE LOS SANTOS. >> YOU CAN SMILE YOUNG MAN IF YOU WANT NOW. YOU'VE EARNED IT. >> MAY NOT BE A FLY WEIGHT DIVISION. HOPES THERE IS ONE BUT WOMEN'S DIVISION BECAME MUST SEE FOR A FORMER WORLD TIME CHALLENGER TRYING TO GET BACK ON THE LIST. >> THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW THEY THROW DOWN. 266 UNDER WAY HERE AT THE SAP CENTER IN SAN JOSE. THE MAIN CARD STARTS TONIGHT AT 7:00 PACIFIC HEADLINED BY YOEL AND TAKING ON PHIL MR. WONDERFUL DAVIDSON IN THE MAIN EVENT AND THE EXCITING MATCH-UP AS SEAN JUST SAID. ALEJANDRO AND THEN TAKING ON BELLATOR NEWCOMER ON THIS MATCH-UP. LET'S SHOOT ACROSS THE POND TO THE LONDON OFFICE. >> BENNET MEETS ALEJANDRO AS CALIFORNIA KNOWN AS VITAMIN D GETS HER DREAM HOME FIGHT AGAINST ACTION COLUMBIAN INSIDE THE ATMOSPHERE INSIDE THE SHARK TANK. NUMBER FIVE RANKED UNHAPPY WITH HER PERFORMANCE LAST TIME OUT AGAINST WATANABE AND INSISTED GOING INTO THIS BOUT AT 27 YEARS OLD, AND WITH 13 FIGHTS ON HER RESUME, SHE MUST TAKE OWNERSHIP OF HER CAREER. SHE'S NO LONGER A NOVICE. WILLING TO BE FAST, ELUSIVE AND DIVISIVE AND BENNET. IT WILL BE ABOUT IMPOSING HER PHYSICALITY AND DRAWING THE WILD OUT OF LAURA TO SMOTHER HER FOE AND LIVE UP TO HER REPUTATION AS QUEEN. TAKE IT AWAY, LADIES. WE CANNOT WAIT. >> THAT'S RIGHT, WE CANNOT WAIT. WE JUST HEARD GARRETT THERE SAYING ALEJANDRO WAS NOT HAPPY WITH HER LAST PERFORMANCE. SHE TOLD US THIS WEEK SHE WANTS TO COME IN MORE FOCUSED, MORE MATURE. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> EXACTLY WHAT GARRETT SAID. DEANA WILL TRY TO PUT THE BRAWLER OUT OF HER AND RIGHT NOW, ALEJANDRO, SHE NEEDS TO BE MATURE AND NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. IN THE PAST, SHE LOVES TO FIGHT AND YOU SEE IT. SHE HOLDS NOTHING BACK. SOMETIMES IT WORKS AGAINST HER BECAUSE OF THE MUSCLE FATIGUE. DOESN'T GIVE HERSELF TIME TO REST IN BETWEEN TRANSITIONS. ANY OF THOSE THINGS, SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN TO REST IN THOSE SITUATIONS. THAT WORKS AGAINST YOU AS A FIGHTER. SHE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT HOW SHE PERFORMED. SHE'S REALIZED SHE NEEDS TO MATURE AND BY MATURING, MAKING SURE SHE'S NOT WASTING ENERGY IN AREAS THAT SHE DOESN'T NEED TO. SHE CONTROLLED THE FIGHT FOR THE BEGINNING TO THE END WITH LONG STRAIGHT PUNCHES. SHE DID A GREAT JOB. BUT IN THOSE EXCHANGES WITH WATANABE, LET HER EMOTIONS GET THE BETTER OF HER. SHE WANTED TO GET OUT OF THERE BUT WHAT SHE DOES WELL IS A GREAT JOB OF GETTING TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNT AND DOING THINGS. SHE CAN SLOW THE PACE DOWN. >> SHE HAD A REALLY TRAGIC INJURY IN HER LAST FIGHT AGAINST LIZ CARMOUCHE BUT LOOKED GOOD IN THE FIGHT. WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO TONIGHT TO PULL LAURA INTO THAT BRAWLER MATCH SHE WOULD WANT HER TO EXPEND THAT ENERGY? >> SHE'S GOT TO PULL THE DOG FIGHT. AT A PACE SHE'S NOT COMFORTABLE WITH. SHE'S SHOWN THAT. NEVER STANDS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF LAURA. I THINK THAT WILL FRUSTRATE HER AND MAKE HER CHASE AFTER HER. SHE LOVES TO FIGHT. SO SHE WANTS TO GET OUT THERE AND LOVES THE EXCHANGES. NEEDS TO FIGHT SMART. CARMOUCHE, GOING IN THAT THIRD ROUND. 1-1. SHE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT WHERE SHE PULLED HER HAMSTRING OFF THE BONE. NOW IN HER HAMSTRING, AFTER SURGERY A YEAR AWAY. SHE FEELS GREAT BUT WE'LL FIND OUT TONIGHT. >> INCREDIBLE TO THINK ABOUT THAT INJURY BUT SHE DID SAY SHE'S READY TO ASSIST THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF HER CAREER HOPING TO WIN OVER FIFTH RANKED INTO THE RANKINGS NEXT WEEK. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT, WE HAVE TWO FIGHTING ON OUR CARD. TAKING IN MARK ON THE MAIN CARD BUT MAKING HIS BELLATOR DEBUT. THAT MAKES HIGHLAND THE 32nd MEMBER TO COMPETE IN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. 76% OF THEIR WIN BY SUBMISSION AND GET THIS, 174 FIGHTS BETWEEN ALL OF THEM. THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN SUBMITTED TWICE AND SEAN, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TO TO STORY. ISN'T THERE? >> THERE IS, BECAUSE SUBMITTED AN INTERESTING. BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH OF THEM. GOING WAY BACK, OBVIOUSLY. WE HAD TOWELS THROWN IN. NOT THE TRADITIONAL SUBMISSION. NONE SAID LET ME OUT OF HERE BECAUSE I IMAGINE IT WILL BE TOUGH AT THANKSGIVING DINNER. >> YOU'LL NOT BE WELCOMED AT ANY FAMILY AFFAIR. THAT CAME FROM THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY. HELIO AND CARLOS GRACIE. THE REFEREE STOPS BASED UPON A SUBMISSION PLACED AND THOUGHT HE WAS GOING BACK TOO FAR. THAT WAS THE END OF THE FIGHT AND GOT HIS ARM DISLOCATED. THAT WAS THE END OF THE FIGHT BUT THEY NEVER A TIED. >> GOOGLED THE 90 MINUTE FIGHT. THE HISTORY GOES ON AND ON AND ON. THE NAME GOES ON AND ON AND ON. SHANE WILL TRY TO BECOME THE SECOND TO GET A SUBMISSION VICTORY OVER GRACIE. >> WELCOME. >> INVITED TO COME TRAIN. TALKED ABOUT WALKING ON THE FIRST DAY, AROUND THE CORNER. >> IN THE FLESH, PUTTING IN WORK AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND TO HIM. LOU. >> I UNDERSTAND WHY. >> GRACIE. >> KIND OF IMPLIED THIS. JERRY SEINFELD USED TO DO THAT BIT ABOUT THE NAME. IF YOU NAME YOUR SON, YOU PRETTY MUCH DECIDED WHAT HIS FUTURE IS GOING TO BE. RETURNS AFTER 14 YEARS AWAY. OBVIOUSLY LIKE MOST. BUT WROTE IT OFF AS YEARS AND YEARS AGO THAT HE WANTS TO COME BACK AND DO THIS AGAIN. >> WANT TO WANT TO REPRESENT THE TEAM NAME. WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE GUYS BUT YOU'RE NOT READY. >> COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. READY FOR THIS. >> TO MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. WE CHECK OUT. >> 34 YRIS OF AGE COMING BACK INTO HIS SECOND REALM OF MMA. WE'LL SEE HOW HE DOES AGAINST THE 27-YEAR-OLD. >> IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT TO GET TO MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> TONIGHT, 266. >> SCHEDULED FOR FIVE MINUTE ROUNDS. 