Re-Air | Bellator 205: McKee vs. Macapa

tale of the tape brought you by Dave and Buster's the only place to eat drink play and watch sports you can see both guys are too and oh but there is a big difference in that age that can be a difference both in maturity and in endurance the reach virtually identical there's Michael C Williams ladies and gentlemen good evening and welcome as tonight Miller Lite presents the return to Boise Idaho from Bellator MMA tonight here to get the action underway in the prelims we start with three five-minute rounds in the light heavyweight division introducing the blue corner first at 6-foot to weigh in 205 pounds even his professional record undefeated early on at 2 and O he fights out of Boise Idaho introducing Emilio the gym across the cage his adversary fighting out of the red corner at 6 foot 3 weighing in 205 pounds as a professional he too stands undefeated at 2 and how he fights out of Kent Washington presenting suoh the seven in charge of the action your referee Tom sup nerds so Tom subnet our referee for this first fight in our return to Boise Idaho sua Kalani and Emilio Trevino both set to mr. Bellator debut tonight's fight clock brought to by Miller Lite great taste and only 96 calories blue gloves for Trevino red gloves for Johnny you know suet Wan is very aggressive fighter while Emilio Trevino is very much he's like a lyoto machida he likes to take his time he picks his spots he comes forward with combinations he's very elusive in the defense of heart of fighting jawani very big very fast and you told me to keep an eye out for that inside leg kick he loves the inside leg kick it he makes it work for him there he goes right there hit it again did it again he is big on that inside leg kick cuz he wants to take away that front structure so the when the shots are coming and hitting him they don't have the power Boise's own Emilio Trevino southpaw he will switch his stance back and forth would love to get a victory here for amateur fights for an old during that time and a great shot just landed from the right sua velvet that's why he's going after him he felt that shot he wants to return it when he needs to stay calm you're gonna get hit this is fighting do what you have trained to do you can see what we were talking about a moment ago partner about how sua has fast hands and likes to be aggressive and he is aggressive and it's sometimes it's very difficult when you're fighting someone like Emilio who is elusive and is not right there in front of you I think he's gonna be there you grow and you miss it starts to frustrate you he needs to just take his time say it's okay if I miss just reset come back at him again I'll stand up thus far red gloves for Ronnie blue gloves for Boise zone twenty-three-year-old Emilio Trevino petcare nicely done leading to the body in watching prior fights of Amelia Trevino's because of my straight left hand determine but in watching those fights I was so impressed with his management of distance in his timing at such a young age for a fighter this is a young kid you're gonna see around for a long time this kid is good kick to the body off the forearm but that never feels good Superman punch followed up by John twonny taking a lot of big shots those loopy shots when they miss it burns a lot of energy because you have to control your body position in your balance by missing that shot and Trevino has proven to be a very calm and patient fighter it's the one thing that I saw out of in my craw was watching tape on it he is so calm and just under control the entire time he's fighting and it was very impressive when you're looking at a kid that's like 23 years of age how mature he is as far as this fighting idea the way he does them nice head movement there as well you see very limited motion but when he does move he lose enough took this have his opponent miss and then he usually tries to counter off of it that's what should look at that in it's successful but limited also can be said to be efficient motion Zack you're right there in the pocket just pull back a little bit Bowman return you could just see out of what we've seen so far between Emilio and twonny the difference being twonny is throwing big heavy shots and try to put a lot of power behind them that's great you can do that but it does burn energy and that energy can only last for so long treviño looks fresh go on he looks like he's fought about four minutes already Emilio is really starting to get through with that left hand when he takes that southpaw stance watch wait watch him set up the left hand he gets his right foot to the outside sewage water and watch the straight left head exactly what you're supposed to do including an amateur victory Chauhan e3 fight win streak two of those fights professionally nice return by trophy no on the counter twonny start to get a little frustrated it's so hard to understand when you're throwing shots at names just missing and everything you're throwing is missing and you're getting that little movement by Trevino that is frustrating after a while when you can't touch your opponent but when you and I were talking about this fight we said Trevino blades himself like a Machida or Thompson we saw an example of that a moment ago exactly you know he's very common you know his whole approach to fighting he tells you you know what this is a guy who's gonna be around because he is efficient like you were saying he doesn't waste motion see it's a big rush out it just takes a step out to the side comes back right in his opponents face everything he's doing is just beautiful controlled fighting round one in the books replays here beautiful ride hand by Trevino stepping forward nice hook to the body changing the levels on his shots here he takes a good left hook that one landed flush but there wasn't a lot of power behind it more of an arm punch Trevino t'lani set for round two ready ready action [Music] [Applause] let's see if Trevino can continue to be the plea ship and we're efficient fighter in the first five minutes that was certainly the case no doubt about it you're gonna look at who won the round Tamila Trevino that's the guy that controlled the action of the fight headed the better strikes there was no grappling involved but he is the guy that took ten nine in that both been to an old entering the Bellator cage for the first time it has to be a big night for Trevino as we said from right here in Boise there's that inside leg kick that we talked about in the first round from Duany so which one he's got a very good inside leg kick when you're watching what he does you know I'm very impressed with his conditioning because he did put out a lot of big shots a lot of shots of Miss someone or that one but his diaphragm isn't moving a lot and he is in control so he's got good conditioning and he is in this fight he has the power he can change this fight with one punch look for the possible side kick set up in that karate stance boom right on cue her kid shoot and what you know my goal per Thank You seemly oh don't do that if resistant how about lyoto machida coming to Bellator coming to Bellator and opening it up didn't worldwide how good is that here's where you'll see this is the point you can see Emilio Trevino is now starting to move his head inside he stick his head that's when I've seen that he becomes comfortable in a vise and he feels that he has control of the distance and the pace of the fight you're gonna see him moving his head inside slipping by that's kind of a nice target absolutely stepped in through the body shot a moment ago ving that knee and now this baby over Emilio Trevino wins here at home I'm telling you my cue we are gonna be seeing a lot of Emilio Trevino this kid is a good fighter and at 23 years of age he has nothing but the upsides coming towards it tonight's fight replay brought to you by Assassin's Creed Odyssey available October fin look at the reach out nice dip under big right hand that hand hits right behind the ear that just as they say discombobulated you put you in a place where you just cannot control your legs can't control your body that's why sua starts to have that funny step off he's trying to control his body he just his brain is not connected at that point it's a good job by tops up that stop in that fight you don't want it to let him take unnecessary damage very very professional and efficient fight by Emilio Trevino and the first TKO of his young career just do a little tornado kick and hydration we started to break them down to the body John finished them with that punch that we saw a moment ago let's make it official Michael C Williams ladies Dylan inside the Bellator cage that comes to an end one minute 55 seconds into round number two the winner by TKO still [Music] [Applause] congratulations to the check second round TKO spectacular performance here tonight inside CenturyLink arena tonight our tale of the tape brought you by Dave and Buster's the only place to eat drink play and watch sports ready for a catchweight fight Shawn powers and Jarrod price a lot more experience 9 and 6 with Shawn powers but trice is undefeated and he is Roland Michael C Williams with the introductions ladies Delma tonight here at Bellator 205 we now go to three five-minute rounds at a catchweight of 190 pounds introducing the blue corner at 6-foot to twang in 186 pounds his professional record nine and six he fights out of Royal Utah presenting show and across the cage his adversary of a good red corner at 6-foot wedding in 189 pounds his professional record early on undefeated three victories no defeats routes away from Detroit he fights out of Tempe Arizona introducing Doughboy Ron tries in charge of the action referee Mike Pelton ah Mike Beltran our referee for super Shawn powers and Jerrod price Doughboy three in all all of his victories inside the Bellator cage [Music] wait are underway tonight's wakelock brought to you by Miller Lite great taste and only 96 calories overhand right early from trice in the red gloves blue gloves for Shaun powers Shaun powers continues to take big shots like the three he's taking already this fight is not gonna last now trice training in Tempe Arizona and easy combat sports Trevor Lally I talked to Trevor about this young up-and-comer even though he's 29 years old there's three professional fights and he likes the progress he is making well he's starting out with a kannathil you know people don't know who trice is this guy was the national champion greco-roman wrestler at heavyweight and was given the wrestler of the tournament in the Nationals that's how good his wrestling ability is but he is learning to be a mixed martial artist and his stand-up game has really progressed he is doing things that we did not expect him to do at this stage of his career and you can see he is comfortable in the standup that it is not looking for indictment for takedown six time University national wrestling champ three-time all-american at Central Michigan John talked about the honor of being wrestler of the year trace was truly an Olympic hopeful but he's very comfortable on the feet thus far a couple of minutes into this matchup 4205 2:23 is a heavyweight 205 and keeps coming down tonight a catchweight plate of 190 against nine and six Shawn powers who is also fought three times here in Bellator try says he's the Incredible Shrinking man he just keeps on going down at weight cuz when he wrestled he was over 300 pounds at one time and then you got his weight down wrestled at heavyweight and continues to bring his weight down you're gonna see him his wrestling ability is the difference in this type of fight he can he can determine where the fight is at and that is a big plus thoughts didn't mean Doughboy you know his body looks he does have extra skin but he's not fat you know that extra skin comes from when you were heavy you know it's not gonna just go away but I'll tell you what he is an athlete is a good athlete that is gonna be a problem for a lot of guys in Bellator and you know what he's mixing things up very well thus far using the hands then throwing in a potential takedown already has one takedown switches the stance powers has finished all nine of his career wins going South fall for a moment Howard is right now what all he's doing is he said hey you know it's okay you can hit me I'm gonna remain calm and I'm gonna do what I have trained to do