Bellator 225 Results: Former UFC Heavyweight knocked out after losing mouthpiece in main event

#3 Taylor Turner (3-5) vs. Alejandra Lara (7-3) (Women's Bantamweight)

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The women took centre stage next as Taylor Turner welcomed former Flyweight title contender Alejandra Lara to the Bantamweight division.

Round 1: The fight didn't take time to get rugged as both women clinched early. Lara smartly executed a trip and took Turner down.

Turner fought her way back up to her feet. They clinched again against the cage. Good knees from the clinch from Lara, who scored another takedown. Lara in half guard. She isolated Turner's left arm and connected with some good rights.

Turner forced her into an open guard. Lara got up and landed a big left straight to the jaw while coming down. Great posture from Lara. The fans popped for that. Turner looked to be in trouble but she survived an onslaught.

Lara jumped back into Turner's guard. Turner gave up her back and Lara had two options. The first was to work towards a Rear Naked Choke. She took the second option and began unloading rights and lefts. The heavy shots were just too much for Turner to absorb, who covered up until the referee stepped in. Pure dominance from the Colombian.

Result: Alejandra Lara def. Taylor Turner via TKO (strikes) (3:44, Round 1)

That was Alejandra Lara's first fight at Bantamweight and she looked stronger than ever. Moving up could spark a much-needed resurgence for "Azul".

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