Video: Richard Hale Wins at Bellator 38 via Inverted Triangle

Sunday, March 27, 2011


By FCF Staff, photo courtesy Bellator

Richard Hale advanced to the semi-finals of Bellator’s fourth season light-heavyweight tournament in dramatic fashion last night, by rendering Nik Fekete unconscious with an inverted triangle choke. Footage of the highlight reel technique is below.

Other competitors to advance at Bellator 38, which took place in Tunica, Miss., included Tim Carpenter, D.J. Linderman and Christian M’Pumbu. Here are the results from last night’s MTV 2 broadcast.

Tim Carpenter def. Daniel Gracie via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
D.J. Linderman def. Raphael Davis via TKO (strikes) - R3, 2:44
Richard Hale def. Nik Fekete via submission (inverted-triangle choke) - Round 1, 1:55
Christian M'Pumbu def. Chris Davis via TKO (strikes) - R3, 3:34