Bellator Fighting Championships 46
June 25, 2011
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino,
Hollywood, Florida, United States
Bellator Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinals
Featherweight (145 lbs)
Pat Curran (14 – 4 – 0) defeated Luis Palomino (16 – 7 – 0) by submission due to a Peruvian necktie at 3:49 of round 1. Curran, who is 5-1 in his last 6 (4-1 in Bellator), moves from [#39LW] into the featherweight “Top 250” at [#4]. Palomino, who was on a 3 fight win streak prior to this loss (3-3 in Bellator), drops 15 spots down the ranks from [#10] to [#25].
Featherweight (145 lbs)
Marlon Sandro (18 – 2 – 0) defeated Genair Martins da Silva Junior (10 – 4 – 0) by split decision. Sandro, who is 4-1 in his last 5 (3 wins by 1st round KO), holds his rank at [#11]. Da Silva, who was on a 5 fight win streak prior to this loss (4 wins by stoppage), moves 2 spots up the ranks from [#58] to [#56].
Featherweight (145 lbs)
Nazareno Malegarie (20 – 1 – 0) defeated Jacob Devree (10 – 2 – 0) by submission due to a guillotine choke at 1:25 of round 3. Malegarie, who has won all but 2 of his victories by stoppage, moves 15 spots up the ranks from [#61] to [#46]. Devree, who was on a 7 fight win streak prior to this loss (4 by choke based submissions), moves from [#272LW] into the featherweight “Top 250” at [#160].
Featherweight (145 lbs)
Ronnie Mann (20 – 2 – 1) defeated Adam Schindler (9 – 2 – 0) by KO due to punches at 4:14 of round 1. Mann, who is on a 4 fight win streak, moves 4 spots up the ranks from [#43] to [#39]. Schindler, who was on a 6 fight win streak prior to this loss (3 by choke based submissions), moves from [#291LW] into the featherweight “Top 250” at [#170].
Preliminary Bouts
Women’s Flyweight (115 lbs)
Jessica Aguilar (11 – 4 – 0) defeated Carla Esparza (5 – 2 – 0) by split decision. Aguilar, who is 6-1 in her last 7, moves from [#6SFly] into the flyweight “Top 15” at [#5]. Esparza, who is 2-2 in her last 4, drops 1 spot from [#8] to [#9].
Heavyweight (265 lbs)
Tony Johnson Jr. (6 – 1 – 0) defeated Derrick Lewis (4 – 2 – 0) by unanimous decision. Johnson, who has back to back wins, moves 9 spots up the ranks from [#80] to [#71]. Lewis, who was on a 3 fight win streak prior to this loss (all by stoppage), falls 28 spots down the ranks from [#150] to [#178].
Lightweight (155 lbs)
Alexandre Bezerra (9 – 1 – 0) defeated Sam Jones (1 – 1 – 0) by submission due to triangle choke at 3:27 of round 1. Bezerra, who is on a 6 fight win streak, moves from [#149FW] into the lightweight “Top 500” at [#343]. Jones remains unranked.
Middleweight (185 lbs)
Dan Cramer (7 – 2 – 0) defeated Josh Samman (9 – 2 – 0) by unanimous decision. Cramer, who is on a 3 fight win streak (6-1 in his last 7, 4-0 in Bellator), bounds 37 spots up the ranks from [#149] to [#112]. Samman, who was on a 5 fight win streak prior to this loss (all by stoppage), plunges 68 spots down from [#203] to [#271].