Bellator 36 airs live on MTV2 at 9 p.m. ET to kick off their lightweight tournament with four quarterfinal bouts. The show features Rob McCullough vs. Patricky Freire, Toby Imada vs. Josh Shockley, Carey Vanier vs. Lloyd Woodard, and Michael Chandler vs. Marcin Held. SB Nation MMA will be covering the event during the MTV2 broadcast.
Bellator 36 Results: Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire Knocks Out ‘Razor’ Rob McCullough Late In Round Three
In our main event at Bellator 36, “Razor” Rob McCullough meets Patricky “Pitbull” Freire in the final quarterfinal bout of Bellator’s season four lightweight tournament. McCullough is a former WEC lightweight champion. Freire is 7-1 and riding a three-fight winning streak in regional Brazil shows. This is the live scoring for round three.
Round 3 - McCullough looking fresher to open round three. Leg kick to the lead leg from McCullough. Two more go unanswered. One-two to the head ends with a leg kick. Freire is not checking kicks. Big right hand from McCullough sends Freire reeling. Freire lands an ineffective spinning back kick. More leg kicks from McCullough. Left hook grazes Freire. McCullough in control of the round at the halfway mark. Right hand from McCullough lands, but Freire counters with a bigger one of his own. Big right hand sends McCullough crumpling to the mat! He lands a couple more shots, but Gary Copeland was already on his way to stepping in!
Read Article >Bellator 36 Results: Rob McCullough Vs. Patricky Freire Round Two Live Scoring
In our main event at Bellator 36, “Razor” Rob McCullough meets Patricky “Pitbull” Freire in the final quarterfinal bout of Bellator’s season four lightweight tournament. McCullough is a former WEC lightweight champion. Freire is 7-1 and riding a three-fight winning streak in regional Brazil shows. This is the live scoring for round two.
Round 2 - Freire looked a little gassed at the end of round one. McCullough looks fresher here. Nice left-right from Freire. Inside leg kick from McCullough. Very nice left hook to the body from Freire. Knee to the body. Another left hook for Freire lands. McCullough busy with leg kicks. Right hand from McCullough lands. Inside leg kick. And another. Left-right combo from McCullough. Jumping knee from Freire just misses. Freire countering with punches when McCullough throws kicks. Good combo from McCullough. Another inside leg kick from McCullough. “Pitbull” throws an inside and outside leg kick. He shoots, McCullough defends momentarily, but ends up on his back. McCullough trying to wall walk, but gives up his back in a scramble. McCullough rolls through into guard and starts throwing a high-volume of strikes. Most are missing, but this is going to look good in the judges eyes as the round ends.
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