Bellator 30: Results and Event Recap
Bellator 30 took place on September 23, 2010, at Fourth Street Live! in Louisville, Kentucky. The nine-bout card aired on Fox Sports Net and featured a middleweight main event, two Bellator bantamweight tournament semifinals, and the final qualifying fights for the next welterweight tournament.
In the featured bout, Bryan Baker defeated veteran Jeremy Horn by unanimous decision after three rounds. The judges scored it 30–27, 29–28, and 29–28. Baker had previously reached the final of Bellator’s Season 2 middleweight tournament; this was a non-title bout.
The bantamweight semifinalists who advanced were Zach Makovsky, who earned a unanimous decision over Bryan Goldsby, and Ed West, who edged Jose Vega by split decision. In the welterweight qualifier, Brent Weedman stopped Jacob McClintock with punches at 3:05 of round one, earning a place in the Season 4 tournament.
The undercard also included wins by John Troyer, Ron Sparks, Jeremiah Riggs, B.J. Ferguson, and Mike O’Donnell. Ferguson submitted T.J. Barber with an armbar, while O’Donnell submitted Stoney Hale by armbar in round two.
Selected Bout Results
- Bryan Baker defeated Jeremy Horn by Decision (Unanimous); round 3, 5:00.
- Zach Makovsky defeated Bryan Goldsby by Decision (Unanimous); round 3, 5:00.
- Ed West defeated Jose Vega by Decision (Split); round 3, 5:00.
- Brent Weedman defeated Jacob McClintock by TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches); round 1, 3:05.
- B.J. Ferguson defeated Thomas Barber by Submission (Armbar); round 2, 2:50.
- John Troyer defeated Josh Clark by Decision (Unanimous); round 3, 5:00.
- Ron Sparks defeated Gregory Maynard by KO (Punch); round 1, 0:50.
- Jeremiah Riggs defeated Mike Fleniken by Decision (Unanimous); round 3, 5:00.
The selected scorecard winners included Bryan Baker, Zach Makovsky, Ed West, John Troyer. Those bouts reached their scheduled conclusion, leaving the judges to determine the outcomes rather than a stoppage ending the action.
Elsewhere in the recorded results, Ron Sparks finished Gregory Maynard by KO (Punch) in round 1 at 0:50. That result supplied another stoppage alongside the other contests detailed in the event recap.
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