Brandon Girtz looked like he had been struck by the claw side of a hammer.
Derek Campos forced a doctor stoppage and took a 2-1 lead in their head-to-head series, as he was awarded a technical knockout in between the second and third rounds of the Bellator 181 headliner on Friday at the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Blood was everywhere by the time it was over.
Campos (19-6) withstood wild exchanges and opened a gnarly gash on his rival’s forehead with a knee strike in the first round. The two men did not hold back, authoring one of the more memorable fights of 2017.