he's using his jab he's stepping inside he's remaining calm I'm impressed with what Shawn powers is doing at this point been a while since we have seen Shawn powers been a while since he has last fought 850 four days two years four months it was here in Boise he was knocked out by will Nolan and Big John McCarthy was the referee remember that fighter and that was what we call a knock on unconscious in that one but you know that's what happens in fighting it's got to happen you somewhere along the way speaking of unconscious they're gonna fight for time many days for him fate and Wanderlei that is one you know looking I don't care how many times you never ever expect that fighting when those two guys match up someone is going to sue you yep very nice stiff jab by try some powers there but ours doing a good job he's he is the one that at least is throwing combination trice is throwing a lot of singles at least you're seeing powers he's trying to hide his kicks behind his hands and throwing his hands and then bringing the leg kicks in and over time that will take its toll while tres has been coming down in weight powers has been moving up in weight fought a lot of his career at 155 when two welterweight for one fight in 2015 then middleweight for that fight we just talked about with will holy yeah it's six foot two and you look at 155 pounds yeah a lot of guys in the sport of MMA they are losing too much weight they're trying to be the bigger guy in the smaller weight class and you try to tell guys it's not about being the bigger stronger guy it's about being the faster guy and Shawn powers it going up in fighting guys that are middleweight or light heavyweights he becomes the faster guy that becomes a problem for your opponent and the H becomes tougher and tougher keep those slim weights going as you age again yes you are one of those guys have got nutrition on the line it's tough yep baits swinging to miss and the follow up by powers there's a nice stiff jab by trice he needs to follow that up if you're gonna double it up double it up and bring the right hand but don't just leave that one out there the more that you can throw combinations it's going to be those second and third lot of striking coaches talk about finishing with the chap as well get in do your work and then pop a popover back on the way out yeah because that jab as you're going out if your opponent is trying to counter runs right into it stops and blood in his tracks round temple red gloves for Jerrod trice blue gloves for Shaun powers round one Big John round one you got to give it a try steel ANDed the better shots overall so he's gonna get a 10-9 around whoa but it's a competitive fight that's a good big right amber he's throwing that overhand right on numerous occasions that was the best landing thus far but what he needs to do is needs to learn from when he throws who just hit it again and every time Shawn powers is doing the same thing he's leaning off towards his right side to avoid that right hand so then bring that left hook over into it you know where his head's gonna be fight scheduled for three five-minute rounds all of us here at Bellator fairmount by comm our thoughts with those impacted by Hurricane Florence for information about how you can give back visit Direct Relief dot War John Salter from Wilmington North Carolina he said he was not affected lived in a corner that was safe but so many affected in our prayers and flocks to all of them Direct Relief org Mike Goldberg Big John McCarthy Jen Brown here in Boise Idaho second preliminary matchup Shawn powers in the blue Jerrod price in the red this is the point right here where trice has a big advantage over powers this clenched this grappling in the standing position this is what greco-roman wrestling is this is where he was a national champion now striking is going to change things up a little bit but he being that he gets to strike he gets to bring knees in here he can do a lot of damage to his opponent this is where Randy Couture made it career as a greco-roman wrestler switching into MMA throwing a little dirty boxing and get yourself a couple belts nothing there but still a nice job by Shawn powers little harder go trying to bring him down got him down he wasn't able to keep him down there but got himself out of that cringe position with and being offensive like that all of a sudden tres said you know maybe this isn't great that that look right there landing left hook and again the big thing that we would want to see you how to draw a trice with throwing singles start throwing some combinations well-timed kick by powers you can see now that Shawn powers is trying to look to where trice will shoot for another takedown attempt and try to time it with a knee or a kick give him meaning over one way or the other baby swinging to miss again John nobody's really taken over this round - yeah not only have it Shaw Howard he's in a position where he's seeing those shots coming but he's not responding and he's waiting and sometimes you just wait too long he's got to start being an offensive mind set sail and you start going after draw that overhand right he's got to be aware of it - it landed a couple of times a moment ago again it's been the most telling punch of this entire fight is that overhand right has hit shot powers multiple times that's going to have to flow through the eyes of the judges because they're seeing a big shot hit and it's moving back off spinning backfist just missed under 90 seconds on the clock here in round number two fans find new official Bellator MMA gear Kimbo Slice bobble heads and much more at Bellator shop.com the middle it does appear to be at least the pressure the shot ours is putting on it's starting to have an effect on the conditioning of the Jared trice Jerez starting to have a little bit of a breathing problem you see this mouth coming open he's breathing out of his mouth that's the pressure that Shawn powers is bringing as now if he could bring some offense behind it that's how you start winning the fight and for a guy who hasn't fought in nearly two and a half years Shawn powers looks pretty composed he does look composed he's doing good the only thing he's got to do is he's got to bring out more volume if you're not hurting it with shots the judges are gonna be going off of the volume of shots the hit right now Jared price is the guy that's hitting with more shots to the body that one takedown momentary side control in round one tossed it lasted about three seconds around to everything else on the feet right here's a step over with the hata gauche actually almost more of a tired choice that he brings him down within getting a national caliber wrestler off his feet like that that takes some skill so that's a very nice throw by Shawn powers the big thing that I can see how the Shawn powers is he needs to start to open up offensively he needs to go after Jared tries he is pressuring him but he's not throwing he's got to throw more flying around like Beltran just said well I was gonna say third and if I know five minutes remain Jerrod trice looking to remain unbeaten with all of his professional fights here in Bellator 3 and all the sports majority decision TKO majority decision powers looking for his second fella for victory if listening to Sean Powers corner you know corners become chair feet you're not there to be a cheerleader sometimes you're there to bring young if your fighters losing you you want to bring them up but give him information that he needs to go out and perform at a higher level and win this fight tell him I need more offensive action out of you I need more combinations don't wait don't stand there in front of them and not throw give me some often you do that you're gonna help your fighter in winning this fight so you want to hear you're doing well I like the way you're fighting let's look for x y&z solutely show up to the winners that are there there are openings and you as the corner are supposed to see those on TV when Jarrod tries takes a step to his left and there's an opening for you to throw that left hand tell your fighters so he then has the opportunity to see it and do it powers with some good takedown defense in this matchup he was hopping on one leg BJ Penn style a moment ago it bounced off the cage ducked out of the way tres is very dependent on that overhand right tonight well that overhand right every time he throws it even if it doesn't connect that it keeps powers off of him it makes powers move back in essence it's stopping his offense and that's gonna make it to where Jarrett rice doesn't have to deal with anything coming his way so if Shawn powers knows it's probably gonna come a couple of times still in the final three minutes what does he do to count Shawn powers if you're gonna wait and you're gonna wait for that right hand to come because you want to counter it well then counter it but that's not what he's doing you can see look at how he's waiting okay finally through there was nothing on those shots now we start to get some office give me something don't stand there and wait if your waiting time is running by you've got to give something for the judges to say I see what you're doing every time you see Jarrod try starting to throw that big overhead right you'll see his head dip and his eyes go down if you're Sean Powers yeah that's the time to say oh here's an uppercut boom I want you to see something watch my fist coming up because you can't see it when your eyes go down and start looking smack just over two minutes remaining in this fight and again that right hand at the time and powers really he holds his hands low especially you see it right there yeah so he holds his hands low which helps Trice come over the top even if he doesn't connect like you said at least he's working against his opponent and his opponents ability to establish off time exactly I can understand where powers corners looking sigelei he's moving forward he's putting pressure that's good it's great give me offense off of it and it's gonna be much better trice thrown in some uppercuts and body shots changing levels here in the latter part of the third and final round [Music] King Shawn powers came in with a faint at least he threw something off of it throw it right there Easter Springs leg-up doesn't throw the kick be offensive there you go also we're looking for you know Jerry can sit there shake his head like nothing but know that is what is going to win with the fight don't stand there and just wait you can wait yourself to a point of fight is over at this point it's finish again for Shawn powers mentioned earlier he has finished all nine of his career victories or very likely go down to a decision loss and Jared price waving to forehand off 30 seconds so again waiting way to go after him start to be offensive the majority of the wins empowers career come by submission and this was a stand up battle from start to finish Superman Aquos spinning backfist you'll notice that when trice puts powers to the ground he was stopping going after him because powers is known to have a good submission game off of his back trice didn't want any part of it push off the cage a little showtime style to take a look at it our replay brought to you by assassin's creed Odyssey available October 5th two guys trying to do two big-time offensive actions using the fence yeah nice job as Sean Powers hits him and trice is going for the spinning back fist he gets run over he's not hurt by the punch that was knocking him down it wasn't the punch it was more of Sean powers coming and as he spins he gets pushed down that's why he hits the ground sometimes that's not what the judges are gonna see they see it they think oh maybe that hurt him that put him down we'll give him a mini Showtime punch not quite as thrilling as that Showtime kick I think show time did that just a little bit better I think you did fight in the hands of the judges now alright the decision is in and here's Michael C Williams ladies Edelman having gone the distance we'll go to your three judges at Kate's I'm your first judge Brian minor scores the fight 29-28 scoring the fight for trice your second judge Michael Bell scores the fight 29-28 he sees the fight for powers your third and final judge at cage side Scott Parker scores the fight 29-28 seeing it for the winner by split decision don't boy Giraud try had him nervous for a second