UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Raufeon Stots had a pretty good idea of how he’d bid farewell – for now – to his rivalry with Danny Sabatello if he won at Bellator 289.
Win, Stots did, in the main event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. But the result, a split decision, may be debated by some people for a while.
Stots (19-1 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) beat Sabatello (13-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) with a pair of 48-47 scores to not only defend his interim bantamweight title, but move into the grand prix final. A third judge scored all five rounds for Sabatello, who had more than 10 minutes of ground control time in the fight.
