A rare use of instant replay in MMA cost Killys Mota his second victory under the Bellator banner at Thursday’s event in Unscasville, Conn.
Mota met Derek Anderson on the main card of Bellator 251 at the Mohegan Sun Arena and won the first round on all scorecards, but ate a kick to the head in the second stanza. The strike appeared to be illegal at first, but the replay showed that Mota made it legal by lifting his left leg off the ground a split second before the kick landed.
“I’m really disappointed with that happened,” Mota said in an interview with MMA Fighting.