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Bellator 183 Live Results

It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, September 24th, 2017) will come in the form of Bellator 183. Headlining the card are Patricky “Pitbull” Freire and Benson Henderson, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the rest of the main card. Patricky […]

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It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, September 24th, 2017) will come in the form of Bellator 183. Headlining the card are Patricky “Pitbull” Freire and Benson Henderson, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the rest of the main card.

Patricky “Pitbull” Freire and Benson Henderson meet in a lightweight bout in the main event.

Paul Daley and Lorenz Larkin meet in a welterweight bout in the co-main event.

Roy Nelson vs. Javy Ayala is next in a heavyweight bout.

Aaron Pico vs. Justin Linn is next in a featherweight bout. In round 1, Linn clipped with a left hand right out of the gate. Within twenty seconds of the round starting, Pico scored a takedown and got his back and rained down strikes. Linn was able to get to his feet and Pico went after him. Pico landed a series of strikes just rapid fire. Went off. Linn survived it and the crowd went nuts. Pico clipped him with a right hand and scored another takedown midway through the round. Linn was able to get back to his feet moments later and Pico scored a left hook for a walk-off KO.

Opening the main card on Spike TV is Adam Piccolotti vs. Goiti Yamauchi in a lightweight bout. In round 1, Picco went for a takedown but Yamauchi caught him with a guillotine choke. Yamauchi then went for an armbar but Picco got out of it and back to his feet. Yamauchi hung onto his left leg then clinched up against the fence. Yamauchi got on his back and locked in the rear-naked choke for the win.

Here are the results for this event:

MAIN CARD (Spike/9 p.m. ET)

Lightweight: Benson Henderson vs. Patricky “Pitbull” Freire

Welterweight: Paul Daley vs. Lorenz Larkin

Heavyweight: Roy Nelson vs. Javy Ayala

Featherweight: Aaron Pico def. Justin Linn via KO (punch) at 3:45 of R1

Lightweight: Goiti Yamauchi def. Adam Piccolotti via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:19 of R1

PRELIMINARY CARD (Online/7 p.m. ET)

Tony Johnson def. Mike Ortega via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 1:49

Kaytlin Neil def. Brooke Mayo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Brandon Laroco def. Gaston Bolanos via technical submission (triangle choke) – Round 2, 2:16

Jaimelene Nievera def. Corina Herrera via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-28, 29-27)

Fernando Gonzalez def. Alex Lopez via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Ricardo Vasquez def. Justin Tenedora via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:39

J.J. Okanovich def. Luis Jauregui via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 0:42

Daniel Gonzalez def. Anthony Castrejon via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 4:03

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Betting Odds For Bellator 183: Is Roy Nelson Favored In Bellator Debut?

Bellator 183 is here, and it goes down tonight (Saturday, September 23rd) from the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The main card airs on Spike TV at 9 PM EST while the preliminary card will air online at 7 PM EST. Occurring also is Bellator Kickboxing 7 is headlined by welterweight title bout pitting […]

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Bellator 183 is here, and it goes down tonight (Saturday, September 23rd) from the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The main card airs on Spike TV at 9 PM EST while the preliminary card will air online at 7 PM EST. Occurring also is Bellator Kickboxing 7 is headlined by welterweight title bout pitting champion Karim Ghajji vs. Raymond Daniels.

The main event will feature Benson Henderson vs. Patricky Pitbull in a lightweight bout. Rounding out the five bout main card is Roy Nelson vs. Javy Ayala in a heavyweight bout, Paul Daley vs. Lorenz Larkin in a welterweight bout, Adam Piccolotti vs. Goiti Yamauchi in a lightweight bout, and Aaron Pico vs. Justin Linn in a featherweight bout.

According to oddsmakers, Henderson is a -220 favorite over Freire, who is a +180 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Ayala being a +155 underdog against Nelson, who is a -175 favorite. Here the betting odds for the main card:

Lightweight: Benson Henderson (-220) vs. Patricky “Pitbull” Freire (+180)

Heavyweight: Roy Nelson (-175) vs. Javy Ayala (+155)

Welterweight: Paul Daley (+245) vs. Lorenz Larkin (-290)

Lightweight: Adam Piccolotti (-170) vs. Goiti Yamauchi (+150)

Featherweight: Aaron Pico (-800) vs. Justin Linn (+550)

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Benson Henderson Wants 15 Fights In Final Three Years Of Career

Former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson has gone just 1-2 under the Bellator banner since signing with the promotion in 2016, but he’s also had to deal with some injury setbacks. Late last year, Henderson underwent successful knee injury, and he recently revealed that he feels fully healthy heading into his Bellator 183 main event […]

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Former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson has gone just 1-2 under the Bellator banner since signing with the promotion in 2016, but he’s also had to deal with some injury setbacks.

