Patricio “Pitbull” Freire defended his featherweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Emmanuel Sanchez in the main event of Bellator 209 Friday.
With the win, Freire moved past Michael Chandler to top Bellator’s all-time list for total wins and championship-fight wins.
The event took place took place in Tel Aviv, Israel at the Menora Mivtachim Arena.
Both headliners were transported to a nearby hospital for precautionary reasons following the five-round tilt.
Also on the main card, former light-heavyweight champion Phil Davis was on the losing end of a split for his fight with Vadim Nemkov, while Ryan Couture earned a unanimous decision over Haim Gozali in the night’s co-main event.
Here are the complete Bellator 209 results:
MAIN CARD
— Patricio “Pitbull” Freire def. Emmanuel Sanchez by unanimous decision
— Ryan Couture def. Haim Gozali by unanimous decision
— Vadim Nemkov def. Phil Davis by split decision
— Olga Rubin def. Cindy Dandois by unanimous decision
— Adam Keresh def. Kirill Sidelnikov by knockout
PRELIMINARY CARD
— Khonry Gracie def. Ron Becker by unanimous decision
— Aviv Gozali def. Anton Lazebnov by submission (armbar)
— Jamil Ibragimov def. Jackie Gosh by TKO
— Sidemar Honorio def. Liudvik Sholinian by unanimous decision
— Denis Palancica def. Kirill Medvedovsky by unanimous decision
— Viktoria Makarova def. Yulia Sachkov by TKO
— Andrei Barbarosa def. Honor Kelesh by unanimous decision
— Christos Nicolaou def. Fadi Haiyadre by TKO
— Shimon Smotritsky def. Matan Levi by unanimous decision
— Itsik Rubinov def. Ion Pop by unanimous decision
— Nika Ben Tuashy def. Nisim Rozalis by knockout
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