Bellator 209 is in the books and Tel Aviv. Israel witnessed Patricio “Pitbull” Freire successfully defending his featherweight belt against Emmanuel Sanchez in the main event. Pitbull used his power punching throughout, and has now has two successful title defenses in his second run as featherweight king.
In the co-main event, Ryan Couture picked up another unanimous decision win over Haim Gozali, this time even more dominant than the first time. Before that, Vadim Nemkov picked up the biggest win of his pro MMA career when he edged out a split decision over Bellator’s former light heavyweight champ Phil Davis.