Johnny Eblen closed out his chapter with Fabian Edwards in definitive vogue.
Eblen (16-0) out-grappled Edwards (13-4) for a unanimous resolution win to retain his Bellator middleweight title at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Spherical 1 began with each males exchanging leg kicks. A straight proper by Eblen stumbled Edwards again. Eblen charged ahead with a mixture and stacked Edwards towards the cage. Edwards broke free, however Eblen properly timed a double leg takedown and bought him down. He slammed Edwards down a few instances, however struggled to maintain him down because the spherical ended.
Eblen took Edwards down early in Spherical 2 and managed him for almost all of the 5 minutes. Edwards ultimately made his manner again up and landed a pleasant left hook in a flurry as time wound down.
Edwards seemed a lot sharper on the toes to start out off Spherical 3. Halfway by means of the spherical, Eblen shot for a takedown and was profitable. Eblen tried to take Edwards’ again, however Edwards defended nicely. Edwards scrambled again to his toes and landed a pleasant left. Eblen shot for one more takedown, as he stacked Edwards towards the cage.
In Spherical 4, Edwards discovered a house for the left counter twice. Eblen continued to stalk him as he ultimately landed a takedown two minutes in. Eblen rode out again management for the remainder of the spherical, earlier than Edwards broke his grip, and charged ahead with a mixture to finish the spherical.
Simply 20 seconds into Spherical 5, Edwards landed a physique kick, adopted by an unintentional eye poke. Moments later, Edwards dedicated one other inadvertent foul by touchdown a low blow. The motion resumed as each fighters traded. Edwards continued to assault the physique. Eblen shot for a takedown, however was stuffed.
A drained Eblen drove Edwards towards the cage with a few minute left within the combat. Edwards broke free as his nook urged him to press ahead. This was simply Edwards’ finest spherical, however his excessive output wasn’t sufficient to take out Eblen.
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All three judges had it 48-47 for Eblen, who has now defeated Edwards twice in title fights.
Up-to-the-minute outcomes of PFL: Battle of the Giants embody:
- Johnny Eblen def. Fabian Edwards by way of unanimous resolution (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) – for Bellator middleweight title
- Paul Hughes def. A.J. McKee by way of break up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Raufeon Stots def. Marcos Breno by way of submission (rear-naked choke) – Spherical 3, 3:01
- Makkasharip Zaynukov def. Dedrek Sanders by way of unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
- Ibragim Ibragimov def. Nacho Campos by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Taha Bendaoud def. Tariq Ismail by way of submission (triangle choke) – Spherical 2, 3:51
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