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Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez scored a unanimous decision over Pat Curran to retain the 155-pound belt in his first title defense in Saturday’s Bellator 39 main event in Uncasville, Conn.
Rick Hawn edged former champ Lyman Good by split decision to advance to the finals of the season four welterweight tournament, while Patricky “Pitbull” Freire moved to the lightweight finals with a first-round knockout of Toby Imada.
Former UFC welterweight Ben Saunders kicked off the MTV2-televised main card with a third-round TKO of Matt Lee in his Bellator debut.
The official Bellator 39 results were:
- Champ Eddie Alvarez def. Pat Curran via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45)
Bellator Lightweight Championship - Rick Hawn def. Lyman Good via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) (welterweight semifinal)
- Patricky “Pitbull” Freire def. Toby Imada via TKO (knee and punches) – Round 1, 2:53 (lightweight semifinal)
- Ben Saunders def. Matt Lee via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 3, 1:24
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Any prelims results?
If there is a specific fight you have a question about let us know, but technically, the “prelims” for Bellator are a separate local card that isn’t typically mentioned on the broadcast unless there are big names on it.
Was hoping to see Luiz Azeredo results up here.
Main Card
Eddie Alvarez def. Pat Curran via UD (49-46, 50-45, 50-45)
Rick Hawn def. Lyman Good via split dec (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Patricky Freire def. Toby Imada via TKO Round 1, 2:53
Ben Saunders def. Matt Lee via TKO – Round 3, 1:24
Preliminary Bouts
Ryan Quinn def. Mike Winters via unanimous decision
David Jansen def. Scott McAfee via sub – Round 1, 4:58
Rene Nazare def. Luiz Azeredo via TKO (injury) – Rd 1 5:00
John McLaughlin def. Blair Tugman via unanimous decision
Nazare def Azeredo by tko 5:00 round 1
good card – didnt think that curran looked good at all!!! he didnt even try! i know eddie really wanted to say that but he is tooo nice of a guy!!!
ben saunders and rumble johnson should never be fighting at 170!!!! way to big, hurting their bodies!! i know that was at 175 but he has to be 200 pounds walking around. he like 6 foot 3.
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I get what you’re saying about Curran and his B39 underperformance, but consider this:
Who WOULD look good against Eddie Alvarez?
Maybe 3 or 4 guys in the whole sport?
Alvarez, or anyone else, can’t reasonably trash a guy for not being Gilbert Melendez or Frankie Edgar or Gray Maynard, right?
;-)
Alvarez looked real good. He truly is a world class athlete/fighter.
Props to Curran for hanging in their for 5 rounds, but he was clearly outclassed.