Bellator MMA report 2-21 Salt Lake City - King Mo KO'd, Shamhalaev wins tourney, all KO night

Jacob Noe (11-1) vs. Mikhail Zayats (20-6) in the light heavyweight tournament semifinals

First round: Zayata dropped him with punch early and jumped on top. Noe bleeding from the mouth. Zayata moved to full mount and threw some punches. Zayata moved into an armbar and got it for the submission. 3:38

Raul Amaya (11-1) vs. Ben Saunders (15-5-2) in the welterweight tournament semifinals

First round: Saunders has a previous win against Amaya. Amaya in with punches. Saunders trying to catch him in a clinch and deliver knees but Amaya backing out. Saunders landed an awesome left high kick and Amaya was out. 2:56

Douglas Lima (23-5) vs. Bryan Baker (18-4) in the welterweight tournament semifinals

First round: Lima with a series of low kicks. Lima knocked him out with an overhand right. What a devastating punch. 2:34

So Lima vs. Saunders will be battling for a title shot.

Lionel Lanham (4-1) vs. Joe Rodriguez (1-0)

First round: Lanham knocked him down right away, and then knocked him down two more times, and after a few more punches on the ground it was stopped. All of this took :49

King Mo Lawal (9-1) vs. Emmanuel Newton (19-7-1) in the light heavyweight semifinals

First round: Mo landed a right. Newton landed a good right. Newton moving forward and Mo back with a few punches. Mo landed but Newton with a hard right back. Mo with a few punches. Mo isn’t even thinking about doing anything but boxing. Newton landed a spinning back fist and knocked Mo out. Newton missed ths crazy right haymaker and Newton hit the left to the chin and Mo went out. It really was kind of a fluke but things happen. Mo did have his hands low but the punch really came from an angle you’d never expect. This may end up being the upset of the year. 2:35

Newton vs. Zayats will be the tournament final.

Rad Martinez (14-2) vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev (11-1-1) in the featheweight tournament final from last season

First round: The people booed the hell out of Shamhalaev. Martinez is from the area and got the big reaction.; Shamhalaev shaved his head because he was tring to cut weight, but it was only worth 0.1 pounds. Shamhalaev with low kicks. Shamhalaev knocked him down twice with lefts. More low kicks. Shamhalaev with more low kicks. Martinez got the takedown. The people were going crazy for the takedown. Shamhalaev’s round close 10-9.

Second round: Shamhalaev landed the right. Shamhalaev with a head kick hurt Martinez. Knees by Shamhalaev and Martinez down again. Martinez desperately looking for a takedown. Shamhalaev then put him out with a hard right. 2:12