6'1". >> SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. RHALAN GRACIE. >> 20 YEARS OLD. 68 SECONDS. THE TKO WIN BUT THE FIGHT HE WON WAS AGAINST THE STATE. >> KNOWS WHAT HE'S GETTING INTO AND THE SKILL SET OF GRACIE. 30 YEARS. HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF GUYS HAVE SAID THAT. WITH THE HOOK. IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. OFF YOUR FEET. >> HOW THIS ENDS UP. HAPPY WHERE HE'S AT RIGHT NOW. GOT A POSITION RIGHT NOW. >> VERY CAREFUL HOW LONG YOU'LL HOLD ON TO HER. >> TIME REMAINING IN THE ROUND. USE THIS TIME. YOU GET TO THIS POSITION. HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. YOU NEED TO MAKE IT WHERE SHANE KEEFE IS HAVING TO DEFEND. VERY CAREFUL WHERE HE'S PUTTING HIS HAND. SET UP ON THE SHOULDER AREA. >> A LOT OF THINGS TO ATTACK. PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SWING. OR GO FOR THE SUBMISSION. >> HE'S NOT GOING TO GET IT BACK. RIGHT NOW, KEEFE DOES NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF SITUATION. >> SAW IT ON THERE. GOING FOR THE WRONG CORNER, I ALWAYS LOVE THAT. IF HE'S GOING TO WALK THAT WAY, I'LL WALK THE OTHER WAY. >> YOU'D BE AMAZED HOW MANY TIMES IN THE NBA GAME, THEY LINE UP THE WRONG WAY. THIS IS THE DAMAGE SHANE KEEFE HIT EARLY. >> RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE JAW LINE, THE EAR. THAT SHOOK HIM UP AND THEN STARTS TO GET HIT WITH THE BIG SHOTS HERE. DIVING FOR TAKEDOWN. DOING A GOOD JOB MOVING HIS FEET. KEEPING HIMSELF AT A DISTANCE. LAST TWO MINUTES. POTENTIAL SITUATION. >> BROUGHT IT BACK. GROUNDWORK. ALTHOUGH, HE WASN'T ABLE TO WALK ANYTHING UP. MADE IT TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO SHOW THE JUDGES, THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH. HAVING AN ADVANTAGE THIS STARTS EVERY ROUND, GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THIS BACK OUT ON TO THE MOUND. TRIES TO THROW IT AGAIN. >> COMING OUT HERE. LOOKING FOR UPGRADE. HE WANTED TO COUNTER BUT YOU CAN WAIT TOO LONG. JUST GET AFTER DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH. >> OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A LACK OF VELOCITY. THAT'S THE OPPOSITE BETWEEN BEING 34 AND BEING 20. >> AFTER AN EVENTFUL ROUND ONE, GETTING CAUGHT IN THE OTHER GAME HERE AT ROUND TWO. >> REALLY SLOWING THIS DOWN. LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY GET INTO A PUSH POSITION. HE WAS 9 YEARS OLD. >> IT CHANGES. SEEN THEM GET LESS PATIENT. >> NOT ONLY LESS PATIENT BUT MAKE IT TO WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE STRENGTH IN THE LEGS TO ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIGHT. IT TAKES AWAY YOUR TALENT. JUST GOT IMPATIENT. COULDN'T DO WHAT HE WANTED. GET KNOCKED OUT. >> BUT YOU HAVE A GOOD LEG IN THE BACK. >> THE MORE IT WILL HAPPEN, THE MORE YOU START TO GET CONCERNED AND TAKING CHANCES. THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY. >> ALL THE STATS AND HOW MANY. >> NOT HAPPY. >> IF YOU'RE SHAN KEEFE, YOU'RE WINNING THIS ROUND. BUT IT COULD CHANGE WITH ONE SHOT. WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SIT THERE AND PLAY THAT EDGE AGAIN. MULTIPLE SHOTS. TRYING NOW TO LAND. >> COULD NOT HAVE GONE BETTER. AND EVEN THOUGH, LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED GOING BACK IMMEDIATELY. >> HERE'S THAT KICK FROM THE END OF THE ROUND. IT COMES UP UNDER THE ARM. DOES HIT THE BACK OF THE HEAD A LITTLE BIT. BUT HE FELT IT. NOT THAT IT HURT HIM BUT HE FELT IT AND THAT'S WHAT MADE HIM MOVE AWAY AND THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GO AFTER IN THE THIRD ROUND. TOOK OFF THAT SECOND ROUND. HE WON THE ROUND BUT SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY AND SHOULD BE GOING AFTER THE END OF THE ROUND. >> SHANE KEEFE LIVING HIS BEST LIFE. >> WELL, HE WON'T BE TALKING VERY LOUD BY THE END OF IT. START THAT A LITTLE STRONGER. IN THE CORNER WITH A GOOD COMPETITOR WITH THE FIGHTING MMA AND I'M SURE HE SAID THAT. MORE OUTPUT. NEED YOU TO GO OUT. BUT LET'S GO. RIGHT THERE. WATCHING OFF BALANCE. EVERYTHING,. GOING UP, USING TO TRY TO GO FORWARD. >> A LITTLE MORE. >> EVERY TIME HE THROWS HIS HEAD. GOING TO CAUSE DAMAGE. EVERY TIME HE THROWS HIS HANDS. A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTUM. GOING BACK. STARTING TO FIGHT LIKE A GUY. FIND THAT JAB. AND TO THE RIGHT. WORKING FOR HIM. THIS ROUND. >> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. LOOK AT THE OUTPUT. GOOD A CUT OVER HIS LEFT EYE. OUTPUT IN ROUND TWO OR IF HE IS IN ROUND TWO. IT'S GOING TO BE ROUND TWO. ALL ON YOU. