Bellator 170 Recap: Ortiz Triumphs in Retirement Bout

Bellator 170 took place on January 21, 2017, at The Forum in Inglewood, California. In the main event, Tito Ortiz submitted Chael Sonnen with a rear-naked choke at 2:03 of Round 1. The bout was Ortiz’s final fight before retirement.

Ortiz Submits Sonnen

Ortiz took Sonnen down early, worked free from a guillotine attempt and advanced to mount before securing the rear-naked choke at 2:03 of Round 1. He left his gloves in the cage after the win and announced his retirement, though he later returned to competition in 2018.

Daley Scores a Flying-Knee Knockout

Paul Daley knocked out Brennan Ward with a flying knee at 2:27 of Round 1 in the co-main event. Hisaki Kato defeated Ralek Gracie by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27). Emmanuel Sanchez beat Georgi Karakhanyan by majority decision after a point deduction for illegal knees; the cards read 29–27 twice and 28–28. Derek Campos defeated Derek Anderson by unanimous decision, 29–28 on all three cards.

Additional Results

The undercard also featured Chinzo Machida’s third-round TKO of Jamar Ocampo (3:48), Jack May’s first-round TKO of Dave Cryer (0:41), and Henry Corrales’ third-round knockout of Cody Bollinger (4:28). Kevin Casey and Keith Berry fought to a majority draw. Guilherme Vasconcelos stopped John Mercurio by TKO at 0:41 of Round 2; Jalin Turner knocked out Gabriel Green at 0:36 of Round 1; Daniel Rodriguez stopped Christian Gonzalez at 3:55 of Round 2; Jacob Rosales stopped Ian Butler at 2:45 of Round 2; and Curtis Millender stopped Johnny Cisneros at 3:48 of Round 2. Mike Segura stopped Tommy Aaron at 1:02 of Round 1, James Barnes submitted Rob Gooch at 4:36 of Round 1, Alex Soto won a unanimous decision over Demarcus Brown, and Colleen Schneider submitted Chrissie Daniels with an anaconda choke at 1:30 of Round 1.

Continue with our Bellator 171 recap and Bellator 172 recap.

Sources

MMA Fighting: Bellator 170 results; MMA Fighting: Ortiz retires after win; Event results record.

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