The latest Bellator Season Eight event took place Thursday night with Bellator 88: Shlemenko vs. Falcao at The Arena At Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia.
Headlining the event were middleweight tournament winners Alexander Shlemenko and Maiqeul Falcao who were set to battle for the vacant Bellator 185-lbs title.
The event also featured the opening round of the Season Eight Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinals
The main card aired live on Spike TV while the entire prelim card streamed live on the web at Spike.com.
Check out the full Bellator 88 ‘Quick Results’
Main Card (Spike TV, 10pm EST)
Middleweight title bout: (c) Alexander Shlemenko def. Maiquel Falcao via KO (Punches) – R2 @ 2:18
Featherweight tournament quarterfinal: Marlon Sandro def. Akop Stepanyan via Majority Decision (28-28, 29-27, 29-27) – Stepanyan deducted 1 point for holding the fence
Featherweight tournament quarterfinal: Mitch Jackson def. Mike Richman via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 4:57
Featherweight tournament quarterfinal: Alexandre Bezerra def. Genair da Silva via Submission (Armbar) – R1 @ 1:40
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Featherweight tournament quarterfinal: Magomedrasul Khasbulaev def. Fabricio Guerreiro via Submission (Arm-triangle choke) – R2 @ 1:15
Lightweight bout: Joe Elmore def. Jerrid Burke via KO (Punch) – R2 @ 4:11
Featherweight bout: Ronnie Rogers def. Shane Crenshaw via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Clay Harvison def. Ururahy Rodrigues via TKO (Knee) – R3 @ 3:34
Featherweight bout: George Hickman def. Stephen Upchurch via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 2:19