there Adam nervous and you know he should be it he's got to learn from that he's got to learn hey you know I need I need to go out and perform and I need to make the judges understand I am dominating this fight our tale of the tape brought to you by Dave & Buster's the only place to eat drink play and watch sports heavyweight matchup big jump both guys are four no look at the difference in age 26 for 37 and six foot eight two six foot three I am excited about this fight reaches perch the identical Michael C Williams ladies Delma tonight's Gemini presents Bellator MMA from Boise Idaho we now go to the heavyweight division set for three five-minute rounds introducing the blue corner at six foot three weighing in 243 pounds his professional record undefeated at 4 and O fighting out of Salt Lake City Utah bad dog early nightmare and across the cage his adversary of the red corner at six foot eight weighing in 240 pounds even as a professional he too stands undefeated at four and oh he fights on the Fort Lauderdale Florida scenery and the referee in charge of the action Mark Smith Mark Smith our referee for this heavyweight fight both men are flora know both men MOA and Maori have finished all four of their fights here we go tonight's fight clock crunch by Miller Lite great taste and only 96 calories Salt Lake City's MOA in the blue Steve Maori in the red gloves reach advantage for 6-8 to 40 Steve Maori everybody that been MOA has faced he has just annihilated he is a fast fast handed and heavy handed fighters Steve Maori being as long as he is needs to keep all away and outside that's gonna help him but Moe has got a big reach it's gonna be an interesting fight Mike been MOA three finishes in the first round one in the second round in his only amateur fight he scored a 44 second TKO so don't play everybody I talked to has told me hey for a heavyweight not only does he hit hard he's fast he's hard to deal with in the beginning [Music] that shot right there that knee to the midsection that's what Maori needs to do he needs to attack that body if he attacks the body it's gonna slow mo down oh very athletic looking to explode get inside close that distance Maori two wins by TKO two wins by submission I will tell you Bower ease ground game is much better than people understand he is talented on to round he holds positions very well he becomes very heavy he is gonna have a great round game looking to march down his opponent Bowa and you can see where he tricky trenches with Henry who is what I'm going to get into as you know buddy Scott Smith the Dutch walk going right now he's just gonna walk down and that's what not only does he have that walk coming down you see him cutting an angle putting pressure on mo and then when moas comes over the top you see him taking his head and looping it out of the way give him distance everything he's doing right now he's fighting all that was a nice shot he just took but he's fighting a good calm smart fight then what's the ground is a smart idea and right in the side control and you look at what you know when you're taking them to the ground you're taking away the kinetic energy that Ben mola can generate with those big legs and those big hips he is a powerful guy so why do I want to fight a big powerful guy in the stand up let me put him on the groundwork they can not hurt me arm triangle and triangle submission finishes right Wow that's what I was talking about with Maori his ground game is much better than people realize and he quickly isolated the arm where would the Americana gets his talk that's why Steve Mallory is going to be a force at the heavyweight division tonight's fight replay brought to you by Assassin's Creed Odyssey available October 5th here he goes forcing that takedown gets to the double a his heads inside he's okay one's got side control off of it good positioning Springs of you look at that leg coming over the top to stop it as he pushes the arm away goes for the arm here's your Marikana brings it back beautiful job by Steve power that did not take long he cranked on it oh just like that and boundaries a big strong kid Manuel at 6 8 the one thing I'm super impressed is he is lean he doesn't care about meeting that 265 pound limit he's coming in at 240 pounds but it's a solid 240 pounds that he can control and he is strong in he's jumping inside the Bellator cage the tap comes by way of an Americana officially two minutes 40 seconds into round number one the winner by submission still undefeated see Valarie remains unbeaten he will visit with my partner Big John McCarthy big tall Steve Mallory that was a beautiful exhibition of being a calm intelligent fighter facing a guy who's got a lot of power a lot of speed what was it like standing in there against bit more no offense to Ben MOA but um Ben Moe is like a c-level grade of the dudes I train with every day so shots all my training partners Ben um if he continues to keep doing this I know he's gonna be successful but I was just another level of ready I knew it I knew my coaches and my training partners and I put together the pieces perfectly and I knew who's gonna come together like this so it's just a huge blessing I'd like to thank God first and foremost for everything and I can't wait to get back in and do it again let's what do you say guys I talked about your ground game on while you were fighting I said you have an under edit rated ground game and if you take this fight to the ground you have a big advantage what were you thinking when you finally got that takedown I knew that he was toasty I could just I'm sorry I'm not I'm not trying to be arrogant I knew he was tough I knew he was gonna come in here ready to put somebody to sleep but that guy wasn't gonna be me and I could feel how he felt on the ground I knew I was gonna find something well you found something that Americana was beautiful you set it up you brought the leg over he put his hands out there and you got that Americana congratulations on your opening Bellator debut fight beautiful fight ladies and gentlemen your winner Steve Mallory so well done Steve Mallory our tale of the tape brought to you by Dave & Buster's the only place to eat drink play and watch sports no relation to Wanderlei jose null dole Silva and Adam boricuas very young and talented I will tell you that Adam forces record is actually 11 to know at this point twenty five and six for Mosin aldo but look at the age difference or she's young and fast we'll see what happens to this fight with the official introductions Michael C Williams and now ladies and gentlemen here at the CenturyLink arena Bellator MMA presented tonight Miller line now goes to three five-minute rounds in the featherweight division introduces the blue corner at five foot eight weighing in 147 point five pounds his professional record 25 wins six losses by way of Brazil he fights out of Layton Utah presenting city LA and across the cage his adversary fighting tonight out of the red corner at five foot ten weighing in 146 pounds even as a professional he stands undefeated at seven and all from a git hub during he fights out of Fort Lauderdale Florida introducing the kid when the bell rings the referee in charge of the action top sup men Tom subnet our referee for this feather weight fight and Budapest just a couple of months ago boom flying me and it was all over I was against Teodor Nikolov who was a good fighter Levin oh and what record look at that knee brings it up that left knee hits him flush and he is out Adam borscht is the real deal combined 13 and all even better record with his six and ol amateur make that 17 and old record to a known inside the Bellator cage red gloves for borage Jose Jose Aldo able to save a hold of those annoying although Anderson Silva chosen a hotel flop fight now out of Utah he is in the blue gloves he did miss wait I have one 47 and a half that's unfortunate Jose and Aldo has got a lot of experience and he has fought for a world title he's been in fights of that caliber this is a big step up for Adam borscht he's got a lot to prove in this fight because he's going against a real tough fighter twenty-five career wins for silver interesting that when he has lost he's lost back-to-back on a couple of occasions and right now he's trying to stop one of those back to backs has never been defeated three times consecutively he's got six losses and you like you said back-to-back two losses lotta wins two losses a lot of wins is on that two lost kid right now you're looking at marlott mirai's was one of those losses so he is going against the level fighters and there was an injury that was a huge factor in that flight as well sagar 17 fight win streak from 2011 to 2016 for silva who's coming out aggressively there's a flying knee attempt by adam borage fighting here in the US for the first time inside the Bellator cage the Hungarian is fought at home in Budapest the previous two times and that left jab you saw Adam borsch hit he chosen all the width that's what he needs to do in this fight settle down start throwing crisp sharp shots you are the faster fighter in this fight if you utilize that speed it's going to give you success later tonight and as they swing away Big John later tonight on our main event we see a young gun crews unbeaten in a chain McKee against a very experienced Brazilian in John macapa now the style is a little bit different in this fight but you get my point with the storyline yeah it's better be careful cuz these guys have fought for a long time at a very high level and when you when you face that guy that has that experience and he's been in the cage against guys of the elite level but they got a lot of tricks and you can see even in this fight right here jozin Aldo is trying to lure borsch into a gun fight he wants to be open about he wants him to go out for the big shots because he's going to counter off those and that's what he's gonna land Adam borage one of the true up-and-coming fighters and a stacked featherweight division which was featured later tonight in the main event the champion Patricio pitbull has his title defenses next one already scheduled Manuel Sanchez just off of those last shots you had Adam borsch throwing nothing really landed good but it was the speed of what is the way he did it and how close it was that you saw that Jose and amo just doesn't have that range and speed to get in on borscht right now he needs to look at this fight in a different way and start fighting it in a way where he could start to utilize all that skill that he's had over the years and start to beat down on an abortion slow him down the more you can slow him down the better your chance of winning this fight borage grew up in one of the poorest parts of Hungary in the eastern region small village of just 2,000 people moved Florida full-time in August of 2017 a good counter attack by Silva touches the leg and it throws offense often but that's what you want to see says he brings the spirit of the Hun warriors little blood on the left side of the face of 25 year-old Adam orange every kick by Silva nice straight right counter by porch flying me again see the board she's starting to feel comfortable with the range and distance of the fight and that's gonna be what its gonna allow him to open up those attacks like that by [Music] veteran 25 wins 32nd professional fight for Silva 15 of his victories by knockout seaports the beginning trying to push him to frame that head away if he can keep that head framed away he can remain Stumbo and silver gets his head inside and up against horses jar like that Silver's gonna have the advantage he's gonna be strong there round one in the book Sudi give it to him give that round tube or she's the one that landed the most effective strikes in it goes and although he's doing what he can do it and got him to remain calm in a fight you gotta let the fight come to you and that's what they're doing ready just don't worry about winning every every second or every minute of the round just add an atom Borchers teammate Steve Maori with the victory in the previous fight you know we talked about the guys who trains would fight the Johnson like Chandler no chance Kellie Masada who spent burns Mubarak Hall down at Hard Knocks and a gap that's a pretty talented group of warriors going to battle every day you see chosen all the way than coming out very aggressive in this round opening up