Dagestan has one other champion.
On Saturday night time at 3Arena in Dublin, Ramazan Kuramagomedov pulled off an upset, successful a unanimous choice over Jason Jackson in the principle occasion of Bellator Dublin to say the welterweight title.
Kuramagomedov got here out robust, dominating the primary three rounds with stress, feints, putting, and grappling, constructing a giant lead on the champion. It might have come at a price although as Kuramagomedov gave the impression to be fully spent heading into the championship rounds and Jackson rallied, controlling the grappling and repeatedly attacking submissions from high place. Ultimately, Kuramagomedov was capable of survive to the ultimate bell and maintain on to a choice victory.
Within the co-main occasion, Paul Hughes made his PFL/Bellator debut in model, ending Bobby King within the second spherical.
Hughes entered the struggle with massive expectations, having just lately signed with the PFL as probably the greatest prospects in MMA, however issues began robust as King dropped him early. The Irishman battled again after which took over the struggle, mauling King with vicious ground-and-pound en path to a TKO stoppage from elbows simply earlier than the tip of the second spherical.
In a featured predominant card bout, Arlene Blencowe as soon as once more defeated Sinead Kavanagh, leaving little doubt as to who the higher fighter is. Blencowe and Kavanagh first fought at Bellator 182 in 2017 with Blencowe squeaking out a cut up choice win, however this time Blencowe dominated Dublin’s personal, dropping her twice earlier than snatching up a guillotine choke to get the end.
In a predominant card middleweight bout, Dalton Rosta eked out a win over Norbert Novenyi Jr. in a enjoyable scrap. Rosta took management of the struggle early together with his wrestling and management, banking the primary two rounds. Novenyi rallied within the third although, pouring on harm to an exhausted Rosta, who managed to outlive to the ultimate bell.
Ultimately, two judges gave Rosta the win with the third scoring the bout a draw, for a majority choice win.
In the principle card opener, Darragh Kelly moved to 6-0 in his skilled profession with a fast submission of Mathias Poiron. The budding Irish star has been one of the thrilling prospects in Bellator since becoming a member of the promotion in 2022, and Kelly continued to dominate on Saturday, securing an early guillotine choke and ending Poiron in underneath 90 seconds.
Earlier within the night, Kasum Kasumov punched his ticked to a bantamweight title shot towards Patchy Combine with a dominant unanimous choice victory over Mattheus Mattos. Kasumov’s wrestling was merely an excessive amount of for Mattos, because the Russian fighter moved to 16-1 in his skilled profession.
Try full Bellator Dublin outcomes right here.
