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Main Card:
Karl Amoussou def. Bryan Baker via submission (heel hook)
Paul Daley def. Rudy Bears via first-round TKO
Attila Vegh def. Emanuel Newton via split decision 29-28, 27-30, 29-28
Travis Wiuff def. Tim Carpenter via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Marius Zaromskis def. Waachiim Spiritwolf via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Undercard:
Paul Barrow def. Jason Carapelluci via submission (rear naked choke) at :46 of round 3
Ben Saunders def. Brian Warren by TKO (ref stoppage) at :22 of round 1
Raul Amaya def. Kenny Moss via TKO at :30 of round 2*
Matt McCook def. Shanon Slack via split decision (29-28S, 29-28M, 29-28M)
Bellator 72 Results: Amoussou Wins Welterweight Tourney, Daley Debuts With TKO
Prior to Bellator's season six welterweight tournament, Karl Amoussou promised that with his new fulltime training schedule, he'd sweep through his bracket and fight for the belt.
Mission accomplished.
In Friday night's tourney final, he was at his best, needing only 56 seconds to dispatch Bryan Baker via inverted heel hook submission at Bellator 72.
The finish came just moments after a restart following an illegal eye-poke by Baker that caused a timeout. Amoussou quickly dropped low and locked in the dangerous hold, and Baker immediately tapped. It was the first tapout loss in Baker's career.
Afterward, Amoussou quickly turned his attention to current welterweight champion Ben Askren, who he will face in a future title match.
"Lay-and-prayer, it's time to face the Pyscho-man," he said. "And it's time to sleep."
Amoussou, who is now 16-4-2, previously went through David Rickels and Chris Lozano on his way to the finals. He had tears in his eyes after beating Baker.
"I feel great," he said. "It was such hard work. I still have so much more. This is all my life. Now here I am. I'm really happy."
Baker fell to 18-4.
The only other fighter to finish on the main card was fellow welterweight Paul Daley, who announced himself in the promotion by knocking out Rudy Bears in his Bellator debut.
Daley dropped Bears with a left hook, then finished him off with ground strikes just 2:45 into the first round. Daley got off to a slow start but first hurt Bears with a knee from the Thai plum position, then crushed Bears with a left hook moments later. From there it was over within seconds.
Daley later warned the rest of the welterweight division that he was coming, saying he wanted in on the next 170-pound tournament.
"Anybody who trades with me is getting knocked out, simple," he said.
With the win, Daley earned his 30th pro victory against 12 defeats and 2 draws. It was his first knockout in six fights. Bears is now 14-11.
While Daley's arrival in the welterweight division sets up the promotion for future tourneys, in the more immediate present, Travis Wiuff and Attila Vegh advanced to the Bellator light-heavyweight tournament finals.
Wiuff (68-14, 1 no contest) dominated Tim Carpenter with his wrestling and ground work throughout the course of their three-round fight, winning by a sweep of 30-27 scores.
Afterward, he told current light-heavyweight champ Christian M'Pumbu that he was coming for him.
First though, he'll have to get through Vegh.
The Hungarian squeaked past Emanuel Newton in a split-decision, taking it on scores of 29-28, 29-28, 27-30 to extend his win streak to seven in a row.
The fight was mostly contested in the striking realm, with Newton utilizing a heavy dose of kicks, while Vegh (27-4-2) spent most of his time firing off power right hands. Vegh though, chose to counter while letting Newton take the lead in most exchanges, so the result of the fight was unclear until it was officially announced.
Newton reacted angrily to the decision, thinking he won. Afterward, Vegh admitted he was a bit thrown off by Newton's striking attack, but felt he did enough to earn the win and face Wiuff for the right to fight M'Pumbu.
"Attila's a tough guy, he comes from a great school, and I'm going to have to be prepared," Wiuff said.
In the final fight of a bizarre trilogy, Marius Zaromskis earned a split-decision win over Waachiim Spiritwolf.
The bout was a departure from their last offering, which was a two-round war that ended controversially due to a cut stoppage that gave Zaromskis the win even after Spiritwolf seemed to control most of the 10 minutes that came before. The first fight lasted just six seconds due to an eye poke that caused a no contest.
The final bout was far more conclusive than the previous two, even if one judge saw it for Spiritwolf. Zaromskis seemed to land the cleaner strikes, and avoided allowing Spiritwolf to turn the fight into a war.
With the win, Zaromskis improved to 18-6 with 1 no contest while Spiritwolf is now 9-11 with 1 no contest.
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