with the water shots trying to lull Adam into that brawl you can be successful in the game Jones Gilbert burns Bellator brings a stat target to they're his own exclusive premiere September 29th the welterweight world Grand Prix kicks off with the trilogy fight us between Douglas Leeman andrey korsunov plus the historic board clash between legendary superstars Wanderlei Silva and Rampage Jackson our main event the Battle of Champions as the middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi faces the welterweight champion Rory MacDonald win through sadducees belt on the line available only and exclusively you can see in this position just and although he's complaining about the position he's got the advantage start to do some work start to bring those knees up start to hit that thigh at the knee he's the one that has the back of bortion he needs to be offensive and just keep on being busy in this position that will allow the official to let him stay there if he doesn't he just holds on they're gonna be separated some fancy foot stomps goes down horse needs to fight the hands right now bring that elbow inside there you go once it gets double in size and w3 good showing here the Spartan round 2 4 chosen Aldo Silva this came out really aggressive got got to Borgias back wasn't able to do anything with it but he's been the one controlling where the fight is at and the pace of the fight at this point orange 25 began his thai boxer training at age 17 MMA training 319 won his first temple tournament after just three months of training over the top of the counter the kick is heavy just past the midway point of this three round fight what you're seeing as far as the experience of Geraldo Silla he's showing you the experience an event wider he is exploding at times he's causing big flurries and then he's setting back us creating a different pace and momentum in the fight that borscht has got to figure out and he's not doing a real good job boys 47 Sopranos now is he willing in that piece nice right hand that was landed by Silva Silva look for the head kick off the floor arm of Norwich goes deep trying to get in shakedown and board to voice some of our switches his stance as you see quite often do back and forth from Orthodox to southpaw southpaw right now blue gloves for the Brazilian red gloves for the Hungarian that doesn't feel good for either fighter right there [ __ ] on [ __ ] [ __ ] on [ __ ] hurts both guys care what anyone says about mercy when he gets that under hook let me be offensive when we bring the knees up he's trying to be that guy that's doing damage in the fight that's what you want to see out Silver's really trying to load up on the shock up one of those that hits with the right John heavy kick off the floor on a borage Silver's doing a great job of mixing things up here and round two yeah this looks like he's starting to get a little bit tired I don't know if that's gonna have an effect on it right now but we did this right good movement again he sees that you know he sees Porsche coming out he knows the flying knees there comes the big kick by Silva off the arms it's blocked but then he gets that right hand in there in another right hand that's what type of action gave him the round the muy Thai training center which is home to Jose and Aldo Silva is the one that Rafael Lovato jr. visits for a couple of weeks before every flight ok heads over to cure teba where they jewellery ready breakers just three killers killers strikers many of them named Silva third and final round this fight is up for grabs and yeah it just depends on who's going to be the smarter fighter in this round Silva came out very strong in the second round he's trying to come out strong before she's slowing him down right now with this clinch position good left hook that horse you can see the body position to talk to when borscht is ready and he's leaning forward he's telling you he wants to be offensive you'll see chosen on the star to actually sit back on his leg waiting for that attack you cannot sit he's got to go out report oh did Silva do enough to win round two and your mind I do think he wanted that's why I think this is the third round I think this fight is up for grabs big swing by Silva it wasn't a hit but it didn't hit with power because Bors ruined himself out of the way in the right fat right little accident I poke check it out okay hold on stay there stay there get it ready by back just to push off and borscht it wasn't that he threw his hands out there he's just trying to push off to make space so he can continue strike Sylva does a great job of coming forward jumping under and then finishing without that nice beautiful change of levels by seven get down there he had a nice combination to open up Wars and chisel but he's in trouble here [Applause] let's timecard Florence with the submission victory Wow you have to really be impressed with a kid that is coming out fighting an experienced fighter loses the last round and says you know what I'm going to take this round takes a position and chokes out chosen Aldo Silva let's take a look at it John tonight's fight replay brought to you by Assassin's Creed Odyssey available October 5th see chosen also goes for the takedown those elbows hurt and he stops when you stop the fight and your opponent's moving you're going to lose positions he loses it we get the whole team by in a bar that chunk is deep that rear-naked choke his set there's nothing he can do you see that hand locked behind it's a little bit on his head but he was not going to get that past great job by an abortion v career win by submission second by rear naked choke when you are standing still in the middle of a freeway you are a target and you're gonna get taken out and that's what it's like to stand still in the middle of the cage cannot stop Michael C Williams set to make it official ladies gentlemen inside the Bellator cage the tap comes by way of a rear naked choke officially one minute 46 seconds into round number three the winner by submission the kid a perfect Kelvin old three and all in his junk Bellator career submission victory in the third round for Budapest Hungary's Adam borage Goldy that's a big win for Boris because of the level of experience that joe sanella silva brought into that this fight is going to teach out of horse a lot guys our tale of the tape brought you by Dave and Buster's the only place to eat drink play and watch sports bantamweight battle Justin Hugo and Vince Morales nice record with Vince Morales seven and two three and four for Justin Lugo Vince Morales I can tell you is an outstanding explosive fighter Mike with the official introductions Michael C Williams Bellator MMA presented by Mary hi now moves to the bantamweight division set for three five-minute rounds introducing first the blue coin in at five foot ten weighing in 130 5.5 pounds his professional record stands at three and four he fights on a Lacey Washington presenting Justin Eagle drum here we go and across the cage his adversary fighting out of the red corner at five foot seven playing in 135 pounds even as a professional he brings seven wins two losses fighting Mike Beltran I referee two years four months ago right here in this building boom goodbye Hamilton ash knockout for Vince vendetta Morales fighting in Boise finishing his opponent and looking for his second Bellator win here tonight bartholet first row good fight here we go tonight's wake lock brought to you by Miller Lite great taste and only 96 calories Vince Morales looking Birds a professional victory he's in the red gloves Eagle drop Justin Hugo the blue gloves I've watched miss for Alice numerous times in the fights is a very composed Justin Hugo with a USA Wrestling tattoo on his side against if you're gonna put that on your body you better be able to wrestle right well or maybe it's a it's a ploy or you think make someone think that you can wrestle really I'm sure that you can coming from I know there's a lot of good rest and is known for his really tough resilient you to ground game but he's a very hard hitting standing fighter when you see someone like mesmerized put him out it's telling you Vince Morales has power Morales just had a five fight win streak snapped he has done a great job of finishing his fighters five wins by knockout two by submission has not lost a decision or at this point has not not finished his fights were gone to decision in his victories you see admits Bareilles start to find the range on that the left hand that left hook has hit him several times and keeps on setting it up hook might be the difference in this fight for and now they check his fight card John he has not gone good this couple of losses have been by submission and they have been in the second round so nine fights no judges scorecard yet for Vince Morales seven of them have gone his way Justin Lugo doing a good job with movement trying to create a distance let's try to turn on that punch but he throws you can see a difference in the balance factor of the way both guys approach the fight game look at the footwork on Vince Morales and look when he comes in how balanced he remains when he's throwing big difference with Justin Lee would time his feet are coming together that could be a problem if you could here with that counter shot that pitch down Morales looking to close distance again born in Caldwell Oregon fighting out of Ontario Oregon [Music] we've brought some fans in tonight to CenturyLink arena those coke people like [Applause] straight love straight right both of them right on target you can see it affected Justin oh that's why he backed off we just regaining his composure come back at him you're gonna get hit that's part of fighting so don't let it affect you don't get mad just reset come back at your opponent earlier we talked about the two-year four months layoff for Shawn powers but Shawn had fought in that time Finch Morales has stayed very busy very busy you know he had a big you know time to fight that he he was thinking that he was gonna get to one of the bigger promotions and he went out thought he lost against a very tough opponent it's gonna happen this is what MMA is about for so many ways for you to win and there's hopefully way for you to lose in a fight if you make one mistake it could be the difference in that fight most yelling fighters what we try to get him to understand is we don't worry about the bug right away go out establish your game and the Flett the fight come you and said let the fight come to you that means let this guy fall into your traps set trap form let them fall and then take advantage of you go hunting oftentimes you're the one who gets shot when you go hunt and every time you go hunting you know sometimes find something you don't get something to shoot at but you do the same things to make yourself successful for the next trip [Music] good kick them over to go by Justin Hugo switches a lot babies I was just back and forth all over the place very seamlessly final seconds of the round almost there we can see a tornado kick go nice mocha and the corner of inch Morales old school militants fighting systems old school yeah my old buddy Tony prickling had a trainer floor great guys in this MMA world at 20 foot win at UFC 40 I started also Japan what a team that was for a long time and a bunch of belts in Bettendorf Iowa between Sylvia and Miletich and use of culvert just outstanding Tony Bricklin he's there a long long time also see Ricky Simon is in this trial squad giving him instructions Ricky Simon very very dangerous hundred thirty-five back lighter now my big shot over the top go on his back Morales says let's stand on smart blue bomber Alice you know what he starts to entwine leg I don't like it a step back and try to look at it so you know what let me I just hit you put you down thinking look I'd do that again we showed you spectacular finish he earned here in Boise back in 2016 last time we were here against Hamilton Ashe midway point of round number three but it was quick hands and the accumulation of damage a nice quick jab there and what he's doing is he's countering what hugo does he sees the openings he's just waiting for Hugo to try to be offensive as soon as you go is trying to be offensive he's throwing a counter that's stopping with Hugo's doing and got him so now that wasn't on purpose that's the difference of you got a guy that's throwing a kick another guy here opens up to throw a side kick just happens to hit in the wrong spot both guys going after kicks at the same time lifts the leg just glances by sometimes sometimes windows hit they're going sideways you hate to say it but it's the cup hitting sideways the cost is the bane to occur just glances my glances Bo well you know you don't want to be too that's why you are so bossy all those years is a referee yeah you know you can't you can't give them too much can't make them think oh yes I feel for you did you needed to ever walk up to a fighter and say hey you know by the way that just the fight continues for Travis in the red body has different interpretations on words that's very true Justin Hugo Morales that's really what you're seeing the difference in this bottle again I hate to say but the better actually is mesmerized he's just a faster faster twitch athlete then Justin Justin is a tough guy and he's going after this trying to fight all different types of angles and ways and he's doing a good job it's just that there's about medicine of his time for him doing looking for the takedown Morales fights it off just about at the midway point of this fight see Justin Lewis starting to lean back a little bit more and starting to fall back a little bit more based upon the attacks that Vince Morales and that's that's telling you that these shots are starting to have an accumulative effect upon it over the top at the right the accumulation of damage there's two more than Helen that javis quit he just fires out [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you go sensing the top even when he's willing to attack which is stopping that yeah that power that he wants to throw it it's just not coming out in the same fashion because he's worried about the time as you can see him start to go for that pullback right away exactly [Applause] as a game fighter man he's a tough guy but he's just in against it [Applause] you want to say God gave him it's he's taking advantage of it for being in training but that speed is something that speed kills I was saying you know if I'm gonna fight someone I'd rather fight the big strong guy than I fight this for the fast guy the fast guy is hard for me to hear but with all of that in mind there can always be one strike that ends the fight regardless if the other guys in control Hugo's looking for that or something more here in the final minute of the round you see him reacting even to the feint so we have to reacting to the faints [Applause] [Music] [Applause] that is to pinch down now he's got a chance control that leg [Applause] if your legs are crushed you have a hard time hitting that that leg lock on it if you can extend and clamp down with that hole now you have the chance of making it work you know little things partner and I saw just a moment ago with that jab that connected from moralising foods a half step we just changed his temple he went a bit differently staccato why is zigzag and that's why it hit exactly it's like the pitcher in baseball they don't grow because they can throw 95 miles an hour you don't throw every pitch at 95 because someone gets the timing on you take a look at the clean strikes boom big right hand by Morales also grabs the leg and then decides you know I don't want to be in here I'm gonna let him go but the strikes that Morales see him coming inside he's looking he's seeing openings and he's going after those openings big right hand again it's just the difference right now of a guy who is seeing the openings and attacking him and a guy who is trying to stop those attacks [Applause] so I Morales in control with five minutes remaining in this three round battle top of the hour we are live on paramount Network a.j McKee John Makabe our main event of the evening AJ McKee 11 and oh that is the longest winning streak in Bellator history and the best start in Bellator history is unbeaten record and his Bellator records on the line later tonight in our main event third and final round [Music] CenturyLink arena Boise Idaho Hugo knows he's got to fight with a sense of urgency here in the third and final five minutes of this fight he doesn't impress with him in the way he's attacking in this fight he knows that he's got a guy that's faster he's trying to create open trying to look at things and it's frustrating when the guy is just that much faster word he's hitting you and you're throwing things and they're just missing or bouncing by it's a hard position but he's maintained his composure in this fight he has given it everything he has and you gotta admire his durability and his greatness in this fight you go tough kid he's showing it oh you see when you shake your head and on the internship yes so is that smile you don't do those things on purpose you're not even thinking about it you just kind of do it saying oh I'm okay but no you felt [Applause] you can see even in that kick Morales is now not moving backwards he's not stepping out of the way of what just a sprain he's just taking one small step in the Pentagon offense because he is in a position now he has that paste out he has the control of the distance and the timing of the fight he's just looking for his opportunities and a little slip and rip there a moment ago slide back a little bit avoid the punch and fire away Hugo obviously frustrated that he can't score he's got something here he's inside on it and we see what if you can do something get this fight to the ground where obviously that's Morales has not wanted to be with Justin Bua so far the fight morales did win a state championship in wrestling the man he likes to stand and trade he has been the deliverer of punishment his fight so far Midway pointed these third and final round you've got that right hand copters just waiting to Letitia good shot anymore got him up against the fence not sure that Justin ended up going down so much off the power of the shot but he's just giving that up saying well maybe I can try to lure him down to the ground haven't come on top of me so I have a chance of possibly applying the submission Morales really wants to fight on the feet because he had a great position with his opponent in against the team and still stood up inside let's do this but that's the kind of maturity when you're looking at a fighter you go good job you're the one that's determining where that fight is going to be you got your opponent falls down gets knocked down and you decide all-out Conor McGregor the second time he fought Nate Diaz think of the times that he knocked Nate Diaz down and took milk step back up I want you standing that's control the fight that's a guy that is in control of everything five five on the feet so why go to a possible 50/50 on the ground exactly you have the advantage and put the fight where you have the advantage dog let the other guy who won't wall you into fighting his game and make Diaz has the advantage on the ground over a high percentage of fighters in this MMA world no doubt about it there was and trying to defend one shot can finish this fight just landed his best punch so far 35 seconds uppercut but if you could shake his head um yeah but all of these are adding up it's it's so hard all of those shots don't diminish your ability to stay on the fire first tape down to take down for Vince Morales with side control position he's got his leg turned on the one side but only 12 seconds left Justin he'll be able to pull off any kind of special submission what an impressive performance and has returned to the Bellator cage for Vince vendetta Morales tonight's fate replay brought you by Assassin's Creed Odyssey available October 5th beautiful one two hard punches grabs the leg but another hard right hand brings you lay down everything that Vince Morales is doing is it guys showing that I am the one controlling this fight I'm the one determining where that distance of this fight is going to be done at you know a lot of people say this is ringer cage control know this is out striking your opponent this is putting your opponent in bad positions in the fight landing in volume and also landing with power our tale of the tape brought you by Dave & Buster's Joey place to eat drink play and watch sports you look at here they're both close in age and you look at the records that show you there is a lot of experience and maturity standing in this cage to officially get things underway here is Michael C Williams ladies and gentlemen good evening and welcome tonight live on paramount Network Miller Lite presents Bellator MMA here at the CenturyLink arena in Boise Idaho we begin now with three five-minute rounds in the lightweight division brought to you by boost bubble boost makes it easy to switch switching makes it easy to save and now first introducing the blue corner at 5:49 win in 156 pounds even the veteran professional brings 24 twins 10 losses and 1 draw fighting on the Phuket Thailand presenting across the cage his adversary tonight fights out of the red corner at five foot seven wedding in 156 pounds entering Bellator cage for the 20th time he stands with the total of 19 professional victories 8 defeats fighting today key in charge of the action your referee Tom sup nerds Tom Sutton our referee for our first fight live el matador Roger Huerta pitbull the older one but Ricky ready first round here we go tonight's play clock brought you by Miller Lite pre taste and only 96 calories Huerta comes out southpaw he's in the blue gloves red gloves for patrique e pitbull 12 wins by knockout six of those in round number one Roger Huerta told us earlier this week I am here because I believe I can make this run I'm gonna be a world champion before I'm done fighting he does believe you can make the runner than what you're seeing right now I like the fact that I see Roger establishing the position not settling and allowing pitbull to push him back but this is one of the things that I've seen out of pit bull in these last couple of fights he is not the guy that needs to force the fight anymore he's allowing the fight to come to him and that's what you're seeing with from him right now Roger needs to be smart Roger is the guy that he's not going to put pitbull out with one shot but multiples will do it where pitbull has the power he can put Roger out with one shot head kick from pitbull and a nice combination early in this fight where two switches his stance buddy Jay Glazer we'll see you in days Jay loving tonight's guard loving the matchup and this is a great one to get things started Roger Huerta first mixed martial artist to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated may 23rd 2007 he was just 23 years old what a big moment that actually was for the sport of MMA Roger Huerta took all of that pressure though and there was mance amount of pressure because he was the guy at the cover that everyone wanted to take his head off from that boy Roger delivers and the counter by Patrika but where to took it we're taking a hunting down where to shot foot pitbull besides he's looking but settle down don't wing shots throw shots throw him and throw him hard and straight Wow both men looking for an early finish both guys hit and hurting each other Rogers got a small cut somewhere on his nose right there answered the bridges no good dirty boxing you see him grabbing and throwing that right hand that's what Roger needs to do Roger Huerta Sarge on seven first round wins six by knockout yeah and he is the better wrestler in this if there's one area that definitely is the athlete that has the advantage is it the wrestling even though Patricia's got very good with his wrestling Roger does have an advantage to that dirty boxing by grabbing a hold and utilizing wrestling to throw shots inside that's where Roger should be with the absence from the sport or at least on this side of the country because he did fight five times in one championship people like sting have tended to forget how good Roger Huerta was is and still can be you can be and it's good to say it you lose confidence your mind to start fighting not to lose instead of fighting to win and that's where if you go back and you watch some of Rogers fights that's where he was at he says he has a new mentality now and that he wants to be the champion I know that if I beat the tricky pitbull I am putting myself in a great spot to have a chance to be able to fight for that championship that's not smart