Thursday’s event took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. and was shown live on Fox Sports Net, and its regional sports network affiliates. A highlights package airing on Saturday on NBC, Telemundo and mun.
Lightweight tournament finalists Pat Curran and Toby Imada faced off in the main event of the evening, it was a close fight but Curran earned a split decision in the end (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
The co-main event saw the only female bout on the card and Japanese fighter Megumi Fujii earned a 3rd round TKO over Sarah Schneider.
The full Bellator 21 quick results are as follows:
Tournament bouts
-Lightweight Final: Pat Curran def. Toby Imada via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Non-Tournament bouts
– Women’s (120 lbs) bout: Megumi Fujii def. Sarah Schneider via TKO – R3, 1:58
– Heavyweight bout: Mike Hayes def. Steve Banks via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
– Bantamweight bout: Brian Eckstein def. Mitchell Chamale via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
– Middleweight bout: Moyses Gabin def. Chris Boffil via submission (rear-naked choke) – R1, 4:41
– Catchweight bout (175): Frank Carrillo def. Sabah Homasi via TKO – R3, 3:16
– Bantamweight bout: Zach Makovsky def. Eric Luke via submission (kimura) – R2, 4:28
– Lightweight bout: Luis Palomino def. Jose Figueroa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)