Stay outcomes from Bellator 222: Rory MacDonald vs. Neiman Gracie

NEW YORK — Earlier than Rory MacDonald places put his championship on the road towards Neiman Gracie within the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix, there’s a whole night of Bellator 222 fights at Madison Sq. Backyard.

From a bantamweight title bout rematch between champ Darrion Caldwell and Rizin belt-holder Kyoji Horiguchi, to a battle of MMA legends Lyoto Machida and Chael Sonnen, this is how the fights are taking place:

Undefeated Borics spoils Pico’s return to the Backyard

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Adam Borics knocks out Aaron Pico with a flying knee within the second spherical of the Bellator 222 prelims.

Extremely touted featherweight prospect Aaron Pico suffered heartbreak (once more) within the Backyard, this time by the hands of undefeated prospect Adam Borics.

Pico (Four-Three) appeared good early within the bout, which was his first since becoming a member of famend MMA coach Greg Jackson. He took down Borics (13-Zero) virtually at will within the opening two rounds, though he did have bother retaining him there. Borics, 25, turned the tide straight away late within the second, nevertheless, as he knocked Pico out with a flying knee.

The end got here on the Three:55 mark of the spherical. Pico, 22, by no means went unconscious however was badly dazed and didn’t protest the TKO stoppage.

The consequence was paying homage to Pico’s nightmarish MMA debut in June 2017, when he suffered a 24-second submission defeat to Zach Freeman. That bout additionally befell within the Backyard.

Borics, of Hungary, is now Four-Zero within the Bellator cage, with 4 finishes. This was his first look of 2019.

Different outcomes:

Middleweight: Phil Hawes (5-2) def. Michael Wilcox (6-Four) by first-round TKO (physician stoppage, 5:00)

Light-weight: Marcus Surin (6-1) def. Nekruz Mirkhojaev (Four-Three) by unanimous choice (30-27, 29-27, 29-27)

Welterweight: Robson Gracie Jr. (2-Zero) def. Oscar Vera (Zero-1) by first-round submission (armbar, Three:15)

Bantamweight: Mike Kimbel (Three-1) def. Sebastian Ruiz (2-Three) by break up choice (28-29, 30-27, 30-27) Three 5:00

Males’s 180-pound catchweight: Haim Gozali (11-6) def. Gustavo Wurlitzer (22-23, 1 NC) by first-round submission (triangle choke, Four:02)

Girls’s 112-pound catchweight: Lindsay VanZandt (6-1) def. Rena Kubota (Eight-Three) by first-round technical submission (rear-naked choke, Four:04)

Girls’s flyweight: Valerie Loureda (2-Zero) def. Larkyn Dasch (Zero-2) by unanimous choice (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Girls’s flyweight: Taylor Turner (Four-5) def. Heather Hardy (2-2) by first-round TKO) (Three:53)

Featherweight: John Beneduce (Three-2) def. Kenny Rivera (2-2) by unanimous choice (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Males’s 165-pound catchweight: Kastriot Xhema (Three-Three) def. Whitney Jean Francois (2-7-1) by third-round TKO (punches, Three:17)

Males’s flyweight: Brandon Medina (1-Zero) def. Brandon Polcare (1-Three) by first-round submission (guillotine choke, Four:33)

Nonetheless to return …

Bantamweight championship: Darrion Caldwell (13-2) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (27-2)

Featherweight: Eduardo Dantas (21-6) vs. Juan Archuleta (22-1)

Bantamweight: Ricky Bandejas (11-2) vs. Patrick Combine (10-Zero)

Males’s 175-pound catchweight: Dillon Danis (1-Zero) vs. Max Humphrey (Three-2)

Gentle heavyweight: Lyoto Machida (25-Eight) vs. Chael Sonnen (31-16-1)

Welterweight championship: Rory MacDonald (20-5-1) vs. Neiman Gracie (9-Zero)