>>> TWO FIGHTERS CONSIDERED AMONG THE BEST IN THE WORLD. TWO WARRIORS WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE TOP OF THEIR DIVISION MULTIPLE TIMES. TWO MEN LOOKING TO ACHIEVE MORE ONE MORE TIME. THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN MICHAEL CHANDLER AND BENSON HENDERSON WAS AN EPIC BATTLE. >> NEXT TIME — >> TONIGHT WE DO JUST THAT. IT'S CHANDLER/HENDERSON ROUND 2 ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >>> WELCOME BACK INSIDE OUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME! THE BEAUTIFUL MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. TWO WEEKS AGO PETTIS WAS VICTORIOUS IN OUR MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING. LATER TONIGHT IS THE REMATCH BETWEEN THESE TWO MEN, TWO OF THE BEST LIGHTWEIGHTS IN THE HISTORY OF MARTIAL ARTS. MICHAEL CHANDLER AND BENSON HENDERSON. ALSO ON THE CARD, AS I SIT BY MY PARTNERS, MATT MITRIONE AND TIMOTHY JOHNSON. >> JOHNSON COMING OFF A HUGE WIN. MATT MITRIONE TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THAT STATUS TO GET THAT HEAVYWEIGHT START. >> AND HOW ABOUT SMILES JURY AND GEORGI KARAKHANYAN? >> IF HE CAN DO THAT, I THINK HE CAN PICK HIM APART.
HE'S INTENT TO GET THE WIN. I AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS. >> THAT IS LATER TONIGHT LIVE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE. >> THIS GUY IS A BEAST. A COLLEGIATE WRESTLING BACKGROUND AND BEEN A GOLDEN GLOVES BOXER. THIS GUY HAS IT ALL. >> EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE AT JUST 24 YEARS OLD WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO 3-0. BOTH OF HIS VICTORY HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE HAVE COME BY KNOCKOUT. OUR TALE OF THE TAPE. OUR FIRST FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. THE 24-YEAR-OLD AGAINST THE 21-YEAR-OLD. EVERYTHING ELSE IS VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL. TO GET US UNDERWAY INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA, HERE IS THE VOICE. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO BELLATOR 243 FROM MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. WE WELCOME THOSE FROM AROUND THE WORLD JOINING US ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. INTRODUCING THE BLUE CORNER FIRST AT 6'1" WEIGHING IN AT 184.8 POUNDS, HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORD 1-1. HE FIGHTS OUT OF PORTLAND, MAINE, PRESENTING GARDNER! AND FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER AT 6'1", 185.
HE STANDS TONIGHT AT 2-0 TO FIGHT OUT OF NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, DALTON "HERCULES" MATTA. WHEN THE BELL RINGS, THE REFEREE IN CHARGE. >> MIKE BELTRAN OUR REFEREE AS WE GET STARTED AT 185 POUNDS. GARDNER AND RASTA. MAKING HIS BELLATOR DEBUT. A BIND 9-0. >> HE HAS ALL OF THE SKILL SETS NEEDED TO BE OUTSTANDING. >> THAT'S WHERE HIS SKILL SET IS BEST, HIS ABILITY TO STATE OFF THE GROUND. >> MARK GARDNER AND DALTON MEETING HERE TONIGHT. GARDNER'S PROFESSIONAL WINS CAME BY KNOCKOUT AS WELL. >> IT TAKES JUST A MOVEMENT TO GET YOU OFFBALANCE.
GARDNER WASN'T ABLE TO DO IT. >> THAT'S WHAT KEEPS IT. NOW LOCKS HIM IN POSITION. >> YOU HEARD HIS CORNER SAY TAKE YOUR TIME, BE PATIENT, WORK YOUR WAY OUT OF IT. >> I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MORE OF A GAME PLAN POSITION. >> WHEN WE ASKED MARK GARDNER WHAT HIS GREATEST STRENGTH WAS COMING INTO HIS BELLATOR DEBUT. HE SAID IT WAS JIU-JITSU.
WE SAW HIM LOOKING FOR THE QUICK FINISH EARLY. >> ALMOST LIKE A JOHN THOMPSON. >> YOU TAKE A LOOK, YOU CAN SEE. >> GARDNER IS STARTING TO HAVE PROBLEMS. HIS HANDS ARE BEING SLOWED DOWN. THE UPPERCUT HE GOT HIT WITH, THAT HAD A BIG EFFECT ON HIM. >> LOOKING TO KEEP RASTA AT BAY. >> LOOKING TO EXPLODE AND CLOSE THE DISTANCE. >> BEAUTIFUL. A BIG SHOT. THAT'S A BIG LEFT TO CONNECT WITH. THAT'S WHEN YOU GET KNOCKED OUT. >> GARDNER HAS TO GET OUT OF THE HABIT OF DUCKING HIS HEAD TO THE POINT WHERE HE IS AN EASY ATTACK. YOU HAVE TO WORK YOUR WAY OUT OF THAT. >> GARDNE GOES TO HIS KNEES. >> DRIVE FORWARD. >> HE HAS TO START BY GETTING HIS HEAD UP. >> 24 YEARS OLD. 2-0 AS A PROFESSIONAL AFTER GOING 7-0 WITH SEVEN KNOCKOUTS AS AN AMATEUR.
FIGHTING OUT OF NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA. >> NO REASON TO GO TO THE GROUND. >> NO REASON FOR HIM TO GO TO THE GROUND. ED >> WRESTLED AT SETON HALL. >> LOOKING FOR IT. HE HAS IT, BUT HE NEEDS TO CONTROL THE BODY. >> THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS BY KEEPING YOUR BODY OVER YOUR OPPONENT SO THEY CAN'T GO BACK SIDEWAYS. WANT TO BE SURE HIS BACK FACES THE GROUND. >> AND DALTON RASTA SHOWCASING HIS POWER HERE IN THE FIRST ROUND. 20 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK. >> DIDN'T HAVE THE ENERGY. >> YOU HAVE TO GO TO YOUR KNEES. >> HEAVY SHOTS, ALL DAMAGING. YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE THE EFFECTS. [ BELL RINGS ] >> WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT A ROUND, JOSH, IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE. WE SAW HIM ACTUALLY GO DOWN FROM THAT UPPERCUT AND THEN WE SAW ANOTHER WHERE HE IS DIVING FOR THE TAKEDOWN.
THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IN A 10-A ROUND. >> I WAS THINKING WITH ALL OF THESE SHOTS HE LANDED, THE DAMAGE HE DID, I AM GOING TO 8. >> I WOULD BELIEVE HIM OVER ME, TOO. BEAUTIFUL TAKEDOWN. A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST ROUND. WE ARE LOOKING FOR DOMINANCE. LOOK AT THE DAMAGE. IT'S RIGHT THERE ON HIS FACE AND HE DEFINITELY HAD DOMINATION. >> CATCH UP ON PAST FIGHTS 24-7 AVAILABLE ON YOUR FAVORITE DEVICES. LOOK FOR IT IN THE SPORTS CATEGORY. >> WE ARE ALL OVER THE UNIVERSE.
>> THAT'S PRETTY NICE. >> NO LONGER A PLANET. >> IT'S OVER. FIGHT IS OVER. DALTON RASTA WINNER BY TKO. >> YOU CAN SEE THE CUT OVER THE EYE. YOU SEE THE CUT MOVE. THE PROBLEM IS THE CUT IS ON THAT EYEBROW. WHEN HE'S ACTUALLY PUTTING PRESSURE ON IT, IT STARTS TO HANG DOWN. WHAT THE DOCTOR IS WORRIED ABOUT IS IT ONLY TAKES ONE SHOT FOR DALTON RASTA TO TEAR THAT INTO THE EYELID. I THINK AFTER ONE ROUND THE DOCTORS FELT THAT WOULD POSSIBLY OCCUR AND DECIDED THAT WAS TOO MUCH. >> IS THAT JAGGED? >> ABSOLUTELY. ANY TIME YOU HAVE A CLEAN-CUT, THE DOCTORS WILL LET IT GO. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A JAGGED CUT WITH EDGES, GOING A SEPARATE DIRECTION, ALMOST THAT NAVAL ORANGE LOOK, THEY ARE GOING TO STOP THE FIGHT.
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO FIGHTERS. >> GOOD. >> THE DOCTORS AND REFEREES ARE LOOKING FOR THAT. >> ANYTHING ABOVE THE EYE IS ALWAYS OF THE ULTIMATE CONCERN. >> VISION. BLOOD COULD POSSIBLY START TO GET INTO THE EYE. >>> TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL HERE IS MICHAEL.
>> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UPON ADVICE OF THE CAGE SIDE PHYSICIAN, THE FIGHT IS WAVED OFF DUE TO A CUT. THE WINNER IS DALTON RASTA, 3-0! >> ALL THREE VICTORIES INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE. AN IMPRESSIVE START FOR THE FIGHTER FROM NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA. >> IT HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE I SAW YOU LAST. I LIKE THE HAIRCUT. >> PARTED RIGHT DOWN THE SIDE. >> ONE THING WE KNOW IS MICHAEL CHANDLER AND BENSON HENDERSON, THERE IS FIREWORKS WHEN THEY GET IN THE CAGE. LAST TIME THE DECISION WENT FOR MICHAEL CHANDLER. WHAT CAN BENSON HENDERSON LEARN FROM THAT LAST FIGHT? >> THERE IS A NARRATIVE GOING AROUND THAT BENSON HENDERSON IS A SLOW STARTER.
I KIND OF DISAGREE WITH THAT. I SEE HIM AS COMING ON LATER IN THE FIGHT. THIS IS A THREE-ROUND CONTEST. THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST TIME. IN FACT, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. IT WAS LARGELY THE DOUBLE CROSS. HE IS A TWO-TIME ALL AMERICAN WRESTLER. HE CAME UP AND STARTED SWINGING HEAVILY. WILL HAVE TO SURPRISE BENSON. CHANDLER WON'T HAVE THAT ELEMENT THIS TIME.
WE COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. >> BENSON A SLOW STARTER. THIS IS THREE ROUNDS AS OPPOSED TO FIVE ROUNDS. WHERE DOES THAT PLAY INTO THE GAME PLAN? WHERE DOES IT PLAY INTO THEIR GAME PLAN KNOWING THEY WILL HAVE TO COME OUT FAST? >> JAY, THIS IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION AS THE COACH OF BENSON, HOW DO WE GET HIM GOING EARLY? DO WE DO IT IN THE BACK AND GET HIM WARMING UP AND GOING HARDER EARLIER. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL WORK, BUT THAT'S THE BENSON CAMP PLAN. >> WE HAVE SEEN CHANDLER. WHAT CAN HENDERSON TAKE FROM THAT? >> ONE THING. ONLY ONE PERSON CAN LEAD AT A TIME. ONE THING DIFFERENT IS HE WENT OUT AND PUT CHANDLER ON THE DEFENSIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE EVER SEEN CHANDLER ON THE DEFENSIVE. THAT'S ONE THING BENSON CAN DO. THAT HAS TO CHANGE TONIGHT. >> CHANDLER IS DIE NAT I CAN. — DYNAMIC. WE WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENT MICHAEL CHANDLER KNOWING WHAT CHANDLER WILL HAVE TO DO TO STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
>> CHANDLER HAS A NEW OUTLOOK AND MOTIVATION. WHEN YOU ARE THE FORMER UFC CHAMPION TAKING ON THE FORMER BELLATOR WORLD CHAMPION, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT. THIS IS 15 MINUTES. IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT CONTEST, BUT IT WILL BE A LONG WAR. >> IT WILL BE A GREAT FIGHT. FOR MORE LET'S BRING IN THE SIXTH MEMBER OF OUR CREW. >> I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU CAN ADD INTO THE MIX FOR MICHAEL CHANDLER. 15 OF HIS 20 WINS HAVE COME BY WAY OF FINISH. HE SAID IT IS THE FIRST TIME HE HAS GONE INTO A FIGHT NOT EXPECTING TO FINISH HIS OPPONENT. HE SAID BENSON HENDERSON IS ONE OF THE MOST ENDURABLE OPPONENTS. HE SAID HE NEEDS TO STATE SHARP, HAVE CONFIDENCE AND STAY COMPOSED. HE SAID IF THE FINISH IS THERE, HE WILL TAKE IT, BUT HE IS LOOKING FOR THE W. >> BENSON SAID HE WILL FINISH CHANDLER. HE SAID CHANDLER HAS A WALL. HE SAID IF I PUT THE PRESSURE ON TONIGHT LIKE I PLAN TO, HE WILL HIT THAT WALL AND I WILL KNOCK HIM OFF OF IT.
BACK TO YOU. >> BENSON HENDERSON HAS NOT BEEN FINISHED IN NEARLY SIX YEARS, BUT MICHAEL CHANDLER HAS PUT TOGETHER SOME NUMBERS THAT RIVAL THE BEST IN BELLATOR HISTORY. A WIN TONIGHT WILL TIE HIM WITH THE PIT BULL. AND AS FAR AS FINISHES, MICHAEL CHANDLER HAS MORE THAN ANYONE IN BELLATOR HISTORY. >> MICHAEL CHANDLER HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING FIGHTER HERE AT BELLATOR. HE HAS BEEN THE LIKELY CHAMPION THREE TIMES. THERE IS A REASON BEHIND IT. HE IS A FAST, EXPLOSIVE FIGHTER. HE HAS NEVER BEEN SUBMITTED EVEN THOUGH HE HAS BEEN PUT DEEP INTO THE SUBMISSION. >> HE JUST FINDS A WAY OUT AT ALL COSTS. LAST TIME HE FOUGHT, BENSON HAD HIM WITH A REAR NAKED CHOKE AND HE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE AND LAND SERIOUS DAMAGE.
