Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal avenged a loss to rival Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in the main event of Bellator 175 Friday night.
Lawal earned a unanimous decision over Jackson in a three-round heavyweight bout nearly three years after Jackson beat him by unanimous decision at Bellator 120 in the promotion’s season 10 light-heavyweight tournament final.
Lawal (21–6, 1 NC) was able to win the first round by outworking Jackson and landing several takedowns. He was caught with several hard punches from Jackson in the second round but rebounded in the third, winning 29-28 on all three scorecards.
Jackson weighed in at 253 pounds for the rematch, 41 pounds heavier than Lawal, and the extra weight seemed to have an impact on the former UFC 205-pound champion’s speed and cardio. Jackson (37–12) had a fight-fight win streak snapped.
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Sergei Kharitonov picked up a knockout win over Chase Gormley when he landed a stunning uppercut in the opening round of a featured heavyweight tilt. It was the 14th career KO/TKO win for Kharitonov, who also holds victories over Alistair Overeem, Andrei Arlovski and Fabricio Werdum.
Also on the main card, Steve Kozola remained undefeated with an impressive stoppage of Jake Roberts and former UFC featherweight Noad Lahat improved to 2-0 in Bellator with his second consecutive rear-naked choke win as he beat Lloyd Carter.
Here are the full results from Bellator 175.
MAIN CARD
— Muhammed Lawal def. Quinton Jackson by unanimous decision
— Emmanuel Sanchez def. Marcos Galvao by unanimous decision
— Sergei Kharitonov def. Chase Gormley by KO
— Noad Lahat def. Lloyd Carter by submission (rear-naked choke)
— Steve Kozola def. Jake Roberts by TKO
PRELIMINARY CARD
— Joaquin Buckley def. Justin Patterson by unanimous decision
— Tim Cho def. Joshua Hardwick by TKO
— Manny Vasquez def. Nate Williams by unanimous decision
— James Bochnovic def. Matt Paul by submission (rear-naked choke)
— Damian Norris def. Tom Shoaff by unanimous decision
— Mike DeLaVega def. Brian Akins by split decision
