♪ – MAN: Oh!
– ♪ – MICHAEL: Set now to make
his way to the cage, Henry "OK" Corrales! – SEAN: Two weeks ago tonight,
Henry Corrales was in training, training for a fight
that didn't exist. He saw a tweet
from Patricio Pitbull saying he needed a new opponent. He stared at his phone,
and Henry Corrales read it less as a tweet
and more of an e-vite, and within seconds,
he had texted his manager. Within minutes,
the wheels were in motion, and the dynamic Californian who dropped
10 of his first 12 opponents and when you spend
time with him, drops more dudes per sentence
than anyone on the roster, now has the chance
of a lifetime. – JIMMY: Yeah, he does. Stepping up against
the former champ, the attitude he has to have is, "I'm just a fly in the ointment,
the monkey in the wrench." He's not going to show up
and just get a check.
He wants to derail the comeback
of Patricio Pitbull. – SEAN: Jimmy's keys to victory
brought to you by "Warcraft," "Two worlds, one home." "Warcraft"
in theaters June 10th. – JIMMY: Footwork is key.
He doesn't want to stand in front of the heavy-punching
Patricio Pitbull and fight from long distance. He has the range advantage.
Don't fight in a phone booth. – [Jedi Mind Tricks singing
"Design in Malice"] ♪ I'm putting pressure
on your kids ♪ ♪ Like I'm a soccer man ♪ ♪ Who you think idea that it was
to stop Saddam ♪ ♪ Who you think idea
that it was to drop ♪ – [dog barking] – [AC/DC singing
"Thunderstruck"] – ♪ Thunder ♪
♪ Ah ♪ – MICHAEL: Now making his way
to the cage, Patricio Pitbull! – [AC/DC singing
"Thunderstruck"] ♪ Ah ♪
♪ Thunder ♪ – SEAN: The last time
Patricio Pitbull walked down that ramp,
he was holding the world title, which meant more
than anything to him.
It defined him. He feels MMA history
is defined by the champions, but he went home without that
title but with a newborn son, and what defines him as changed. He wants that world title back
not in place of fatherhood but because of it,
his son now an inspiration. Look at those numbers. Patricio Pitbull
made his Bellator debut as an unknown 22-year-old
right here at Mohegan Sun. He won his world title
at Mohegan Sun and returns tonight as you see
the all-time winningest fighter in Bellator history.
– JIMMY: I'll say it before.
I'll say it again, one of the hardest punchers
in all of mixed martial arts. – SEAN: Jimmy's keys brought
to you by "Warcraft," "Two worlds, one home."
"Warcraft" in theaters June 10th. – JIMMY: And we say
it all the time. Use the whole arsenal. He has great leg kicks,
great takedowns, great jujitsu. He needs to get those
other tools going tonight and beware the first round. Henry Corrales
a very fast starter anyway, but he didn't have a camp. Expect him to throw everything
into the first round. – SEAN: Pitbull has not
only been in some wars over the last couple of years
fighting for and eventually winning
that world title.
He's been a five-round-type
fighter, now going back to three. – [AC/DC singing
"Thunderstruck"] ♪ Rode down the highway ♪ ♪ Broke the limit ♪ – SEAN: The tale of the tape brought to you
by Dave & Buster's, "The only place to eat, drink,
play and watch sports." – JIMMY: Look at the height and reach advantage
for Henry Corrales, needs to keep Patricio Pitbull
at a distance, or it's going to be
a short night. – MICHAEL: Bellator MMA
presented tonight by Miller Lite now moves to
the featherweight division set for three 5-minute rounds. It's brought to you by
"Warcraft," "Two worlds, one home."
Don't miss "Warcraft" in theaters June 10th.
