Adam Borics and Phil Davis were among the big winners at Bellator 276 Saturday night.
The event aired live on Showtime from St. Louis.
In the headline bout, Borics scored a victory over Mads Burnell to secure his standing as the featherweight No. 1 contender. With the win, Borics is now 18-1 in his career.
“The hard work pays off guys,” Borics said. “I am next. I think I could have taken him down. Mads us a tough guy.”
Davis, a former champion, moved to 24-6 with a one-sided decision win over Julius Anglickas.
“What’s next for me is an ice bath, two ibuprofens and we’ll go from there,” Davis said.
Asked about a potential rematch with Ryan Bader, Davis seemed unsure. Bader currently holds the heavyweight title after also competing at light heavyweight.
“I’d have to go up,” Davis said. “I hate to say it, but he looks pretty unstoppable at heavyweight.”
Johnny Enblen remained unbeaten with a decision win over middleweight No. 1 contender John Salter.
Bellator Results
#2-Adam Borics (18-1) defeated #2-Mads Burnell (16-4) via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45)
#2-Phil Davis (24-6, 1 NC) defeated #4-Julius Anglickas (10-3) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
#3-Johnny Eblen (11-0) defeated #1-John Salter (18-6) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Gadzhi Rabadanov (17-4-2) defeated Jay-Jay Wilson (8-1) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
#8-Alex Polizzi (10-1) defeated Jose Augusto (7-4, 1 NC) via submission (RNC) at 0:49 of round three
#8-Romero Cotton (6-0) defeated Freddy Sandoval (5-7-1) via TKO at 1:39 of round one
#9-Diana Avsaragova (5-0) defeated Kyra Batara (8-5) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Cody Law (6-0) defeated James Adcock (7-5) via KO (strikes) at 1:17 of round one
Roman Faraldo (7-0) defeated Kelvin Rayford (5-4) via TKO (strikes) at 0:44 of round one
Jordan Howard (11-5) defeated Trevor Ward (6-6) via TKO (strikes) at 2:24 of round two
Nico Alcaraz (5-0) defeated Stanton Ketcherside (1-1) via submission (Americana) at 2:00 of round two
