Bellator 39 results: Alvarez outboxes Curran; Hawn and Freire advance

Midnight came a few minutes early in Connecticut, but Cinderalla hung around for 25 minutes.

Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez retained his belt with a
five-round boxing clinic over perennial underdog Pat Curran in a fight
that lasted far lo…

Midnight came a few minutes early in Connecticut, but Cinderalla hung around for 25 minutes.

Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez retained his belt with a
five-round boxing clinic over perennial underdog Pat Curran in a fight
that lasted far longer than most MMA pundits expected.

The bout served as the featured attraction of Saturday’s MTV2-broadcast
Bellator 39 event, which took place at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.