Marcin Held (L) sinks in a toe hold submission against Rich Clementi in Round 2 of the Bellator Season Seven lightweight tournament semifinals
The Season Seven lightweight tournament finalists were decided Friday night (Nov. 16, 2012) with wins by Marcin Held and Dave Jansen on the main card of Bellator 81.
Bellator 81 took place at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island with the main card airing live on MTV2 and the prelim card streaming live at Spike.com.
Dave Jansen and Ricardo Tirloni battle in the Season Seven lightweight semifinals – Image: Eric Coleman /Eric Coleman Photography /Bellator Fighting Championships via Spike.com
Held moved into the lightweight final following a nasty toe-hold submission against Rich Clementi, forcing the tap at 3:04 of the second round in the main event of Bellator 81. While Jansen earned a split decision against Brazilian Ricardo Tirloni in their back-and-forth lightweight semifinal bout.
Season Six featherweight finalist Marlon Sandro made short work of Bellator newcomer Dustin Neace, choking out his opponent in the first round with a rear-naked choke to earn the technical submission win at 2:05 of the first.
Check out the rest of the full results below for Bellator 81:
Main Card (MTV2)
Lightweight tournament semifinal bout: Marcin Held def. Rich Clementi via Submission (toehold) – R2 @ 3:04
Lightweight tournament semifinal bout: Dave Jansen def. Ricardo Tirloni via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Featherweight bout: Marlon Sandro def. Dustin Neace via Submission (Rear naked choke) – R1 @ 2:05
Middleweight bout: Perry Filkins def. Jonas Billstein via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight bout: Andrew Calandrelli def. Eric Brown via Submission (Armbar) – R2 @ 3:10
Middleweight bout: Dan Cramer def. Joe Lamoureux via technical KO (Punches) – R1 @ 3:26
Catchweight (165-lbs) bout: Murad Machaev def. Lorawnt-T Nelson via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Catchweight fight (210-lbs) bout: Mike Mucitelli def. Matt Uhde via Submission (Armbar) – R1 @ 0:26
Middleweight bout: Brennan Ward def. Sam McCoy via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 2:49
Lightweight bout: Matt Bessette def. Paul Barrow via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Bantamweight bout: Ruben Rey def. Robbie LeRoux via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)