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Title: Bellator 54 Highlights
Added: Oct 17, 2011
Author: BellatorMMA
Duration: 3:14
Description:
Returning to Atlantic City for the second time this season, Bellator Fighting Championships brought the fans to their feet inside Boardwalk Hall as Alexander Shlemenko and Vitor Vianna advanced to the Finals of the Bellator Middleweight Tournament. Current Bellator Bantamweight Champion Zach Makovsky earned his 14th career victory with a submission win in his non-tile feature fight against Ryan Roberts while Jacob Kirwin took down the previously undefeated Nazare in surprising fashion LIVE on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX2. The finals will take place on Saturday, November 19 at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida."The middleweights have absolutely brought it this season," Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney said. "Vitor Vianna, who is known for his submission game, has proven tonight that he has dynamite in his hands, and Alexander Shlemenko is absolutely one of the most exciting and explosive middleweights in the world. These finals will be an absolute magic at The Seminole Hard Rock on November 19." Alexander Shlemenko entered the night as the perceived favorite with Brian Rogers. The dynamic Russian entered the fight with over 40 victories and was the winner of Bellator's last Middleweight Tournament. Rogers surprised many when he was able to knock Shlemenko to the mat with a punch and steal the first round, but Shlemenko stayed true to form nearly knocking Rogers senseless in the second round with a flurry of big knees to the head. It took exactly 2:30 for Shlemenko to finish Rogers in the second round as referee Keith Peterson decided to stop the fight and award a stoppage victory to Shlemenko. It was a heartbreaking night for middleweight Bryan Baker who was eliminated for the second time in a Bellator Tournament. Just one win away from a possible rematch with Alexander Shlemenko in the finals, Baker was stunned early on by Vitor Vianna. While both exchanged blows early, it was Vianna that caught Baker with a crisp overhand right to drop "The Beast" and secure a Bellator Finals spot and a shot at a $100,000 payday. Winning his second feature fight since becoming Bellator Bantamweight Champion, Zach Makovsky submitted Ryan Roberts in the opening round at Bellator 54 by way of a brilliant North-South Choke. Roberts thought he'd have an advantage over the champ since he was dropping down in weight for this fight but Makovsky's stand up and ground game proved sharp as ever with "Fun Size" controlling the fight from the opening bell. After staggering Roberts with a stiff left cross near the end of the first round, Makovsky forced a takedown and set up a choke after making a beautiful guard pass into side control and then moving out in front for the finish. Roberts tapped from a north-south choke with just 12 seconds to go in the first round and Makovsky improved his record to 14-2.In a stunning upset at lightweight, Jacob Kirwan improved his undefeated record to 7-0 and dealt rising star Rene Nazare his first career loss in 11 fights with a win by unanimous decision. Kirwan took Nazare down at will and was able to neutralize both his stand-up and his ground game by taking the fight to the floor and riding out rounds in half guard. Nazare attempted a kimura and guillotine from the bottom, but was unable to get out from under him without the referee standing them up. Kirwan won the takedown war and spent the majority of the fight in dominant position.
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Tags: mma mixed martial arts bjorn rebney alexander shlemenko brian rogers vitor vianna bryan baker zack fun size makovsky ryan roberts jacob kirwan rene nazare tko ko knock out
mma mixed martial arts bjorn rebney alexander shlemenko brian rogers vitor vianna bryan baker zack fun size makovsky ryan roberts jacob kirwan rene nazare tko ko knock out
Youtube Comments: 38
MarcoTokes Says:
Oct 17, 2011 - A couple bad stoppages
TheKlingonFarmer Says:
Oct 17, 2011 - Cole "Lay and Pray" Konrad. Please knock all these boring ass wrestlers the fuck out. Warren already got his share.
Kanawanu Says:
Oct 17, 2011 - as your name says...now fuck off
BSproduction74 Says:
Oct 17, 2011 - bellator, i love ya and i think your an underrated promotion. but get some real heavyweights. if you were to put konrad in the UFC or stikeforce he would be destroyed by there mediocre HW's.
MrChristheDouche Says:
Oct 17, 2011 - Even if Alexander Shlemenko wins he still has to fight Lombard to which he already loss too....so yeah he is like Fedor an overrated loser and he will lose again If he even passes vianna....so please don't fuck off because I want to be here when I tell you I told you so!
cavil0510 Says:
Oct 18, 2011 - you know you need to work on your jits when you get submitted by a north south choke!
cavil0510 Says:
Oct 18, 2011 - i agree, i think Ivanov looked great. i think he is going to KO Konrad for you.
iLikeKELLOGScornPOPS Says:
Oct 18, 2011 - Konrad, Ivanov, and Santos seem skilled.
iLikeKELLOGScornPOPS Says:
Oct 18, 2011 - North south choke baby!
iLikeKELLOGScornPOPS Says:
Oct 18, 2011 - They stopped the Shlemenko fight too damn early
lilsm555 Says:
Oct 18, 2011 - I seen one of those heavyweights who was like the first ufc heavy weight champ or something and he lost to a rookie fighter on the show fight quest. The dude only trained for a week.
DoctorKnockout13 Says:
Oct 18, 2011 - lets go Kirwan brothers!
sweetswing1 Says:
Oct 19, 2011 - 1:45 the guy tried to soccer kick and missed, he's lucky or he would have been dq'd and that dude woulda been dead
AndyinMTL Says:
Oct 19, 2011 - cant wait to see Vila in action!is warren's up yet?
Brooke952 Says:
Oct 19, 2011 - keyboard warriors sucks balls
MrChristheDouche Says:
Oct 19, 2011 - Do you see the irony in your statement? Its very humorous based on your contradiction. Let me explain by being condescending, you are calling me out on being a "keyboard warrior" where in fact you yourself are "insulting" me by saying I suck balls. Now do you understand?
abrenfa Says:
Oct 19, 2011 - Go Vitor!!!!! War!! WFT!! estamos na torcida!!! praia da costa VV!!! Rumo ao cinturão!! Deus está contigo parceiro!!
BZX7PRO Says:
Oct 19, 2011 - Shlemenko FTW.
Indoom11782 Says:
Oct 23, 2011 - Shlemenko beast!
TheFuzzynandez Says:
Oct 25, 2011 - Bellator is taking the right route in building there promotion. They aren't immediately putting UFC castoffs on their cards just cause they were in UFC. They are thinking long term by getting unknown fighters and making them known. I really think Bellator should sign Paul Daley. They have some legit champs in Lombard, Alvarez, and Askren.
StewartLucrative Says:
Oct 26, 2011 - much like the UFC with fighters like ben rothwell and roy nelson. Except fans like you think they are good because uncle dana white said so.
lilsm555 Says:
Oct 27, 2011 - lmaoo roy nelson is the exception.
mmablogger18 Says:
Jan 16, 2012 - Zack makovsky is the best bantam weight in the world
67Zaka Says:
Feb 21, 2012 - Eh, why the fuck are they showing this on youtube at all? LOL.
TheFuzzynandez Says:
Oct 17, 2011 - Yeah totally agree but I was impressed with Blagoi Ivanov. They are trying to find the next big star by pitting these prospects against each other. I was going we would see the beast boy in the tourney.