HE IS ONE OF THOSE FIGHTERS THAT WILL COMPETE AND KEEP COMING. HE SAID HE'S TOO FAST FOR HIS OWN GOOD. I AM EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS GOES IN A THREE-ROUND FIGHT. >> ONE THING FOR SURE. THESE ARE TWO OF THE BEST LIGHT WEIGHTS IN MMA HISTORY. LATER TONIGHT. >>> SPEAKING OF FIGHTERS AT 155, OUR TALE OF THE TAPE FOR OUR SECOND PRELIMINARY MATCHUP. THE BABY FACE ASSASSIN FROM HAWAII, 21 YEARS OLD. AND CHARLIE FORD FOUR YEARS HIS ELDER. >> BOTH YOUNG FIGHTERS WITH BRIGHT FUTURES. >> Announcer: TONIGHT WE WILL ROLL ON WITH THREE FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION INTRODUCING FIRST AT 6 FOOT WEIGHING IN AT 155.8 POUNDS WITH ONE WIN, OUT OF LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, PRESENTING CHARLIE CAMPBELL! FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER AT 6'1", WEIGHING IN AT 155.1 POUNDS, 3 VICTORIES, 1 DEFEAT FIGHTING OUT OF HAWAII, PRESENTING THE BABY FACE ASSASSIN! IN CHARGE IS YOUR REFEREE, DAN.
>> DAN IS OUR REFEREE. I KNOW HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAMP IN HAWAII. YOU SEE THE BELLATOR DEBUT FROM LONG ISLAND. HERE WE GO. >> CAMPBELL IS IN THE BLUE GLOVES MAKING HIS BELLATOR DEBUT. >> DONG IT THE BACK DOOR WHERE HE WAS VICTORIOUS IN A TOUGH FIRST ROUND AND OVERCAME A TWO-POINT DEDUCTION FOR HIS SECOND VICTORY, A SETBACK THE LAST TIME WE SAW HIM. CAMPBELL LOOKING FOR A VICTORY HERE. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, THE NUMBER ONE LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHTER IN HAWAII AND I KNOW HE WAS DOING VERY WELL. HE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT FIGHT. SOMETIMES YOU DON'T LOSE BECAUSE YOU IMPROVE SO MUCH. >> IF CAMPBELL IS SOMEONE WHO WILL LEAD HIM OUT OF POSITION, HE WILL TRY TO KEEP THE FIGHT ON THE FEET. >> WATCH HIS FOOTWORK WHEN HE ENTERS. YOU LOOK AT THE BALANCE HE HAS THAT'S WHAT CREATES POWER.
>> TAKE A LOOK. THE KNEE CAME OUT RIGHT AT THE TOP. AT THE WAISTLINE. IT CAN TOUCH THE TOP OF THE CUP AND AFFECT YOU. ALL CHARLIE NEEDS TO DO IS GET IT UP ANOTHER 2 INCHES. >> PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT WILL SKIM. >> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT SKIMS THE CUP, THE CUP RAISES. >> ALL RIGHT. >> NORMALLY THAT CUP RAISES AND DOES NOT FEEL GOOD. >> VERY DESCRIPTIVE. >> MOVE FORWARD.
>> MOVE FORWARD. GOOD COUNTER BY CHARLIE CAMPBELL. FOUR IN A ROW CHAMPION. WATCH CHARLIE THROW THAT RIGHT HAND. YOU SAW IT OFF BALANCE. HE ENDED UP BY THAT SWING. TOO HEAVY. AND IT IS REALLY STARTING TO TAKE EFFECT. >> ALL ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS. CAMPBELL IS USING IT NOW ON DONG. >> IT IS A SMART GAME PLAN. THEY REALIZE — HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE TIME IN PREPARATION IN SOUTH FLORIDA. >> NICE TAKE DOWN BY CHARLIE CAMPBELL. >> IT IS CRAZY. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S EFFECTIVE FOR HIM. >> WE SAW THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES. >> BOTH TIMES, YOU ARE RIGHT. HE HAD NO ANSWER IN THE THIRD ROUND.
GREAT JOB DONE BY CHARLIE CAMPBELL. TIME TO WORK ON HIM. >> HE IS BRINGING A SUPER HIGH PACE. BIG ELBOW SHOTS. WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO HIT SOMEBODY HARD, THAT IS THE MOMENT. >> HOW THIS GOT SET UP WAS CAMPBELL WAS ABLE TO GET THE TAKEDOWN. >> GOT HIM BACK TO HIS FEET. >> NICE ONE. >> WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS ON THE FEET. DUNG. CHARLIE CAMPBELL IS DOING HIS WORK IF HE IS GOING TO WIN THIS ROUND BY CONTINUING HIS PACE. >> CHARLIE HAS — >> NAINOA IS DOING ONE THING.
HE HAS TO GO TO THE SIDE AND THEN HE HAS TO TURN TO HIS KNEES AND TRY TO COME UP ON HIS KNEES OR A DOUBLE. [ BELL RINGS ] >> GOOD JOB BY CHARLIE CAMPBELL. >> I KNOW WITH THAT KICK, YOU WILL SEE THAT A LOT TONIGHT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IT. A NICE KICK TO CAMPBELL'S BODY. JUST MISSED THAT BLOCK. THIS HAS LED UP TO THE FACT THAT HE IS COMFORTABLE ON THE FEET AND ABLE TO PRESS AND GET THE TAKEDOWN WHICH LED TO THIS.
JOHN, TALKING THROUGH THIS HERE. WHAT THAT IS HOLDING POSITION. >> ABSOLUTELY. BY NOT GRABBING THE TRACHEA, THAT'S BRACING HIMSELF OUT AND TOTALLY LEGAL. >> CHARLIE CAMPBELL IS 5-0 WITH FIVE FINISHES AS AN AMATEUR, 4 KNOCKOUTS AND 1 SUBMISSION, 3 OF THOSE IN THE FIRST ROUND. SO BOTH MEN HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS. AMATEUR RECORD FOR DUNG IS ALSO 5-1. CHARLIE CAMPBELL IS SWITCHING HANDS AGAIN. WOULD YOU GIVE ROUND ONE TO CHARLIE CAMPBELL? >> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. HE DID BETTER WORK. >> BOTH OF THEM ARE EXCHANGING ONE AND ONE. START WITH THE LEG KICK AND FINISH WITH THE HAND. RIGHT NOW YOU ARE SEEING ONE AND ONE OR ONE AND TWO, AND THEY ARE BOTH BETTER THAN THAT. >> IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY THAT'S KIND OF CRAZY WILD THE WAY HE APPROACHES IT PHYSICALLY. >> CHARLIE CAMPBELL IS COMING IN WITH ELBOWS AND THROWING THINGS A LITTLE OFF BALANCE.
I KNOW DUNG HAS TO FIGURE OUT THE RAGE. THAT WAS A 1-2 AND THE SECOND ONE TO HIT. >> EVERY YOUNG FIGHTER KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE IT. RARELY DO YOU SEE THAT. CAMPBELL'S HANDS WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF LET YOUR HANDS GO WHEREVER. >> YOU JUST SAW THAT RESPONSE. NICE AND EASY. GETS THE SHOT. 1-2. >> LOOK AT THIS. >> ALL BETS ARE OFF AND THE BAD BLOOD WILL BOIL OVER. IT IS ALL OVER! JUST LIKE THAT. CHARLIE CAMPBELL COMES IN AND STEALS THE SHOW. >> LOOK AT ALL OF THE KICKS IN A ROW. >> WATCH WHAT CHARLIE DOESN'T HE STARTS TO HIT THE KICK.
ON THE CALF. YOU CAN SEE HIS LEG IS STARTING TO GO DEAD, AND THEN HE GOES BACK TO IT. SMART MOVE. EVEN WHEN HE'S DOWN, I AM GOING TO HIT THAT LEG AGAIN. YOU GET HURT SOMEBODY HURT, YOU GO AFTER THAT. THAT WAS A GREAT FINISH BY CHARLIE CAMPBELL. >> CAN YOU SEE IT REAL TIME RIGHT HERE. HE BUCKLES AND BUCKLES AGAIN. THAT'S THE INEXPERIENCE OF NAINOA DUNG. >> RIGHT OFF THAT FIRST KICK THAT LANDED, HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS FEELING. WHEN YOU HAVE A KICK LAND LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. THE STANCE TOOK AWAY THE STABILITY AND HE WAS ABLE TO HIT THE LEG AGAIN. >> THE WAY HE HIT THE KNEE. >> IT'S GOING DEAD. THAT NERVE RUNS DOWN THE LEG, ONCE IT SHUTS OFF, IT'S HARD TO HOLD YOUR BALANCE. >> IT'S THE NERVE THAT HURTS. >> THE ONE THAT YOU GET ON.
>> YEAH, THE NERVE. NONETHELESS, VERY AGGRESSIVE AND A VERY CONFIDENT CHARLIE CAMPBELL COMING IN AND EARNING THE VICTORY IN HIS BELLATOR DEBUT. >> GREAT PERFORMANCE, JOHN. >> TO MAKE THIS ONE OFFICIAL HERE IS MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE REFEREE WAVES OFF THE CONTEST. 1:42, ROUND 2 BY TKO, AND THE WINNER IS CHARLIE CAMPBELL! >> CHARLIE CAMPBELL AT 1:42 OF ROUND 2. GETS HIS ARM RAISED AND WINS HERE INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. BACK TO YOU. >> THAT WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR DUNG. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY FRIENDS IN THE NFL WATCH AND SAY HOW MUCH DOES THAT REALLY HURT? THEY SEE GUYS SHAKING THEM OFF AND CHECKING THEM. >> IN MANY WAYS I FEEL THIS IS A POTENTIAL FOR FORESHADOWING. THIS HAPPENS TO BE BENSON HENDERSON'S BEST STRIKE.
OVER AND OVER IN THE CALF. I SAID BENSON GREAT HIT, BUT YOU NEVER HIT MIGHT CALF. I SAID YOU HIT MY CALF. HE SAID HURTS, DOESN'T IT. YOU HAVE TO NOTICE THE WAY CHARLIE IS DOING THIS. THERE IS NO WAY TO CHECK. YOU CAN'T USE YOUR OWN SHIN OR KNEE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A FIGHT FINISHED THAT EARLY BY THAT TECHNIQUE. CONGRATULATIONS, CHARLIE. >> OBVIOUSLY HE GOT THE JOB DONE. GOT THAT NERVE. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR MAIN CARD OF THE EVENING HERE. MATT MITRIONE. HE WANTS TO GIVE TIMOTHY JOHNSON A HUGE UPSET. TIM JOHNSON IS A DIFFERENT, AWKWARD PUNCHER, BUT HE HAS POWER. >> TIM JOHNSON, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT, BUT HE IS A BRAWLER. HE IS A BIG GUY. HE NEEDS TO CUT A LITTLE BIT OF WEIGHT. IF HE CONNECTS, IT WILL BE A PROBLEM. >> TIM JOHNSON JUST KEPT RUNNING HIS LAST OPPONENT DOWN.
>> HE BELIEVES IN HIMSELF. IT'S NATURAL AND HIGH LEVEL. YOU SEE JOHNSON LEADS WITH A JAB. GETS TYRELL TO DROP HIS HANDS. BUT AN INCH IS ALL YOU NEED WHEN YOU ARE AS BIG AS HIM. TAKE ONE MORE LOOK. TO THE BODY AND HE MARCHES TYRELL DOWN. IT WAS A SURPRISE FOR ALL OF US. TIM HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIS TRAINING. >> SO MITRIONE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THAT. WHAT WILL HE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE TIM JOHNSON DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME RESULTS AGAINST HIM. >> I THINK THAT FIGHT WE JUST TOOK A LOOK AT, HE KNOWS, OKAY, TIM HAS SOME HANDS. MITRIONE HAS GOOD EYES. HIS PERIPHERAL PUNCH JUST BY MOVING AN INCH. HE CAN SLOW THE BIG MAN DOWN. >> MITRIONE IS A FUN FIGHTER.
IF YOU PUT THAT WRESTLING BEHIND HIM, THERE WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE TO MITRIONE. BUT HE LIKES TO STAY ON HIS FEET. ON THE CHIN, HE LIKES TO GET NASTY DIRTY. >> EVERYTHING HE HAS TRIED IN BOTH SPORTS, FOOTBALL AND MMA, I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYBODY ELSE SAY WE HAVE HEARD WIN AT ALL COSTS. I DON'T BELIEVE IN WIN AT ALL COSTS. I BELIEVE IN COMPETE AT ALL COSTS. HE BRINGS HIS SKILLS WITH HIM TO THE CAGE EVERY NIGHT. >> WHAT WAS HIS REACTION AFTER HE LOST? >> TYRELL UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAPPENED. HE SAID I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON NEW THINGS IN THE GYM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY HANDS.
