Bellator Fighting Championships bills itself as the place “Where championships are earned, not given.”
Following a highly controversial split-decision loss to fellow
season-four welterweight tournament finalist Jay Hieron, former Olympic judoka Rick
Hawn might disagree.
The Hieron vs. Hawn bout served as the featured contest of Saturday’s
Bellator 43 event, which took place at the First Council Casino Hotel in
Newkirk, Okla., and aired on MTV2.