picking occurred just over a minute automatic doors so I'm pushing Florida I do like what I'm seeing out of rupture cuz he's saying that I'm here to fight and he's fighting angry well go fight angry fight smart but fight with those fighting impressive exactly talked about that the treatments there is a shot [Music] these are bobbing each other by absolutely we've seen this before though especially when it comes down to the pickerel brothers feel like you're all over you feel you're in control and boom just like that you're on your back Rock Rodgers gut he has got the Tricky's attention this is not exactly the fundamentally that's why you see four tricky pit bull yeah doing what he did this is not the fight he expected he's getting hit with shots and getting hurt by those shots and he did not think that was going to happen works very closely with Erik Alomar seen more ease so who knows coax congratulations to the Olympic gold medalist Henry cejudo great first round round to blue gloves for Roger where Chuck comes out southpaw again and connects early pitbull and the red gloves a little bit of trouble he's having a hard time with his foot position which is allowing Roger to land that left hand you've got brown one on your scorecard partner round one on my car [Applause] to put him out at that birch he's got that power Roger DC be smart here even though he's up Hitler trying to sense the finish here that means put tricky pitbull knocks out Roger we're top what we talked about in round one right it wasn't and it's what you when you're looking at this fight pitbull has the power to end the fight at any point Roger came out that first round and he did an outstanding job of creating situations and flurries where he was landing and doing damage to pitbull but when he ended up getting hit with this one shot that was the difference in the fight they could not recover from let's take a look at it our fight replay brought to you by Assassin's Creed Odyssey available October 5th watch this hand bone that left hand the ones that you don't see are the ones that hurt you we say it all the time when you don't see the shot you're not prepared for it and it just takes your legs away from you it gets hit with this left hand that left hand starts the downfall he's lost his legs he's trying to gain his balance he holds on he gets a couple of hits in there but then again he couldn't even find pitbull and gets hit with another shot he doesn't see and that's the end of the fight fourth straight Bellator win forfeit Ricky pitbull the longest winning streak of his inside the Bellator cage our official decision from Boise Idaho is coming up next to make it official here's Michael Steve Williams ladies and gentlemen inside the Bellator cage it comes to an end 43 seconds into round number two the winner by knockout the key pitbull 9th Bellator knockout for patrika pitbull that makes him number one all-time broke the tie with Douglas Lima who has eight and will fight in eight days and for tricky pitbull we'll talk to Big John McCarthy wow that was a tough fight were you expecting such a tough fight coming out of Roger Huerta in that first round yes I think they delivered the first house fighting a robot he's a tough man doesn't doesn't matter who's the next I wanted the best we're the best Bret Primo's I want to take my belt and I'll take your head in my hand but to push off your face on the mat I do this Stu arey I come for you let's talk about that second round you hit him with a left hand that hurt him and hurt him so bad he couldn't even find you in that fight and then you hit him with the right hand that finished the fight how tough was it for you to land those shots okay it doesn't matter if I put my right hand he is now if you put my left hand he's down he's normal everybody go down I've got everybody like I think everybody guy like his lip on the mat aside the caged above the belt oh I am the next chair whoever was on altimeters old dos president I want to congratulate you but Ricky pitbull that was one of the most impressive reports that's four in a row for you and a title shot should be coming your way everybody your winner put tricky pit ball on the shoulders of brother the champion Patricio but tricky pit bull with his night Bellator knockout our tale of the tape for this flyweight fight is brought you by Dave and Buster's the only place to eat drink play and watch sports you can see that beta is five foot four compared to five ajusshi the color fighter but Denis still has the reach advantage Michael see William Swift the official introductions live on network Bellator MMA presented by Miller life now moves to the flyweight division scheduled for three five-minute rounds is brought to you by Assassin's Creed Odyssey available October 5th and now introducing the blue corner at five-foot-two weighing in 124 pounds the reigning remote Arctic boxing world champion enters the cage with the professional MMA record up two and one fighting out of Amsterdam Netherlands venes miss dynamite Kim holds and across the cage her adversary fighting out of the red corner at five foot four weighing in 125 point five pounds as a professional for victories two defeats hailing from Boise in charge of the action your referee in my belt on my belt Ron our referee Timmy steel Holtz tonight her first MMA fight in the US Vita Arteaga fighting 15 minutes away from her oh here we go tonight's fight clock brought to you by Miller Lite great taste and only 96 calories Boise's arteaga in the red drugs they disturbed Virginie steel hooks for the head and arms Russian mystic Hina did a great job of taking this time we were so out of it smart move by Denis take your time get yourself to good position it's almost unfair by pretty-looking they say two and one as far as three skills she is 47 and three as a kickboxer she has so much experience in a ring not so much in a cage man she's got fight experience Vita arteaga coming off the best performance of her career most importantly she was healthy because she was not in her split decision loss to Bruna Ellen in upstate New York that both losses for PETA Artega a bearded controversial split decision losses they have seen her first loss against the other Cova most people thought that he don't want the fight that she lost on a split decision that basta did and had a had a medical problem that caused her problems as far as fatiguing against rue de ella and she's just that fighter that brings a pace where she has to be careful with bookcases Denise's accuracy with her strikes denise is fast and especially with a little 4-ounce Club it's hard to block what the bees feel host brings forward understand opposition how the champion watching very closely Alain Alain McLaren who loves this fight could be a future of Hornets coming out of this and how excited is alamelu McFarland to defend her title in December in Hawaii - rats chance they trade there's the speed now e to talk to us about the fact that she's strong and she hits hard she used to fight at 135 speed even talked about it before strength speed you like the Latin I will always take speed over strength because speed is so hard to deal with strength will go away over time in a fight it starts to negate itself into a neutral position for the speed if someone has speed in their neighbor to put their hand out and hit you before you hit them Arteaga does have good wrestling she likes to paw right now they work in the clinch and this right here will although she made the mistake of putting the hand over getting in that clinch is how you start to negate somebody who is back so that's smart fighting by Vito lean on him a little bit wear them down Bellator brings a stacked hard to our ozone exclusive premiere September 29th the welterweight world Grand Prix kicks off with the trilogy fight between Douglas Lima a non-recourse Cobb plus matchup number four between superstars Wanderlei Silva and Rampage Jackson our main event the Battle of Champions welterweight champ Rory MacDonald middleweight champion take our new sod see the 185 belt is on the line get the dues or nap right stand and trade Beitar take her he wants to get into this brawl she wants to because in every fight that's her way of winning if she fights a technical to fight that's blue a Denise is in kickboxing and she's not gonna outkick bots knees so make this pretty make an ugly go out there trained by her brother Freddie also a professional fighter their tip here is an SPG about Ireland SPG affiliate Anthony steel hopes and her husband heads the Gurkhas who is going to make his Bellator debut soon trained a little bit in Ireland with John Cavanaugh at SPG but stiffer and SPG's but not together well the same SPG just not together as for any some of the same techniques though little good over him right that punch is fighting against work now holds 47 and three all three losses by decision in other words she wasn't knocked out as a professional kickboxing no never ate at those decisions she got some good decisions on a couple of those she is a very good going it is cool she's been working out even when so he's Bracy on the grab the game and voices told her lookit I don't want you talking at the ground but I want you confident that watch her going that you're gonna be okay there and that is what she's good in from working out with guys like voice drug battle here in round one Freddie told little sister Vita more level changes in this round in that Denise kilovolts was getting an earful from her husband has the vergis and the rest of her quarter they wanted to bring up the emotion and the accumulation of potential damage and right there she tries to impeach as she's doing exactly what they told her they wanted throwing more combinations and bring straight shots in on Vita Veta has a very quiet confidence in her fighting style and her ability one of the top flight way to the world anytime you fight somebody that doesn't go away every time you hit them and they're still standing in front of you every time you do something and they don't give up and they just come back it takes a professional fighter to sit there and say it's okay let me just keep doing what I'm doing that's a hard person to fight that's exactly what our today that brings to the fight our tag has said she hasn't been this excited for a fight in two years course a big part of that this battle being at home here in Boise good takedown defense by keyholes the treaty pitbull got things started in style and the champ says congratulations on the knockout victory over at Roger Huerta Brent primis might be saying hi you want to try to knock me down you want to try to knock me out but said it if that might be what premises next opponent because if you're looking at a guy who has done everything that he can do to put himself in a position for that fight that championship match by that's the tricky bit though good swing [Applause] still going nice clothes dog tickly for Deniz steel Holt says any Michael Chandler must be the 155 mixes well whoever said he wanted me there this right here is gonna be interesting to see what has to be slur it with John Kavanagh and SPG's and working with Hoynes Gracie what is she learned about being relaxed and calm if we got a reverse guard she's holding on what does she learn that's gonna get hurt either into a submission position get her into a position where she can elevate and get a good rehearsal or get herself out of this and get herself back to her feet Rina a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu has not scored a submission win in her young career yet she's got herself a girl mr. Chia / systemic the position right now Artega throwing some punches our tag is making this a grind she's making it a dirty nasty fight and that's what she has to do she is the bigger stronger fighter of the truth nice job by Ginny's steel hoax with her ground and submission defense back on the feet Nita are taking us her strength and conditioning with David Michael rated the 10th best running back in Boise State history [Music] my buddy Parton Hall scored a lot of touchdowns on that picture because that is up that whole family by the way the city's kyoho and she's got that take down and she there you go now remember Denice won her first fight by submission in Tel Aviv there's a good job is gonna get she does not she could bring that elbow up on top and over she'd have a better