Bloody Elbow is your home for live results, streaming video (prelims) and detailed play-by-play of Bellator 178 in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Bellator featherweight championship is on the line in the main event, as champion Daniel Straus takes on Patricio Freire for a fourth time. Straus took the belt from Pitbull in 2015, also notching his first win over the Brazilian in three tries. This will be Straus’ first defense of his title.
The rest of the main card features women’s flyweight contender Ilima-Lei Macfarlane against Jessica Middleton, lightweight veteran Saad Awad against Ryan Quinn, and featherweight prospect A.