A LOT OF GUYS FALL IN LOVE WITH THE SWING. HE SAID I NEEDED THAT REMINDER. I WON 11 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WRESTLING AND I WILL BRING THOSE SKILLS NEXT TIME I COMPETE. >> GOLDIE, YOU HAVE THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE. TAKE IT BACK. >> YES, WE DO. THAT WAS THE FIRST LOSS OF TYRELL FORTUNE'S CAREER. AND HOW ABOUT CURTIS CURTIS MIL. >> HE WILL GET INSIDE HIS LONG REACH. BUT JOHN, IT WILL BE A TOUGH TASK TO GET PAST ALL OF THE WEAPONS THAT CURTIS BRINGS TO THE CAGE. >> TO GET PAST THE LEG AND MOVEMENT OF CURTIS MILLENDER, HE IS A TOUGH PUZZLE TO FIGURE OUT. >> MYLES JURY AND GEORGI KARAKHANYAN, WE WERE THERE FOR THAT NIGHT AND WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS.
MYLES GETS THE SUBMISSION WIN ON THE NIGHT THAT HE GIVES BIRTH TO GEORGI JR. >> YOU SAW OUR MAIN CARD LATER TONIGHT ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >> THIS WAS A VERY GOOD FIGHT. HE WAS DAMAGING FROM THE TOP POSITION. IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN HIS SECOND FIGHT AT BELLATOR AND I EXPECT THE SAME WITH THIS ONE. >> OUR TALE OF THE TAPE. MAKING HIS DEBUT IS GRANT NEAL. >> SOMETIMES YOU THINK HE IS TALLER, HE HAS THE ADVANTAGE. >> LET'S GET TO THE VOICE. >> Announcer: ON BELLATOR. WE WELCOME YOU TO MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. THIS IS FOR THREE ROUNDS IN THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION. AT 6'1", WEIGHING IN AT 205.1 POUNDS, HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORD 5 WINS, 2 LOSSES OUT OF PORTLAND, OREGON, HAMZA SALIM.
AND FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER WEIGHING IN AT 204.7 POUNDS, HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORD UNDEFEATED, FIGHTING OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO, GRANT "THE TRUE" NEAL. IN CHARGE IS YOUR REFEREE. >> DAN IS OUR REFEREE FOR THIS LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT. GRANT NEAL, YOU SAW THE HEIGHTS, THE VICTORY OVER CLAUDE WILCOX. HE SAID HE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE, CONCISE AND CALCULATED. AS HE TAKES ON HAMZA SALIM TONIGHT. >> GENESIS TRAINING ACADEMY AND ELEVATION FIGHT TEAM FOR GRANT NEAL. SALIM WILL TURN 35 TOMORROW. TAKING THIS FIGHT ON TWO WEEKS NOTICE. >> ALSO WAS LOOKING LIKE HE WAS LOCKING FOR A LATERAL DROP AND LOST HIS FOOTING. THIS IS WHERE NEAL DOES HIS WORK. UP AGAINST THE CAGE.
STAYING TIGHT AND JUST DIRTY BOXING SOMEONE TO DEATH. >> DENVER, COLORADO, HE HAS THE CONDITIONING TO PUSH THE PACE IN THE SECOND AND THIRD. >> ONE OF THE THINGS IN WATCHING HIM IN UPTIGHT CAGE WORK AND SEEING THOSE ARMS, YOU ARE SEEING NEAL PUT THAT WEIGHT DOWN. IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE THOSE ARMS GET VERY HEAVY AND TIRED WHICH SLOWS DOWN THE CLUTCHING AND EVERYTHING. >> GOOD SHOT BY SALIM. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF INEXPERIENCE THERE. NEAL WITH A NICE KNEE TO THE GUT. SAW SALIM TRY TO GET HIS BREATH. >> 6-0 AMATEUR WITH 5 FINISHES.
NEAL JUST TOOK IT RIGHT DOWN. SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LAND AND YOU GO THAT HAD TO WORK AND HE WALKED THROUGH LIKE IT WAS NOTHING. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE SALIM'S LAST PROFESSIONAL FIGHT. COMES IN ON A THREE-FIGHT WIN STREAK. >> THE VERY FIRST FIGHT I EVER SAW, ABOUT A MINUTE INTO IT, HE IS HIT WITH A SHIN TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD, NOTHING BLOCKING IT.
I SAW HIM SHAKE HIS HEAD LIKE OKAY. HE DID IT MULTIPLE TIMES. I SAID WHOEVER IT IS, HE IS GOING TO BE GOOD. >> WELL, YOU SAW GRANT NEAL. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. >> YOU SEE HIM TAKE THE RIGHT KNEE OFF THE CANVAS AND BRING IT IN. >> INTO THAT HIP JUNCTION SO THERE IS NO HIP MOVEMENT. >> LOOKING FOR THAT. TAKING HIS LEFT LEG NOW. >> IF HE CAN DO THAT, THAT WILL START TO GET IT. >> WHY DO I ALWAYS SEE THAT BIG — >> BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST FOR MMA, COURTESY OF BELFOUR.
>> YES, INDEED. >> STRUCK ME UNIQUELY AT THE AT THE TIME OF MY BROADCAST. >> I DIDN'T BRING THAT UP. >> NEITHER DID I. >> TRYING TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE OF THE CHOKE. NEAL HAS ONE PROFESSIONAL WIN BY KNOCKOUT AND ONE BY SUBMISSION. HIS OTHER WIN WAS BY A UNANIMOUS DECISION. THAT WAS A DEBUT AGAINST JIMMY LUGO. >> I FEEL LIKE NEAL HAS A DIFFERENT — THAN WE HAVE SEEN. HE KEEPS GOING TO THE FRONT, ALMOST LIKE WHERE HE GETS UP IN THE CHIN WITH THAT GABLE GRIP. HEAD RIGHT INTO THE BREAD BASKET. — TURN HIM BACK AND HIT TO THE SIDE. >> WHAT NEAL NEEDS TO DO FROM HERE IS PUSH HIS HEAD DOWN, TO THE CANVAS. >> ANY TIME YOU ARE ON THAT, IF YOU ARE NEAR THE CAGE, IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEAD TO THE OFFSIDE AWAY, WHY NOT TAKE YOUR NECK AND PUSH OR DRIVE INTO THE CAGE. >> SO HE'S IN THAT THREE-QUARTER ROUND POSITION.
HE DIDN'T DO THAT ON THE FAR SIDE. >> 15 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK HERE IN ROUND NUMBER ONE. GRANT NEAL DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT SALIM HAS BEEN TAUGHT WELL. HE MOVES HIS HIPS WELL. [ BELL RINGS ] >> HERE IS THE TAPE FROM EARLIER. >> THAá DOESN'T HURT ME. DRIVES HIM RIGHT DOWN. >> I GET IT WAS HURT. I GUESS IT DID MAKE A DIFFERENT. >> THERE YOU GO, RIGHT THERE. >> JUST GOT KICKED IN THE FACE. >> WE HAVE TO DOWN PLAY IT.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY HE MADE IT THROUGH. IT MAKES US FEEL BETTER ABOUT OURSELF. >> ONCE AGAIN WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU BELLATOR IS PROUD TO PARTNER WITH THE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS AT HARTFORD HEALTH CARE FOR ALL OF OUR TESTING AND SCREENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO HARTFORD HEALTH CARE.ORG. >> GRANT NEAL MAKING HIS DEBUT ONE DAY BEFORE HIS 36th BIRTHDAY. >> GRANT ENDS UP WHERE HE WAS DOMINANT EVERY POSITION IN THAT FIGHT. THERE WERE A COUPLE HE TOOK. >> YOU SAW SALIM TAKE A BREAK. GRANT NEAL PUSHING ON HIM AND PRESSING ON HIM, DRIVING THAT SHOULDER. THAT STARTS TO WEAR ON YOU WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING UP AT THE SKY. >> YOU ARE SEEING GOOD HEAD POSITION BY GRANT NEAL. ANY TIME YOU SEE THAT FOREHEAD OR TOP OF THE HEAD DRIVING IT, THAT TAKES A LOT OF THE STRENGTH AWAY FROM SALIM. >> FRESHMAN ALL AMERICAN FULLBACK AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY PUEBLO, WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP D-2 IN 2014. >> THE BEST PART IS YOU ARE SEEING HIM IMPROVE.
>> THE COACH TOLD HIM WHAT TO Do AND RIGHT AWAY HE DID IT. NICELY DONE. >> TRYING TO FINISH IT RIGHT NOW. >> IT'S ALL IN HIS HAND POSITION AND HOW HE DELIVERS IT. HE HAS TO GET HIS HANDS BACK SO HE CAN TAKE AND START TO SCISSOR THAT UP. >> NOW HE HAS A HIP IN AS WELL.
ALMOST LIKE HE LAID FLAT. >> GOOD JOB BY SALIM. IT HURTS. YOU JUST HAVE TO TELL YOURSELF RELAX, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ME. >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT REALLY HURT. THERE REALLY IS NO PAIN — ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CHOKE. >> WHEN IT'S A WIN CHOKE, ESPECIALLY AGAINST TRACHEA, IT CANNOT FEEL GOOD. >> JUST PAST THE MIDWAY POINT OF THIS THREE-ROUND FIGHT. NEAL BUILDING MOMENTUM HERE IN ROUND TWO. >> I LIKE FROM THIS POSITION HERE THAT NEAL IS DRIVING HIS HEAD FORWARD OVER SALIM, MAKING IT HARD FOR HIM TO STAND UP, WHICH IS WHAT WE DIDN'T SEE IN THE LAST FIGHT.
>> GRANT NEAL SPENT TIME TRAINING WITH NATE THE GREAT. RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING WHEN COVID-19 SHUT DOWN ALL OF THE GYMS. ENGAGED HIM TO WORK WITH HIM. >> SALIM IS DOING A GOOD JOB. >> HE IS TAKING SOME HEAVY SHOTS, JOSH. >> GOOD POSITIONING HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET THE KNEE TO THE HIP POSITION SO HE CAN DRIVE IT OVER. >> IF HE TAKES THAT LEFT KNEE AND SLIDES IT INTO THE CREASE AREA BETWEEN THE HIP AND LEG, HE PINCHES SALIM UP AGAINST THE CAGE AND THERE IS NO ABILITY TO MOVE. >> THAT WOULD KEEP SALIM FROM PUTTING HIM BACK TO THE FENCE. >> THE HANDS UP MEANS LION. SALIM COMING IN ON A COUPLE WEEKS NOTICE. A SECOND DEGREE BLACK BELT IN KICKBOXING KARATE.
>> TO THE MIDSECTION. GOOD ELBOWS, TOO. EVERYTHING HE IS DOING. HE IS STARTING TO DOMINATE EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS FIGHT. >> HE HAS TO GO BACK FIGHTING FOR THAT FAR CENTER. THAT'S THE POSITION THAT WILL KEEP SALIM BACK ON THE GROUND. I KEEP SAYING THAT. BUT THAT WILL KEEP HIM FROM GETTING IN POSITION. [ BELL RINGS ] >> GRANT NEAL IS JUST A SICK HUMAN BEING. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT AND HE IS CARRYING A LOT OF MUSCLE ON THAT FRAME, BIG LEGS, BIG CHEST, BIG ARMS. HE HAS BEEN WORKING OUT IN DENVER. >> A COUPLE DEEP BREATHS — >> MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH HIS CORNER, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. HE IS ONLY 3-0.
THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE. >> THIS IS WHEN HE HAD HIM PRESSED UP AGAINST THE FENCE. BEAUTIFUL. PULLS THE LEGS OUT AND FROM THIS MOMENT IT WAS HEAVY ELBOWS, BIG PUNCHES, ISOLATING THE ARM AT TIME. WENT FOR A CHOKE. EVERYTHING HE WANTED TO DO, GRANT NEAL WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO ATTEMPT. >> NEXT SATURDAY SHOWTIME AND BELLATOR ARE HERE. NEXT SATURDAY AT 9:00 P.M. INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. >>> THIRD AND FINAL ROUND. SALIM COMES OUT SOUTHPAW TRYING TO SHOW SOME OF THOSE STRIKING SKILLS AFTER NEAL HAS BEEN DOMINANT IN THE FIRST TEN MINUTES. >> SALIM HAS THAT KARATE BACKGROUND. >> RIGHT NOW ALL OF THAT GRAPPLING, HIS ARMS ARE HEAVY, HE'S FEELING IT. YOU DON'T SEE THE SNAP PUSHING THEM OUT. THAT TELLS YOU HOW TIRED THE ARMS ARE. >> NEAL'S ARMS ARE DOWN, HE IS A LITTLE TIRED. HE NEEDS TO OPEN IT UP. >> SALIM OUT OF PORTLAND. ED HERMAN AND A COUPLE OTHER TRAINING PARTNERS. PARTNERED UP WITH JAY GLAZER. TAKEN DOWN AGAIN BY GRANT NEAL.
>> GRANT NEAL WAS VERY WELL BEHAVED FACTOR HERE. A COUPLE OF AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND STILL UNBEATEN IN HIS MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CAREER. >> HE IS DOING FANTASTIC. IF HE IS GOING TO LEARN ONE THING OUT OF THIS FIGHT, HE NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT THAT WHEN HE PUTS HIS OPPONENT UP AGAINST THE CAGE, IF HE GRABS THE FAR SIDE UNDERHOOK, IT WILL KEEP HIS OPPONENT FROM BEING ABLE TO MOVE BACK INTO IT AND HE WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL KEEPING HIM WHERE HE WANTS. >> THE TOUGH POSITION IS FOR TACKLE SUBMISSION, MAKE SURE HIS BACK IS FLAT ON THE GROUND. THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS MAKE SURE YOU CHECK PRESSURE, MAKE SURE YOU ARE OPEN FOR CHECKING, ELBOWS, WHATEVER IT IS. >> THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED, JOE, EARLY IN YOUR CAREER YOU NEED TIME IN THE CAGE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THINGS HE NEEDS TO WORK ON. >> IN THE THIRD ROUND HE BECAME MORE COMFORTABLE AND CONCISE. >> YOU ARE NOT AFRAID TO GO TO THE THIRD ROUND. WHEN YOU GO THE FIRST TIME, YOU ARE LIKE I AM READY. THEY ARE GOING TO PREP ME — NO, ONCE HE GETS THERE, HE IS JUST THROWING MORE, THROWING MORE.
