Lloyd Woodard submits Patricky 'Pitbull' at Bellator 62
Last Friday night saw the opening round of Bellator’s Season Six Lightweight Tournament. Headlining the card at the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas was a lightweight tilt between tourny favorite Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Feire and Lloyd ‘Cupcake’ Woodard (12-1).
Their match did not disappoint, with each fighter scoring some big shots throughout their fight.
In the second round, both fighters would stand in the pocket trading punches with the ‘Pitbull’ getting clipped by a knee before attempting a takedown. Woodard would take the opportunity to sink in a kimura submission to force the tap at 1:46 of the second, but only after Freire refused quite forcing ‘Cupcake’ to bust his elbow.
As a guest on ‘The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo‘ podcast, Woodard talks about earning the submission victory against a black belt but wasn’t “cool” that he had to break the arm to do it.
“I felt a little bit of dislocation, a little bit of crunching,” the member of the Dogpound Fight Team said. “It wasn’t like a snap break but it was definitely twisting, I felt rotating, I felt like something might give. My adrenaline was going real high so I can’t give you all the details, but I’m glad I got the tap. It wasn’t cool that I had to break his arm, but I’m glad I got the win.”
“I think people were sleeping on me for this tournament and didn’t realize I’m here to win,” the 27-year old said. “I’m a tough kid who went out with Mike Chandler and put up a good fight. He outworked me that day but it’s not going to happen again. I look forward to cracking his head at the end of the tournament, but first thing’s first, I have to get through Rick Hawn. It’s going to be a ball — it’s an hounour and a pleasure to beat him up and advance in this tournament.”
Woodard faces Rick Hawn next month at Bellator 66 in the tournaments semi-finals.
Hawn, who moved down to lightweight after losing in the Season Four Welterweight Final last May, earned his way into the semi-finals by defeating Ricardo Tirloni by first round knockout at the Bellator 62 event.