chance of putting pressure on that guillotine there you go to the gift I love didn't finish the [ __ ] submit [ __ ] standard guillotine Wow tonight's light replay brought to you by Assassin's Creed Odyssey available October 5th Michael she gets up here you see Denise's got her head down she goes for that guillotine but right here there's not a lot of pressure on her neck oh when you see that elbow coming up and over the top that's when it gets tight and that's what she has pressure that's why she gets the tap beautiful gritty grinding fight by Vita Ortega the hometown girl scores her biggest victory Tina Ortega the official decision coming up next the smile says it all Vita Artega victorious at home to make it official Michael C Williams ladies and gentlemen inside the Bellator cage the tap comes by way of a guillotine officially four minutes 24 seconds in round number two the winner by submission Vita [Applause] Big John with Boise zone congratulations Vita Ortega that was a gritty grinding nasty ugly beautiful fight how are you feeling right now [Applause] Denice is a very technically proficient fighter she's fast what was it like being in this cage with her um it was great I have nothing but respect for nice she's a great competitor so I'm glad she accepted this fight so it was a good challenge for me as far as challenges when you locked on that guillotine and I saw you bring that elbow over on top is that when you knew that oh I got this this is tight yeah and I looked over at my coaches and they were just telling me so I trust them and that's exactly what I did well I'll tell you what that was an outstanding performance it shows exactly what kind of fighter you are congratulations ladies and gentlemen your winner Vita Ortega happy birthday team a nice trophy and then I also want to say I think I deserve a title shot I just beat the kickboxing champion and I just beat the Challenger Emily couple months ago so I deserve that title shot sounds good to me betta sure little Vader's watching six years old she's doing great our tale of the tape for this middleweight matchup it's brought to you by Dave and Buster's the only place to eat drink play and watch sports take a look at the record John Salter 52 3 8 no.4 Lovato big difference is that reach because Salter has got to get inside of that 77 inch reach of the lotto highly anticipated matchup which kid it started here's the introductions here's Michael C Williams now the dog MMA presented by Miller live now features tonight comein event 3 5 it problems in the middleweight division and now live on paramount network we introduced the blue corner at six-foot-three weighing in 185 undefeated as a professional he brings eight wins no defeats he fights out of oklahoma city oklahoma presenting rafael [Music] [Applause] and across the cage is atmospheric out of the red corner at six foot one weighing in the same 185 pounds even his professional record 15 victories three defeats originally from Gardendale Alabama he fights Wilmington North Carolina introducing jump in charge of the action your referee Mark Smith Mark Smith our referee John Salters finished all 15 of his professional wins 8 by submission Rafael Lovato jr. 7 of 8 wins by knockout or submission here we go tonight's big buck brought to 5ml life great taste and only 96 calories Salter the southpaw is up red gloves blue gloves for Rafael Lovato - I have been looking forward to this fight for so long expecting to see the incredible graphic hats it'll probably end up all on the feet but this should be an absolute showcase of what the grappling arts could do all on the feet where the wind oh by the way to career wins by knockout of the 8:4 Lovato junior one career win by knockout for John Salter well if you're looking John Salter was you know started off he was a wrestler and then got into Brazilian jiu-jitsu and became so good at it that it became his strong point in his career but the one thing that he's got in this fight against Lovato his wrestling is his advantage he does have the ability to try to keep this fight on his feet if he wants that the problem with that is Lovato is so unafraid of being on his back because of his jiu-jitsu that he does take big risk and big chances in the standup he's wild and it's dangerous so far the fight on the feet Oklahoma City Oklahoma the home of Rafael Lovato jr. Rafael and his father the mother senior the first American father-son Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt his father trained with all the Machado brothers in California and what a team Rafael Lovato jr. has around him now he does you look at his his main coaches in jiu-jitsu still they shot day a barrio just one of the very best Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners there has ever been in the world his brother Sol oh just an unbelievable if everything that he's accomplished is who he is digits over fist if you look at some of the fighters have come actually the wrestlers that have come out to train with Roboto Justin red is turning his game around being a great restaurant now having submissions to go with that wrestling that is improving career because of chungee a 15-time world champion Psalter fighting outta Wilmington North Carolina and her thoughts and prayers are with those impacted by Hurricane Florence for information about how you can give back go to direct relief or you know one of the things that happened two fights ago Lovato [ __ ] Chris Honeycutt if you were gonna look for an area where you say Lovato has got something to learn as far as MMA and have a hole in his game as he had a problem in the clinch being put up against the cage at one of the guys that was in Chris Honeycutt corner at that time was John Salter so John knows hey if I'm having trouble I can try to force him into that clinch force him into the cage and tried to do some dirty boxing try to hit with some knees and slowly bottle down but right now Salter isn't feeling very comfortable in the stand-up and Lovato was in the corner when John Salter fought Kendall Grove in Big John McCarthy was the referee that fight - John spoke up a moment ago the only time Rafael Lovato jr. has gone the distance any professional fights nothing significant as of yet there's that clink she talked about it is and this is a position that Lovato has got to learn to get himself through did you see him starting to frame the arm against the head push Salters head away from his body that's a smart thing to do as far as giving some space in that clinch John coming out and landing a good shot off of breaking off of it that's what he needs to do Lovato jr. one of his training partners puffy OH carvanha look straight right just missed for etanol Lovato jr. he's been going down to Kirti ball a lot his booty tide goes in there with all the savage his that go put and they're part of that team down there he's getting to the point where he is now feeling confident in his stand-up and that will do a ton for what he does inside the cage based upon seeing things at being able to act reactive rumor has it there are some strikers in Curitiba Brazil Rumour Has It rumour has it it might be one or two one of those is fighting in eighth base I think he is for the SOCOM's brand page yeah that hats murderer guy though grappling here in round one Lovato junior and Salter tonight Shana cam brought you by boosts bubble get the best value in national prepaid wireless easy to switch easy to see our main event is next in once again we check in with Jenn brown thanks Goldie what comes with aging McKee's 11 and OH record as natural talent and when you talk to AJ McKee he'll admit that he's relied on that at times and sometimes here they're taken a shortcut in previous camps but not for this one Makino's his opponent John macapa Makka pakka Makka pakka he's got a ton of experience and this will be his biggest test to date so to prepare he put his mind set on a different level no more shortcuts he put in a full eight we camp John macapa has never been finished in his 26 fights and AJ McKee has finished eight of his 11 opponents and Goldie he says tonight it will be number nine Jen thank you very much and dad did confirm that AJ did put in the work Antonio his father of course his head trainer Antonio like he said very early in the prelims tonight John all the nos dead and Sons fights yeah but this says how old yes it is but you're older little slip early here in round 2 the real difference we received in the fight so far is that what I was talking about that wrestling ability of John Salter John has decided I am gonna keep this fight off defeat even having Pavano on his back there decided not to go down to the ground he's saying you know what I respect your graph game there's no point for me to go down there when I feel like I'm putting the fight standing up my feet biggest challenge for both these men thus far see who has truly evolved so far here in their career Salter with many more fights but man he's look better than ever since making the move to Bellator these two men combined nine and oh inside the Bellator cage [Applause] [Music] [Applause] tried to choke the guard John Salter did a great job of avoiding the leg right now he is not in danger of that guillotine being anything he knows that but he is finally on the ground with a buckler to see what's gonna happen from here if you are Rafael Lovato jr. and you know the level of your opponent's grappling ability as well what type of decision do you make as far as how long do you hold on to this well you notice the right you see that right leg I'm sorry the left leg of Lovato is being held by the left arm of Salter that's making it to her it doesn't matter that Lovato's arm is around soldier's neck he cannot create the pressure to make that a sufficient submission hold Salter's doing all the right things of remaining relaxed knowing that I don't have to hold on to what is labatto's you know attack on me with his arms no if I keep his leg out here and came in his legs around me he has nothing Salter working his way back up he's gonna be very careful you're not gonna see so he's picking him up put him back down but again staying outside of the legs that's what Saul was doing being smart saying I'm not gonna let those legs start to get around my body which then could create a problem for me Raffaele trying to adjust can you notice that hand holding onto the ankle of Lovato jr. that's what's giving the position that now Salter is getting into side control this is a good thing that Salters doing half guard still the bottles dangerous but in this position he needs those legs to be able to create pressure on that neck this is why you have these two men ranked so highly on your list of MMA ground they're both doing things exactly how you expect you see Lovato going into a hundred percent right here that hundred percent is not going to work with where his legs are at he's doing that just to put pressure down on soccers head and keep his head down low but he's not trying to actually use that as the tool that we would used for the reversal nice job by John Salter back in the clinch position in which Lovato jr. was uncomfortable against Honeycutt and this is the real question what is Lovato gonna do in the clinch position when he is against the fence and he has a guy that is just driving him into the fence he's got to learn how to start to frame out put the head into different position so he could move his hips and get out of this or either changing around to where he's the one searching for the takedown now the other type submission but again avoided the legs and that's why he's safe he's still safe doesn't matter that his head's there the legs need to be in place for him to make that submission effective kinetic chess battle of spectacular grapplers and Rafael let's go of that arm again and it is exactly what you're saying like this is a chess game but it doesn't matter if that Queen is still there if you don't put those pawns in the place which is what labatto's legs are that Queen is not going to be that tool that's going to get you the win this has been a round that hats belong to Lovato jr. no final ten seconds [Applause] [Music] third round when we come back stop it's gonna be interesting to see what the judges look at in that high round one you gave to John Salter and did Ryan seven route to Kuhn I go with Lovato and the reason why is Salters on top