Mookie Alexander and Eddie Mercado are here to recap this week’s Bellator 214 event from The Forum in LA, with hot takes, possible next fights, and results from the main, featuring Fedor vs Bader, as well as Jack Swagger vs JW Kiser, and they give their reactions to the overall event.
Mookie Alexander and Eddie Mercado are here to breakdown this weekend’s Bellator 214 event which took place at The Forum in Los Angeles, CA yesterday, Saturday, January 26; with hot takes, possible next fights, and results from the main, which featured Fedor Emelianenko vs Ryan Bader in the final round of their Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament. The main card was viewed on Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV) at 9pm ET/PT. DAZN also live-streamed the prelims and main card.
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Here’s a look at the Saturday, January 26th, Bellator 214 card results, via Tapology.com:
BELLATOR 214
MAIN CARD
Ryan Bader def Fedor Emelianenko, KO/TKO, 0:35 R1
Henry Corrales def Aaron Pico, KO/TKO, 1:07 R1
Jake “Swagger” Hager def JW Kiser, Sub, 2:09 R1
Juan Archuleta def Ricky Bandejas, Unanimous Dec
Adel El-Tamini def Brandon McMahan, Sub, 1:16 R1
POSTLIM
Ozzy Diaz def Christopher Reyes, KO/TKO, R1
David Pacheco def Jorge Juarez, KO/TKO
PRELIMS
Thor Skancke def Jesse Merritt, Sub, N/S Choke, 4:26 R1
Jesse Roberts def AJ Agazarm, Split Dec
Weber Almeida def Odan Ruiz, KO/TKO, 3:04 R1
Art Rivas def Sean Johnson, KO/TKO, 4:30 R1
Jay Jay Wilson def Tyler Beneke, Sub, 1:31 R1
Ryan Lilley def James Barnes, KO/TKO, 1:03 R1
Craig Plaskett def Ian Butler, Unanimous Dec
Desmond Torres def Steve Ramirez, Sub, 4:21 R1