My Bellator 190 Overview (December 8, 2017)

Bellator 190

Florence, Italy

Nelson Mandela Forum

Network: Spike TV

Commentators: Jimmy Smith & Mauro Ranallo

You know, in a world of Dunkin Donuts Centers, Staple Centers and Smoothie King Centers, it's nice to have an arena be named after an important figure. Imagine that. Of course, it's not located in the United States. It would have probably been named something like the Coca Cola Center.

My Picks: Carvalho, Girtz , Ovchynnikova, Miranda

(Usually my Bellator picks are less educated than my UFC . So I may miss way more than I hit on these)

Fight #1

Lightweight

Mihail Nica vs Carlos Miranda

• Miranda's got four KOs all in the first round. Nica has the 8th fastest submission finish in Bellator.
• Miranda's channeling his inner Mark Coleman and headbutting Nica's body on the ground inside of Nica's guard.
• It's all ground and pound from Miranda in round 2 until an unfortunate low blow that gets Miranda a warning.
• The round ends with Miranda in Nica's guard trying to free himself here and there and land some ground and pound.
• Nica tries to slap on a few submissions but nothing takes as Miranda is all about ground and pound whenever he can.

Winner by unanimous decision: Carlos Miranda

Fight #2

Women's Flyweight

Lena Ovchynnikova vs Alejandra Lara

• Kind of a boring fight that saw a lot of it go down on the ground.
• Ovchynnikova is the more experienced fighter but Lara is the one literally staying on top of Ovchynnikova.
• Lara gets the submission in round 3 with a rear naked choke.

Winner by rear naked choke in 4:09 of round 3: Alejandra Lara

Fight #3

Lightweight

Brandon Girtz vs Luke Jelcic

• Girtz gets the KO about two minutes into the first round.
• Mauro's "MAMMA MIA"s are very fitting here in Florence.

Winner by KO in 1:57 in round 1: Brandon Girtz

Fight #4

Bellator Middleweight World Championship

Rafael Carvalho (c) vs Alessio Sakara

• Carvalho drops Sakara with a right hand and an elbow to follow up just 30 seconds in.

Winner by KO in :44 of round 1 and STILL Bellator Middleweight World Champion: Rafael Carvalho

Overall Thoughts

Two quick fights and two ground based fights that some might consider boring all wrapped up in a shorter than usual show. With a full plate of stuff to follow, these short fights/shows are a welcome change of pace!