Bellator 146 took place on Friday night at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma and the event was headlined by Melvin Manhoef defeating Hisaki Kato by knockout in the first round.
Along with the victory by Manhoef, the main card on Spike TV featured wins by Brandon Girtz, Bubba Jenkins, Chidi Njokuani, and Guilherme Viana.
TheMMAReport.com has put together post fight statistics from the fight card and are available below.
- Manhoef has won both of his fights in Bellator by knockout and his win on Friday night is his 28th career win by TKO/KO.
- Both of Kato’s career defeats have come by TKO/KO in the first round.
- Girtz defeated Derek Campos by knockout in :37 seconds and this is the 4th fastest victory in Bellator lightweight division history.
- Campos has dropped back to back fights for the first time in his career and he is 1-3 in his last 4 fights.
- Jenkins scored a split decision victory over Jordan Parsons and this is his second straight win.
- The defeat for Parsons snaps a 4 fight winning streak.
- Njokuani won his Bellator debut with a decision win over Ricky Rainey and is now unbeaten in his last six fights.
- Viana got his 5th career win by TKO/KO as he defeated Houston Alexander by doctor stoppage at the end of the second round.