Bellator 42 Results: Richard Hale Vs. D.J. Linderman, Tim Carpenter Vs. Christian M’Pumbu And More

Round 1 - Our referee for this bout is Kevin Nix. Hale has a couple inches on Linderman. Linderman looks more like a NASCAR driver. Hale opens with an outside leg kick. Follows with an inside kick. Hale drops his hands when he throws these kicks. Linderman gets inside and lands punches. Leg kick and jab for Linderman. He blocks a head kick from Hale. Hale’s going to go to sleep if he keeps dropping his hand when he throws. Double jab from Hale. Nice one-two from Linderman. Hale doing a poor job at using his length to control the distance. Jab and front kick from Hale. Linderman gets inside to clinch, but he ends up against the fence. Short punches from Hale. Linderman spins him around, and the two disengage. Nice jab from Linderman. Poor spinning back fist from Linderman misses. Right hand from Linderman lands. Wild exchange. Hale looked to get the better of it.

SB Nation scores the round 10-9 for Richard Hale.

Round 1 - Our referee for this bout is Kevin Nix. Josh Arocho is just a body here, folks. He’ll last as long as Mann lets him. Arocho counters a head kick with a stiff right hand. Mann throws a front kick to the head. Left hook lands for Mann. Arocho takes Mann down into half-guard. Mann sweeps and ends up on top in half guard. Arocho works his way back into full guard. Mann throwing elbows from top position. Right hands land clean. Short elbows. Body, body, head. Elbows with the left hand. Arocho trying his hardest to break Mann’s posture without much success. No need for Mann to work to pass the guard here. He’s mixing strikes to the body and head well. Arocho’s head is pressed awkwardly against the cage. His face is all messed up. Arocho throws up a triangle that Mann shrugs off. Mann lands a bevy of punches as the round ends.

SB Nation scores the round 10-9 for Ronnie Mann.

Round 1 - Our referee for this bout is Kevin Nix. M’Pumbu opens with an inside leg kick. Follows with another. And an outside kick. M’Pumbu lands to jabs. And a right hand. M’Pumbu throwing a high volume of leg kicks. Left hand to the body. Carpenter having little success on the feet in the early going. He lands with a left hook. Left hook lands for M’Pumbu. Right hand stuns Carpenter, and he’s ripe for the picking here. Right hand sends Carpenter crumpling to the mat, and referee Kevin Nix rushing in. Carpenter claims he’s OK, but M’Pumbu turned his lights back on.

Christian M’Pumbu knocks out Tim Carpenter at 2:08 of round one.

Round 1 - Our referee for this bout is Kevin Nix. Sean Wheelock informs us that this bout is under the Unified Rules, and elbows to the head are allowed. Cautious start, Spoon lands the first kick 30 seconds in. Nogueira lands a combo, but Spoon comes back with an overhead right that stumbles the Brazilian. Nice straight right, left hook combo from Nogueira. Leg kick. Spoon responds with his own. Big right hand from Nogueira. Combo from Nogueira hits Spoon’s forearms. Jumping knee from Nogueira lands. He’s controlling the stand up so far. Straight left from Spoon lands. They trade leg kicks. Nogueira shoots in and completes a takedown. Scramble ends with Spoon in a front headlock, but he works back to his feet. One minute to go. Nogueira throws looping hooks that land with varying success. Spoon shoots a single as the round comes to a close.

SB Nation scores the round 10-9 for Luiz Nogueira.

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