The inaugural Bellator Champions Series event took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland with a pair of notable title fights headlining the card.
Corey Anderson won the vacant Bellator MMA light heavyweight championship in the main event, while Patricio Pitbull earned another featherweight tile defence in the co-main event.
Anderson a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) and avoided an armbar submission attempt from Belfast’s own Karl Moore.
Pitbull finished Canada’s Jeremy Kennedy in the third round via strikes before calling out Aaron Pico.
Below are the complete results from Bellator Champions Series 1:
MAIN CARD
-- Corey Anderson def. Karl Moore via unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, 50–45)
-- Patrício Pitbull def. Jeremy Kennedy via TKO at 4:07 of Round 3
-- Fabian Edwards def. Aaron Jeffery via unanimous decision (29–28 x3)
-- Leandro Higo def. James Gallagher via unanimous decision (29–28 x3)
-- Manouel Sousa def. Tim Wilde via KO at 4:48 of Round 1
PRELIMINARY CARD
-- Ciaran Clarke def. Darius Mafi via SUB (arm-triangle choke) at 0:41 of Round 3
-- Alfie Davis def. Oscar Ownsworth via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
-- Luke Trainer def. Grant Neal via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
-- Nathan Kelly def. Vikas Singh Ruhil via KO at 0:40 of Round 1
-- Abraham Bably defeated Isaiah Pinson via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
-- Nate Kelly def. Jordan Elliott via SUB (armbar) at 1:48 of Round 1 (amateur bout)
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