Liam McGeary Issues Statement After Suffering Broken Jaw At Bellator 220

Liam McGeary appears to be in good spirits after suffering a broken jaw in his last outing. This past Saturday night (April 27), McGeary shared the cage with Phil Davis in a rematch. The light heavyweight tilt was on the main card of Bellator 220 insid…

Liam McGeary appears to be in good spirits after suffering a broken jaw in his last outing. This past Saturday night (April 27), McGeary shared the cage with Phil Davis in a rematch. The light heavyweight tilt was on the main card of Bellator 220 inside the SAP Center in San Jose, California. Davis scored […]

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Photo: Liam McGeary Shows Off X-Ray Of His Broken Jaw

Liam McGeary shows off a photo of an x-ray that reveals he suffered a broken jaw during his latest fight. McGeary lost to Phil Davis by third-round TKO in a light heavyweight contest on the main card of the Bellator 220 event. This contest went down on Saturday night at SAP Center in San Jose, […]

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Liam McGeary shows off a photo of an x-ray that reveals he suffered a broken jaw during his latest fight.

McGeary lost to Phil Davis by third-round TKO in a light heavyweight contest on the main card of the Bellator 220 event. This contest went down on Saturday night at SAP Center in San Jose, California that aired on DAZN.

McGeary took to his official Instagram account following the fight to talk about how he tried to fight through the pain of having a broken jaw in the fight before tapping out due to strikes. He wrote the following:

“Ugh… the jaw cracked in the second round and the tooth went in the 3rd. Soon as that arm came round and touched my jaw that was enough for me guys!! That hurt like a mutha fucka and you know I can take some shit too!!! Fuck it man, I was too worried about the takedowns in the first i was hesitant.

Shit you took me down in the 3rd and I got right back the fuck up! I’ve stepped my game up man, wrestlers dont bother me anymore…. just the bloody dentist hahah

Congrats @philmrw good shit mate, enjoyed throwing down with you man. I’ll see yo uin the bar for a beer when I get done here.”

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Bellator 220 Gets Henderson vs. Piccolotti & Davis vs. McGeary 2

Bellator 220 has two big fights lined up. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani has reported that Benson Henderson will return to action to take on Adam Piccolotti at Bellator 220 on April 27. The report also notes that former Bellator light heavyweight champions…

Bellator 220 has two big fights lined up. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani has reported that Benson Henderson will return to action to take on Adam Piccolotti at Bellator 220 on April 27. The report also notes that former Bellator light heavyweight champions Phil Davis and Liam McGeary will be fighting on the card in a rematch. Bellator […]

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Bellator 213 Highlights: Liam McGeary Knocks Out King Mo

Liam McGeary has finally got his groove back. The former Bellator light heavyweight champion had gone 1-3 in his last four outings going into his bout with Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal at Bellator 213. Make it 2-3 in his last five fights as McG…

Liam McGeary has finally got his groove back. The former Bellator light heavyweight champion had gone 1-3 in his last four outings going into his bout with Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal at Bellator 213. Make it 2-3 in his last five fights as McGeary finished Lawal in emphatic fashion. McGeary was able to thwart Lawal’s […]

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King Mo Returns Against Former Champion At Bellator 210

King Mo has his return fight booked.

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King Mo Returns to the cage at the upcoming Bellator 210 event where he is slated to fight a former champion on the main card. The Viacom-owned promotion is set to make their first trip to Hawaii and as a result, they are stacking this card.

King Mo Returns

On Monday, Bellator President Scott Coker announced on his official Twitter account that former light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary would take on former Strikeforce champ Muhammed Lawal at this show.

If you recall, these two fighters were supposed to meet at Bellator 185 in October 2017. However, the fight was scrapped once a Lawal injury forced him off the card. This is a big fight for both men as they are seeking a win.

Background

McGeary continues to look to get back on a winning streak as he is in the middle of a rough patch after starting his career 10-0. He would win the title by decision over Emanuel Newton in 2015 but then lost to Tito Ortiz. Following that, he was able to score a second-round TKO of Brett McDermott was submitted by Linton Vassell at Bellator 179. He is coming off a third-round TKO loss by Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 194.

On the flip side, Lawal is coming off a loss to light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader in the opening round of Bellator’s current heavyweight tournament in May that saw him being TKO’d. Before that, he was able to pick up a decision win over Quinton Jackson at Bellator 175 in March 2017.

Bellator 210 is set to take place on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. The preliminary card will air online at 7:00 pm EST while the main card will air on DAZAN at 9:00 PM EST. Ilima-Lei MacFarlane vs. Valerie Letourneau for the Bellator women’s flyweight title will headline this show. Rafael Carvalho vs. Lyoto Machida will serve as the co-main event. The promotion will be announcing more bouts in the coming weeks.

Card

Champ Ilima-Lei MacFarlane vs. Valerie Letourneau –  for flyweight title

Rafael Carvalho vs. Lyoto Machida

Neiman Gracie vs. Ed Ruth – welterweight grand prix opening round

Muhammed Lawal vs. Liam McGeary

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Bellator 194 Highlights: Liam McGeary’s Leg Gets Destroyed

Last night’s (Fri., Feb. 16, 2018) Bellator 194 from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., delivered a somewhat mixed bag of MMA action for fans. In the main event, Matt Mitrione advanced to the semifinal round of the Bellator heavyweight grand prix with a majority decision win over Roy Nelson, a result “Big Country” clearly […]

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Last night’s (Fri., Feb. 16, 2018) Bellator 194 from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., delivered a somewhat mixed bag of MMA action for fans.

In the main event, Matt Mitrione advanced to the semifinal round of the Bellator heavyweight grand prix with a majority decision win over Roy Nelson, a result “Big Country” clearly did not agree with.

The event was largely derided in the MMA community for the main card bout between inexperienced female flyweights Heather Hardy and Ana Julaton, a fight which the highly-promoted boxing champion Hardy won but showed little advancement in MMA skill.

Two fights redeemed the event in some sense with some hard-hitting finishes, however, as Vadim Nemkov absolutely destroyed former light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary’s lead leg with a nonstop barrage of low kicks. Also in the co-headliner, Patricky Freire stopped Derek Campos via first-round TKO to renew his title push.

Watch the full fight video highlights of the event here:

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