Bellator Predictions: Bellator 18 Preview & Predictions
Pro Fighting Fans is the home of Bellator MMA fans across the globe and we now bring you the best place to find the latest Bellator news as well as the latest preview & predictions. Bellator Fighting Championships 18 is the 6th event of Bellator's second season taking place on on May 13, 2010 and our Bellator predictions & fight previews will be posted below for MMA fans across the globe to enjoy. Check out the Bellator 18 results and buy Bellator MMA tickets online here through Pro Fighting Fans!
Patricio Freira vs. Wilson Reis
Patricio “Pit-bull” Freire (13-0) is matched up against fellow Brazil-native Wilson Reis (10-1) in a Bellator 18 televised bout contested in the Featherweight Semifinal round of the organization's 145-pound tournament. Friere advanced by defeating William Romero via 1st round submission at the April 22 nd Bellator 15 event. Reis earned his position by submitting Shad Lierley on April 15th at Bellator 14 in the 3rd round (3:33) of their contest.
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Joe Warren vs. Georgi Karakhanyan
Team Quest’s, Joe Warren (3-1), will meet up with Armenian Georgi Karakhanyan (13-1-1) in a Featherweight Semifinal bout on the televised portion of the Bellator 18 event. Warren made it into the semifinals by grinding out a unanimous decision victory over Eric Marriott at Bellator 13 on April 8 th. Karakhanyan earned his ninth straight victory by upsetting Bao Quach via 1 st round KO (knee) at Bellator 13 on April 8th in a quarterfinal round bout.
Hector Lombard vs. Paulo Filho
Bellator Middleweight Champion, Hector Lombard (25-2-1) will face former PRIDE/WEC vet Paulo Filho (18-1) in a non-title Middleweight Superfight at Bellator 18 on the televised main card. Lombard won the season 1 Bellator Middleweight Tournament with three straight stoppages, and has also picked up three more victories since making him a victor in thirteen straight. Filho won his first sixteen career bouts including winning the vacant WEC Middleweight title before losing his title to Chael Sonnen in 2008. Since the loss, he has won three consecutive including an impressive victory over Melvin Manhoef in DREAM.
By Nick Russell
ProFighting-fans.com Senior MMA Staff Writer
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