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO. SEE RIGHT HERE STEPPING ON THE GAS. MAKING HIM DEAL WITH AN OFFENSIVE OUTPUT. FINAL MINUTE COULD NOT HAVE IMAGINED. SET UP. >> WORK TO DO PROFESSIONAL FOR. FINISHED LIKE HE STARTED. >> HE COULD REMOVE THE SECOND WITH A REALLY GOOD FIGHT. GOOD WORK ON THE GROUND AND THEN THIRD ROUND, OUTSTANDING OUTPUT BY RHALAN GRACIE. >> A LOT MORE IN ROUND THREE. >> THE JAB. RIGHT HAND COME BACK. BACK TO THE JAB. RIGHT HAND AGAIN. THAT WAS A NICE RIGHT HAND BY KEEFE. LANDED. GREAT GOING OVER THE RIGHT. OVERHAND RIGHT. THE JAB WAS THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN THIS ROUND. ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT JAB, MAKE IT TO WORK. >> NO DOUBT ABOUT THE THIRD ROUND. IT COMES DOWN TO THE SECOND. BUT YOU COULD BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU DIDN'T DO ENOUGH. >> HAVING GONE THE DISTANCE ALL THREE. AND JASON HERRZOF 29-28. FOR THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DIVISION. SHANE KEEFE. >> HE'LL WATCH THE SECOND ROUND. >> AS MUCH TIME AT THE END OF THE RIGHT. USUALLY DOESN'T END WELL. >> THANKS, JON. LOTS OF TIGHT ACTION COMING YOUR WAY ON SHOWTIME TONIGHT. NOW THE FIGHT THAT HAS A LOT OF FIGHT FANS ABUZZ, OUR SECOND FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. HE'S A VETERAN OF THE SPORT WITH 43 PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS AND HE IS TAKING ON BRAWLER SAUL ROGERS. ROGERS MAKING THE MOVE UP TO 155 AND WHEN WE SPOKE WITH SAUL THIS WEEK, HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE CHANGED UP HIS WHOLE ROUTINE, HIS DIET, SLEEP ROUTINE, HIS MINDSET. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SAUL MAKING THE MOVE? >> I WONDERED WHAT TOOK SO LONG. SAUL LOOKED BIGGER AND THICKER. GIORGIO LOOKS BIGGER BUT THEN AT THE WEIGH-INS, EVERYONE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HOW STRONG SAUL ROGERS IS. THAT WAS AT 145. 155 AND REJUVENATED, SAUL ROGERS. SAW THE SMILE ON HIS FACE. HE POSTED A PICTURE ON HIS INSTAGRAM AND I SAID, THIS IS ONE HOUR AFTER I MADE WEIGHT. HE LOOKED DEPLETED IN HIS LAST FIGHT. SHOWED A PICTURE OF HIMSELF THIS WEEK. ONE HOUR AFTER. HE WAS SMILING AND JOKING WITH PEOPLE. THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOUR PERSONALITY GOING INTO A FIGHT. >> HE GOT THAT MEMO BECAUSE HE MADE THE MOVE UP TO LIGHTWEIGHT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO. THIS WILL BE THE SIXTH FIGHT. HE LOOKED GREAT. LOOKED GREAT HERE. >> THAT'S WHAT SAUL ROGERS TRIED TO DO. BEAT HIM TO THE BUNCH AND UNDERSTOOD, SUCCESS BECAUSE I WAS CUTTING DOWN THE WEIGHT, WASN'T AS GOOD AND THE FIGHT IS MISERABLE. NOW HE CAN ENJOY HIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN BETTER. YOU CAN SEE THE STRENGTH TRANSFERRED FOR HIM. ALSO, DURING THAT WEEK, MENTALLY, IT WEARS ON YOU UNDERSTANDING YOU CAN'T EAT, YOU CAN'T DRINK, DO THOSE THINGS. FOR A LOT OF US, I FELT LIKE IT WAS A MIND, MENTALLY PREPARED READY TO GO. BUT CUT SO MUCH WEIGHT. I THINK WHEN YOU SAW HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND HE DID, HAD SUCCESS. >> TWO GUYS COMING IN FEELING REAL GOOD. >> YOU KNOW. I'VE BEEN ON THIS FIGHT ALL WEEK AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. >> THERE YOU HAVE IT. JOSH SAYS HE THINKS IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE AS WELL. >> I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS FIGHT. SAYING IT'S SO RIGHT. >> I KNOW, IT'S HORRIBLE. >> THOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE CALIFORNIA SCENE IN TERMS OF THE PRELIMS, THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE FIGHT OF THE NIGHT BETWEEN TWO HARD HITTERS AT 175. >> AND NOW READY TO MAKE HIS WAY. GONZALES. >> MORE MEMORABLE FIGHTS. INJURIES INTO THE BELLATOR. A STUNNING WIN. THE OPPONENT COULD NOT CONTINUE. HAD HIS STRUGGLES AND HIS CHILDHOOD. LOST HIS DAD EARLY AND MOM RAISED SEVEN BOYS. IN AND OUT OF JAIL AND HE'S SHOWN HIS TOUGHNESS EVERY TIME WE SEE HIM INSIDE THE CAGE. >> YOU SAID EVERYTHING AS IF THERE'S ONE THING WE KNOW IS ALBERT GONZALES IS JUST DOG DIRTY TOUGH. >> AND NOW, SET TO MAKE HIS WAY. >> WE JUST TALKED ABOUT GRACIE. YOU MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THE FAMILY BUT MAY BE PRO WRESTLING FIRST FAMILY NOW. SUCCESS. ABRAHAM. MADE THE BELLATOR DEBUT. AND HE MADE THE FAMILY PROUD. >> YEAH, HE MADE A BEAUTIFUL DEBUT HERE IN THIS ARENA. YOU COULD CHECK OUT WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO PROVE. HE'S GOT BIG POWER. HE IS VERY PHYSICALLY STRONG. GOING AFTER. DOESN'T GET IT AND LOOK AT THE POWER SHOTS. YOU JUST, HIS OPPONENT. CANNOT TAKE ANYMORE. PHYSICALLY, A VERY, VERY STRONG POWERFUL MAN. >> 12 PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS BETWEEN THESE TWO. ONLY ONE HAS GONE TO THE JUDGES. MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> JOINING US TONIGHT, LATE NIGHT IN THE UK ON PLAYER WE WELCOME YOU INSIDE AS WE GO NOW TO A WEIGHT FIGHT AT 175 POUND SETS FOR THREE FIVE MINUTE ROUNDS IN THE BLUE CORNER AT 6'4", WEIGHING IN 175 POUNDS EVEN. PROFESSIONAL RECORD 2-2. HE FIGHTS OUT OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. ALBERT GONZALES. >> OUT OF THE RED CORNER AND 5'11" WEIGHING IN THE SAME. 175 POUNDS AS A PROFESSIONAL. FIVE WINS. THREE LOSSES FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. ABRAHAM VAESAU. >> FANS COME OUT TO WATCH. THIS IS THE KIND OF FIGHT THEY BUY TICKETS TO. >> ABSOLUTELY. ONE GUY WITH HUGE POWER AND ONE GUY WITH A HUGE HEART. SEE WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE WIN. >> KICK BOXING HAS BEEN HIS BACKGROUND. FELT IT. TOO POWERFUL. TOO STRONG. WORK HIS WAY BACK TO HIS FEET HERE. >> HIS UPPER CUT TOO. SEE A LOT OF GUYS DO. 3. 