Late last year, Henderson underwent successful knee injury, and he recently revealed that he feels fully healthy heading into his Bellator 183 main event bout against Patricky Freire, which is set to take place tomorrow night (Sept. 23, 2017) from San Jose, California:

“It feels great to know in the back of my head that there’s nothing wrong,” Henderson told MMAjunkie. “There’s no ailments, no ‘knee doesn’t feel quite right, but that’s OK, I’ll get it taken care of after I’m done fighting.’ But to know truly that everything is good to go.”

At 33 years of age, time is ticking on Henderson’s fighting career, especially because he once said that he’d like to retire at age 33 to join the military. That is no longer the plan, although “Smooth” would still like to conclude his fighting career in the coming years and potentially join the reserves.

The ex-UFC champion said that he’d like to fight 15 times in the final three years of his career, and he hopes that most of those fights are title fights:

“I have more time to do it now,” Henderson said. “That being said, I have a limited amount of time left – one year, two years. I know I don’t want to be fighting when I’m 40. I don’t want to be fighting when I’m 37. And I don’t want to be fighting when I’m 36.

“But in that time, for most of my fights, I don’t take a lot of damage. I want however long I have (left), I want those to be as action-packed as possible. I want to get 15 fights in those three years. Hopefully, they’re all title fights.”

Henderson challenged Michael Chandler for the Bellator lightweight title this past November, but suffered a decision loss. He also challenged Andrey Koreshkov for the Bellator welterweight title in his promotional debut in April 2016, but lost a one-sided unanimous decision.

A win over Freire would put “Smooth” right back into title contention at 155 pounds.

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Patricky Freire Picturing Knockout Win Over Benson Henderson

Patricky Freire is hoping to earn another significant knockout victory. Tomorrow night (Sept. 23), Freire will take on Benson Henderson. The bout will serve as the main event of Bellator 183. “Pitbull” is not only hoping for his second straight win, he’s also vying for back-to-back knockouts. Speaking to MMAMania.com, Freire said he’s prepared to […]

Patricky Freire is hoping to earn another significant knockout victory. Tomorrow night (Sept. 23), Freire will take on Benson Henderson. The bout will serve as the main event of Bellator 183. “Pitbull” is not only hoping for his second straight win, he’s also vying for back-to-back knockouts. Speaking to MMAMania.com, Freire said he’s prepared to […]

Benson Henderson Hopes to Bring Excitement in Final Years of MMA Competition

Benson Henderson is ready for some action-packed bouts to close out his mixed martial arts (MMA) career. This Saturday night (Sept. 23), Henderson will take on Patricky Freire inside the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The lightweight scrap is set to headline Bellator 183. Speaking to MMAJunkie.com, Henderson said there is some time left […]

Benson Henderson is ready for some action-packed bouts to close out his mixed martial arts (MMA) career. This Saturday night (Sept. 23), Henderson will take on Patricky Freire inside the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The lightweight scrap is set to headline Bellator 183. Speaking to MMAJunkie.com, Henderson said there is some time left […]

Former UFC Champ: Mayweather vs. McGregor Hurt Integrity Of MMA

After Aug. 26’s boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, which ended in a tenth round knockout victory for “Money”, many seemed to be somewhat impressed with McGregor’s performance. The MMA community, specifically, seemed to pleased or content with what transpired for the most part. Former UFC lightweight champion and current […]

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After Aug. 26’s boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, which ended in a tenth round knockout victory for “Money”, many seemed to be somewhat impressed with McGregor’s performance.

The MMA community, specifically, seemed to pleased or content with what transpired for the most part.

Former UFC lightweight champion and current Bellator standout Benson Henderson, however, doesn’t share that same sentiment.

In a recent interview, “Smooth” said that if the crossover fights like Mayweather vs. McGregor become a trend, MMA will ultimately suffer:

“People will start to view us like WWE,” Henderson told ESPN. “You start having freak shows like that — mock contests — and bill them as real? That’s not the way to go.

“Soon, you’ll see fights that are basically worked. ‘Oh, this guy will win, but it will be really close first.’ One guy is carrying the other, for the sake of millions. How close to the edge are we talking to a worked fight? How close to that line do we want to get? Let’s be honest. Let’s call it like we see it.”

Henderson didn’t necessarily imply that the fight was fixed, but he did say that fights like this get ‘too close to skirting the edge’ of a fixed fight. He also said that the ‘integrity of MMA’ is at danger of being hurt in situations like this:

“It’s a very slippery slope when you have a world champion boxer fighting an MMA guy for the sake of money, and he can’t knock him out in the first round,” Henderson said. “He has to make sure he carries him a little bit. For me, that’s too close to skirting the edge [of a fixed fight].

“I think Floyd even said that to a certain extent. He threw six punches in the first round. Would you not call that suspect? Make sure it lasts a couple rounds, then put him away whenever you want? That’s detrimental to the integrity of MMA, to people buying a fight thinking, ‘Oh no, this isn’t fake. It’s real. These guys aren’t carrying each other.’”

Henderson, who has been recovering from ACL surgery, is set to make his return to action at Bellator 183 next week in San Jose, California against Patricky “Pitbull” Freire.

Do you agree with his comments?

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