Junior dos Santos has one other title so as to add to his trophy case.
“Cigano” confronted Alan Belcher in the primary occasion of Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 7 on Friday for the promotion’s inaugural heavyweight title. In a bloody battle, dos Santos picked up a nasty second-round TKO stoppage to shut the present on the Kia Heart in Orlando, Fla.
Belcher got here out very aggressive, charging ahead to maintain dos Santos shifting backward. Nevertheless, the previous UFC heavyweight champion used foot motion and endurance to attempt to discover his openings, and dos Santos busted Belcher open with the primary clear shot he landed. The tide appeared to show from that second on.
However Belcher wouldn’t go quietly, as he turned the warmth up much more within the second. Finally, Belcher shot for a takedown, however dos Santos ended up on high in a dominant place, looking for submissions and touchdown floor and pound. As quickly as Belcher climbed again to his toes, dos Santos delivered the large shot that was the start of the top to win the heavyweight championship.
Within the co-main occasion, Chase Sherman took on fellow former UFC competitor Alex Nicholson and exacted revenge round a decade within the making with a brutal knockout victory. Nicholson began out wanting sharp, however being undersized at heavyweight in opposition to a man as highly effective as Sherman was an excessive amount of.
Sherman confronted Nicholson on the regional scene again in 2014 and Nicholson scored a first-round knockout.
Take a look at full Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 7 outcomes under.
