For Bellator’s Bryan Baker, solid gameplan provided marquee win (and a fiancee)

Bellator 43 featured Jay Hieron and Rick Hawn battling it out to determine a winner of the welterweight tournament and a shot at Ben Askren’s championship.

But it was Bryan “The Beast” Baker who stole the show when he dispatched of veteran Joe Riggs b…

Bellator 43 featured Jay Hieron and Rick Hawn battling it out to determine a winner of the welterweight tournament and a shot at Ben Askren’s championship.

But it was Bryan “The Beast” Baker who stole the show when he dispatched of veteran Joe Riggs by second-round knockout and followed suit by proposing to his girlfriend.

Before Baker could pop the question to his now-fiancee, he had to face Riggs. But as Baker told MMAjunkie.com Radio, once felt his opponents power in the opening round, he was confident he would be victorious.