Bellator 170 takes place Saturday January, 21st at The Forum in Ingelwood, California; headlined by former UFC World Champion and Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz vs. Chael Sonnen.
Ortiz for the 2nd or 3rd time has said this will be his final fight. Since joining Bellator Ortiz has submitted Alexander Shlemenko, taken a split decision from Stephan Bonnar, and then got submitted attempting to take the Bellator Light Heavyweight title from Liam McGeary. Sonnen is 1-3 in his last 4 fights, with all 3 losses comng by TKO and hasn’t fought since November of 2013. Sonnen recently got his license to compete back after serving a suspension for testing positive for a record 6 different substances. Sonnen spent his suspension doing a podcast, being a MMA analyst for ESPN, and being a commentator for World Series of Fighting.
Spike TV Main Card
LHW: Tito Ortiz (19-12-1) def. Chael Sonnen (28-15-1) by submission (rear naked choke) 2:03 R1
WW: Paul Daley (39-14-2) def. Brennan Ward (14-5) KO (flying knee) 2:27 R1
MW: Hisaki Kato (8-2) def. Ralek Gracie (3-1) by (29-28 x2, 30-27) unanimous decision
FW: Emmanuel Sanchez (14-3) def. Georgi Karakhanyan (26-7-1) by (28-28, 28-27 x2) majority decision
LW: Derek Campos (18-6) def. Derek Anderson (14-3, 1 NC) by (29-28 x3) unanimous decision Offline Prelims
HW: Jack May (9-3) def. Dave Cryer (11-3) by TKO (punches) 0:41 R1
Catchweight: Daniel Rodriguez (3-0) def. Christian Gonzalez (2-1) by TKO (punches) 3:55 R2
LW: Jacob Rosales (5-2) def. Ian Butler (3-3) by TKO (punches) 2:45 R2
LW: Mike Segura (5-4) def. Tommy Aaron (2-2) by KO (punches) 1:02 R1
BW: James Barnes (7-2) def. Rob Gooch (4-4) by submission (inverted triangle choke) 4:36 R1
WW: Curtis Millender (10-3) def. Johnny Cisneros (9-6) by TKO (punches) 3:48 R2
FW: Henry Corrales (13-3) def. Cody Bollinger (19-7) by KO (body shot) 4:28 R3
Online Prelims
WW: Guilherme “Bomba” Vasconcelos (9-3) by. John Mercurio (8-8) KO (3 punch combo/ 3 ground & pound punches) 0:41 R2
MW: Kevin Casey (9-5-2, 2 NC) vs. Keith Berry (15-13-1) is scored (29-27, 28-28 x2) majority draw
FW: Alex Soto (8-3) def. Demarcus Brown (4-3) by (29-28 x3) unanimous decision
FW: Chinzo Machida (5-2) def. Jamar Ocampo (2-1) by TKO (right high kick & right straight) 3:48 R3
LW: Jalin Turner (3-2) def. Gabriel Green (3-1) by KO (right straight) 0:36 R1
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