Bellator 91 Quick Results
Tonight at Bellator 91 the promotion re-introduced their light heavyweight champion and then crowned a brand new one. The champion hadn’t fought in 16 months and looked horrible, yet the challenger didn’t look that great either.
Christian M’Pumbu was making his first title defense against the 2012 summer series tournament winner Attila Vegh. What could have been a fantastic slugfest ended up being a slow-moving boring fight. The action was nowhere to be found in the Bellator 91 main event but at least the judges got the decision right.
The lightweight tournament semi-finals held down the remaining two Bellator 91 main card bouts. Saad Awad continued his knockout run with another first round knockout, while David Rickels dominated. Awad and Rickels will now face off later this season in the tournament finals.
Main Card (Spike TV)
205 lbs. Title Fight: Attila Vegh defeated Christian M’Pumbu by Unanimous Decision (48-47, 49-46, 50-45)
155 lbs. Tournament Semi-finals: Saad Awad defeated Will Brooks by 1st rd KO
155 lbs. Tournament Semi-finals: David Rickels defeated Jason Fischer by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
135 lbs.: Holly Holm defeated Katie Merrill by 2nd rd TKO
155 lbs.: Blas Avena defeated Lenny Lovato by 1st rd KO
135 lbs.: Andres Quintana defeated Russell Wilson by 3rd rd TKO
135 lbs.: Ed West defeated Josh Montoya by 2nd rd KO
135 lbs.: Adrian Cruz defeated Nick Gonzalez by 2 rd Submission (Scarf Hold Armlock)
265 lbs.: Josh Appelt defeated Josh Lanier by 2nd rd TKO
185 lbs.: Brennan Ward defeated Yair Moguel by 1st rd. Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)