5'11". >> EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT. THE POWER AFTER VAESAU. HE'LL WEAR YOU OUT AND USE CARDIO AS A WEAPON. >> EASILY THE KICK BOXING WITH A HUGE REACH ADVANTAGE. BIG TROUBLE. DOWN HE GOES. >> AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPLAY HERE. A BIG SHOT. INTO THE BODY. UPPER CUT RIGHT HAND OVER THE TOP. >> EXACTLY. SIXTH WIN. >> ALL BY KNOCKOUT. >> FIREWORKS. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE BELLATOR CAGE REFEREE. JASON OFF DUE TO STRIKE OFFICIALS SIGN. 2:17 IN ROUND NUMBER ONE. THE WINNER BY KNOCKOUT. ABRAHAM VAESAU. >> GREAT PERFORMANCE THERE. FANTASTIC FIGHT AS WE ROLL ON HERE THROUGH OUR PRELIMS. TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT A FIVE FIGHT MAIN COMING YOUR WAY. 10:00 EASTERN, 7:00 PACIFIC. LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO COMING UP LATER TONIGHT. UNDEFEATED CHRISTIAN EDWARDS. FACE AT 205 AND SAUL ROGERS AND GIORGI KARAKHANYAN. AN EXCITING MATCH-UP. AND MORE THERE ON THIS MATCH-UP. >> AND PHIL DAVIS MEET TONIGHT IN A MAIN EVENT, PITCHING TWO LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS WITH VAST EXPERIENCE AND TOP LEVEL WRESTLING, FOLKS WITH SO MUCH TO GAIN FROM VICTORY. SILVER MEDALLIST WITH BELLATOR DEBUT KNOWN WITH A TRIUMPH HERE TONIGHT WITH THE HULKING PRESENCE WITH THE TEMPO OF THE FIGHT AND EXPLODE IT WITH THOSE HANDS OFF STONE. THE INCUMBENT CHAMPION AND MAINTAIN HIS POSITION HIGH IN THE DIVISIONAL LADDER. WILL IT BE ANOTHER "W" MORE MR. WONDERFUL BY WILL AND PHIL OR CAN THE SOLDIER MARCH ON TO THE MAIN STAGE NOW AND LIE IN WAIT FOR THE WINNER OF THE WORLD'S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND PRIX? WE ARE SET FOR AN EPIC ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO SEASONS VETERANS AND CANNOT WAIT. >> WE ECHO THE SENTIMENT. HERE'S THE THING. A CASUAL FAN WOULD SAY, HEY, TWO GREAT WRESTLERS, HIGH LEVEL WRESTLERS BUT LIKE THAT'S SAYING THEY'RE BOTH SINGERS. THEY'RE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN THE WAY THEY WRESTLE. >> THAT'S WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY ROMERO IS A FREESTYLE WRESTLER INTERNATIONALLY AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE TAKEDOWN HERE. AND NO ONE REALLY IN THAT'S GOING TO MATCH HIS WRESTLING PEDIGREE. >> NOW READY TO MAKE HIS WAY, HERNANDEZ. MAKING HIS PRO DEBUT AND STRUTTING AND WALKING THE RAMP. >> VERY TALL TO THE DIVISION. WE'RE GOING TO SEE EXACTLY HOW WELL THAT STRIKE MATCHES UP AGAINST HIS OPPONENT. >> SIGN IT THREE YEARS AGO AND TOLD HIM YOU'RE NOT READY YET. FOUR WINS AS AN AMATEUR AT 23. >>. >> BACKED IN. HOW FAR AHEAD OF THE GAME THAT CONCEPT WAS BASED IN HAWAII. DEBUT. BOTH OF THESE ACTUALLY SWITCHED OPPONENTS. SAID WE WANT TO FIGHT. MATCHED THEM UP. PRO DEBUT. THIS SHOULD BE FUN. >> TO MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> FROM SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. THE BELLATOR 266 PRELIMS ROLL ON AS WE GO NOW TO THE BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION SCHEDULED FOR 3 FIVE MINUTE ROUNDS. 5'11", WEIGHING 135.9 POUNDS, MAKING HIS PROFESSIONAL DEBUT. HE FIGHTS OUT OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. >> HOW ABOUT THAT? SPEAKING OF MEMORABLE ICONIC MOMENTS INSIDE THE CAGE. >> WILDCAT. >> STEPPED OUT. >> HIS RIGHT ARM WITH CONTROL RIGHT BACK DOWN. BEAUTIFUL JOB. TWO PROFESSIONAL MINUTES FOR BOBBY SERONIO. HOW MANY WE GET TO SEE. NOW CHANTING YOUR NAME. BOTH GUYS. LEFT HAND. FERNANDEZ. >> CONTROL THAT ARM. A LOT IN THIS FIGHT SO FAR. ON THE SIDE. >> NICE DROP. SHOWED A LOT OF COMPOSURE. GOING TO GET HIT BUT I NEED TO PUSH UNTIL I GET MYSELF OUT OF POSITION. >> WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE HE'S ALREADY TAKEN, STILL TAKEN THROUGH THE FIGHT. THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. DOMINANT. GETS TO THE FINAL 40 SECONDS. ENTIRELY FROM THE OUTPUT. WASN'T ENOUGH ADRENALINE. >> CAN'T ASK FOR ANY MORE. FIRST FIVE PROFESSIONAL MINUTES FROM BOBBY SERONIO COULD NOT HAVE GONE BETTER. AND FULL MARKS. BEING ABLE TO WALK BACK TO THE CORNER. >> WALK BACK TOO. >> WATCH YOUR ENERGY WHEN YOU COME IN AND OUT. BREAK HIM UP. >> WORTH STARTING. >> THAT RIGHT HAND AND THEN THE LEFT HOOK OVER THE TOP. YOU SEE IT BIG. HERE WAS THAT COMING OUT. BRINGS HIM RIGHT OVER. BEAUTIFUL JOB OF PLACING IT BACK WHERE HE WAS DOMINANT ON TO THE GROUND AND LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT. THIS IS NOT LITTLE SHOT. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HITTING SOMEONE WITH THE SHOT ON THE GROUND, BIG KNEE SHOT. BIG PUNCHES. EVERYTHING HE'S THROWING AS POWER IMPACT AND IS DOING DAMAGE. >> THAT'S THE ROUND. >> THANK YOU. >> EYES REMAIN WIDE AND FACE REMAINS UNTOUCHED. MVP AT THE START OF ROUND TWO. >> KARATE STYLE STANCE. THINK ABOUT THAT, DECIDED THAT COMING FORWARD, GOT YOUR OPPONENT. >> 135. LOVING IT. >> THERE IS A SECOND. TAKING A LOT OF DAMAGE. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO STOP IT AND DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN. NOTHING'S WORKING FOR YOU. >> WHAT YOU WANT IS WITH YOUR HAND AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THE ELBOW. >> PUT THE VOLUME. >> DEFENDING THE TSUNAMI WITH AN UMBRELLA. >> EXACTLY. STILL WORKING. >> TAKE IT DOWN. LOOK AT HIS RIGHT ARM UNDER THE CONTROL . >> WONDER HOW MUCH ENERGY. >> GOING FOR NUMBER THREE. >> THE ONLY TIME YOU SEE HER DEBUT AGAINST PRO DEBUT. GOING TO GET YOUR REVENGE. ONE MORE ROUND. HOW YOU DOING? TAKE A DEEP BREATH. DOING A GREAT JOB. AGAIN, GO THE DISTANCE. >> EVERYTHING. UNDERSTAND ME? >> LOST IT BEFORE. YOU'RE HESITATING. HESITATING. >> YOUR OPPORTUNITY WITH HOW MUCH THAT IS AT THIS TIME AND KNOWS WHERE THEY GO. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. THAT IS THE REFEREE BRINGING HIM IN. BASICALLY SETTING UP THE POSSIBILITY OF I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU TAKE THAT MUCH. I DON'T HAVE TO STOP THE FIGHT. >> GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT. TRY GOING FORWARD. GOT THE MAIN DECEMBER DISPLAY. SPACE. GET THE ARM ACROSS. EITHER ARM IN A POSITION FOR THAT TIME IN THE WORK AT THIS TIME. HE'S GOT THE LEGS IN PLACE FOR IT. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE ANGLE AND HE DOESN'T HAVE THE ARM IN PLACE TO CREATE THE PRESSURE ON THAT CAROTID ARTERY. THE PRESSURE ON THAT. >> MOVE THAT TRIANGLE. SQUEEZE BOTH SIDES. RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK BASED UPON THE ARM PLACEMENT. CHANGING THE ANGLE. GETTING A LOT TIGHTER. GETTING HIS ARM FREE BACK TO THE CENTER. >> TWO GUYS GIVING YOU ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN THEIR PRO DEBUT. THIS IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MMA BECAUSE FOR TWO ROUNDS, BOBBY SERONIO HAS BEEN DOMINATING THIS FIGHT AND ASKING HOW DO I GET HERE BECAUSE THE FIGHT COULD END AND HE COULD END UP LOSING. >> CAN'T SCORE FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FINAL MINUTE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SCORE THREE WINS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH. BUT IT CAN HAPPEN. >> THE SHOT. >> NO TRIANGLE THERE RIGHT NOW. >> CROSS THEM ALL OVER. >> SOUTH. IN THE MIDDLE. >> EVERY JUDGE WILL SEE THINGS A DIFFERENT WAY. IF I TOLD YOU TEN MINUTES AGO, IT'S GOING TO WIN THE THIRD ROUND AFTER THE BEATING HE HAD TAKEN. THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY. >> IT SHOWS WHAT KIND OF HEART HE HAS. HE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF HIMSELF, PROUD OF THE EFFORT HE PUT OUT. FOUGHT A VERY TOUGH FIGHT. TECHNICAL. WASN'T HIS NIGHT TO WIN THE FIGHT, IN MY OPINION BUT PROVED SOMETHING ABOUT WHO HE IS. >> OCCURRED WHAT YOU SAW WHEN HE WAS GOING TO THE TAKEDOWN. THOSE ELBOWS BROUGHT IT TO THE POINT WHERE HE MADE THAT, GETS THE TAKEDOWN BUT THEY DID HAVE AN EFFECT AND THEN YOU SEE JUST BRING THAT TRIANGLE INTO EFFECT. GRABS HIS SHIN, TRIES TO TIGHTEN IT DOWN. BOBBY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT THE ELBOWS WERE KIND OF ROCKING A LITTLE BIT. NEEDED TO GAIN THAT MOMENT OF TIME. GETS HIMSELF CAUGHT AND THEN DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THE BIG MISTAKE IN TRYING TO GET OUT AND ALLOWING THAT TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE FIGHT AND SO HE STAYED THERE. A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND AND POUND. GREAT JOB BY BOTH GUYS. >> MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS WILL MAKE IT OFFICIAL. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR THE DECISION, GO TO THE JUDGE'S SCORE CARDS. YOUR FIRST JUDGE, ALLEN, SCORES THE FIGHT 29-27. JUDGES RUN McCARTHY AND MICHAEL BELL, BOTH EXACTLY THE SAME, 29-26. I'LL HAVE IT FOR THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION. BOBBY THE HUMBLE WARRIORSERAING SERONIO. >> TWO HUMBLE WARRIORS THERE. NEVER FORGET THEIR PRO DEBUTS. THAT WAS A TREAT TO WATCH. >> THANKS. TWO MORE FIGHTS COMING YOUR WAY HERE ON THE BELLATOR BEFORE WE MOVE OVER TO SHOWTIME FOR STACKED WITH BIG NAMES AND BELLATOR VETERANS. FORMER CHAMPION WITH PHIL DAVIS AND ROMERO AND HIS BELLATOR DEBUT AND WE HAVE NEIMAN GRACIE. BACK OVER TO THE UK. >> STRIKER VERSUS GRAPPLER. MUCH TO GAIN HERE. THE WISCONSIN NATIVE TO KEEP THE FIGHT STANDING AND OVER DeMARCUS JACKSON IN JUNE BUT IT WILL BE NO EASY RIDE AGAINST THE JUJITSU. LOOKS TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER WHAT I THINK IS A DEBATABLE DECISION WITH JASON JACKSON IN HIS LAST FIGHT. THE FLUID FIGHTER WITH STAND-UP SKILLS THAT ARE IMPROVING EXPONENTIALLY TO ADD TO HIS DANGEROUS GROUND GAME OF COURSE TO TIE HIS OPPONENT INTO A VERITABLE KNOT. WILL GRACIE GET HANDS ON OR WILL THE AMERICAN GET ANOTHER WIN HERE AND THROTTLE HIMSELF INTO THE TOP TEN RANKINGS. >> KEEP THE FIGHT AS HE HEARD GARRETT. I DON'T THINK THE NAME CAN EXPLOIT ME WHEN IT COMES BUT ALSO SAID I'M NOT CONCERNED WITH BEING TAKEN DOWN BY NEIMAN. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE GAME PLAN? >> WRESTLING IS SO GOOD. THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT CONCERNED BY IT BUT WHAT HE DOESN'T ANSWER, NEIMAN IS GOOD AT GETTING THE DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS AND THE TAKEDOWN POSITION. BUT VERY GOOD IN TERMS OF GETTING TO THE TOP POSITION, DOING DIRTY WORK IN TERMS OF DIRTY BOXING BUT FROM A GROUND AND POUND POSITION? IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SMITH. WHEN FIRST CAME OUT TO TOUCH GLOVES, SMITH DROPPED HIM RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND HE WAS ABLE TO FIGHT BACK. GET THE TAKEDOWNS, DOMINATE THE TOP POSITION AND THEN YOU SIT HERE AGAINST JACKSON DOING THE SAME THING. GOT THE TAKEDOWN, PUSH IT SO FAST THAT JACKSON'S CARDIO WENT OUT AND JUST DOMINATED THE REST OF THE EX-CHANGES AS WELL AS THE GROUND AND POUND. THAT IS NOT THE WAY HE SHOULD BE FIGHTING GRACIE. I'M OKAY WITH HIM GETTING TO TAKE DOWN OR TWO BUT NOT PLAYING THE JUJITSU GAME WITH HIM. MAKE SURE THE GUARD IS UP AND HANDS ARE ON THE BICEPS OR IN THE ARMPITS. ON THE GROUND AND ANY DANGER AT ALL BACKING OUT. BUT I THINK FURTHER WAY TO WIN THE FIGHT IS UTILIZING HIS WRESTLING TO SPRAWL AND BRAWL AND LETTING THE BOXING GO. >> SAID I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT. TAKE THE GUY DOWN. GOING TO SUBMIT HIM BUT SAID I'VE GOT SOME TRICKS UP MY SLEEVE WHEN IT COMES TO STRIKING. