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(Rankings are provided by Fightful’s David Tees)
Main Card (9pm EST., Spike TV)
Bellator MMA Women’s Featherweight
Julia Budd (Champion) defeated #5 Arlene Blencowe via split decision (49-46, 47-48, 49-46)
Rafael Lovato Jr. defeated #1 Chris Honeycutt (29-28, 30-27,30-27)
#9 (WW) Chidi Njokuani defeated #2 Hisaki Kato (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
#10 David Rickels defeated Adam Piccolotti by unanimous decision (30-27,30-27, 30-27)
Preliminary Card (7pm EST., Bellator.com)
Sam Sicilia defeated Marcos Galvao via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Gaston Bolanos defeated Rick Gutierrez via first-round KO (1:13)
Mandel Nallo defeated Alec Williams via first-round KO (0:18)
Brandon Phillips defeated Jordan Howard via unanimous decision
Juliana Velasquez defeated Na Liang via submission (armbar) at 0:32 of round 2
Cris Williams defeated Thomas Lopez via submission (triangle choke) at 1:39 of round 1
