Bellator 118 took place on Friday night at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City and the main card on Spike TV was headlined by Joe Warren winning the interim bantamweight title with a decision victory against Rafael Silva.
Also on the main card, Andrey Koreshkov advance to the welterweight tournament final with a first round victory over Justin Baesman, and Liam McGeary punched his way into the light heavyweight tournament semifinal with a 22 second knockout against Mike Mucitelli.
TheMMAReport.com has put together post fight statistics from the fight card and are available below.
- Warren is now the first fighter in Bellator history to win a title in two different weight classes.
- Warren has four wins as a Bellator bantamweight and he is now tied with Ed West and Luis Nogueira for third most wins in Bellator bantamweight history.
- Friday night marked Warren’s ninth overall victory in Bellator and he is tied for third most victories in Bellator history.
- Warren has a total cage time of 2:12:59, which moves him into eighth place in total cage time in Bellator history.
- The defeat for Silva snapped a thirteen fight winning streak.
- Koreskov won his second straight fight by knockout and he has the second most knockouts in Bellator welterweight division history.
- Koreshkov now has seven wins in the Bellator welterweight division, which is tied with Rick Hawn for third most in divisional history.
- Prior to Friday night, Baesman had never been defeated by TKO/KO as his previous four defeats came by submission.
- Marcos Galvao is now 6-3 in Bellator and four of those victories have come by decision.
- McGeary’s 22 second knockout over Mucitelli is the third fastest victory in Bellator light heavyweight division history.
- McGeary now has four wins in the Bellator light heavyweight division, which ties Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal for third most in divisional history.
- He also tied Lawal, Jacob Noe, and Christian M’Pumbu for most wins by TKO/KO in Bellator light heavyweight division history.
- Darrion Caldwell scored his second submission victory in Bellator and he is now tied for second most submissions in Bellator featherweight division history.