>> BECOME EXHAUSTED IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT. THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS PROTECTING YOURSELF. GRANT NEAL NEEDS TO KNOW IF I OPEN UP, I CAN GET RID OF THIS GUY IN THE THIRD ROUND BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE WORK I HAVE DONE IN THE PRIOR ROUNDS. >> AS MENTIONED, TRAINING AT ALTITUDE IN DENVER IS CERTAINLY A FACTOR AS WELL. IT OBVIOUSLY TAKES ENERGY. IT KILLS YOU WHEN YOU ARE THE GUY ON THE RECEIVING END OF IT. >> IT'S LIKE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME. >> IT STARTS TO GO INTO THE RED REAL FAST. >> CURRENTLY FINISHING HIS PREMED AT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER.
AND SALIM JUST OVER 30 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK HERE IN THE THIRD AND FINAL ROUND. YOU HEAR HIS COACH TELLING HIM TO GO, GO, GO. THEY WANT HIM TO GO AFTER HIM. KNOW THAT WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS, YOU ARE GOING TO BE OKAY, YOU ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THAT. GET RID OF YOUR OPPONENT. DON'T GO TO THE JUDGES IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO. >> A GOOD PACE. >> YEAH, AN OUTSTANDING PACE. >> WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR OPPONENT HAS NO OFFENSE AVAILABLE TO HIM SO GO FOR IT. [ BELL RINGS ] >> AND DOMINANT AND VICTORIOUS GRANT NEAL WILL MOVE TO 3-0. IN THE BELLATOR, 4-0 IS PROFESSIONAL.
GOOD EFFORT BY SALIM ON TWO WEEKS NOTICE. >> SO REACTION FOR GRANT NEAL, GOOD POSITION AND MAINTAINS THE ENTIRE FIGHT. YOU SEE SALIM TRYING TO GO FOR SWEEPS, TRYING TO GET THE HOOK ON THE LEG. NONE OF IT WORKED. NICE TIGHT ELBOWS INSIDE, ROLLING THE WRIST OVER. ALL OF THIS IS GOOD, SOLID WORK. THE ONE THING GRANT NEAL IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO ONCE HE WATCHES THIS FIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAD A LOT LEFT IN THE GAS TANK. I COULD HAVE STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL A LOT LONGER. LATER ON IN HIS CAREER IT WILL HELP HIM. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS. HE'S 3-0 NOW AND HOPEFULLY SOON WILL BE 4-0. >> LOOKING GOOD. THAT'S ALL PART OF THE LEARNING PROCESS. >> 10-0 BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR FIGHT. 24 YEARS OLD. SALIM IS THE FORMER MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL JORDANIAN KICKBOXING TEAM. NEAL SAYING WE AREN'T GOING TO FIGHT THAT WAY. AND FROM THAT POINT HE TURNED IN AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE.
THE OFFICIAL DECISION IS IN. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HAVING GONE THE DISTANCE BEFORE THE THREE JUDGES, THE FIRST SCORES IT 30-26, 30-27, AND 30-24, ALL HAVE IT FOR THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DIVISION. STILL UNDEFEATED GRANT "THE TRUE" NEAL! >> MOST IMPORTANTLY, ANOTHER VICTORY. HE REMAINS UNBEATEN. >> OUR SECOND FIGHT OF OUR MAIN CARD.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER SOMEBODY IS A SLOW STARTER OR FAST STARTER. THE THING ABOUT GEORGI, HE WILL EITHER CHOKE YOU OR — >> FUNNY YOU SAY THAT. BECAUSE OF THAT HE WILL SWING FOR THE FENCES ON THE FEET. HE DOESN'T CARE IF YOU SWING FOR THE FENCES. THAT IS WHERE HE WAS BORN AND RAISED. SIMILAR TO CHUCK LIDDELL. HE SWINGS A LOT LIKE CHUCK. IF HE HITS YOU WITH IT, IT'S LIKELY A CURTAIN CALL. >> HIGH PRAISE. >> NOTHING AGAINST GEORGI. >> IF YOU LOOK AT HIS RECORD, IT WILL LOOK LIKE THE STOCK MARKET. HE HAS UPS AND DOWNS.
AN INTERESTING GUY, BUT TO YOUR POINT, HE LOOKS TO THE FINISH. >> SWINGS HARD WITH THAT OVERHAND LEFT. OVER SANCHEZ, AND MICHAEL JOHNSON. FOUGHT BENSON HENDERSON HERE IN THE BELLATOR CAGE. >> WHAT MYLES JURY DOES IS HE MIXES THINGS WELL AT A FAST PACE. DON'T FORGET THAT MYLES JURY HAD 15 WINS AND 0 LOSSES. BUT HE, TOO, WILL LEARN. GUYS ARE STUDYING HIM AND BREAK HIM DOWN. IT MAKES IT HARD FOR HIM TO IMPLEMENT. HE STAYS ON YOU AND CAN WEAPONIZE. >> VERY HIGH SPORT IQ AND FIGHT IQ FOR MYLES JURY.
>> LET'S SEND IT DOWN. >> GEORGI, THIS WILL BE YOUR SECOND FIGHT AT 155. HOW MUCH BETTER DO YOU FEEL FIGHTING A LIGHT? >> I FEEL AWESOME. NOT CUTTING WEIGHT. I FEEL GREAT. >> NICE NOT HAVING TO CUT THAT WEIGHT. >> HE IS A TOUGH OPPONENT, MYLES JURY, HE SAYS HE'S A BETTER FIGHTER THAN YOU. >> LET HIM SAY THAT. WHEN IT'S ALL OVER, WE WILL SEE WHO IS THE BETTER MAN. >> WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TONIGHT? >> EXPECT VIOLENCE. I GO OUT THERE TO KILL OR BE KILLED. I AM GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND FINISH HIM. >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE CAGE.
>> THAT'S TONIGHT LATER ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. UP NEXT, THE TINY TEAR AND THE MASTER. >> THIS IS A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THIS CHAP. >> THROWING WITH BAD INTENTIONS. >> REMEMBER THAT NAME BECAUSE I HAVE NO DOUBT WE WILL BE HEARING IT AGAIN. >> CLASHING ON SHOWTIME. ALL SUMMER LONG, DELIVERING THE KNOCKOUT BLOWS. 5-3 ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. WORLD CHAMPIONS, TOP RANKED CONTENDERS AND RISING STARS. >> THINGS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO HEAT UP FOR BELLATOR MMA. >> BELLATOR IS BACK, ALL SUMMER LONG ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. HE RAN THROUGH THE HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND PRIX AND HAD A KNOCKOUT. NOW AUGUST 21 LIVE AND FREE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. RYAN BADER WILL PUT HIS TITLE ON THE LINE. BUT COMING FOR HIS GOLD IS HIS PROTEGE. AUGUST 21s. THE FANS WERE SCREAMING FOR A REMATCH. THE FIGHT IS FINALLY HERE. >> LET'S DO THIS! BATTLING MICHAEL CHANDLER. BELLATOR MMA, LIVE NEXT ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >> AND IT ALL TAKES PLACE RIGHT HERE INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. BELLATOR MMA. SHOWTIME BOXING. AND BELLATOR MMA HERE AGAIN TONIGHT AS WE GET SET FOR THIS FLYWEIGHT SHOWCASE BETWEEN BETWEEN TARA GRAFF AND VALERIE LOUREDA.
>> BEING A TAE KWON DO FIGHTER, NORMALLY THEIR HANDS AREN'T GOOD. BUT WE HAVE SEEN FROM VALERIE, SHE IS AN AGGRESSIVE FIGHTER WHO GOES AT HER OPPONENT. SHE IS FUN TO WATCH. >> THIS FIGHT WAS ORIGINAL THINK SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE BACK IN JANUARY. IT WILL HAPPEN RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. OUR TALE OF THE TAPE. >> YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. 22, VERY YOUNG. TARA IS 34. IT WILL BE TELLING TO SEE HOW SHE DOES IN THIS FIGHT.
>> WE WILL SOON FIND OUT. HERE IS MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> Announcer: TONIGHT FROM THE MOHEGAN SUN, INTRODUCING FROM THE BLUE CORNER WITH A PROFESSIONAL RECORD OF 1-1, OUT OF WALDORF, MARYLAND, TARA GRAFF. AND FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER AT 5'4", UNDEFEATED AT 2-0. SHE FIGHTS OUT OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. VALERIE LOUREDA. >> MIKE BELTRAN IS OUR REFEREE. TARA'S TRAINER IS HER BOYFRIEND. VALERIE'S SISTER IS IN HER CORNER TONIGHT.
>> VALERIE IS IN THE RED GLOVES, THE TINY TARA IN THE BLUE GLOVES. BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. >> WE WILL SEE THAT SHORTLY. HE'S LAUGHING. >> TARA GRAFF IS VERY AGGRESSIVE. SHE HAS A 1-1 RECORD. SHE WAS WINNING THAT FIGHT FIRST ROUND, SECOND ROUND AND GOT CAUGHT WITH A BIG SHOT IN THE THIRD ROUND. SHE JUST GOT HURT RIGHT THERE. >> SHE HAS TO PUNCH HER WAY IN. STEPPING IN AND GRABBING HER BODY RIGHT AWAY. >> FROM MIAMI IS VALERIE LOUREDA. SHE KNOWS THAT TARA GRAFF IS VERY AGGRESSIVE.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT ALREADY. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T LIKE WHAT VALERIE IS DOING AS FAR AS ALL OF THIS MOVEMENT, BUT IT IS SMART. SHE HAS SOMEONE AGGRESSIVE. LET ME MAKE YOU OVEREXTEND AND SHE IS LANDING SHOTS. SHE HAS ALREADY HURT TARA IN THIS FIGHT. >> THE INEXPERIENCE HAS BEEN SHOWN. YOU HAVE TO CONTROL THAT LEFT HOOK. THROW A LEG PARTICULAR TO STOP THE MOMENTUM. >> SHE HAS GOT TO USE THE HANDS BY MAKING YOUR OPPONENT HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING. >> THERE YOU GO. THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER RIGHT THERE. LET'S START WITH THE 1-2. >> ANOTHER GOOD 1-2. #. >> HIGHLY DECORATED IN TAE KWON DO. BOTH HER SISTER NATALIE AND VALERIE BEGAN TRAINING AS BABIES THEY SAID. COACHED EACH OTHER AS TOURNAMENTS. THE MOM AND DAD BOTH ARE IN TAE KWON DO. >> GRAFF NEEDS TO CUT HER OFF. ALL OF HER COMBINATIONS ARE GOING THAT WAY. STOP HER CIRCLING THAT WAY AND MAKE HER FIGHT IN A POSITION SHE IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH. >> A HARD TIME TRYING TO CUT OFF THAT CAGE TO MAKE IT WHERE LOUREDA IS CUT OFF, THEN SHE WILL STOP THAT MOVE.
>> "YELLOWSTONE" IS CABLE'S NUMBER ONE DRAMA. CATCH NEW EPISODES SUNDAYS AT 9:00 ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. ROUND ONE RED GLOVE FOR VALERIE. TARA GRAFF IS MAKING HER DEBUT AND IS IN THE BLUE GLOVES. >> TARA HAS PUNCHED HER WAY IN. >> HER IDEA IS GET IN POSITION AND GET LOUREDA ON R DOWN ON THE GROUND. >> NATALIE IS IN HER CORNER TONIGHT. >> LUNGING IN FOR THAT TAKEDOWN.
SHE IS GOING TO GET CAUGHT. SHE HAS TO FIGHT HER WAY IN. MAKE YOUR OPPONENT REACT TO THE SHOT YOU ARE THROWING. >> SHE THREW THE LEFT HOOK FIRST. THAT LANDED, BUT THEN SHE DROPPED DOWN TO THE LEG AND THAT'S WHAT IS MAKING LOUREDA MOVE SO WELL IS HER FOOTWORK. >> TARA GOT A LATE START. NO MARTIAL ARTS EXPERIENCE UNTIL AGE 27. STARTED AS AN INDEPENDENT. >> SHE WOULD LOVE TO DO SOME DAMAGE TO THE MASTER HERE IN THIS THREE-ROUND FIGHT. >> YOUR HANDS ARE FINE, BUT KICK, OKAY? >> TO THE RIGHT, LEVEL AND THROW THE HOOK. >> YOU HEAR THE CORNER TELLING HER EX /* — EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, PUNCH IN. >> MOVING IN DIRECTION. UNTIL SHE DOES THAT, SHE WILL CONTINUE ON. >> TALKING ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND, SHE SAID NOT ONLY IS HE MY OTHER HALF, MY ROCK IN LIFE, BUT MY OTHER HALF ON THE MAT.
