Rampage earns close decision victory over King Mo, Brooks and Ortiz pull off upsets at Bellator 120
From a pure fighting perspective, Bellator's first pay-per-view event has to be considered a success.
Bellator 120 went down Saturday night in Southaven, Miss. and it was anything but a UFC castoff show. Boasting an exciting main card with enough surprise endings to make you think you were watching an M. Night Shyamalan flick - it was a pretty fun night of fights overall.
Michael Page channeled his inner Anderson Silva in a knockout of Ricky Rainey to get things started on the main card. The 27-year-old Brit showboated and literally danced around his opponent before earning the finish late in the first round.
In the Bellator heavyweight tournament final, Alexander Volkov submitted former Sambo world champion Blagoi Volkov to earn his rematch with Bellator heavyweight champion Vitaly Minakov.
The first big shocker of the night came when 39-year-old Tito Ortiz submitted Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko in just over two minutes to earn his first MMA victory since July 2, 2011 when he upset Ryan Bader at UFC 132.
In the co-main event, Michael Chandler and Will Brooks engaged in a back-and-forth war that went a full five rounds before Brooks was awarded a split decision victory and the Bellator interim lightweight title after taking the fight on about a week's notice for the injured Eddie Alvarez.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson earned a close decision victory over Muhammad "King Mo" Lawal who out-wrestled the former UFC light heavyweight champion but absorbed significant enough damage standing to lose the fight. Rampage called for an immediate rematch after the fight and said he wasn't happy with his performance.
Here are the full results:
| Division | Fight |
|---|---|
| Light Heavyweight | Quinton Jackson def. Muhammad Lawal via unanimous decision |
| Lightweight | Will Brooks def. Michael Chandler via split decision |
| Light Heavyweight | Tito Ortiz def. Alexander Shlemenko via submission |
| Heavyweight | Alexander Volkov def. Blagoi Ivanov via submission |
| Welterweight | Michael Page def. Ricky Rainey via KO |
| Heavyweight | Cheick Kongo def. Eric Smith via TKO |
| Catchweight (158lbs) | Marcin Held def. Nate Jolly via submission |
| Featherweight | Fabricio Guerreiro def. Shahbulat Shamhalaev via submission |
| Featherweight | Goiti Yamauchi def. Mike Richman via unanimous decision |
| Featherweight | Austin Lyons def. Zach Underwood via technical decision |
| Heavyweight | Mike Wessel def. Justin Fraizer via TKO |
| Welterweight | Ben Brewer def. Andy Uhrich via KO |
| Welterweight | Codie Shuffield def. Anthony Lemon via submission |
| Bantamweight | Brian Hall def. Cortez Phelia via TKO |