It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, March 3rd, 2017) will come in the form of Bellator 174. Headlining the card are Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the rest of the main card. Marloes Coenen
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It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, March 3rd, 2017) will come in the form of Bellator 174. Headlining the card are Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the rest of the main card.
Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd meet in a featherweight title bout in the main event.
Brandon Girtz and Fernando Gonzalez meet in a welterweight bout in the co-main event. In round 1, Girtz was throwing haymakers eary. Girts landed a right hand then a trip takedown inside the first minute. Gonzalez locked in a guillotine but Girts got out of it. Gonzalez scrambled to his feet. Girtz went for a takedown halfway through the round but Gonzalez stuffed it. They exchanged to end the round. In round 2, Girtz scored a takedown to open the round and got half guard. Gonzalez got up but Girtz scored a takedown and got side control and worked him over with strikes. Halfway through the round, Gonzalez scrambled back to his feet.Girtz scored a double leg takedown with under three minutes to go. However, Gonzalez scrambled back to his feet. They exchanged to end the round. In round 3, Girtz was kicked in the nuts to begin the round. Girtz scored a takedown early into the round but couldn’t keep Gonzalez grounded. Gonzalez fired up in this round and started to land some big uppercuts and solid jabs. Girtz scored a takedown with a minute to go but Gonzalez got back to his feet once more. Gonzalez picked up the decision win.
Justin Wren vs. Roman Pizzolato is next in a heavyweight bout. Pizzolato comes out and clinches with Wren but Wren slams him down in seconds. Wren keeps him down and lands knee strikes to the body of Pizzolato. Pizzolato got up but Wren slammed him back down and rained down strikes. Wren got full mount and landed a series of elbow strikes. Wren went for an arm triangle from side control and got the win.
Opening the main card on Spike TV is Rafael Lovato, Jr. vs. Charles Hackmann in a middleweight bout. Lovato came and landed a huge head kick then some knee strikes followed by strikes to end this one.
Here are the results for this event:
MAIN CARD (Spike/9 p.m. ET)
Inaugural Bellator Female Featherweight Championship: Marloes Coenen vs. Julia Budd
Fernando Gonzalez def. Brandon Girtz via unanimous (29-28, 29-27, 30-26)
Justin Wren def. Roman Pizzolato via submission (arm-triangle choke) (R1, 2:35)
Rafael Lovato Jr. def. Wayman Carter via TKO (Kick, Knees and Punches) R1, 013
PRELIMINARY CARD (Online)
Emmanuel Rivera def. Treston Thomison via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Cody Pfister def. Jonathan Gary via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:04
Emily Ducote def. Katy Collins via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:53
Gabrielle Holloway def. Alexis Dufresne via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:53
Justin Patterson def. Jason Witt via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 0:13
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