ONE OF THE MOST DEDICATED COACHES I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH. ROUND 2. LOUREDA IN THE RED AND GRAFF IN THE BLUE. >> NOT MUCH SAID IN THE CORNER OF VALERIE. >> YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO SHOULD BE KICKING, IT'S VALERIE. SHE HAS HOW MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF KICKS. >> SHE IS 22. SHE STARTED AT THE AGE OF 2, SO 20. >> YOU ARE GOOD, JAY.
>> CALCULATING. IT IS 20, JOSH. >> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER CUT THE CAGE WITH THAT LEFT HOOK. >> YOU ARE GOING TO FIND THAT THEY GET SO FRUSTRATED THEY START CHASING, RUNNING IN WITH THEIR HANDS DOWN AND THAT'S HOW THEY GET KNOCKED OUT. >> SO FRUSTRATED — THE WOOD CHIPPER. >> BINGO. ) rñ AND THIS WAS SAID ABOUT VALERIE LOUREDA. >> MMA, HE SAID HE IS EXCITED TO SEE VALERIE BRING HER WORLD CLASS GOLD TO MMA. SHE IS SOMEONE TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THE YEARS TO COME. THAT'S HIGH PRAISE FROM ONE OF THE BEST. >> TARA GRAFF TAKING THE WORDS HER COACHES GAVE HER BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ROUND, SHE IS MOVING TO HER LEFT. SHE HAS TO THROW THE BIG HAND OUT THERE FOR THE HOOK. >> DON'T FORGET TONIGHT ALL BETS ARE OFF. IRON MICHAEL CHANDLER AND SMOOTH BENSON HENDERSON. TONIGHT AT 10:00 LIVE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >> SHE IS PUNCHING HER WAY IN.
THE PROBLEM IS SHE IS DONE TOUCHING. >> STAYING ABOVE HER HANDS. THE HIGHER SHE THROWS HER HANDS, THE HIGHER THE CHIN IS GETTING. >> LOUREDA, SHE DOES ALL OF THIS MOVING, THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES, BUT YOU CAN TELL SHE IS STARTING TO SLOW DOWN. >> NOT MAKING MUCH DIFFERENCE. >> NICE JAB BY LOUREDA. BECAUSE OF HER KICK RANGE AND HER HANDS, START HITTING HER WITH SHOTS. DON'T WAIT. >> GOOD RIGHT HAND. TARA IS FIGHTING AGGRESSIVELY. THE FINAL MINUTE OF ROUND NUMBER 2. >> BODY KICK! >> YOU GO BACK AND UTILIZE THAT JAB. EVERY TIME SHE — >> THAT BEAUTIFUL RIGHT HAND. ONE AND ONE AGAIN. >> THE FINAL TEN SECONDS OF ROUND NUMBER 2. [ BELL RINGS ] — >> THEY WILL GO TO THE THIRD ROUND. NO, IT IS ALL OVER! THE FIGHT HAS BEEN STOPPED! >> THAT WAS A VICIOUS SHOT. MY GOODNESS! WOW! >> A BIG SHOT BY A LITTLE LADY. THAT LED UP TO HER TAKING A HUGE SHOT. >> LOOK AT THAT RIGHT HAND LAND RIGHT ON THE CHIN AND THEN GOES AFTER HER FOR THE FINISH.
YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE FACT SHE IS GOING AFTER HER. BIG RIGHT HAND. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT FROZE TARA GRAFF. HAMMER, FIST AND CLUTCHES. SHE IS TAKING BIG SHOTS ON THE GROUND. YOU LOOK AT THE ARMS AND HOW THEY ARE OUTSTRETCHED. NOT AN INTELLIGENT DEFENSE. THAT'S WHY MIKE STOPPED THE FIGHT. >> JOHN, LET ME ASK YOU, RIGHT WHEN THE BELL GOES, STOPPAGE? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH TIME IS ON THE CLOCK.
YOU SEE THAT MOMENT AND YOU SAY THIS PERSON SHOULD NO LONGER BE IN THIS FIGHT. FIGHT IS OVER. A GOOD CALL BY THE REFEREE. >> I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT MANY TIMES. THERE IS NO CLOCK IN THE MIND OF A REFEREE. >> NEVER. >> YOU ALLOW THAT CLOCK TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR DECISION-MAKING, YOU WILL PROBABLY MAKE A MISTAKE. >> WISE WORDS, YOUNG MAN, WISE WORDS. >> I LOVE THE PART WHERE YOU SAID "YOUNG." >> HE WAS TALKING TO ME THERE. >> HE IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE 20 YEARS. >> WOW! IS THAT WHY THE ABACUS IS OUT HERE? >> NOW YOU ARE OLD. >> VALERIE MOVES TO 3-0. THE REFEREE WILL MAKE IT OFFICIAL. >> Announcer: INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE, AN OFFICIAL END AT 5 MINUTES OF ROUND 2 BY KNOCKOUT FOR STILL UNDEFEATED VALERIE LOUREDA. >> WINNER BY KNOCKOUT.
IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY AT 5 MINUTES OF THE SECOND ROUND. AND VALERIE LOUREDA WHO A FEW WEEKS BACK CELEBRATED FOUR YEARS IN REMISSION AFTER HER BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT. BIG PERFORMANCE FOR THE MASTER VALERIE. THAT WAS A HECK OF A FINISH JAY GLAZER. >> ABSOLUTELY. GREAT POSTFIGHT CELEBRATION. SHE HAS A LOT OF TALENT. THEY ARE NOT AS AGGRESSIVE WITH THEIR LEGS AS VALERIE IS.
LOOK AT HER. SHE WENT AND JUMPED ON TO FINISH IT. >> THERE IS A LITTLE MORE THAN THE EYE MIGHT PICK UP. WHILE I AM IMPRESSED BY VALERIE'S SKILLS, IT IS MORE THAN THAT. WHEN YOU HAVE TRADITIONAL SKILLS, THEY CAN TAKE IT AWAY, BUT VALERIE KEPT MOVING HER FEET, LOOKING FOR A TARGET. SHE STAYED VERY CALM. FOR SOMEONE IN HER CAREER TO STAY THAT CALM WAS VERY BIG. >> SHE KEPT CIRCLING WITH THE BIG RIGHT HAND FROM TARA GRAFF. NOT JUST YOUR NORMAL TAE KWON DO. >> I AGREE WITH THAT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RETHINK THE MENTAL SIDE OF IT. I LIKE TO SEE THE CELEBRATION. WHEN SOMEBODY WORKS HARD, IT MEANS SHOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. >> AND WE HAVE ADAM BORICS AND MIKE HAMEL COMING UP. >> THE REMATCH BETWEEN MICHAEL CHANDLER AND BENSON HENDERSON. >> WE HAVE A HEAVYWEIGHT BATTLE. A COUPLE OF HEAVYWEIGHTS THAT WILL THROW BOMBS AT 175. AND A SPECTACULAR MATCHUP AT 155. EARLIER WE TALKED WITH GEORGI. >> I AM HERE WITH MYLES JURY.
GEORGI KARAKHANYAN IS A DANGEROUS FIGHTER. HOW DO YOU WANT TO FIGHT? >> WHETHER WE STAY ON OUR FEET OR GO TO THE GROUND. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. >> HE SAYS YOU ARE A SAFE FIGHTER, NOT A FINISHER. YOUR RESPONSE? >> I CAN DO IT ALL. CHECK THE HIGHLIGHTS. >> YOU SAID A WIN TONIGHT WOULD BE BIG FOR YOU? >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE BELLATOR CAGE TONIGHT. >> THAT PART OF OUR LIVE CARD ON BELLATOR NETWORK IS A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR AWAY. TWO MEN WITH RECORDS. >> A.J. HAS AN OUTSTANDING JIU-JITSU BACKGROUND. >> THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT IT, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT LEGALLY. >> ALL RIGHT. WE MOVE ON TO OUR TALE OF THE TAPE BETWEEN LENCIONI AND AGAZAHM. AGAZAHM IS FOUR YEARS THE SENIOR. >> AND HE LOST HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL FIGHT DID CRIS. >> WITH THE PROFESSIONAL INTRODUCTION.
>> Announcer: TONIGHT WE GO TO THE FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION SET FOR THREE FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS INTRODUCING FIRST FROM THE BLUE CORNER WEIGHING IN AT 145.3 POUNDS, 3 WINS, 1 LOSS FROM HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, FIGHTING OUT OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, A.J.AGAZARM! AND FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER AT 5'10" WEIGHING IN AT 145.8 POUNDS, FROM OREGON, CRIS "THE SHINE" LENCIONI. AND THE REFEREE MIKE BELTRAN. >> SPENT A LOT OF YEARS AT TOP TEAM PORTLAND FOR CRIS. AND OHIO STATE BUCKEYES A.J.
AGAZARM IS IN THE BLUE GLOVES AND LENCIONI IS IN THE RED GLOVES. >> I LIKE HOW A.J. DESCRIBES HIS CAREER. I WAS AT OHIO STATE AND THEN LEARNED JIU-JITSU AND NOW — A TRIFECTA. >> IT IS A TRIFECTA. A NICE SHOT BY LENCIONI. >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT. CRIS IS THE ONE WHO INTERRUPTED. >> SMART MOVE TO LET HIM BACK ON HIS FEET. >> AGAZARM WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ON HIS BACK. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE CREDENTIALS THAT AGAZARM. >> I HAVE SEEN THE BEST BLACK BELTS IN THE WORLD TURN INTO WHITE BELTS IN TWO OR THREE PUNCHES. >> CRIS IS COMING OFF A SPLIT DECISION VICTORY WHERE HE SAID HE WAS ABLE TO OUTSTRIKE AND OUTWORK A DANGEROUS FIGHTER. AND LENCIONI'S LEG WAS MESSED UP AS WELL. >> IT IS ENTWIEND HERE AND YOU SEE THAT AGAZARM WAS GOING FOR THE HEEL HUG.
IF HE GETS IN THAT POSITION, HE CAN BE HURT. >> NOW AGAZARM COMES UP. >> IT BUGS PEOPLE WHEN YOU CAN'T MOUNT OFFENSE. THEY ARE JUST HAVING FUN OUT THERE. I WAS WARNED THAT HE WILL WALK UP THE NICEST KID IN THE WORLD, BUT TRAINING CAN BE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE HE WILL BE LAUGHING AND SMILING. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE AS WELL. JUST ENJOYING THE MOMENT. >> AGAZARM DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB HOLDING THE BACK.
HE HAD TO GRIP TO THE ARM TO HOLD THE LEG TO GET TIGHT WHERE HE WANTED TO BE. WOUND UP SPINNING AROUND AND HERE WITH A HOOK. A LOT OF TIME TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A.J. IN THE MOUNT POSITION. >> FULL MOUNT FOR A.J.AGAZARM. PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK. YOU WILL SEE HIM TRYING TO ISOLATE. HE WILL TRY TO WALK THE ARM UP. LOST TANNED GOT IT BACK. >> IT DID LOOK LIKE AGAZARM THREW A HEAD STRIKE INTENTIONAL. >> I LOOKED RIGHT AT YOU. >> WHY DID YOU LOOK AT HIM? >> I USED TO REF. >> MAY HAVE AUTHORED THE "BOOK OF RULES." >> WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE HIM ON MOUNT, IT'S NOT EASY TO GET OUT OF.
THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE HEAD BUTT. I SEE HIM BE ABLE TO TAKE HIS ARM OFF AND BRING HIS HEAD DOWN. THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE FOUL. >> CAN HE DO THAT AT THE BREAK? >> HE COULD IF HE KNEW WHAT HE HAD. HE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT THEN. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE THAT REFEREE INSIDE YOU DON'T SEE EVERYTHING. IT IS HOW COULD YOU NOT SEE THAT, BUT IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ELSE AT THE MOMENT AND DIDN'T SEE IT THE SAME. >> THIS WILL BE A TOUGH ROUND TO CALL. >> LENCIONI DROPPED HIM WITH A SHOT. >> HE DID. [ BELL RINGS ] >> MMA IS NOT A SPORT OF POSITION WHEN YOU ARE JUDGING.
>> BIG JOHN, PUT YOUR OLD CAPE ON AND TALK US THROUGH THAT. >> THIS IS WHAT WE CALL AN ILLEGAL HEAD BUTT. CAN YOU NOT USE THE HEAD AS AN INSTRUMENT. THAT DEFINITELY WAS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED. IT WAS INTENTIONAL AND IF IT CAUSED ANY DAMAGE, IT TAKES AT LEAST TWO POINTS FROM HIM. >> AGAZARM IS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED AND STARTS TO KICK HIM OFF. >> AS YOU SAID, CONFRONT. >> I GOT THAT ADVICE FROM — HE IS A GUY THAT YOU TRAIN WITH HIM, HE IS HAVING FUN AND GETS ON YOUR NERVES. >> CRIS HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT A.J. HE RUNS HIS MOUTH MORE THAN ANY FIGHTER I HAVE SEEN AND HIS CREDENTIALS ARE TRASH.
HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF STICKING HIS FACE IN. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU SEE FROM ANY OTHER FIGHTER. >> WOW! >> ROUND TWO. >> RED GLOVES FOR LENCIONI. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPRAWL. HE GOT FAIRLY DEEP ON THAT SHOT. BEAUTIFUL TIMING ON IT, TOO, JOHN. >> I SAW HIM LIFT HIM UP AND DO IT. ACTUALLY LIFTED HIS HAND UP OFF THE GROUND. >> SO A VERY DIFFERENT ROUND ONE. THE SCORE AS JOSH ALLUDED TO, IT COULD BE ALTERED BECAUSE OF THE HEAD BUTT. I LOOKED AT THAT ROUND AND ALTHOUGH AGAZARM, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHO IS LOOKING TO FINISH THE BUTT. >> IT COMES DOWN TO WHO DID THE MOST DAMAGE. >> HERE THEY ARE GOING BACK-TO-BACK. HE IS VERY GOOD FROM THIS TOP POSITION WHEN HE GRABS THAT. BACK INTO A GOOD POSITION AND HAS IT ANY TIME HE GETS THE CHOKE.
