M-1 Global Challenge 26 Results: Kenny Garner Finishes Patrick Bennett, Arthur Guseinov Blasts Tyson Jeffries

Kenny Garner knocked out Patrick Bennett with a brutal series of hooks at 1;15 in the second round at their heavyweight M-1 Global Challenge 26 bout.

Big John McCarthy referees the bout.

Round 1

Jeffries immediately gets the take down off a spinning back kick attempt. Quickly takes side control. Gets the cross face. Jeffries landing knees to the body. He’s got a far side underhook. Gets full mount. Jeffries turns him to the center of the ring. Guseinov spins, gives up his back. Guseinov stands up out the back door. Guseinov charges in behind a winging punch. Jeffries locks up a clinch. Gets a front headlock, threatens with a guillotine. Jeffries firing knees to the face of Guseinov. They separate briefly, Guseinov lands a perfect spinning back fist to the jaw!

Big John McCarthy is the ref.

Round 1

Daniel Weichel took a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25)over Beau Baker at M-1 Global Challenge 26 in a lightweight bout.

Weichel battered Baker for three full rounds, landing at will with punches, kicks and knees to the face. He busted up Baker’s face and dropped him repeatedly throughout the fight, but the gritty Baker refused to go down and hung in there for three brutal rounds in which he was utterly outclassed.

Garner talked some smack at the weigh ins.

“You know I beat people’s brains out? The must mean I left some last time that I need to take care of,” said Garner.

The card was originally set to feature M-1 Global heavyweight champion Guram Gugenishvili against Bennett, but Gugenishvili had to pull out of the fight with an arm injury suffered in training. Garner stepped in to rematch Bennett, a man he beat in 2010 in the M-1 Americas tournament finals. Garner went on to lose to Gugenishvili in the world finals in October 2010.

We’ll have all the results plus unbridled commentary at 11 p.m. ET.