Bellator 249 took place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event saw Cris Cyborg successfully defend her featherweight championship against Arlene Blencowe. In some of the evening’s highlights, Aviv Gozali extended his undefeated record to 5-0 with a sick kimura submission over Logan Neal in the first round: Also on
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Image: Cris Cyborg on Instagram Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg was looking to earn her first title defense at tonight’s Bellator 249 event when she squared off with Arlene Blencowe. Cyborg (23-2 MMA) had made her Bellator debut back in January, where she captured the promotions featherweight title by scoring a TKO victory over
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Usually, Cris Cyborg makes opponents submit to her fists. This time, she did it with a choke. Cyborg battered Arlene Blencowe before securing a second-round submission to notch the first defense of her Bellator featherweight title and her first career submission in the headliner of Bellator 249, which took place Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena
Bellator 249: “Cyborg vs. Blencowe” is set to air tonight (Thurs., Oct. 15, 2020) from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Featherweight champion Cris Cyborg (22-2, 1 NC) makes her first title defense in the promotion against “Angerfist” Arlene Blencowe (13-7). Bellator 249’s main card will air on CBS Sports Network at 10 p.m. ET.
The Bellator MMA cage was at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on Thursday for Bellator 249: Cyborg vs. Blencowe. Women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg put her title on the line against Arlene Blencowe in the fight card’s main event. Cyborg captured the title by defeating former champion Julia Budd in January. On Thursday,
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