Patchy Mix KO’s Raufeon Stots early, claims interim title, grand prix championship, million-dollar check, at Bellator 295

Bellator MMA returned to us tonight, April 22, 2023, for Bellator 295, taking place stay from Neal S. Blaisdell Enviornment in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Headlining the occasion was the bantamweight grand prix ultimate between interim champion Raufeon Stots (19-1) and no. 2 ranked Patchy Combine (17-1), as undisputed champion Sergio Pettis was compelled to withdraw himself from the competitors as a result of harm.

Raufeon Stots got here into the competition on an 11-fight win streak, together with a 7-0 run up to now into his Bellator tenure, solely ever shedding to present no. 1 ranked UFC bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili of their ROC title bout again in 2017.

Patchy Combine alternatively got here in on a four-fight win streak, having gone 7-1 up to now into his promotional tenure, together with his most up-to-date victories coming over former Rizin & Bellator champion Kyoji Horiguchi, in addition to former ACB champion Magomed Magomedov.

Proceed studying to see how this epic bantamweight title bout went down:

Official End result: Patchy Combine def. Raufeon Stots (KO) knee at 1:20 of spherical one

Stots opens up the bout with a pleasant leg kick, and the 2 settle into the struggle.

Each males are wanting sharp early on, although Combine lands a wonderfully timed and positioned knee 80 seconds in that KO’s Stots on the spot.

Combine partially lands a useless left hand instantly following, claiming simply the second knockout victory of his profession, in addition to the interim Bellator bantamweight championship, and the bantamweight gran prix championship at Bellator 295.

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