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Join us tonight on Bloody Elbow for live results and detailed play-by-play as Bellator 208 comes to the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY.
The headliner for the card will be the second semi-final of the Heavyweight Grand Prix, with Fedor Emelianenko facing off with Chael Sonnen. The winner of this bout will face Ryan Bader in the finals. The co-main will see former UFC champ Ben Henderson meeting Saad Awad.
The prelims can be watched right here on Bloody Elbow, starting at 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT. The main card can be viewed on Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV) at 9pm ET/PT. DAZN is also live streaming the prelims and main card.
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Alexander Shlemenko vs. Anatoly Tokov
Round 1 – Body kick from Shlemenko. Straight right from Tokov. Shlemenko spins and lands a body kick. Nice counter knee from Shlemenko. They trade lefts. Tokov lands a right but eats a spinning elbow. Shlemenko clinches. He looks for a trip takedown but can’t get it. Tokov with a couple of knees. Tokov gets a takedown now. Shlemenko doesn’t stay down long. Nemkov with a bodylock takedown but it doesn’t last long either. Shlemenko stalks Tokov but wades in too far and Tokov clinches. Nice knees from both men. Shlemenko just misses with another spinning elbow. They trade shots in the pocket, then clinch up again. Tokov with another knee. 10-9 Tokov.
Round 2 – Head kick from Tokov. Shlemenko rushes in but can’t land. Nice left from Tokov. Hard inside leg kick from Shlemenko that was actually straight to the cup. Owww. Tokov told the translator “that was painful’. Humorous moment in a cage fight. They get back to it pretty quickly. Shlemenko waded in quickly but Tokov got a bodylock around the back. He tries to elevate Shlemenko but can’t. He scoots away. Shlemenko with a left, but he gets countered. Body shot from Shlemenko as he clinches. Not much happens there. So they try it again. Not much happens there either, so they separate. Shlemenko with a nice left hook. Tokov responds. Two body kicks from Shlemenko. Tokov spins around to his back but can’t drag him to the mat. 10-9 Shlemenko.
Round 3 –
Henry Corrales vs. Andy Main
Round 1 – Main pawing with a jab. Inside leg kick from Corrales. Corrales with a jab to the body, and two more inside leg kicks. Main with another jab. Corrales baits him and lands a left hook. He continues to work the body and legs. He misses with two big overhand rights. Main isn’t throwing much else other than jabs and an occasional head kick. Corrales has landed at least 10 inside leg kicks. Main kicks the outside of the leg. The crowd isn’t happy about the perceived lack of action. Combo and a left hook from Corrales. Now a right. He puts together another combo. Main connects with a hard left hook off of a kick. 10-9 Corrales.
Round 2 – Main scores with another left. Corrales still keeping up the high pace. A right hook from Corrales staggers Main a bit. Main trying to continue to jab and land some outside leg kicks. There’s not a lot on them though. Corrales jabbing now, and backing it up with a right. Main actually tries to get a takedown for the first time and trips Corrales to the mat, but he’s back up immediately. Corrales misses with a home run shot. Main with a jab. Combo from Corrales. Leg kick from Main. Jab from Main. Corrales with a combo to the body. Late combo from Corrales. 10-9 Corrales.
Round 3 – Corrales rips the body and lands over the top with a left hook. Main just can’t get a rhythm. Corrales misses with a right, but the follow-up left drops Main. One more huge right and a hammerfist and it’s all over.
Henry Corrales defeated Andy Main via TKO (strikes), 2:08 of round 3
Main Card (9pm ET)
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Chael Sonnen
Ben Henderson vs. Saad Awad
Timothy Johnson vs. Cheick Kongo
Preliminary Card (6:30 pm ET)
Jennifer Chieng vs. Jessica Ruiz
David Meshkhoradze vs. Shaquan Moore
Suhrob Aidarbekov vs. Tommy Espinosa
Nick Fiore vs. Jerome Mickle
Eric Olsen vs. Jeremy Puglia
Dennis Buzukja vs. Ryan Castro
Mike DiOrio vs. Andrews Rodriguez
Zarrukh Adashev vs. Christian Medina