Dantas takes Wilson Reis out in Bellator all-Brazilian bout. / Photo: Publicity/Facebook.
The weekend was a victory-celebration-filled one for team Nova União. Marcos “Lôro” Galvão and Eduardo Dantas won their respective fights at the 51st installment of Bellator this Saturday night, securing berths in the American promotion’s bantamweight GP.
The two will return to the cage on October 22, when “Lôro” will square off with the undeated Alexis Vila and Dudu Dantas takes on Ed West.
Check out the results from Bellator 51:
Joey Bernard Holt knocked out Clint Musser at 4:07 min of R1;
John Hawk defeated Allan Weickert via TKO (desistance) during break following R2;
Dan Spohn knocked out Dane Bonningson at 0.09 min of R1;
Jessie Riggleman defeated Farkhad Sharipov via split decision;
Ed West defeated Luis Alberto Nogueira via unanimous decision;
Marcos “Lôro” Galvão defeated Chase Beebe via split decision;
Eduardo Dantas knocked out Wilson Reis at 1:02 min of R2;
Alexis Vila knocked out Joe Warren at 1:04 min of R1;
Frank Caraballo defeated Dustin Kempf via TKO (knee injury) at 1:19 min of R1.