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE FROM HIM TONIGHT? >> HE'S LEARNED A LOT FROM CORDERO WORKING WITH HIM ON THE FEET AS WELL BUT WHAT HE SAID IS HE LOVES WORKING THAT HE'S NOT TRYING TO CHANGE ME BUT SAID HE'S GOING TO DO ALL THE SAME THINGS. THE REASON WHY, IT'S WORKING. AND SO IF HE CAN KEEP CONTINUING TO GET PEOPLE DOWN WITH HIS BODY, HE DOESN'T SHOOT DOUBLE LEGS. SURE, I'VE SEEN HIM GET DOUBLE DAYS. THREE TIME NATIONAL CHAMP OUT OF PENN STATE AND A TEAMMATE OF MINE, IT SHOCKED EVERYBODY THAT HE WAS ABLE TO OUTWRESTLE HIM IN CERTAIN POSITIONS AND GET THE TAKEDOWN BUT WHEN HE GOT TO THE TOP POSITION, HE IS JUST DOMINANT AND WHAT HE LIKES TO TELL PEOPLE, A LOT OF JUJITSU GUYS TELL PEOPLE IS THAT HE FORCES YOU TO MAKE MISTAKES. HE KNOWS WHERE YOU'RE GOING BECAUSE THAT'S HOW GOOD HE IS, SO HE PUTS THAT PRESSURE AND MAKES THEM GO THE WAY HE ALREADY KNOWS THE ANSWERS TO ONE, TWO, AND THREE IN THE NEXT MOVES AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHY HE IS SO GOOD. >> SO MANY STEPS AHEAD OF HIM AND SO TRUE. WELL, HE DOES WANT TO BOUNCE BACK FROM SUFFERING THAT LAST LOSS TO JASON JACKSON IN THE TOP TEN NEXT WEEK FOR BOTH OF THESE FIGHTERS, ALL RIGHT, HEAD BACK. >> FEELS LIKE HE'S GOT THE NUMBER WITH THE RIGHT GUY. AND JUST DEFENDED HIS TITLE. NEXT FRESH OFF THE CAMEO THIS WEEK, NEXT IN LINE LOOKING FOR A DARK HORSE. YOU MIGHT BE ABOUT TO SEE HIM. >> NOW WE WELCOME TO THE CAGE, ANTHONY ADAMS. >> MMA WAS JUST A DREAM BUT AFTER TOO MANY WITH RAILROAD TRACKS ON 100 DEGREE WEATHER IN WYOMING. MAKE MY WAY TO ELEVATION AND RISING. SAID UNDEFEATED IN THE REGIONAL. AND THE UNDERDOG HERE, THERE'S NO QUESTION BUT THIS IS NOT. >> IT IS NOT. HE IS THE UNDERDOG. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BUT HE COMES FROM A GREAT CAMP. TRAINS WITH GREAT PEOPLE. HE'S GOT GOOD STAND-UP. HE IS VERY EXPLOSIVE ON THE FEET AND HIS WRESTLING IS NOT BAD BUT IT IS NOT OF THE LEVEL WHERE HE CAN JUST CHALLENGE HIM BACK AND FORTH. SO HE NEEDS TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT WINNING TO TRY TO DO THE DAMAGE HE CAN DO WITH HIS HANDS. AND PEOPLE CAN REMEMBER, NOT THE ACTUAL FIGHT ITSELF WHICH 25-YEAR-OLD DESTROYED A TOUGH VETERAN. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FIGHTER WHO IS JUST ENTERING HIS PRIME. >> HE IS YOUNG IN THE SPORT, HE'S HAD A LOT OF FIGHTS BUT HE'S SO GOOD IN THE WRESTLING THAT HIS STAND-UP IS EVEN BETTER AS FAR AS HE KNOWS I CAN TAKE TO THE GROUND ANYTIME. BUT I'LL TAKE CHANCES AT THE STAND-UP. SEE IF HE DOES IT HERE TONIGHT. >> BECAUSE OF THE SUSPENSION, LARGELY INACTIVE. >> THE REACH OF 72.5. GOT TO GET INSIDE. SEE IF ANTHONY ADAMS CAN KEEP HIM ON THE OUTSIDE. >> HERE, THE BLUE CORNER. 185.3 POUNDS IN HIS DEBUT. >> ACROSS THE CAGE, FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER AT 6 FOOT, WEIGHING IN 185.3 POUNDS. >> THE ORIGINAL SUGAR FOOT IS FROM ALBERTA CANADA, ONE OF THE GREATEST KICK BOXING FIGHTERS OF ALL TIME. >> LIVE FROM SHOWTIME IN ABOUT AN HOUR. >> YOU'RE DOING TRAINING IN THE GYM AND ALL THAT. WITH A DIFFERENT INTENSITY AND WHEN YOU GET BACK, YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE EXACTLY WHAT THAT SPEED IS AT. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, KHALID IS LOOKING VERY GOOD. IN A GREAT POSITION. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WITH THE BIG HEAVY SHOT. >> LESS OF HIS BODY TO ATTACK. DOESN'T WANT TO SQUARE BUT MMA, SQUARE THAN A MONSTER. >> FIGHTING IN MOSCOW. >> WASN'T A SHOT, KICKING AND BEING OFF BALANCE. ANTHONY RIGHT NOW DOING A VERY NICE JOB OF KEEPING THAT. CREATING. >> YOU CAN SEE THE POWER OF THOSE STRIKES. THERE'S SOME SNAP ON THAT. >> BALANCE AND HE DID. OVEREXTENDED, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. NOW HE'S IN A POSITION WHERE HE'S FIGHTING TO KEEP HIMSELF FROM BEING ON THE DECK. >> WHAT HE HEARD, THE TAKEDOWN AND ALMOST NEVER DOES. BIG SHOTS LATE IN THE ROUND FOR ANTHONY ADAMS. STRONG FINISH FOR ROUND ONE. >> DEEP BREATH. DEEP BREATH. ANOTHER BIG DEEP BREATH. BIG DEEP BREATH OR EITHER GO FIRST OR DRAW IT OUT. YOU'RE KIND OF WAITING ON HIM. FIRST A LITTLE. >> ABSOLUTELY. GO FIRST. >> ALSO WHAT WAS SAID. DOESN'T REALLY GO TO THAT. >> BASED UPON THE FACT EVERYONE GOT USED TO THE GUY THAT WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE TAKEDOWN, THEY THINK EVERY IS STANDING BY THAT WAY AND THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN STYLES. THEY'RE ALL GOOD AT THE WRESTLING. A LOT OF THEM HAVE A STAND-UP STYLE, OR KEEP THE FIGHT. THAT'S WHERE THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE. >> NOW DOING THEIR WORK, JACKSON. >> LIKE THOSE EARLY IN THE ROUND TOO. THEY MAKE YOU THINK. >> THEY DEFINITELY GET YOUR ATTENTION QUICK. OR ASK ABOUT THEIR OPPONENT, I DON'T WATCH AND I DON'T, MAYBE IT'S MY BACKGROUND BEING DIFFERENT. I'M ALWAYS BAFFLED BY THAT. I GET IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR OPPONENT. BUT THIS IDEA THAT I DON'T WATCH FILM. TO ME, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE NATURAL EVOLUTION OF THIS IS YOU NEED TO BE WATCHING A LITTLE FILM. >> NO DOUBT IN MY MIND, YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING FILM OF YOUR OPPONENT. THERE'S THINGS FOR YOU TO LEARN IN THAT STUDY. GOING TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THE SAME TIME EVERY WAY. SAME WITH THE FIGHTER IN THERE. HE'S GOING TO THROW THE PUNCH A CERTAIN WAY. THE COMBINATION AND A LOT OF GUYS SAY, I HAVE MY QUOTA TO WATCH THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S BAD. THAT'S YOUR SYSTEM. BUT IT DOES NOT HURT FOR YOU TO WATCH IT. >> I WONDER IF THE PERCENTAGE OF GUYS WHO SAY THAT WILL GO DOWN FIVE OR TEN YEARS FROM NOW. >> I DON'T KNOW. IT'S ONE OF THOSE, YOU HEAR IT QUITE OFTEN AND IT'S LIKE, WHY? >> YEAH. >> IF IT'S REALLY TRUE, WHY SAY IT? ON TOP OF IT. >> REMAINING PATIENT. SCORING EXACTLY RIGHT. NOT A HIGH VOLUME. >> ANTHONY ADAMS DOING A GOOD JOB OF CONTROLLING THAT SPACE. HE'S THE ONE THAT'S DICTATING EXACTLY WHEN THESE REALLY OCCUR. KEEPING IN A POSITION IN EXECUTING FULLY WITH WHAT HE COULD DO. >> LEFT. I LOVE THE FACT ANTHONY ADAMS IS HELICOPTERING TO THROW HIS KICKS UP HIGH. OFF BALANCE. >> SEEING OF THE REACH ISSUES CERTAINLY PLAYING OUT. >> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING AN ADVANTAGE WITH THAT REACH IS THAT GOING TO BE A FACTOR? RIGHT NOW IS A FACTOR OF THE FIGHT. >> FOR THE MOST PART, YES, YOU'LL SEE AT TIMES BEING ABLE TO COME INSIDE AND TRYING TO LAND DICTAING WHEN THAT TAKES PLACE. >> SAYING THAT GOING TO SHOOT FOUR DIFFERENT FROM ANTHONY ADAMS AND SAW RESPONSES ON EACH ONE OF THEM. CREATING MORE PROBLEMS FOR THEM. >> ANTHONY ADAMS KEPT HIM OFF BALANCE. AVOIDED SOME OF THESE SHOTS BUT NOT SURE WHAT HE'S DOING. >> RIGHT NOW, THE LAST THREE SHOTS. NICE KICK COMING UP. >> HE'S TIRED AND YOU'RE FRESH. RECOVERING QUICK. YOU CAN POUR IT ON HIM FOR FIVE MINUTES. ON THE OUTSIDE. >> REFERENCE TO SEE LEVEL. MILE HIGH IN COLORADO. >> BIG DIFFERENCE TRYING TO SEE HIM LAND THE ONE BIG SHOT. THE COMBINATION, IF THE ONE SHOT MISSES, THEN HE'S ACTUALLY ACCEPTING THE COUNTER FROM ANTHONY ADAMS. COMBINATIONS WORK WELL. >> POSSIBLY. >> LANDED MORE SHOTS BUT HE MAY NOT HAVE LANDED WITH AS MUCH POWER OF EACH ONE BUT TRIED TO DECIPHER. >> BEEN CLEAR. DOESN'T TRY TO CATCH THAT KICK. SAY A FEW TIMES AND NUMBERS CAN BE MISLEADING BUT VOLUME VERSUS POWER BOTH THROUGH THE KICKS AND THE STRIKES. >> AS FAR AS THE LANDING. >> A LITTLE OFF BALANCE ON THE PART OF WHAT'S LEFT IN THE MIDDLE. >> REFEREE. ACCIDENT. >> DELIVERS THE KICK. >> SO IT'S A GOOD CALL AS FAR AS GOT TO KEEP THOSE NEEDS. >>. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING. >> SEE THE URGENCY MUCH LONGER. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES WITH THE WORKOUT. >> LOOKING FOR A SWITCH HERE. PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE DOWN. LATE ON THE OUTSIDE. AGAIN, THE SWITCH. PUTTING PRESSURE DOWN ON THAT SHOULDER AREA. THE IMPACT IN THE ROUND. >> HIGH STAKES FIGHT IN BELLATOR IN THE TOP TEN. >> LEAN IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. >> I'M ACTUALLY HANGING TOWARDS ANTHONY ADAMS. >> TO ME, THAT'S EASIER. >> REALLY COULD GO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. >> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE WAY THE JUDGES ARE GOING. >> I JUST THINK THAT THE VOLUME FROM ANTHONY ADAMS OVERDID WHAT WAS ABLE TO BRING. LANDED SOME GOOD SHOTS BUT NOT ENOUGH. >> VOLUME FOR ANTHONY ADAMS. POWER SHOTS FOR MURTAZALIEV. ANTHONY ADAMS TO BOUNCE. >> PHILADELPHIA BORN. ANTHONY ADAMS. HIS WORK. IN COLORADO AND MAY NOT HAVE EXPECTED. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. >> NO DOUBT. >> THE ENTIRE FIGHT. MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS HAS THE ANSWER. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR THE DECISION, WE GO TO YOUR SCORE CARDS FOR ALL THREE JUDGES. >> 29-28. THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION. ANTHONY "SUGAR FOOT" ADAMS. >> AN UPSET BUT EARNED ONE FOR ANTHONY ADAMS. SHAKING UP THE PUZZLE AGAIN AT 185. >> 6 DOWN AND ONE MORE TO GO HERE HERE IN THE SHARK TANK. TOP OF THE HOUR, MOVE OVER TO SHOWTIME FOR A STACKED CARD BUT ON THE PRELIMS, GRANT NEIL. I KNOW YOU SAID THOUGHT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE MAIN CARD. YOU SAID THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE. WHY SHOULD FANS BE EXCITED? >> ON THE MAIN CARD FOR EVERYBODY. BUT RIGHT NOW, NEIL IS ONE OF THE UNDEFEATED FIGHTERS WE HAVE AND WHEN HE GETS IN THE DOUBLE, HE GETS THE TAKEDOWN. EVERYTHING HE DOES IS EXPLOSIVE. HEAVY HITS. YOU COULD TELL HE'S EXTREMELY STRONG. BUT LOOK, HE'S BEEN THROUGH A PROCESS OF LEARNING THE CAGE AND IN THE BELLATOR CAGE SINCE THE BEGINNING. I'M EXCITED TO SEE HIM FIGHT. >> DOMINATING HIS OPPONENT TONIGHT 7 OF HIS EIGHT FIGHTS. THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN FINISHED. TAKEDOWNS WITH THE TAKEDOWNS AND CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE. TAKEDOWN AFTER TAKEDOWN. WHEN HE GETS TO THE TOP POSITION, JUST AS DOMINANT AS BRENT NEIL IS BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE TAKEDOWN ABILITY, CHANGES NOT JUST THE FISTS AND SLAMS, ALL THE STUFF THAT'S HIGH FLYING. >> I'M EXCITED. >> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. EYEBROWS