Bellator 153 Results: Andrey Koreshkov Defeats Benson Henderson
It was once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Friday, April 22nd, 2016) will come in the form of Bellator 153. Headlining the card are Andrey Koreshkov and Benson Henderson, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the rest of the main card.
Andrey Koreshkov and Benson Henderson met in a welterweight title bout. The first round was telling. Koreshkov caught a kick and dropped Henderson. However, Henderson got to his feet. At the end of the round, Koreshkov dropped him with a knee strike and swarmed him with strikes until the bell sounded. In the second round, Henderson tried to take the fight to the ground but was stuffed. Henderson started to land his jabs repeatedly. In the third round, Henderson worked for a takedown for most of the round but couldn’t get it. Koreshkov took him down and landed some nasty knees to the body. In the fourth round, Koreshkov dropped him with under a minute to go and swarmed him on the ground with strikes. Koreshkov went for a guillotine choke but let it go, and the round ended. In the fifth and final round, Koreshkov was avoiding taking downs and owning Henderson the feet. Koreshkov was stalking him while Henderson was throwing bombs. The judges gave Koreshkov the decision victory.
Henderson could never find an answer in this fight. When things weren’t going his way on the feet, he tried to take it to the ground, and that wasn’t working. Koreshkov was just the better man on this night.
Patricio Freire and Henry Corrales met in the co-main event. Freire dominated the fight not only on the feet but on the ground as well. Freire was trying to submit him in the first round but couldn’t. However, that all changed in the second round when he took him down and locked in the guillotine choke for the win.
Brennan Ward and Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos met in a welterweight bout. This one did not last long at all. Ward got a very early takedown and got on top. However, Santos grabbed his leg and locked in the heel hook submission for the win.
Brent Primus and Gleristone “Toninho Furia” Santos met in a lightweight bout at Bellator 153. In round one, both guys come out swinging, and Primus took him down in the first thirty seconds. However, Santos got to his feet and recovered. In the second round, the fight turned into a kickboxing match as both guys were changing up their strikes and kicks nicely. Primus was chasing after him for most of the round and missing. There was a lot of shots exchanged but nothing damaging. In the third round, Primus dominated the round with his takedowns. After three rounds, the judges gave the win to Primus by decision.
Michael Page and Jeremie Holloway met in a welterweight bout. This was a one-sided fight, to say the least. Holloway charged at him and Page rocked him with a hook and dropped him. Page backed up and was doing a lot of movement. A few minutes went by and then Page dropped him again and then got on top of him. Page locked in a reverse toe lock and won the fight.
Here are the results for this event:
Main Card:
Andrey Koreshkov def. Benson Henderson via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
Patricio Freire def. Henry Corrales via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 4:09
Evangelista Santos vs. Brennan Ward via submission (heel hook) – Round 1, 0:30
Brent Primus def. Gleristone Santos via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Michael Page def. Jeremie Holloway via submission (toehold) at 2:15 of R1.
Preliminary Card:
Mike Zichelle defeats Joe Cronin by submission (rear-naked choke) R1 1:25
Chris Honeycutt defeats Matt Secor by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-27 x2)
Djamil Chan defeats Richard Patishnock by TKO (punch) R1 3:09
You can watch the prelims here:
