Ricardo Tirloni / Bellator publicity photo
Looking to make it through to the next stage of the Lightweight GP, Ricardo Tirloni, a training partner of Thiago Tavare, set a trap for black belt Renê Nazaré. In the second round, after wobbling Renê with a hook, Tirloni finished off his opponent with an arm triangle. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1SSrIZiNeA
In the other GP bouts, former UFC fighter Rich Clementi outpointed Alexander Sarnavskiy via split decision, while muay Thai world champion Cosmo Alexandre outpounded Mike Bannon, forcing the doctor to intervene and call a stoppage in between the second and third rounds.
Check out the complete results:
BELLATOR
READING THEATER, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
OCTOBER 19, 2012
Rich Clementi defeated Alexander Sarnavskiy via split decision;
Dave Jansen tapped out Magomed Saadulaev via guillotine in R3;
Marcin Held defeated Murad Machaev via unanimous decision;
Ricardo Tirloni tapped out Renê Nazaré via arm triangle in R2;
Brett Martinez tapped out Eric Albright via guillotine in R2;
Cosmo Alexandre defeated Mike Bannon via doctor’s intervention following R2;
Duane Bastress defeated Lewis Rumsey via split decision;
Lew Polley defeated Carmelo Marrero via unanimous decision;
Darrel Horcher defeated Emanuel Brooks via KO in R1.
