Forty-year-old "The Exorcist" Alexis Vila (red trunks) bested Marcos Galvao (blue trunks) in their three-round affair and advances to the Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament finals. (Photo courtesy of Bellator)
Last night the outdoor cage at the Cocopah Resort and Casino in Yuma, Arizona, presented a night of upsets and established the proving grounds for a young contender courtesy of Bellator 55. The card also saw the four remaining Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament competitors battle it out in the mid-90-degree heat for the coveted pair of tickets to the tourney finals. Brazilian Ricardo Tirloni (9-1) and Steve Gable (3-2) both made their promotion debuts with the hopes of a tournament position come the new year. Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion “Tonton” Christian M’Pumbu (5-2) welcomed “The Diesel” Travis Wiuff (63-14) to the Bellator cage in a non-title fight. In the featured bouts of the evening, “Wild” Ed West (15-6) slugged it out with Brazilian Shooto veteran Eduardo Dantas (7-2) and “The Exorcist” Alexis Vila (10-0) faced “Loro” Marcos Galvao (10-6) with only two men earn the title of Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament finalists. Continue reading »