>> FOR BOTH GUYS, IT IS A LOT OF ENERGY SPENT. AGAZARM, EVEN THOUGH HE IS ON TOP, HE IS HAVING TO HOLD THAT POSITION. >> HE IS SQUEEZING WITH THOSE LEGS AND A LOT OF ENERGY BEING PUT OUT. >> AND LENCIONI HAVING TO CARRY THAT WEIGHT, USES A LOT OF ENERGY. >> AGAZARM HAS A SECOND DEGREE BLACK BELT IN JIU-JITSU. AND CRIS HAS A BLACK BELT AND A BROWN BELT IN JIU-JITSU. >> BUT SMILING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. >> HE IS A RED BELT THERE. >> THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE YOU HEAR THE CORNER SAYING LET HIM HAVE IT. THE STRIKES WILL OPEN UP THE SUBMISSION. YOU HAVE TO GO FOR IT. YOU CANNOT WAIT. IF YOU ARE WAITING, YOU COULD LOSE YOUR POSITION. HE HAS ALMOST LOST POSITION A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO WHY ARE YOU WAITING TO OPEN HIM UP. >> A.J.'S WRESTLING COACH IS TOM RYAN, OHIO STATE BUCKEYE, 2006.
BUCKEYES WERE THE 2015 NATIONAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONS. >> I DON'T LIKE THIS POSITION THAT LENCIONI HAS. RIGHT NOW HE'S HAVING TO DEFEND BOTH SIDES. IF HE IS ONLY ON ONE SIDE, HE ONLY HAS TO WORRY ABOUT BEING CHOKED FROM ONE SIDE. >> AGAZARM IS WINNING THE BATTLE OF POSITIONING, BUT HE IS DOING NO DAMAGE. THIS IS A SEAT BELT POSITION TAKING THE OTHER OVER-UNDER. >> UNDER 90 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK HERE IN ROUND TWO. AGAZARM HAS A NICE CUT BETWEEN HIS EYES IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THIS POSITION. >> THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. ALL OF THAT TIME AND NO DAMAGE FOR LENCIONI. AND A POSITION CHANGE AND DAMAGE THAT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT WITH THE JUDGES. >> YOU HEAR BELTRAN YELLING TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE BACK OF THE HEAD. GOOD CONTROL BY LENCIONI. >> HERE IT IS. IT'S THE FRUSTRATION OF THE SMILE.
THERE IS THAT, BUT YOU HAVE A MOUSE UNDER YOUR EYE AND A CUT. EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD OFFENSIVE MOVES IN POSITIONING, IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T HELP WHEN SOMEBODY IS RELAXED AND HAVING FUN. >> AGAZARM HAD ALL OF THE DOMINANT POSITION AND NOW HE'S 50-50 THROWING ALL OF THESE STRIKES. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THAT WHEN HE HAD POSITION. >> DEFINITELY OPENED UP A CUT ON A.J.AGAZARM. >> Referee: GET UP. BOTH OF YOU GET UP. STOP LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. >> FROM THAT POSITION HE DID — >> A LITTLE BOSSY. >> AGAZARM SHOWING FRUSTRATION. >> HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF THE ROUND. LENCIONI, THAT LITTLE PUSH.
THIS IS WHERE YOU AS THE REFEREE WANT TO TAKE CONTROL BECAUSE IT WILL ONLY ESCALATE FROM THERE. >> SHOULD HE HAVE TAKEN A POINT? >> I DON'T THINK THE REFEREE SAW . HE KNEW HE GOT A REACTION FROM LENCIONI. NOW HE HAS THIS ONE AND IS STARTING TO GO BACK AND FORTH SAYING NO MORE. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> Referee: BOTH OF YOU COME HERE. BOTH OF YOU, KEEP IT CLEAN, BE PROFESSIONAL. GO. >> WHAT YOU ARE SEEING THERE, HE IS TELLING THEM IS HE NOT PUTTING UP ANY MORE. >> I THINK CRIS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HEAD BUTT, HEAD BUTT. TRYING TO DEESCALATE THE CONFRONTATION. THIS IS A TIGHT FIGHT. >> RIGHT NOW I HAVE LENCIONI WINNING.
HE HAS LANDED THE BIGGER, HEAVIER SHOTS ALTHOUGH HE HASN'T BEEN IN CONTROL OF POSITION AS LONG AS AGAZARM. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO FIGHTING IT IS NOT VOLUME SO MUCH AS DAMAGE. LENCIONI HAD THE BIG ELBOW. I WOULD RATHER GET HIT WITH TINY SHOTS THAN A BIG ELBOW. >> YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE ON A.J. >> WE ARE HERE INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. >> THOSE THINGS ADD TO THE FRUSTRATION WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING YOUR WAY. >> Referee: KEEP THEM OFF.
LET'S FIGHT, LET'S GO. >> THAT JAB THAT LENCIONI IS THROWING, EVERY TIME HE THROWS IT HE IS CONNECTING. EVERY TIME HE COMES IN, SNAP, POPS A JAB, NOT A LOT OF POWER ON IT. THERE IT IS AGAIN. HE SHOULD JUST START UTILIZING THAT HAND, HIS ABILITY TO JUST POP IT. EVERY TIME AGAZARM COMES CLOSE, POP IT. >> LENCIONI, TOUCH, TOUCH, TOUCH. ONE BIG SHOT. ELBOW FROM SUNSHINE. >> SOMETIMES HE ALMOST GETS LACKADAISICAL AND GETS CAUGHT IN POSITION. YOU HAVE A GUY RIGHT NOW HAVING PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN CONTROL SO START TO STEP ON THE GAS AND START TO DO DAMAGE. >> THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT A.J. AGAZARM IS FRUSTRATED. >> THAT'S USUALLY A FRUSTRATED FIGHTER. >> NOT A GOOD MOVE TO DO AGAINST A GUY WHO IS A GOOD WRESTLER. HE THREW THE HEAD KICK. >> VERY NICE. A WHOLE LOT EASIER. ON THE LEG DOESN'T HAPPEN THE SAME WAY. >> JOHN, IN OUR TALE OF THE TAPE YOU TALKED ABOUT EXPERIENCE, CAGE TIME. HERE IN THE THIRD LENCIONI IS VERY CALM. AGAZARM HAS GONE THROUGH TOUGH MOMENTS BEFORE.
HE OVERCAME ADVERSITY AND ENDED UP GETTING THE TRIANGLE FINISH IN THE THIRD. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT GETTING YOUR HEAD HIGH IN WRESTLING. THAT COMES UP TOP OF THE POSITION WITH LENCIONI. >> WITH MMA FIGHTERS, YOU START WITH A SINGLE, START COOLING DOWN AND THEN CARTWHEEL STEPOVER, NOT THINGS YOU NORMALLY SEE IN A FIGHT, ESPECIALLY WITH AGAZARM BEING 3-1. A.J. JOINED THE PORTLAND TEAM AT AGE 16. AND HE SAID, AND I QUOTE, I WAS THE FIRST.
NOW 26 YEARS OLD AND LOOKING FOR HIS FOURTH BELLATOR WIN. >> NICE MOVEMENT BY LENCIONI. NOW THREE-QUARTER GUARD WITH THE FOOT. >> YOU GUYS CAN FIGHT IT OUT. >> JOHN, HE HAS THE REACH ADVANTAGE THOUGH. >> JOHN MIGHT BE ABLE TO STILL TAG HIM CAREFUL, JOHN. >> YOU SEE LENCIONI TRYING TO WORK ON THE ANGLE. JUST LIKE HE IS, START OPENING UP, HEAVY PRESSURE. DROP THAT ELBOW. >> JUST ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT'S HARD TO FIGHT. DOESN'T MATTER POSITIONING WISE, SMILE WISE, TALKING WISE. I AM TELLING YOU. >> YOU COULD SEE IT ON A.J. AGAZARM. AND CRIS LENCIONI WALKS AWAY WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND HE BELIEVES HIS FOURTH VICTORY. >> THE LEFT UPPERCUT. THAT WAS A NICE RIGHT HAND, NICE RIGHT HAND AGAIN. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FIGHT. IT WAS THE HEAVIER BLOWS. YOU CAN LOOK. THAT KICK WAS GETTING CLOSE TO A STOP. IT'S ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS FIGHT.
THESE GUYS DID NOT LIKE EACH OTHER. WE KNEW THAT GOING IN, AND THEY PLAYED THE PART GOING IN. LENCIONI DID GOOD WORK. I BELIEVE HE WILL COME AWAY WITH THE VICTORY. >> 30-27? >> IT WILL BE QUESTIONABLE THE WAY THE JUDGES LOOK AT IT. >> JUDGES WILL BE RENDERING THE DECISION ON THIS FIGHT BETWEEN A.J. AGAZARM AND CRIS LENCIONI. THEY GO THE DISTANCE. >> CAN YOU HEAR HER TALKING? LOUD. HE HAS A HARD HEAD. >> THE JUDGES SCORECARDS HAVE BEEN HANDED IN AND HERE IS MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> Announcer: THE THREE JUDGES, THE FIRST 30-26, 30-27, AND 29-28, ALL HAVE IT FOR THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, CRIS LENCIONI! >> CRIS LENCIONI DEFEATS A.J. AGAZARM. AND MIKE IS NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE ATTITUDE. >> WHEN IT COMES TO REAL TIME, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, DO YOU? A MAN BABY! >> HE CAN'T HELP IT. >> TO INTERVIEW YOU, WE HAVE TO DO A DISTANCE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FIGHT. THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON. YOU HAD A LOT OF HATE BEFORE THE FIGHT AND AS THE FIGHT WAS GOING ON.
YOU WERE IN POSITION AND RECEIVED A HEAD BUTT. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AT THAT TIME? >> I HAD NEVER BEEN HEAD-BUTTED BEFORE. IT GOT ME RIGHT ON THE TEMPLE WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS THE MONEY SPOT. I WAS LIKE WHERE AM I. EVERYBODYxIS IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE OF COVID AND A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE I KNOW, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT, CHAD, KATHY, KEEP FIGHTING THE FIGHT.
WE DO THIS FOR YOU. WE ARE ENTERTAINERS, NOT POLITICIANS OR ANY OF THAT. >> YOU TRAINED AT HUNTINGTON BEACH, A THE TRAINING CENTER. WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE? >> THAT WAS THE MOST PROFESSIONAL CAMP I HAVE EVER BEEN TO. I SPENT THREE WEEKS THERE. EVERY DAY I TRAINED MYSELF, TRAINED WITH BRIAN ORTEGA AND JUAN ARCHULETA. JUAN WAS THE BEST. PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND I AM WORKING WITH THE BEST SO I AM IN THAT LEVEL.
>> IN THE THIRD ROUND YOU STARTED TO HAVE THAT LOOK LIKE I HAVE GOT YOU, I AM IN CONTROL. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? GOOD ELBOW SHOTS. YOU ALWAYS ENDED UP IN THE TOP POSITION. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> HE IS THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE AWKWARD FIGHTER I HAVE FOUGHT. WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN THEIR STANCE THIS GUY IS THROWING A SOUTHWARD SWORD OUT FROM HIS JUNK. AND THERE WAS A TIME HE UP KICKED ME. I LANDED ON MY BACK. I AM JUST A BROWN BELT. I SUCK. BUT I TOOK EVERYTHING HE GAVE ME. A LITTLE MORE TIME AND I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT. >> AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. BEAUTIFUL JOB OF MAINTAINING YOUR COMPOSURE. BACK TO YOU, GOLDIE. >> I LIKE HOW HE CORRECTED HIMSELF TO KEEP IT CLEAN FOR HIS STUDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BATTLE OF WITS BETWEEN THOSE TWO GUYS. THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION, WOULDN'T IT? >> THEY KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL, BUT WHEN A.J.
WAS LEAVING, HE TURNED AROUND AND SAID — >> HE HELD UP ONE FINGER, BUT IT HAPPENED TO BE THE MIDDLE ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE STAR WAS. I DON'T KNOW IF OUR REFEREE DIDN'T HAVE THE HARDEST JOB. IT GOT DIRTY FAST. WE SAW HEAD BUTTS, SAW TRASH TALKS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE CONTEST. EVEN A.J. WHO CAME IN SECOND SHOWED HEART. HE NEVER GAVE UP.
HE HAD BETTER WELL ROUNDED SKILLS AND SHOWED THAT. >> I WISH WE HAD A CHANNEL VISION ON YOU. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT INVOLVED? >> REALLY IMPRESSIVE EFFORT TODAY. >> HE GOT PUT IN A BAD POSITION BY A.J. >> CRIS LIKES TO COMPETE. HE IS LOOSE OUT THERE WHETHER HE IS TALKING OR HAVING FUN. IT'S GOOD TO STAY LOOSE.