RAISED. THIS NOT INCLUDED. NEXT MONTH IN PHOENIX. HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND PRIX. TOP OF THE HOUR. PHIL DAVIS. THE MAIN EVENT. TOP 10, 205. A LOT DIFFERENT A MONTH FROM NOW. >> FOR TONIGHT'S FINAL MATCH-UP. SOMETIMES YOU LIKE TO SEE. >> A DYNAMITE WRESTLER. VERY STRONG IN HIS GROUND. UNDERSTAND THE BODY POSITION AND LAST FIGHT AGAINST THE LOSS, THAT WAS ONE THAT WASN'T ABLE TO OVERCOME THE SIZE. TOO MANY SHOTS, WASN'T ABLE TO INSTITUTE HIS WRESTLING. GOT A SMALLER FIGHTER BUT COMES THE SAME WAY. WE'LL SEE IF HE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THAT. >> NOW GRANT NEAL. >> THEY SAY TO ERR THE HUMAN, FORGIVE, DIVINE. WHAT DOES FINDING FORGIVENESS WHEN YOU DIDN'T ERR IN THE FIRST PLACE? GRANT NEAL WON DIVISION II FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. >> IT'S A VERY EFFICIENT WAY TO REACH. >> YOU CAN SEE THAT. TALKED ABOUT ALWAYS BEING UP. THE GUY WHO'S AMAZING AND AMAZING FIGHTER AND THIS SHOULD BE AN AMAZING FIGHT BETWEEN THESE TWO. >> SHINING ON 205 AND STARTS RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW AT MICHAEL C.;$9÷L 205. >> HIGH STAKES. GO. >> I WANT TO SEE YOU TIME THAT RIGHT HAND. >> NOT GETTING ANY ATTENTION AT THE MOMENT AND A CAGE AGAINST AND LOOKED LIKE DIFFERENT PLANETS THAN DIFFERENT WEIGHT CLASSES. >>. >> HUGE VERY GOOD. VERY BASIC AND SHARP. A LOT OF STRAIGHT PUNCHES BUT VERY EFFECTIVE. >> STAY TUNED AND SHOWTIME AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR, MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT COMING. NEXT MONTH THROUGH PHOENIX. SOME OF IT TOGETHER. VERY CAREFUL NOT GETTING FRUSTRATED SHUT DOWN IN THOSE. WATCH THE STRIKING POWER. FRESHMEN STARTING IN THE GAME. >> THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MMA. >> TAKEN IN THE FIGHT AND ASKED TO FIGHT WHAT HE DID WELL AND SAID JABS IS A SKILL. >> FOOTBALL WITH HIGH LEVEL DIVISION II AND ALSO WON A LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THE FACT HE PLAYED WITH HIS BEST FRIEND ON THAT TEAM. CHRISTIAN. SO IF GRANT NEAL TAKES YOU TO TAKE CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY, HIS BEST FREUND FROM YEARS AND YEARS AND WASN'T IN SEASON RIGHT NOW. >> UNBELIEVABLE. >> ANOTHER LEVEL CHANGE FRUSTRATING AND WRESTLING, THAT'S GOING TO BE MY AREA WITH THE TAKEDOWNS. THE BETTER STRIKES AND THE TAKEDOWNS SO RIGHT NOW, FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO COUNTERACT WHAT'S OCCURRING. >> TALKS ABOUT THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS HE EVER SPARRED, BRANDON. >> THAT MEANS SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE YOU. >> STANDING MMA. TAKES CARE OF HIS GUYS AND WORKS IT WELL. HE'S GOING TO CHALLENGE IT IN THE GYM. HE'S GOING TO MAKE YOU BETTER AND THAT'S WHY GRANT NEAL IS SHEER NOW. >> VERY IMPRESSIVE FIRST ROUND. >> I'M DOWN. GET A BIG BREATH. BIG BREATH. BREATHE. >> DON'T KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN. >> THIS IS WHERE HE OVEREXTENDS. RUSHES TOO FAST. SEE THE LEVEL CHANGE AND IT'S STRENGTH GRANT NEAL USES TO PICK HIM UP, DROP HIM DOWN. ONE THING YOU'LL SEE OUT OF GRANT NEAL HE NEEDS TO CHANGE IS WHEN HE DOES GET THESE TAKEDOWNS, NOTICE HIS HEAD ON THE OUTSIDE. DRIVING TOWARDS HIS HEAD, HE NEEDS TO BRING HIS HEAD TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND IN MY OPINION, GET HIS HEAD MORE TOWARDS THE CENTER SO THE GUILLOTINE ATTEMPT IS NOT EVEN A CONCERN. >> THREE TAKEDOWNS IN ROUND ONE FOR GRANT NEAL. >> FRUSTRATION. KEEP IS COMPOSURE AND TAKING TIME AND FIND OUT YOUR POSITION LIKE RIGHT NOW. SEE IN HIS BODY LANGUAGE. TREE TOP THAT. GOOD JOB OVER TO THE SIDE FOR THE MOST PART. ONE OF THE GUYS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. I DON'T WATCH FILM OR TAPE IN MY OPPONENT. UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO COUNTER HIS GAME. >> WALK HIS WAY OUT. >> HIGH LEVEL AT 205. CHRISTIAN EDWARDS MAIN TIME AT SHOWTIME TOP OF THE HOUR. >> REALLY LIKE TO SEE HIM UTILIZE THAT JAB MORE CONTINUOUS FASHION BUT THAT JAB IS WORTH MORE. CROSS ABLE TO TOUCH. >> A LOT OF WEIGHT TOWARDS THAT CANVAS. ABLE TO DO SO. PUT THAT LEG OUT. NICE JOB OF THAT TAKEDOWN BUT NOT GOING TO WORK WITH THE POSITIONING. POSSIBILITY OF HIM BEING CHOKED. NEEDS TO LET GO OF THAT HEAD. FROM THIS POSITION. ON THE TRACK. CANNOT GET FREE AND THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE. NICE JOB TO GET HIS ARM FREE. >> SO EASY TO WIND UP IN DANGER. HARD TO DESCRIBE WHAT INEXPERIENCE DOES. >> TOLD YOU WITH NICE MOVEMENT GOT HIMSELF BACK ON THE HIPS. ONE HOOK IN RIGHT NOW WITH THE LEFT HOOK. TRY TO PUT HIMSELF FORWARD. NICE JOB OF GETTING THAT HOOK. BOTH IN NOW. FLATTENING OUT THE HIPS. WENT FROM CONTROLLING HIS FIGHT TO JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE THE ROUND. >> WON'T LET HIM LOCK HANDS. THAT HAPPENED BACK. >> TAKEDOWN. 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CANNOT BE UPSET EITHER WAY, IT WAS HEART AND A LOT OF S THAT GAME. >> WHAT A WAY TO START THIS EXTRAORDINARY MONTH IN THE 205 DIVISION ANDt( BELLATOR AND CONTINUES WITH ANOTHER PROSPECT. COMING UP NEXT. OPEN UP THE SHOW WHEN THEY STE3O THE SHOW. TWO FORMER TITLE CHALLENGERS TO GET BACK IN PLACE OF ROMERO AGAINST PHIL DAVIS YET TO SHOWTIME. TOP OF THE HOUR. >> THE CAGE WILLq RATTLE WITH A BATTLE WITH THE BELLATOR DEBUT LIVE TONIGHT AT 10:00 ON SHOWTIME. THE HOME OF COMBAT SPORTS.