And tonight is brought
by Mohegan Sun, "When it's your time to shine,
come see us." And now first introducing
the blue corner, at 5-foot-8
weighing in 146 pounds, his professional record,
12 wins with two losses, fighting out of La Mirada,
California, introducing Henry "OK"
Corrales! And across the cage, his adversary tonight fights
out of the red corner. At 5-foot-5, he weighed
in the same, 146 pounds. Always impressive
as a professional, he stands with 24 victories,
just three defeats. Hailing from Natal,
Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, introducing the former Bellator
featherweight world champion– – MAN: Let's go, Patricio!
– MICHAEL: –Patricio Pitbull! In charge
of the action, your referee, Kevin MacDonald. – KEVIN: All right, guys.
Three rounds under the unified
rules of mixed martial arts, we went over those rules
in the back. Any questions, Patricio?
Any questions, Henry? All right. If you want, touch gloves now.
Come out swinging. – SEAN: Patricio Pitbull, so much respect
for Henry Corrales taking this fight
on short notice. – KEVIN: Ready to fight?
Ready to fight? Let's go! – [bell rings] – SEAN: The fight clock brought
to you by Miller Lite, the original light beer,
"Cheers. It's Miller time." – JIMMY: One question coming
into this fight, all of us who've been around
for all of Pitbull's career, the last few fights,
even the ones he's won, he's taken some
serious beatings.
A lot of guys are never
the same after that. – SEAN: His wins as champion
against Daniel Straus and against Daniel Weichel
were monster comeback wins. – MAN: [indistinct]! – JIMMY: We talked about usually
fights five-round fights, getting ready
for a three-rounder. He always looks for the finish. I don't see it tactically making
that much of a difference. – SEAN: Corrales, we talked
about him losing his teeth. That happened early
in that great fight with Emmanuel Sanchez
last September, and he fought
his way through it. He gutted through it.
You talked to him the other day. You asked, "What kind of
mouthpiece were you wearing? "And the answer is not
the right one. – JIMMY: Yeah. Boil and bite,
never wear those. Fighting professional
fight, get them fitted. His front teeth
are gone. – SEAN: Which he was happy
to display. Wear it. Wear it with pride.
Can't wait for May 14th in San Jose,
Phil Davis and King Mo. Remember that fight
didn't happen in the tournament final at the inaugural Dynamite
because of the injury to King Mo was coming off an outrageously
impressive performance, winning the inaugural
Rizin Grand Prix, winning three fights in 2 days.
His eyes are on lead
right by Corrales. – JIMMY: Corrales taking his
timing a little more patient than we saw him
in his last two fights. – SEAN: Yeah, he got out there
against Daniel Straus, and he was at a huge event
in St. Louis. There were all these people
out there. He was looking out at the crowd
saying, "Wow, this is awesome." – JIMMY: It was an
adrenaline-type fight against a veteran
like Daniel Straus. It's not going to get you there. – SEAN: Earlier tonight here
at Mohegan Sun, we saw Chris Honeycutt coming
back after his first loss, a knockout loss,
getting a win over Matt Secor. He was tentative at first. Patricio did not get
to see his brother fight, which is very rare, Patricky fighting last
Saturday night in Italy, but Patricio was on his way
here. He was in the air. – JIMMY: That's the thing
about Pitbull, so compact and so powerful.
He gets on [indistinct] and it's hard to stop him. – SEAN: You remember the
spectacular knockout of Weichel, but he has finished
nine men on the ground, including the great
comeback title defense win over Daniel Straus,
and he very nearly did it again in that fight of the year
candidate last year.
– JIMMY: Nice. Look at that
mount transition, right to it. Unfortunate enough to grapple
with Patricio Pitbull, it's like grappling a fire
hydrant, unbelievably strong. – SEAN: And you went
for a choke, and what happened? – JIMMY: Yeah, I…
He had no neck. I couldn't get anything
but incredible pressure, incredible strength
and a great [indistinct]. – SEAN: [indistinct].
Arm triangle position has got Corrales
in some trouble here. – JIMMY: [indistinct].
– SEAN: Steps over into bull mount
when he didn't have it. – JIMMY: Yep. It's a veteran.