but it's Lovato that is trying the offense jumping to guard and trying to get that choke Salter is stopping it but that's defensive that he's not doing anything else it's offensive so I can't give him any seasoning score four so we're all square with less than five minutes on the clock two unbeaten Bellator fighters I was a nice idea of Lovato right there throw in the hand and then trying to bring the knee up as Salters sergeant's try to avoid the hand seven fight win streak for Salter courts Rafael Lovato jr. is eda know as a professional I do think that this is the round both guys have got to go after this fight because this is the round that's going to determine the winner of this fight Rafael Lovato spent two weeks in Curitiba with what he said was a bunch of monsters his ninth trip over three years kids spent some time training with Vanderley Silva said I'm dealing with guys who have 20 wins in their career with 17 knockouts yeah yes security but in it especially when you're that guy like Lovato that you have the reputation of from Brazilian jiu-jitsu a lot of times these guys that are the Muay Thai guys are like oh yeah you're that guy want to show you what I could do and so sometimes those sparring sessions can become more fights than they are sparring three and a half on the clock see it again this is where this the same time to fight that Honeycutt ended up having against lobato jr. you're seeing Salters start to slow the fight down put it into the clinch position but he needs to be offensive here against the fence and it's unlike John Salter is doing something that he hasn't done dozens of times in his career in embracing the grind in trying to work that clinch that's a style of fighting that has brought him a lot of success over the years it has it and you look at you know the submission game that he has brought what he's brought since he's been fighting in Bellator he is the guy that everyone's afraid of on the ground but Lovato's not afraid of him but Salter has the ability to hurt lovato and end up getting that submission but he's got to be offensive lifelong wrestler and you saw his wrestling ability right there Mike yeah how he just just stonewalled what lovato jr. was trying to do NAIA national wrestling champion back in 2007 and in this position right here what labatto's trying to do devon was actually looking for a submission right here now that he gets on top he's on top assault in this position this is a dangerous place for John Salter John needs to think about he's good right - now we got it sent about right now now he's looking to take the back he's got the back this is where Lovato is a master the Schatzi travel does his duty to in his tightness in his lips in his ability control are so good welcome to finish the fight right here Sun turn each to defend himself libido Junior's looking to break him down Salter's trying he's trying to move it's very hard when you've got a guy as heavy in the hips as Lovato junior but he is working and he needs to be allowed to continue in the fight pumps are in points are scored 120 remains this is the difference when you talk about enemy the gloves makes such a big difference in being able to sink in that rear naked choke it's a big ole pad on your hand and can be blocked by guys where that's the hand by itself they accept hammer fist under a minute now this is all smart fighting by Lovato opened him up hit him with shots don't just go straight to the submission make him start to move his hands to block the punches then come in with your Chokey it's going to parties behind lovato jr. chub Mitch John Salter something tells me he bored that great ground-and-pound he wanted to submit his opponent tonight because that opponent is so talented much like himself in John Salter what the thing that you get out of this fight with lovato jr. is he has the maturity to say I'm not going to try to end this right away this is going to take me some time he utilized that time and then got his win tonight's fight replay brought to you by Assassin's Creed Odyssey available October 5th when we get this takedown you see him bringing that knee through slicing the knee through the legs he pushes down on the leg right here gets himself to what we call a corner guard he's almost in full mount John Salter turns and now he's got both looks in great hip position heavy on top of him John starts to turn look at that finish where he brings that arm through John reaches but he reaches on the arm and cannot bring it past the head because it stops sitting on top of the head it's behind and that man has a Python like squeeze Rafael Lovato junior emotional in victory and now nine and Oh in his professional career he submits John Salter and our official decision is coming up men ladies and gentlemen it comes to an end inside the Bellator cage officially four minutes 27 seconds into Rob number three the tap comes my way up naked choke the winner by submission [Music] [Applause] rear naked choke finish raphael Lovato jr. with big guy c'mere stud that is good to see you that was an outstanding performance against the guy that is super talented on the ground just like you talk to me about the first two rounds how are you feeling and how was the fight going the way that you thought man I was I was worried I knew the rounds were close you know he hit me with some good shots I felt like I was connecting with some too but you know I really thought I mean I just I need to start to get the takedown and put a little more pressure I wanted to get on top I felt them kind of easing down a little bit he went for a not so good single hanging out held on a little too long I was able to stuff and get on top but real quick I want to thank Salter for the war I have so much respect for that guy and you know he had to leave his hometown last weekend to evacuate from the hurricane so I want to wish his friends family students everyone that might have been affected by the hurricane out there well you know I send all the best to him and his family and I want to thank Boise this is my first time here you guys have treated me so well everyone's been so nice beautiful town I'm spending the weekend here so I look forward to eating some of your best food that you got that was pretty that was without a doubt the toughest opponent you have faced a guy that was 5 and old coming in here in belt or against you who is it that you want to match up against next well I think it's no secret you know I'm the kind of guy that lets my work speak for itself but you know sometimes you got to speak up a little bit and I'm not getting any younger so look I want the title shot man that's my dream I want to fight for that belt I want to bring it back home to the US bring it back home to my team everybody in Oklahoma City I'm surrounded by greatness man so much loved by these amazing people and I know with them I could do anything so you know let me have my chance man let me let me go for my dream please that sounds good to me congratulations on the biggest win of your career Rafael Lovato jr. your winner [Music] [Applause] [Music] our main event of the evening brought you by Dave and Buster's the only place to eat drink play and watch sports look at those records you can see all of that experience with macapá 11 a note for AJ it's that seventy four inch reach John mcoppins got to deal with a long long fighter basically nothing is virtually identical the way the way that the status a Michael Seaver presented by Miller live from CenturyLink arena here in Boise the time has come for the main event of the evening three five-minute rounds in the featherweight division sanctioned by the Idaho State Athletic Commission at cage side Commissioner Tom cat salami toss tonight's main event is brought to you by Miller Lite great taste and only 96 calories and now introducing the blue corner first at five foot seven wagon 140 5.5 pounds his professional record 21 wins three losses with two draws hailing from the macapa on mob of Brazil presenting shine [Applause] and across the cage his adversary tonight fighting out of the red corner at five-foot-ten wedding in 145 pounds even tonight as a professional he stands undefeated 11 victories no defeats fighting Long Beach California introducing all right so I'm going over the world already protect yourself at all times obey my commands at all time touch goes now if you want at the sound of the bell come on up handle your business let's go John macapa 27th professional fight his first Bellator main event AJ McKee five of his seven finishes have come in the very first row good fight you ready buddy pedal go here we go tonight's late clock not to by Miller lice great taste six calories pent kick early a Jamie see the south wall red grumps macapá in the blue gloves and those kicks are something that Jacque macapa is concerned with he knows that AJ has very good kicks and he says he is fully prepared to deal with those that is gonna be a question in this fight because AJ being as long as he is but he gets those kicks going he starts to potshot it with his hands he's got that whip on those kicks as well and his teammate Aaron Pico watching very closely Aaron pecos got the Brazilian Leandro of hiigara E&E DS nice responds by Java con with that beautiful kick to the body doesn't look like much but trust me AJ felt that kick accomplished Bellator debut was his first fight in the US spinning abyss right up is AJ that's Rotom [Applause] tonight's fight replay brought to you by Assassin's Creed Odyssey available October 5th look at this scramble comes up off of the ground you see back-office swing a little bit wildly AJ takes a big step inside look at this left hand comes through fit right on the chin that hand you can see his whole body goes limp AJ can come down with a shot but he doesn't beautiful job by Beltran coming in to get the fight out of way but AJ had already stopped it that left hand put him out another first round finish for 12 and oh hey J McKee we will make it official when we come back that is safe serious knockout by the 23 year old the longest winning streak in Bellator history and best start in Bellator history is now 12 Michael C Williams to make it official ladies and gentlemen inside the Bellator cage it comes to an end one minute nine seconds in wrong that number one the winner by knockout still undefeated the mercenary [Applause] Big John McCarthy with AJ McKee what's up stud congratulations on an incredibly impressive performance that left-hand August boom it hit him he went down you didn't go after him after that beautiful sportsmanship how are you feeling right now with your twelfth victory in a row here in Bellator I'm amped up I'm happy to be here and put on a show for all the fans out here in Idaho so thank you guys for the support I got to give all the glory to the man upstairs presenting this as possible without him today you know it's all about doing what you do in support and others and helping each other you know you all you all got to come together at the end of the day and be one as a citizen as just a country as people you know we're all one together so let's stay together guys love hearing that how important is for you to have a team like you have that gets you ready for an opponent like John Makapuu here oh man it's phenomenal dude our team is ridiculous from baby slice Aaron Pico Joey Davis Marlon McGee all right while Watson I mean we got a team so stacked it's not even funny like it's literally pushed me to the points where I have no choice but to train hard or I get my ass whooped you started that fight off with big kicks kicks that landed and we're hurting and then there was that point where you ended up getting caught in a transition ended up going to the ground what were you thinking at that time I wasn't sure if I caught him with the spinning heel kick or not but once I looked up and I kind of seen he was still moving forward he was stumbling I was like oh just get up and get him so I just it's like a shark smelling blood when he's hungry you got to get after it after 12 wins in a row who is it you want next year AJ says day one man it's a 1 where is my belt you see me I like to look philosophy I need a nice belt around my waist sounds good to me everyone your winner AJ McKee Hey McKey 12 and all spectacular knockout finish in our main event of the evening you

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