Sherdog’s Top 10Sherdog’s Top 10: Bellator MMA Submissions
No. 6
Bellator 135
March 27, 2015 | Thackerville, Oklahoma
Galvao kept it away from the judges in their rematch.
Galvao forced a verbal submission from Joe Warren with a second-round kneebar, as he claimed the Bellator MMA bantamweight championship in the Bellator 135 headliner at the Winstar World Casino and Resort. Warren cried out in agony 45 seconds into Round 2, leading referee “Big” John McCarthy to intervene despite protests from the self-proclaimed “Baddest Man on the Planet.”
Warren -- who won a controversial decision over the Brazilian in their first encounter at Bellator 41 four years ago -- was in control of the rematch before the stoppage, as he advanced with punches and shut down Galvao in the clinch. Early in the second round, however, Warren moved to a rear waist lock position, where he was met with a rolling kneebar from the two-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion. After a brief scramble, Galvao secured the maneuver, hyperextended the knee and executed the finish. It was his first submission victory as a professional mixed martial artist.
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