YOU GET TIRED FASTER. IF YOU STAY LOOSE, THAT IS WHAT EXPERIENCE BRINGS. >> COMING UP NEXT WE HAVE A GREAT NIGHT OF PRELIMS LEADING UP TO OUR MAIN CARD. A REMATCH 3 1/2 YEARS IN THE MAKING. WE DID THE MATH COMING DOWN HERE. MICHAEL CHANDLER WON A SPLIT DECISION THE FIRST TIME AROUND. >> A.J. THOUGHT I WAS NUMBER ONE. IF ANYONE BRINGS HIS GAME, IT'S MICHAEL CHANDLER. I WILL ARGUE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST FIGHT WITH BENSON WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT. YOU HAVE A TWO-TIME WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPION IN MICHAEL CHANDLER.
THEY SURPRISE YOU. I THINK NOW THAT BENSON HAS THAT, I THINK THAT FAVORS MR. HENDERSON. >> THE KNOCKOUT — >> I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES. >> SHAKEN UP WITH A.J. OVER HERE. >>> YOU TRY TO USE THE VERBAL TO GET UNDER THE SKIN OF BENSON. >> BENSON IS UPSET FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. HE IS A KNOWN GENTLEMAN. BUT TONIGHT HE WANTS THIS REMATCH. THERE IS A REASON. LET'S SEE ROUND SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT. LET'S SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THESE GUYS HAD WENT A LITTLE LONGER. BENSON HENDERSON WILL DO ANYTHING.
>> IF HE IS NOT DOING MARTIAL ARTS, HE'S DOING TRACK MEETS ALL OVER THE WORLD. HE WANTS TO PERFORM. HE CAN OVERCOME. I THINK WE WILL SEE A DIFFERENT FIGHT. >> BENSON, ALL OF A SUDDEN SOME KIND OF CHALLENGE AND HE SAID I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE JUST DID TO MOW. HE'S SO CRAFTY. WE DON'T SEE THAT ENOUGH. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THAT. >> I AGREE WITH YOU.
HE IS DIVERSE. THIS IS A GUY WIDE OPEN. HE IS A FORMER WORLD CHAMPION. HE IS A COMPETITOR UNDER THE SAME RULES WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE. SO WE HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME? >> WE HAVE ONE MORE PRELIM FIGHT COMING UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS COMMERCIAL BREAK. >>> NOW AUGUST 21 ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. HE WILL PUT HIS TITLE ON THE LINE. >> I AM THE BEST I HAVE EVER BEEN. >> BUT COMING FOR HIS GOLD IS HIS PROTEGE.
MMA LIVE AUGUST 21 HERE ON PARAMOUNT. FANS WERE SCREAMING FOR A REMATCH. LIVE AND FREE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. THE FIGHT IS FINALLY HERE. >> GETTING A KNOCKOUT. >> LOOKING FOR REDEMPTION WHEN HE BATTLES THREE-TIME LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION. BELLATOR MMA LIVE NEXT ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >> AND WE WILL VISIT WITH RYAN. HE WILL TALK ABOUT HIS FIGHT IN TWO WEEKS. WE ARE LIVE WITH OUR MAIN CARD TOP OF THE HOUR ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK.
EARLIER. VALERIE HAD A MONSTER FINISH. WHAT A KNOCKOUT AT THE END OF THE SECOND ROUND, JOSH. >> BIG HIT. AMAZING. YOU SAW HER OPPONENT CRUMBLE STRAIGHT DOWN. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS. WHEN OPPONENTS CAN'T PUT THEIR ELBOWS TO THE MAT TO KEEP THEMSELVES FROM FALLING, THE FIGHT IS CLOSE TO BEING STOPPED. >> THAT SHOWS YOU HOW SHE WAS. >> SHE REMAINS UNBEATEN AND VALERIE IS BACKSTAGE. >> VALERIE, YOU ARE 3-0 WITH THAT UNDEFEATED WIN. JUMPING UP AND DOWN, SO EXCITED. YOU CALLED IT. >> I WAS TRYING NOT TO MAKE IT A REALITY BUT SINCE I HAVEN'T FALLEN IN A YEAR AND A LITTLE BIT SINCE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AND THE REALITY SHOW, BUT I WAS SAYING NO BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT A REALITY.
SO I WAS CALM AND PROUD OF MY PERFORMANCE. >> I WANTED TO ASK. THIS IS ONLY YOUR THIRD FIGHT BUT YOU HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IN TAE KWON DO SINCE YOU WERE PRACTICALLY A BABY. I ASSUME YOU FOUGHT WITH NO CROWD. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TO BE IN THE CAGE, TO HEAR YOUR CORNER, HEAR THE HITS LAND AND TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCERS. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? >> HONESTLY, MY DAD IS CRAZY, SO EVERY WEDNESDAY MY DAD HAS HAD ME SPARRING AGAINST BOYS. I FELT IF I WAS IN MY DAD'S SCHOOL WITH HIM SCREAMING AT ME. I PERFORMED UNDER PRESSURE AND PERFORMED LIKE NO FANS. >> IT'S NICE HAVING THE FANS, RIGHT, TO HAVE THE ENERGY? >> IT'S FUN. >> YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO COME OUT HERE AND MAKE A STATEMENT. YOU WANTED TO SHOW WHAT YOU CAN DO AS A FIGHTER.
I THINK YOU DID INCREDIBLE. WHAT DO YOU WANT THE FANS TO TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT YOU DID TONIGHT AND WHAT SHOULD THEY BE THINKING ABOUT VALERIE LOUREDA? >> I WANT FANS AND OTHER YOUNG WOMEN TO KNOW DON'T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T BE. YOU CAN BE BEAUTIFUL, GIRLY, HAVE YOUR PAINTED NAILS, HAVE AND DRESSES, YOU CAN GO OUT AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. >> THAT'S A GREAT MESSAGE. GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NEXT PERFORMANCE. >> VALERIE CHIPPED A NAIL BUT STILL WALKED AWAY WITH A KNOCKOUT VICTORY. MORE WE WILL BE SEEING FROM THAT YOUNG LADY AS TIME ROLLS ON. >> OUR LAST PRELIMINARY MATCHUP FROM HERE INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA CONTRACTED AT 150 POUNDS ADAM BORICS TAKING ON MIKE HAMEL. HE IS A TRAINING PARTNER SO HE WAS READY TO GO. SO IT'S 14-1 BORICS AGAINST 7-3 HAMMEL. >> HE HAS A BIG ADVANTAGE WITH FOUR POUNDS.
>> BORICS/HAMEL, OUR FINAL MATCHUP BEFORE THE MAIN CARD. >> WE CONCLUDE THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS WITH THREE FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS WITH A CONTRACT WEIGHT OF 150 POUNDS. FIRST INTRODUCING THE BLUE CORNER AT 5'9" WEIGHING IN AT 154.6 POUNDS, 7 WINS AND 3 LOSSES FIGHTING OUT OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA BY WAY OF GREEN RIVER, WYOMING MAGIC, MIKE HAMEL! >> AND ACROSS THE CAGE FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER AT 5'11" WEIGHING IN AT 152 POUNDS, AS A PROFESSIONAL HE IS NEAR PERFECT, 14 VICTORIES AND 1 DEFEAT, LING ADAM BORICS!RE, FLODA, A YOUR REFEREE IS D >> DAN IS OUR REFEREE. ADAM CS, MIKE HMEL. EEFIVEUTE >>ERE WE GO! TONIGHT'S FIGHT BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. BORICS IN RED GLOVES AND HAMEL, THE NEWCOMER IN THE BLUE GLOVES. HAMEL OPENED HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER 5-0 WITH WHAT HE SAYS IS HIS COACH THE LEGENDARY JOHN — THEY ARE GOING AT IT EARLY.
>> HAMEL IS BRINGING A LOT OF PRESSURE. A COUPLE OF STRAIGHT RIGHT HANDS. >> MIKE HAMEL SAID I AM NOT DIRTY OR CHEAP. I AM JUST ME. HE WILL BE IN YOUR FACE THE WANTS TO BREAK HIS OPPONENT WITH PRESSURE. BORICS LIVING IN SOUTH FLORIDA THE PAST TWO YEARS TRAINING IN MMA. >> HE IS SO AGGRESSIVE AND GOOD ADAM BORICS. THEY LOVE TRAINING WITH HIM, BUT THEY DON'T LOVE TRAINING WITH HIM, IF YOU GET WHAT I MEAN. TECHNICALLY A GOOD KICK. SOMETIMES YOUNGER FIGHTERS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAá OLDER FIGHTERS NEED TO BE CAREFUL IN SPARRING. >> HAMEL SPENT ALL OF THIS TIME WITH BENSON HENDERSON AND ADAM BORICS SPENT TIME TRAINING WITH MICHAEL CHANDLER. CHANDLER CALLS HIM THE MOST UNDERRATED FIGHTER IN THIS DIVISION. >> VERY AGGRESSIVE, GOOD WRESTLING BACKGROUND. YOU CAN SEE HE IS TRYING TO UTILIZE WRESTLING TO GET THE TAKEDOWN AND GET POSITION. HE JUST CANNOT GET WHERE HE WANTS TO BE.
USING THAT CAGE AS A BALANCE BOARD. HE ALMOST HAS A CRADLE. >> WHAT WE SAW WITH ADAM BORICS GOT TAKEN DOWN SEVERAL TIMES, AND THEN WAS ABLE TO COME OUT IN THE NEXT ROUND AND WEATHER THE STORM. >> THREE OF HIS KNOCKOUTS HAVE STARTED WITH THE BLIND KNEE. SOME HAVE JUST CONCLUDED WITH THE FLYING KNEE. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE FROM ADAM. >> THAT WAS A TIGHT SHOT. LOOKING TO KEEP IT EXTENDED. THAT'S HOW ADAM BORICS GOT BACK TO HIS FEET. >> HAMEL LAST FOUGHT ON FEBRUARY 15th. OUR LAST BELLATOR CARD WAS FEBRUARY 22. SAME TYPE OF LAYOFF. AS I MENTIONED, TAKING IT ON SHORT NOTICE, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WORKING WITH BENSON HENDERSON. SEEING THAT BLACK LINE — >> YOU START GETTING AWAY.
>> THREE-TIME CHAMPION IN ARIZONA. WRESTLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING AND THEN WENT TO THE GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY IN PHOENIX. MIKE HAMEL WITH SEVEN CAREER VICTORIES AS A PROFESSIONAL. >> THE FACT HE TOOK THIS FIGHT ON SHORT NOTICE, I THINK HE'S OKAY WITH IT. HE SAID I AM NOT OKAY WITH IT, BUT I WENT UP IN WEIGHT CLASS. EVEN THOUGH HE HAS A BIG BODY FRAME, I THINK HE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE PACE AND MAKE HAMEL FIGHT.
>> HAMEL WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE WEIGHT OF 150. HE SAID I AM NOT GOING TO TRY TO LOSE ANY MORE WEIGHT AND TAX MY BODY. I NEED TO HAVE ENERGY AND THE ABILITY TO STAY WITH BORICS. >> REMEMBER, BORICS NORMALLY FIGHTS AT 145. BUT TONIGHT HE'S WEIGHING 155 BASICALLY. [ BELL RINGS ] >> BELLATOR SUPPORTS COMBAT VETERANS AND FORMER PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES IN TRANSITION ONCE THE UNIFORM COMES OUT BY HOSTING WEEKLY WORKOUT AND PEER. TO FIND OUT MORE VISIT — OUR OWN JAY GLAZER TELLING ME EARLIER HE HAS SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS. PROUD TO SUPPORT IT HERE. >> WHAT THEY HAVE DONE THROUGH THE USE OF ZOOM AND KEEPING THESE GUYS GOING AND KEEPING THEM TOGETHER AND DOING WORKOUTS AND DOING THERAPY SESSIONS AND TALKING TOGETHER, JUST AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE JOB BY JAY AND THE M.V.P.
ENTIRE TEAM. IN THAT MOMENT WHERE THEY KNOW THERE IS SOMEONE THEY CAN TALK TO. >> ROUND NUMBER TWO. BORICS IN THE RED AND HAMEL, THE SOUTHPAW, SWITCHES HANDS, IN THE BLUE GLOVES. >> OH! >> THAT WAS A DIRECT HIT. >> DIRECT WAS A GOOD TERM. >> YOU COULD HEAR IT. >> THAT RIGHT KICK RIGHT ACROSS. THAT'S THE STYLE AS A REFEREE YOU HEAR PEOPLE GO YOU DIDN'T SEE IT.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO SEE IT. I CAN HEAR IT. >> HE IS LUCKY IT WENT ACROSS THE FRONT. >> INSTEAD OF UP OR TO THE SIDE. IT DOES HELP. BUT WHEN IT'S THAT HARD, A KICK FROM BORICS IN THAT FASHION, I WOULD BE TAKING MY TIME, TOO. >> HOW BIG BORICS IS FOR 145. I KNOW HE'S FIGHTING 155 TONIGHT. >> THAT'S THE DANGER OF THE ORTHODOX SOUTHPAW BATTLE, OPENING UP WITH THAT INSIDE LEG KICK.
