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Bellator Fighting Championships ran their second to last event of the first season last night in Uncasville, CT, headlined by the finals in the Welterweight Tournament.
After two fights apiece and ten previous events in the bag, it took Lyman Good just 1:23 to finish Omar De La Cruz to become the first Bellator Welterweight Champion.
Like Joe Soto last week, Good took home $100,000 from this bout to bring his eleven week winnings in this tournament to $175,000.
Next week brings the twelfth and final Bellator event for this first season, and there will be two titles to be earned in the middleweight and lightweight divisions.
Full results from last night's show, airing tonight on ESPN Deportes with an English broadcast on Bellator.com on Wednesday, are below:
-Lyman Good def. Omar De La Cruz via TKO at 1:23 of the first round
-Jake Ellenberger def. Marcelo Alfaya via knockoutat at 0:42 of the first round
-Justin Torrey def. Matt Makowski via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
-Vagner Rocha def. Igor Gracie via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
-Nick Pace def. Collin Tebo via TKO at 1:37 of the first round
-Uriah Hall def. Edwin Aguilar via TKO at 4:31 of the third round
-Jimmie Rivera def. Nick Garcia via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
-David Branch def. Dennis Olsen via rear-naked choke at 2:27 of the first round.
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