Now he's going for it on the other side. Might get clumsy. Doesn't have room because the
cage is keep him from circling. He might be strong enough
to finish. Goes back to mount. – SEAN: Back into full mount.
He didn't have it on one side. He thought he had a better
look on the other side but,
as you said, ran out of room. – JIMMY: One of the big
differences when you move up in belts:
they know when it's done.
A blue belt will hang
onto something too long. A brown belt, black belt,
they let it go, and they move back positionally.
That's what Pitbull is doing. – SEAN: And a short elbow in. – JIMMY: He wants to
pull Corrales off the fence. That's been
his kryptonite so far. The fence has prevented him
from getting his jujitsu going. – SEAN: Corrales survives. Corrales was 12
and 0 when he stepped into the cage
in St. Louis with Daniel Straus. He's been happy to step up
in competition, great demeanor about him. He's like, "Dude, yeah,
bring it on, absolutely." This is California
as it gets. I say that
with affection. – JIMMY: Thank you. Thank you. – [audience booing] – JIMMY: Both being
more measured. Crowd responding to them
being a little more measured. – SEAN: Patricio's debut in this
building, his world-title win over
Pat Curran in this building, now trying to take
the first step back towards the featherweight world-title
fight with Daniel Straus.
Daniel Weichel is going to have
something to say about that. Curran and Karakhanyan
next month in Boise. – JIMMY: I think tactically
Pitbull was expecting Corrales to move forward
a little bit more. Now that he's not,
he's standing back waiting. It's forcing Pitbull to fight
a different kind of fight than he was expecting.
That would be my guess so far. – SEAN: Tactically a good round
for Patricio Pitbull but couldn't get the finish. – ♪ It did not seem tactical. – JIMMY: No, he said something
about his ribs, kept pointing to his ribs. Think he might be hurt. – SEAN: Remember he was
not active at all the last 30
or 40 seconds of round one. He's not a fighter…
There's not a lot of movement, head movement anyway
with Patricio. – JIMMY: If you ever had
a serious rib injury, you can barely breathe,
let alone throw a punch.
– SEAN: All right.
Let's go with the premise that there is something wrong
with the ribs of Patricio. How does that change what
he wants to do here or can do? – Jimmy: It changes everything. It's so hard to do anything
without… And when you have a serious
rib injury, like I said, it's hard to even breathe,
let alone throw a decent punch. You talk about
the measured pace. He could just be waiting
for that one shot. – SEAN: Dave Rickels,
looking forward to seeing him back
in the Bellator cage, big win over Bobby
Cooper February in Kansas, and of course Daniel Straus,
one of the fights of the year and meant so very much to him,
such a devoted dad, taking the time away
from his daughter to train and eventually win
that world title from Patricio in November
in St. Louis. Is Pitbull moving to you
like a guy whose ribs are hurt? – JIMMY: He might be. He doesn't
move a whole lot anyway. That's the difference,
but he tends to throw with a lot more authority.
You saw him land a right hand
earlier in this round and not a lot behind it. He doesn't
throw soft punches. – SEAN: Now he should have that
first round in the bank though, right? – JIMMY: I think so
but never know. – SEAN: We saw very shaky
decision here earlier with Brent Primus
going to 7 and 0. – MAN: Very nice! – SEAN: Debut of Bellator
Kickboxing coming up after the Andrey Koreshkov/Ben
Henderson main event. – JIMMY: Certainly isn't being
as aggressive as we normally see him.
Like, he doesn't have the, you know, lot of confidence
in his punches, which he normally does.
Switching stances now. – [audience booing] – SEAN: You hear the fans'
reaction, but they don't know
what we think we may know.
That may
very well change the dynamic of this fight, and we'll see if Patricio,
former world champion, finds a champion's way
to survive. – JIMMY: One thing that's
saving him right now is, I think Corrales is fighting
with very measured pace. It could be the late notice. He's trying to conserve
his energy, but he's not pressing
the advantage that he make or may not have
if Pitbull is not 100 percent. – SEAN: It certainly
doesn't seem as if Corrales senses anything
is off with Patricio. – JIMMY: There's a real chance
you're not going to. Bring their game face
every time, but he's doing some good work counterpunching
from the outside. Think he's been
the more effective striker in this round so far.
