Bellator Fighting Championships continues with it’s eight season tonight, featuring the Bellatir 86: Askren vs. Amoussou event.
Playing host to tonight’s live event is the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma with prelim action kicking off at 8pm EST (5pm PST) on the web at Bellator.com, the action then switches to Spike TV at 10pm EST (7pm PST) for the main card.
The second Spike TV event is headlined by a welterweight title match between defending champ Ben Askren who takes on Season Six tourny winner Karl Amoussou. The event also marks the debut of Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal who takes on Przemyslaw Mysiala in the final opening quarterfinal bout of the light heavyweight tournament.
Also featured is the opening round of the welterweight tournament featuring bouts between Douglas Lima vs. Michail Tsarev, Ben Saunders vs. Koffi Adzitso, Brent Weedman vs. Marius Zaromskis and Raul Amaya vs. Jose Gomes.
Fans unable to catch part, or all of the action, can read the ‘Play-by-Play’ recap from Sherdog.com, just hit the link.
Check out the full ‘Quick Results’ for Bellator 86 below:
Main Card (Spike TV, 10pm EST)
Welterweight title bout: (c) Ben Askren def. Karl Amoussou via TKO (Doctor stoppage) – R3 @ 5:00 – Amoussou’s left eye was swollen shut and cut above his eye
Light heavyweight quarterfinal bout: Muhammed Lawal def. Przemyslaw Mysiala via KO (Punch) – R1 @ 3:52
Welterweight quarterfinal bout: Douglas Lima def. Michail Tsarev via TKO (Injury) – R2 @ 1:44 – knee injury
Welterweight quarterfinal bout: Ben Saunders def. Koffi Adzitso via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com, 8pm EST)
Featherweight bout: Javier Obregon vs. Hunter Tucker
Catchweight (140-lbs) bout: Jason Sampson def. Chris Pham via Submission (Armbar) – R3 @ 4:55
Welterweight quarterfinal bout: Brent Weedman def. Marius Zaromskis via Unanimous Decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) – Zaromskis deducted 1 point for illegal knee to the head of Weedman
Welterweight quarterfinal bout: Raul Amaya def. Jose Gomes via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 3:12
Lightweight bout: Damon Jackson def. Zach Church via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R2 @ 2:43
Middleweight bout: Cortez Coleman def. Matt Jones via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)