FIVE MINUTES HAMEL CAN TAKE TO RECOVER FROM THAT SHOT. DON'T FORGET WHEN BELLATOR PRELIMINARY CLOSES, WE HAVE OUR MAIN EVENT, CHANDLER AND HENDERSON LIVE AND FREE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. TOP OF THE HOUR. HAMEL IS OKAY AND THEY CONTINUE. >> WHATEVER CARDIO HAMEL HAD LEFT — >> YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM CREDIT. >> YOUR OPPONENT IS STANDING HERE WHILE YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
>> A GREAT RIGHT HAND BY BORICS. >> BEAUTIFUL HIGH KICK AND THEN LEFT FOOT OVER THE TOP. >> MIKE HAMEL SAID I AM NOT AFRAID OF GETTING HURT. I HAVE FOUR PLATES IN MY FACE. I HAVE EXPERIENCED FIVE DIFFERENT SURGERIES. ONLY THAT GASP IS MY FEAR. >> THAT'S HORRIBLE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE STANDING ACROSS FROM YOU. >> FOOTWORK THERE AS YOU WATCH HAMEL AS HE COMES IN. GETTING CLOSE. A LITTLE DIFFERENT. >> BACK OFF THE FENCE. >> AN INDICATOR OF WHERE THAT WAS. BENSON HENDERSON IS IN HIS ROOM WATCHING HIS TEAMMATE. ALMOST A BATTLE OF STANFORD AND THE MAN AGAINST THE MMA LAB.
CHANDLER/HENDERSON BEFORE CHANDLER/HENDERSON. >> TWO FEATHERWEIGHTS. >> THE THING HE DOES IS VERY TECHNICAL. NO MISTAKE. >> BORICS GREW UP IN A VERY SMALL VILLAGE IN HUNGARY. HE LIVES IN FLORIDA FOR OVER TWO YEARS TRAINING WITH THE LIKES OF MICHAEL CHANDLER AND GILBERT BURNS. JASON JACKSON WHO WE SAW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. >> WHEN YOU TRAIN WITH KILLERS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, ALL OF THESE GUYS ARE WORLD CLASS FIGHTERS.
SO THAT CAN ONLY DO ONE THING. >> NICE CALL BY THE REFEREE. >> NOT SAYING DID NOT TOUCH THE CUP THAT HAMEL FELT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO WHERE HE SAYS I AM GOING TO STOP THE CLOCK. >> NICE OVERHAND RIGHT. HE SWITCHED THE STANCE AND CAME BACK IN WITH THAT OVERHAND RIGHT. >> BIG SHOT LANDED. >> I AM PRETTY SURE THAT CAME FROM THE CORNER. >> THAT'S JOHN CROUCH. >> THE LEGENDARY JOHN CROUCH AS MIKE HAMEL WOULD SAY. >> NICE FINISH. PURE DUTCH KICK. >> THE CORNER OF MIKE HAMEL, JOHN CROUCH AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, JONES AND DOING A GREAT JOB.
EVERYBODY IS READY FOR A GREAT FIGHT TONIGHT. >> THOSE WILL BE THE TWO GROUPS IN OUR CORNERS LATER. [ BELL RINGS ] >>> JOHN, HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT SCORED? >> RIGHT NOW, THAT ROUND DEFINITELY GOES TO BORICS. THE QUESTION IS THE FIRST ROUND. THE PROBLEM THAT HAMEL HAD WAS HE WASN'T ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE TAKEDOWN. THE BIG SHOTS WERE DONE BY BORICS. I WOULD SAY BORICS IS IN HIS HEAD. >> THAT'S GOOD COACHING BY JOHN CROUCH. IT COULD BE 2-0 HIM MEANING YOU ARE DOING GOOD, I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BUT I NEED TO YOU GO AFTER HIM. I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE PACE HAMEL HAS BEEN ABLE TO HOLD. >> ABSOLUTELY. TAKING THE FIGHT ON SHORT NOTICE.
>> HE IS IN SHAPE. >> THAT'S THE KIND OF FEELING YOU GET FROM BENSON HENDERSON AS WELL. >> FIVE MINUTES REMAINING. >> I WOULD HAVE IT 1-1, JOHN. >> YOU CAN SAY THAT, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER EARLY IN THE FIRST ROUND, HAMEL HAD A HUGE RIGHT HAND AND SHOVED IT BACK FOR A SECOND. THE TAKEDOWNS THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. >> ALSO, IT LOOKED LIKE A STRAIGHT LEG. MAYBE DIDN'T, BUT — >> JUDGE COULD HAVE SEEN IT THAT WAY. >> THE REALITY OF IT AS FAR AS CARDIO IS CONCERNED IS THAT NOW WE ARE LOOKING GETTING CLOSE TO FOUR MINUTES REMAINING. MIKE HAMEL KNOWS I AM GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LET IT GO AT SOME POINT HERE IN THE THIRD AND FINAL ROUND AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING GASSED OUT ON THE BACK SIDE. >> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL JOB. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAW ADAM BORICS PULL OFF. HAMEL WAS DEEP ON THAT. >> HE GOT IN DEEP AND BORICS WAS ABLE TO REACH AROUND, LIFT HIM A LITTLE BIT AND HIP INTO HIM MORE.
SO HE LIFTED HIS BUTT AND HIPPED INTO HIM. NICELY DONE. >> DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE ELBOW. >> WHEN YOU HAVE THAT POSITION, YOU EXIT WITH THAT STRIKE SEE YA — VIA THE ELBOW OR THE PUNCH, THAT CATCHES THE JUDGES' EYE. >> VERSUS A KID WHO RECENTLY LOST A COMBAT BATTLE. >> WHETHER HE WINS THIS OR NOT, HE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE EFFORT. AND HE'S SHOWING THE BELLATOR MATCHMAKER, I AM A GUY YOU WANT TO KEEP. >> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM FIGHT AGAIN.
THIS IS A FIGHT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AGAIN. >> AND BENSON HENDERSON'S CARDIO IS ALWAYS OUTSTANDING, AS IS MICHAEL CHANDLER'S. >> SHORT NOTICE LIKE THIS, TRAINING WITH AN OPPONENT THE WHOLE TIME, HE IS ALWAYS READY TO FIGHT. >> NICE KNEE. >> BEAUTIFUL ELBOW. A COUPLE OF VERY GOOD STRIKES. PUSHED AWAY THAT ELBOW. >> IN THE ROUND YOU ARE SEEING THOSE SHOTS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY OF AFFECTING HIS OPPONENT. >> IT'S A TIGHT FIGHT. I THOUGHT MIKE HAMEL FOUGHT BEAUTIFULLY. A LOT OF PRESSURE AND STEPPED ON THE GAS. HE HAS FOUGHT INCREDIBLE. >> RIGHT THERE. A NICE UPJAB. >> OH! AT THE SAME TIME. >> LET'S SEE IF HAMEL CAN DO SOMETHING FROM THE SIDE CONTROL. 1:20, AS YOU HEARD FROM THE CORNER. >> GUYS DON'T LIKE SIDE CONTROL. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE LESS ABILITY. >> HE IS WORKING ON THAT. HAS THE HEAD ARM POSITION. ADAM BORICS FIRST WIN WAS BY POSITION. GOT HIM TO RELAX. NOW ON THE BACK. HANDS GOT CAUGHT. >> WRESTLING CHAMPION. HE HAS LEARNED I NEED TO CONTROL THE HANDS, SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO IN A FIGHT AND GOT CAUGHT.
30 SECONDS REMAIN. >> THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT FIGHT. >> MORE OFF BALANCE. INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE BY BOTH SIDES. I AM IMPRESSED HOW MIKE HAMEL WAS ABLE TO STEP UP. >> THEY GO THE DISTANCE. >> GREAT FIGHT. >> ENTERTAINING AND OUTSTANDING DONE. WELL DONE MIKE HAMEL, WELCOME TO THE BELLATOR CAGE. >> ADAM BORICS FINISHED HIS LAST SIX WINS. HAS HE EARNED IT HERE? >> MIKE HAMEL ENDED UP EATING THE BIGGER SHOTS. SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T GO BY THAT, BUT YOU CAN SEE HAMELS WEARING THAT. HE TOOK SOME SHOTS, BUT NO MARKING, NO SWELLING. THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE, THE BIGGER SHOTS. >> SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT TAKING THIS FIGHT ON NINE DAYS NOTICE AND GOING UP AGAINST SOMEONE LIKE THIS. AT A WEIGHT YOU HAVE RELATIVELY NEVER KNOWN. >> A COMBINATION. BEAUTIFUL TWO-PUNCH COMBINATION AND ALWAYS FOLLOWED UP WITH THE KICK.
HIDING THE KICK BEHIND HIS HANDS. THEY BOTH STARTED FOR THE BLIND POSITION. THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP PUTTING BORICS ON HIS BACK. HAMEL ALWAYS GOING AFTER HIM, WORKING FOR THE TAKEDOWN. ONCE HE WOULD CHANGE POSITION. LOOK AT THE FRAMING. PUSHING THE HEAD OUT. THAT'S JUST OUTSTANDING FIGHTING. BEAUTIFUL JOB BY ADAM BORICS. HE IS SO SMOOTH AT WHAT HE DOES. TECHNICALLY GOOD. HE IS ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER. >> HE WAS HARD ON HIMSELF AFTER A LOSS. HE HAD NEVER LOST, KICKBOXING, MMA, HE HAD NEVER LOST IN HIS COMBAT CAREER. HE WAS SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FANS AND HOW HE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN HIMSELF TO HIS FANS AND THAT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
YOU CAN'T SAY IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. >> THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO BE A CHAMPION, TO PUT YOURSELF IN POSITION WHERE SOMEONE CAN BEAT YOU. HE GOT BEAT. >> THERE WAS SO MUCH HYPE GOING INTO THAT TOURNAMENT AND THEN HE CAME UP SHORT. THERE IS STILL HYPE AROUND HIM BECAUSE HE'S YOUNG. I'M GLAD HE'S PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON HIMSELF.
HE HAS A LONG WAYS TO GO. I AM GLAD TO SEE HIM TAKE THE NEXT STEP. TAKING A STEP AGAINST SOMEBODY RELATIVELY UNKNOWN. >> AND HE HASN'T REACHED HIS ATHLETIC PEAK, COME ON. >> AND DON'T FORGET, HE WON IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE FEATHERWEIGHT GRAND PRIX AGAINST THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT SHOWS HOW GOOD HE IS. SCORECARDS HAVE BEEN HANDED TO MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. HERE IS THE VOICE. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HAVING GONE THE DISTANCE WE WILL GO TO THE SCORECARDS. YOUR FIRST JUDGE, 29-28, SEES THE FIGHT FOR BORICS. SECOND JUDGE 29-28, HE SEES IT FOR HAMEL, YOUR THIRD AND FINAL JUDGE AT CAGESIDE SCORES THE FIGHT 29-28 FOR THE WINNER BY SPLIT DECISION, THE KID, ADAM BORICS! >> SPLIT DECISION VICTORY FOR ADAM BORICS. I WOULD SAY, GUYS, BOTH MEN MADE SOME MAJOR STATEMENTS TONIGHT. >> I THINK BOTH GUYS ARE WALKING OUT OF THAT CAGE WINNERS TONIGHT. MIKE HAMEL CAME IN AND PUT ON A PERFORMANCE AGAINST AN OUTSTANDING FIGHTER. HE PROVED HE BELONGS. I THINK YOU WILL BE SEEING MIKE HAMEL WITH A BELLATOR CONTRACT.
>> ADAM BORICS WITH A TRAINING PARTNER OF MICHAEL CHANDLER AND MIKE HAMEL WITH A TRAINING PARTNER OF BENSON HENDERSON. >> YOU ARE SET TO REMATCH MICHAEL CHANDLER IN OUR MAIN EVENT. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE TAPE ON THE LAST FIGHT AND STUDIED IT. WHAT WERE SOME OF YOUR BIGGEST TAKE AWAYS? >> I NEED TO DO BETTER AND DO BETTER THAN THAT. ALL SAID AND DONE, THAT'S IT. >> THIS WILL BE A THREE-ROUND FIGHT. LAST WAS FIVE. YOU SAID YOURSELF YOU ARE A SLOW STARTER, BUT YOU SAID KEY WAS PUTTING ON PRESSURE. YOU KNOW CHANDLER WILL BE COMING OUT. HOW DO YOU PUT ON THAT PRESSURE? >> NOT ANY BREAKS. HE COMES OUT AND RECOVERS AND PRESSURE AGAIN. WHEN HE BOUNCES AGAIN, I CAN'T LET HIM RECOVER. I HAVE TO PRESS HIM THE ENTIRE FIVE MINUTES. >> HE SAID HE THINKS IT WILL GO THE DISTANCE.
HOW DO YOU SEE THIS GOING? >> I WANT A STOPPAGE, KNOCKOUT. >> ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, BENSON HENDERSON, RUNNING IT BACK WITH MICHAEL CHANDLER. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. >> WHAT WE DO IS LARGELY ANALYZE APPROACH. WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS BETWEEN THE BOYS IN THE CAGE LATER, BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT HE JUST SAID, THAT'S THE PERFECT APPROACH. HE BRINGS ENERGY AND RECAPTURES HIS BREATH. HE NEEDS TO GO AFTER HIM. BENSON HENDERSON TALKS ABOUT WANTING TO FINISH. HE IS A SLOW STARTER, BUT IF HE IS LOOKING FOR THE FINISH, THAT IS A PROBLEM. >> THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN ABOUT 15 OR 20 MINUTES ON PARAMOUNT.
MATT AND TIM ARE COMING OFF A BIG KNOCKOUT VICTORY. GREAT CARD TONIGHT. >>> THEIR FIRST FIGHT HAD MMA FANS SCREAMING FOR A REMATCH. NOW THE FIGHT IS FINALLY HERE. ICON HENDERSON LOOKING FOR A KNOCKOUT IN THE.
