From New Jersey State Athletic Control Board:
11262011 NJSACB Official Weights, Results, Suspensions and Staff
Professional MMA
November 26, 2011
Bellator 59
Caesars Hotel and Casino Palladium Ballroom, Atlantic City
Bout 9 - Heavyweight Tournament Final
Thiago Santos (124-744) vs. Eric Prindle (121-125)
Both fighters weigh 264.8
Ref Franklin
Judges Almeida, Blatnick and Urso
This bout is ruled a no contest at 1:24 of round one due to accidental groin strike.
Prindle suspended indefinite pending medical clearance.
Bout 8 - Lightweight Feature Bout
Patricky Freire (121-122) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (103-051)
Both fighters weigh 155
Ref MacDonald
Judges Blatnick, Colon and Tirelli
Freire wins via TKO referee stoppage at 0:50 of round one.
Pellegrino suspended 30 days for TKO.
Freire suspended indefinite pending orthopaedic clearance of left hand/wrist.
Bout 7 - Bantamweight Tournament Final
Eduardo Dantas (124-489) vs. Alexis Vila (111-185)
Dantas 136. Vila 135
Ref Peterson
Judges Agustin, Almeida and Tirelli
Dantas wins unanimous decision in three rounds, all three judges 29-28.
Bout 6 - Lightweight Feature Bout
Marcin Held (125-310) vs. Phillipe Nover (103-426)
Held 156. Nover 155.6
Ref MacDonald
Judges Agustin, Colon, and Bittencourt
Held wins split decision in three rounds 29-28, 29-28 and 28-29 Bittencourt.
Bout 5 - 175 Catchweight
Karl Amoussou (102-355) vs. Jesus Martinez (110-980)
Amossou 174.6. Martinez 175.4
Ref Franklin
Judges Bittencourt, Colon and Tirelli
Amoussou wins via TKO referee stoppage due to unanswered strikes at 2:20 of round one.
Bout 4 - 170
Levon Maynard (104-040) vs. Christopher Wing (102-980)
Maynard 171. Wing 170.4
Ref MacDonald
Judges Bittencourt, Blatnick and Urso
Maynard wins unanimous decision in three rounds, 30-27, 30-27 and 30-26 Blatnick.
Wing suspended 45 days for facial laceration.
Bout 3 - 175 Catchweight
Lucas Pimenta (121-458) vs. Douglas Gordon (101-009)
Pimenta 173. Gordon 174
Ref Peterson
Judges Blatnick, Colon and Urso
Pimenta wins at 0:40 of round one via KO elbow.
Gordon suspended 60 days for KO.
Gordon suspended indefinite pending CT head scan reults.
Bout 2 - 145
Brylan Vanartsdalen (107-098) vs. Scott Heckman (111-484)
Vanartsdalen 145.2. Heckman 146
Ref Peterson
Judges Agustin, Bittencourt, and Urso
Heckman wins via tap at 1:38 of round one due to standing brabo choke.
Bout 1 - 185
Brandon Saling (100-646) vs. Gregory Milliard (125-311)
Sailing 183.6. Millard 185.4
Ref Franklin
Judges Agustin, Urso and Tirelli
Milliard wins unanimous decision in three rounds, all three judges 30-27.
Sailing suspended 60 days for facial laceration healing.
Officials List-
Referees: Greg Franklin, Kevin MacDonald and Keith Peterson
Judges: Michelle Agustin, Ricardo Almeida, Romulo Bittencourt, Jeff Blatnick, Eric Colon, Dave Tirelli and Cardo Urso.
Ringside Physicians: Dr. Sherry Wulkan, Dr. Vincent Guida and Dr. Stu Patel
Scorekeeper: Ellen Rubin
Timekeeper: Julius Proenza
Inspectors:---Dave Braslow, Donnie Carolei, Steve Cirone, Vincent Dudley, Gary Gudzak, Kerri Kaminski, Anthony Lynn, Todd Manfredi, India Pacheco, Chantelle Perez, Darryl Porter, John Tito, and Vincent Sinclair.
Shadow Judge: Matthew Roth
