Bellator 19 recap: Soto stops Saraiva; Askren and Hornbuckle book finals date

UFC veteran Diego Saraiva hoped to make a statement in his featured
non-title bout with Bellator featherweight champion Joe Soto.

Instead, it was the undefeated Nor-Cal Fighting Alliance product that
made the statement.

Soto needed just five minutes to earn a doctor’s stoppage in the main
event of Thursday’s Bellator 19 event at the Verizon Theatre in Grand
Prairie, Texas.


UFC veteran Diego Saraiva hoped to make a statement in his featured
non-title bout with Bellator featherweight champion Joe Soto.

Instead, it was the undefeated Nor-Cal Fighting Alliance product that
made the statement.

Soto needed just five minutes to earn a doctor’s stoppage in the main
event of Thursday’s Bellator 19 event at the Verizon Theatre in Grand
Prairie, Texas.