Bellator 252 - Recap

On the preliminary card, we saw some brutal finishes and few dominant perfomances. Trevor Gudde after two dominant round finished Khonry Gracie by some good elbows.

Roman Faraldo finished Pat Casey by flying knee, and Aaron Pico with excellent right hand send John de Jesus to the canvas. Keri Taylor-Melendez dominated Emilee King before the rear-naked choke finish.

Lucas Brennan and Manny Muro got their unanimous decision wins with strong performances. On the main card, Yaroslav Amosov defeated Logan Storley in a very close fight.

Two QF Grand Prix bouts we're held on this event. In first fight, Emmanuel Sanchez dominated Daniel Weichel after five rounds of action. In second fight, a title fight, Patricio 'Pitbull' landed beautiful left hook and send Pedro Carvalho to canvas for a KO victory.

In a semifinal, Emmanuel Sanchez will fight against Patricio Freire for a title.

Results:

Prelims

• Trevor Gudde def. Khonry Gracie via TKO (knee and punches) in R3

• Roman Faraldo def. Pat Casey via KO (flying knee) in R2

• Lucas Brennan def. Andrew Salas by UD (30–27, 30–26, 30–26) (MMA Analyse score this fight 30-26 for Brennan)

• Jornel Lugo def. Schyler Sootho by UD (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (MMA Analyse score this fight 30-28 for Lugo)

• Manny Muro def. Devin Powell by UD (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) (MMA Analyse score this fight 30-27 for Muro)

• Keri Taylor-Melendez def. Emilee King via SUB (rear-naked choke) in R1

• Aaron Pico def. John de Jesus via KO (punch) in R2

Main Card

• Emmanuel Sanchez def. Daniel Weichel by UD (48-46, 49-46, 49-45) (MMA Analyse score this fight 49-45 for Sanchez)

• Yaroslav Amosov def. Logan Storley by SD (29-28 for Amosov, 28-29 for Storley, 29-28 for Amosov) (MMA Analyse score this fight 29-28 for Amosov)

• Patricio Freire def. Pedro Carvalho via KO (punch) in R1