The Bellator Season Eight Featherweight and Middleweight semifinals went down last night at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California live on Spike TV. In the featherweight semifinals Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (20-5) would earn a third round TKO finish of Marlon Sandro (24-5) while Mike ‘The Marine’ Richman (15-2) made his way into the finals with a split decision over Alexandre ‘Popo’ Bezerra (15-3). In the middleweight semifinals, Brett Cooper (19-7) would earn a come from behind third round TKO win over opponent Dan Cramer (10-4). The other 185-lbs semifinal bout saw the ‘Rhino’ Doug Marshall (17-6) earn a controversial split decision versus Sultan Aliev (9-1) after fans watched Aliev control most of the fight from top position.
Bellator takes a week off and is set to return on March 21st live from the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine.