Following a dominant first round, Joe Soto forced Yahir Reyes to submit to a rear naked choke late in the second frame of their headlining bout at Bellator X at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California on Friday to become the promotion's first featherweight champion.

All 16 fighters set to compete tonight at Bellator X at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California successfully made weight at yesterday's weigh-ins. Featherweight finalists Joe Soto and Yahir Reyes will square off tonight in the promotion's first tournament final with the Bellator 145-pound title and a $100,000 prize on the line.

Maximum Fighting Championships put on their twentieth event on Friday in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The event included a lackluster MFC Lightweight Championship bout that saw Antonio McKee defeat Derrick Noble via unanimous decision, earning the position as the first-ever MFC Lightweight Champion.
The first of the co-main events was a welterweight superfight that saw Nick [...]

RALEIGH, NC — WEC veteran Bryan Baker, who was a late replacement for WEC bound Nissen Osterneck, won the Carolina Fight Promotions middleweight title at The Carolina Crown on Saturday at the RBC Center in Raleigh, knocking out Aitor Canup less than a minute into their main event clash.
In the co-main event Team ROC’s Brandon [...]

FIGHTER SALARIES

Brian Stann ($18,000) def. Doug Marshall ($10,000)
Chael Sonnen ($34,000) def. Bryan Baker ($5,000)
Marcus Hicks ($10,000) def. Ed Ratcliff ($7,000)
Steve Cantwell ($8,000) def. Tim McKenzie ($6,000)
Hiromitsu Miura ($8,000) def. Blas Avena ($6,000)
Brock Larson ($24,000) def. John Alessio ($15,000)
Richard Crunkilton ($20,000) def. Sergio Gomez ($4,000)
Alex Serdyukov ($12,000) def. Ryan Stonitsch ($3,000)
Kenji Osawa ($5,000) vs. Chris Manuel [...]

Brian Stann def. Doug Marshall via TKO – Round 1, 1:35
Chael Sonnen def. Bryan Baker via unanimous decision
Marcus Hicks def. Ed Ratcliff via submission – Round 1, 1:42
Steve Cantwell def. Tim McKenzie via submission – Round 1, 2:13
Hiromitsu Miura def. Blas Avena via TKO – Round 1, 2:35
Brock Larson def. [...]

Brian Stann (204) vs. Doug Marshall (204)
Ed Ratcliff (155) vs. Marcus Hicks (156)
Bryan Baker (184) vs. Chael Sonnen (186)
Steve Cantwell (203) vs. Tim McKenzie (203)
Hiromitsu Miura (170) vs. Blas Avena (170)
John Alessio (170) vs. Brock Larson (171)
Sergio Gomez (156) vs. Richard Crunkilton (156)
Ryan Stonitsch (171) vs. Alex Serdyukov (169)
Chris Manuel [...]