Who is the bellator champion

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UFC takeaways: New stars are born, while the champs continue to shine. Going off of the advice of his doctors, he decided to take some time off and has not formally announced his retirement. Mousasi was booked to fight Douglas Lima for the vacant lb title and won the bout via unanimous decision. There is no denying that Mousasi is one of the scariest competitors in the division. At some point, winning is undeniable. So when Yaroslav Amosov continued to add to his impressive record, he was an undeniable figure in the way of the former champ, Douglas Lima.

The Ukranian-born Sambo superstar trains with American Top Team and earned his title shot after a split decision win against Logan Storley. In his bout against Lima, he dominated in all five rounds and became the new Bellator welterweight champion.

Freire is the kind of fighter organisations dream of In he lost a title fight to Pat Curran but after rallying back in the division with a four fight win streak that same year, he won a rematch. There were plenty of people who questioned Pettis' decision to join Bellator after a successful stint with the UFC.

But since moving on, it has been smooth sailing. Pettis captured Bellator gold when he defeated Juan Archuleta at Bellator in a decision win. He is in a prime position to be a big name for the promotion in the coming years. No problem though because Bellator was happy to have her and immediately gave her a fight with their lb champion Julia Budd back in January. Getty Images.

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