Bellator MMA is home in San Jose, California, for Bellator 172 at the SAP Center. The main event will see a Lightweight bout between former Strikeforce champion Josh “The Punk” Thomson & Brazilian finisher Patricky “Pitbull” Freire.
Thomson is 2-0 in Bellator having submitted Mike Bronzoulis and scored a TKO of Pablo Villaseca, but is fighting for the first time in over 14 months. Freire had a 2 fight win streak ended at Bellator 157 with a 1st round knock out loss to Michael Chandler, but this “Pitbull” can bite at any time as proven by his 10 knock out wins.
Dark Prelims
FW: Juan Cardenas vs. Luis Vargas
WW: Dominic Sumner vs. Abraham Vaesau
131: Jeremy Murphy vs. Matthew Ramirez
FW: Anthony Do vs. Bobby Escalante
BW: Roque Reyes vs. Justin Tenedora
Spike TV Main Card HW: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione
LW: Patricky Freire def. Josh Thomson by KO (punches) 0:40 R2
HW: Cheick Kongo def. Oli Thompson by(30-26, 30-25 x2) unanimous decision
MW: Anatoly Tokov def. Francisco France by TKO (punches) 2:24 R2
WFlyW: Veta Arteaga def. Brooke Mayo by TKO (Dr. stoppage/ eye injury) 4:04 R3
WW: Mauricio Alonso def. Josh Koscheck by TKO (punches) 4:42 R1
Online Prelims
LW: Nikko Jackson def. Cesar Gonzalez by (29-28, 30-27 x3) unanimous decision