Bellator kicks off third tour in Hawaii with Bellator 278 card on Friday

Bellator kicked off its third tour in Hawaii with its Bellator 278 card on Friday on the Neal S. Blaisdell Enviornment, headlined by Liz Carmouche’s fourth-round TKO of Julianna Velasquez within the girls’s flyweight title struggle.

Friday served as Bellator’s first card in Hawaii since December 2019.

A pair of native fighters kicked off the preliminary card, however each misplaced. Pearl Metropolis alumnus Makoa Cooper misplaced through submission to Blake Perry in a welterweight bout, whereas Kailua-Kona’s Scotty Hao fell to Dante Schiro, additionally in a welterweight bout.

Saturday’s Bellator 279 card will characteristic 13 fights and begins at 2:30 p.m. HST with the preliminary card, whereas the primary card begins at 4:30 p.m.

Friday’s full outcomes are under:

BELLATOR 278: VELASQUEZ VS. CARMOUCHE MAIN CARD:

#2-Liz Carmouche (16-7) defeated C-Juliana Velasquez (12-1) through KO (elbows) at 4:47 of spherical 4

Enrique Barzola (18-5-2) defeated Nikita Mikhailov (9-2) through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Danny Sabatello (11-1) defeated #9-Jornel Lugo (8-1) through unanimous determination (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Grant Neal (7-1)defeated Christian Edwards (5-2) through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Manny Muro (13-7) defeated Nate Andrews (16-5) through break up determination (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Weber Almeida (6-1) defeated Fabricio Franco (8-5) TKO (leg kick) at 3:01 of spherical one

Dante Schiro (9-3)defeated Scotty Hao (170) through TKO (strikes) at 1:03 of spherical three

Blake Perry (1-0) defeated Makoa Cooper (1-1)through submission (anaconda choke) at 4:14 of spherical two