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    Bellator 140: No contest for ex-wrestlers Honeycutt-Bradley, Lowe loses

    It proved to be a frustrating night for former college wrestlers Chris Honeycutt, Paul Bradley and Waylon Lowe at Bellator 140 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Friday night, with the match featuring NCAA Division I All-Americans Honeycutt and Bradley ending in a no-contest after the two unintentionally butted heads ... while NCAA Division II champ Lowe was submitted in the second round of his fight. The one bright spot: NCAA Division III All-American wrestler Brennan Ward, who scored a first-round knockout in his fight.

    "An inadvertent clash of heads resulted in a no-contest between Chris Honeycutt and Paul Bradley in the second round of their featured tilt at 170 pounds," is how Sherdog.com described the match between the former collegiate mat stars which was shown on Spike TV. "The impact opened a lightning-bolt gash near Bradley's hairline, leading the cageside physician to call for the stoppage 2:47 into round two."

    Chris Honeycutt and Paul Bradley have a staredown at weigh-ins before Bellator 140 (Photo/Bellator)
    In its play-by-play coverage of the welterweight match, Sherdog.com's trio of writers unanimously scored the first round in favor of Honeycutt, twice an NCAA Division I All-American wrestler at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. In the second round, the former Fighting Scot now known as "the Cutt" caught a finger to the eye. After a stoppage of 20 seconds, Honeycutt bloodied Bradley's nose. In a follow-up exchange, the two fighters clashed heads, with Bradley receiving a gash on his forehead. The cageside doctor examined the two-time All-American from University of Iowa, telling referee John McCarthy that Bradley's cut was deep, and the fight was called a no-contest because of the accidental clash of heads.

    "Thank everyone for watching and showing support," Honeycutt wrote on his Facebook page Saturday morning. "Sucks when you know you're going to win and something like that happens."

    Bradley posted this message on his Facebook page after the fight, providing an update on his injury: "Sorry for the slow start everyone was finishing strong till the headbutt. 9 stitches. Thx everyone."

    Honeycutt, 26, a two-time EWL (Eastern Wrestling League) champ who announced his intentions of entering mixed martial arts the night before his last college bout (the 197-pound title bout at the 2012 NCAAs), remains 6-0 in his MMA career, and is 2-0 since joining Bellator in 2014. The 32-year-old Bradley, who has been competing professionally in MMA since 2006, maintains his career record of 22-6, and is 2-1 at Bellator events.

    In the match immediately preceding Honeycutt vs. Bradley, Brennan Ward – a 2010 NCAA Div. III finalist for Johnson & Wales University – KO'd Roger Carroll with what Sherdog.com described as “a clean straight right hand” at 2:06 of the first round of their welterweight matchup, saying, “Ward planted his fist on Carroll's jaw, sending him to the mat stiff and unconscious.” With the win, Ward improves to 11-3 overall, and 7-3 in Bellator, while, thanks to his third straight loss, Carroll drops to 16-12 in his MMA career, and 0-2 in Bellator.

    In a preliminary bout added to the card July 1, Ryan Quinn submitted Waylon Lowe with a guillotine choke at 2:47 of the second round of the 160-pound catchweight match which was shown on MMAJunkie.com. In Sherdog.com's play-by-play coverage of the fight, the MMA website's three writers scored the first round in favor of Lowe, a three-time NCAA Division II champ at University of Findlay in Ohio. However, the tide turned against the former college mat champ in Round Two. "Lowe drops levels to try a double-leg, and Quinn pulls guard with a tight, arm-in guillotine," Sherdog.com reported in its play-by-play. "Seconds after completing the takedown, Lowe realizes he's caught and taps out."

    With the loss, Lowe is now 15-7 overall, and 1-1 in Bellator matches ... while Quinn moves up to 11-5-1 in his MMA career, and is now a perfect 7-0 in Bellator.
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