Bellator 25 Results

Main Card:
Cole Konrad (5-0) def. Rogent Lloret (9-2-1) by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Damian Grabowski (13-0) def. Scott Barrett (10-2) by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Dan Hornbuckle (22-3) def. Brad Blackburn (15-12-1) by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Zoila Frausto (8-1) def. Jessica Pene (7-1) by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)


Preliminary Card:
Eric Kriegermeier def. Keoki Cypriano by submission (triangle choke) at 3:16 of Round 1
Kenny Robertson def. John Kolosci by submission (keylock) at 2:41 of Round 2
Brian Gassaway def. Kevin Knabjian by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Torrance Taylor def. Shonie Carter by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Randy Couture Talks "The Expendables," His Son Ryan

TapouTVTC.com caught up with UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture while he was in Phoenix for his son Ryan's professional MMA debut.

Couture talked about Ryan handling the pressures of a famous last name, and Ryan's approach to MMA:



Couture also talked about his experiences filming the movie "The Expendables," which opened in theaters the same day (Aug. 13) as Ryan's fight:

FightMetric Scores for WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez

If you're not familiar with FightMetric.com, it's a nifty system that breaks down MMA fights using statistics. FightMetric has released their data for two fights from last night's "WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez."

Leger: Total Strikes (TS), Significant Strikes (SS), Takedowns/ Attempts (TD/ATT), Fight Metric Effectiveness (EFF), Ten-Point Must System (Score)

First up, the fight of the night bout between Scotty Jorgensen (SJ) and Brad Pickett (BP):

	SJ TS	BP TS	SJ SS	BP SS	SJ TD/ATT	BP TD/ATT	SJ EFF	BP EFF	SCORE
ROUND 1	27	17	24	16	1/2	0/2	122	122	10-10
ROUND 2	43	18	36	17	0/3	0/2	174	95	10-9 SJ
ROUND 3	34	16	23	12	3/3	0/0	127	93	10-9 SJ
TOTAL	104	51	84	45	4/8	0/4	423	310	30-28 SJ

Pickett was also credited for a guillotine attempt in Round 1. That 10-10 score shows just how close that first round (which we scored 10-9 Jorgensen by a hair) really was.

Next, the rematch between champion Dominick Cruz (DC) and challenger Joseph Benavidez (JB):

	DC TS	JB TS	DC SS	JB SS	DC TD/ATT	JB TD/ATT	DC EFF	JB EFF	SCORE
ROUND 1	29	15	17	8	1/2	0/0	51	44	10-9 DC
ROUND 2	19	12	12	11	0/0	0/4	56	39	10-9 DC
ROUND 3	14	11	11	10	1/2	0/4	41	22	10-9 DC
ROUND 4	26	1	0	0	2/2	0/2	56	40	10-9 DC
ROUND 5	15	7	14	5	1/2	0/1	54	34	10-9 DC
TOTAL	103	46	58	35	5/8	0/11	262	179	50-45 DC

Benavidez was also credited with a guillotine attempt in Round 4. Overall, it's a credit to Cruz's defense that Benavidez was not able to finish any of his 11 takedown attempts and only landed a paltry 46 total strikes (including just ONE in Round 4).

WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez Quick Results

Main Card:
Dominick Cruz (16-1) def. Joseph Benavidez (12-2) by split decision (47-48, 48-47, 49-46)
Anthony Pettis (11-1) def. Shane Roller (8-3) by submission (triangle choke) at 4:51 of Round 3
Chad Mendes (8-0) def. Cub Swanson (14-4) by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Scott Jorgensen (11-3) def. Brad Pickett (19-5) by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Bart Palaszeski (35-13) def. Zack Micklewright (7-1) by TKO (strikes) at 0:31 of Round 2

Preliminary Card:
Maciej Jewtuszko (8-0) def. Anthony Njokuani (12-4 (1)) by TKO (punches) at 1:35 of Round 1
Javier Vazquez (15-4) def. Mackens Semerzier (5-2) by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:35 of Round 2
Ricardo Lamas (9-1) def. Dave Jansen (14-2) by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Fredson Paixao (10-3 (1)) def. Bryan Caraway (14-5) by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Danny Castillo (9-3) def. Dustin Poirier (7-1) by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Bonuses ($10,000):
Fight of the Night: Scott Jorgensen vs. Brad Pickett
Knockout of the Night: Maciej Jewtuszko
Submission of the Night: Anthony Pettis