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In what has certainly been an eventful weekend for MMA fans, with UFC Fight Night 160: Hermansson vs Cannonier and two Bellator events already taking place, now they were about to see Bellator 228.
Bellator Dublin and Bellator 227 were both extremely exciting. On the one side, James Gallagher was able to continue his winning run in the United Kingdom and remain undefeated, while on the other, Benson Henderson welcomed Myles Jury to life in Bellator in the only way he knows how.
Also Read: Bellator Dublin Results, Bellator 227 Results, and UFC Copenhagen Results
On the Bellator 228 card, Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire was set to take on Juan Archuleta, while Lyoto Machida would face Gegard Mousasi. With several such important bouts as part of the card, there was some excitement before Bellator.
Without any further ado, let's look at what happened at Bellator 228. Before getting into the main card, we are going to talk about the Prelims.
Preliminary Card:
A.J. Agazarm defeated Jonathan Quiroz via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Ava Knight defeated Shannon Goughary via TKO (body punch, round 3, 1 minute and 46 seconds)
Antonio McKee defeated William Sriyapal via TKO (punches, round 2, 1 minute and 17 seconds)
Johnny Cisneros defeated Michael Jasper via TKO (injury, round 2, 4 minutes and 28 seconds)
Leandro Higo defeated Shawn Bunch via Submission (guillotine choke, round 2, 4 minutes and 34 seconds)
Weber Almeida defeated Castle Williams via TKO (punches, round 2, 20 seconds)
Joshua Jones defeated Dominic Clark via Submission (guillotine choke, round 1, 2 minutes and 39 seconds)
James Barnes defeated David Duran via Submission (rear-naked choke, round 2, 1 minute and 51 seconds)
Bellator 228 Results: Main Card
#1 Daniel Weichel vs Saul Rogers
After an extremely exciting preliminary card for Bellator with several stoppage results, Daniel Weichel and Saul Rogers fought through all three rounds of their fight.
Daniel Weichel and Saul Rogers faced each other in quite the fight. Rogers was unable to take Weichel down to the ground despite trying for two rounds. The two of them had a standup fight, with Weichel utilizing his right overhand, while Rogers tried the left hook.
The crowd was not too happy with the fight, as neither man was able to strike each other quite enough. However, Weichel landed two big right hands in the third round, helping him to win.
Results: Daniel Weichel defeated Saul Rogers via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
#2 Darrion Caldwell vs Henry Corrales
In the second fight of the Bellator 228 main card, Caldwell was able to take down Corrales early in the first round and then went on to open up on him on the ground. He continued to beat down his opponent, and before the end of the 1st round, he was able to open up a cut on the forehead of Coralles.
Heading into the second round, Coralles was able to shut down attempt after attempt again and again, as Caldwell was not able to take him down. The continuous pressure from Caldwell ended up with Coralles getting another loss in the round.
Caldwell continued to take advantage in the third round, with Coralles being unable to do much. After a warning from the referee, Caldwell finally engaged and had a takedown, which was unfortunately turned into a Guillotine Choke from Coralles, when the round ended.
Results: Darrion Caldwell def. Henry Corrales via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
#3 A.J. McKee vs. Georgi Karakhanyan
Before the MMA fight could even start properly, A.J. McKee was able to knock down Georgi Karakhanyan with a left and then started to hit him with shot after shot.
The shots were enough to help McKee pick up the win only 8 seconds in, earning him quite the victory. His father had fought earlier on the card getting a win as well.
Results: A.J. McKee defeats Georgi Karakhanyan via KO (round 1, 8 seconds)
#4 Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire vs Juan Archuleta
Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire was circled by Juan Archuleta early on and then kicked in the cup. Thankfully, Pitbull was able to continue. Archuleta fell down and while backing up tried an upkick which almost worked for him.
Thankfully, Pitbull survived and locked in the Guillotine Choke. He let the choke go and continued to dominate with knees, hammerfists, and finally a mount that closed off the 1st round.
The second round saw Archuleta poke Freire in the eye. He was still able to continue although neither fighter engaged much for the rest of the round. The MMA fans gathered around were not too happy.
The third round saw Pitbull drop Archuleta, hit him with elbows and go for the choke. Archuleta was bleeding a lot, but was able to continue. Pitbull ended the third round with the Guillotine Choke. The bell was the only thing that saved Archuleta there.
Freire dropped Archuleta yet again in the fourth round as he was able to take the back. Archuleta got a Guillotine Choke in but let go for a knee and missed. He hit Freire with another shot to the cup, with the referee shooting a warning that it should not be repeated again. There were quite a few stoppages in the round.
The fifth and final round saw Freire hurt Archuleta with shot after shot. There was really no competition there. The fight ended with Freire slamming Archuleta as the bell rang to end the fifth round. The Bellator Champion was able to continue on the Featherweight Grand Prix tournament unhampered.
Results: Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire defeated Juan Archuleta via Unanimous Decision (49-46, 50-45, 49-46)
#5 Gegard Mousasi vs Lyoto Machida
In a rematch of their UFC fight, Gegard Mousasi and Lyoto Machida faced off each other in the main event of Bellator 228. The two fighters had fought each other previously where Gegard Mousasi had been the one taking a loss.
However, this time when Machida met him, it was in Bellator, Gegard Mousasi's home ground.
The two went to battle in a very methodical fight of three rounds. The first shot was landed by Mousasi who sent his opponent back-pedaling back. However, the pace was slow for most of the fight with neither fighter really getting any offense in, and on the flip side, not allowing their opponent to land much offense either.
Mousasi was able to finally takedown Machida in the third round of their fight after continuously testing each other. Mousasi worked on him from a mount position, but Machida locked in a Guillotine choke that he cranked on.
Fortunately for Mousasi, although he looked close to submitting the fight came to an end when the bell sounded.
Gegard Mousasi defeated Lyoto Machida via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
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