See, that's [indistinct]. Pitbull has him
against the fence. He would press that advantage.
He's not doing that. – SEAN: See the trickle of blood
on the nose of Corrales, but the drama here
is with Patricio. Look for that jump knee.
We talked about Toninho Santos.
That's how he knocked him out. A rib injury… – JIMMY: Nice counter shots.
– SEAN: Everything hurts. Everything hurts. – JIMMY:
This is where we're getting into dangerous territory. Like we saw with
the Santos-Primus fight is that, on the feet, you know,
obviously until this takedown, I thought Corrales doing
the better counterstriking, but it's Pitbull moving forward,
and I think the judges were seduced
by that in the Primus fight. They might be seduced by that
in this second round as well. Corrales more effective, but Pitbull
the one moving forward. – SEAN: Direction is not cage
generalship. – JIMMY: No, it is not. One thing he has is
a very powerful guillotine. – SEAN: And there it is,
hanging on to [indistinct] life, and it's done! Patricio Pitbull finds a way! – JIMMY: We talked about
his tool kit. There are so many things
Patricio Pitbull can do. One of them is submit you.
He gets your neck. It is over.
There's no space in there. – SEAN: Every Patricio Pitbull
fight has its own drama. Twenty-five and three. – JIMMY: We talk about his power
all the time, but his 10th submission win, nine wins by knockout,
10 by submission.
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that's edgy to the core. – JIMMY: Now Corrales
wanted space. He was on the bottom.
Look at the foot change here. He goes to open guard. His feet go to the hip,
and he presses off, and that's when Pitbull
got his head, arm in guillotine, makes no difference.
He is incredibly strong. Look at all the torque
he's putting on that, and there's the tap
from Corrales. Beautiful finish.
Loving the jujitsu tonight. – SEAN: Daniel Straus
and Patricio Pitbull: the only ones
to submit Henry Corrales.
Did Patricio Pitbull
suffer an injury? Jimmy Smith is going to ask him as Patricio Pitbull
gets back in line for a featherweight
world-title shot with a comeback win
against Henry Corrales. – ♪ ■
– SEAN: The former featherweight
world champion, Patricio Pitbull,
is back in the win column. Michael C.
Williams makes it official. – Ladies and gentlemen,
inside the Bellator cage, the tap comes by way
of a guillotine choke 4 minutes, 9 seconds into round number two. The winner by submission:
Patricio Pitbull. – [audience cheering] – SEAN:
And did Patricio Pitbull win this fight
with an injury? That we're about to find out
as he joins Jimmy Smith.
– JIMMY: I'm here with
your winner, Patricio Pitbull. Patricio,
at the end of round one, we caught you
pointing to your ribs, some activity in the corner. Were you hurt
at the end of round one? – [Foreign] – [Foreign] – Well, I did hurt a little bit
from the ribs. He was throwing
some awkward blows. He was throwing
the overhand right, but I listened to my corner,
and I was able to take him down and eventually
get the submission. – Everybody talks about
your knockout power, your finishing ability.
What does it mean to let them know
you still have that jujitsu, the 10th submission
of your career? – [Foreign] – After my loss by Straus,
I am prepared for everything. I am a complete fighter, and I am here to be more
complete than all division. Straus, I'm ready for you, bro. I going to take
my belt back, bro. [indistinct]. Be hardy.
Be ready. – You heard it, Daniel Straus. He's coming back, Patricio
Pitbull, ladies and gentlemen.
– SEAN: Is Pitbull-Straus four
on the horizon, and can they top the show
they put on the first three? Win number 25
for Patricio Pitbull against just
three decision losses, and he is right back
at the top of the list at 145..
