Next dropping the Bellator welterweight championship to Yaroslav Amosov in February, Logan Storley was once having a look to manufacture a observation when he confronted Brennan Ward within the Bellator 298 major match on Friday night time. Storley delivered that observation in emphatic type, dominating Ward at the field sooner than scoring a TKO in the second one spherical.
Ward hooked up neatly together with his left hand early within the struggle, forcing Storley into an early takedown aim. Alternatively, Ward scored a large early victory via threatening a choke to permit him to scramble again to status and display that he was once ready to grapple with the previous champion.
Ward filled some other takedown and hooked up with blank punches till Storley was once ready to counter a Ward scramble to completely stock his first significant takedown of the struggle. Storley didn’t do a lot from manage place within the opening spherical, most commonly keeping up regulate for just about 3 mins and touchdown cut punches to the frame till the top of the body.
The second one spherical was once a related album of the primary the similar apart from for Storley appearing a a lot more vicious streak when he in spite of everything took the Ward ailing.
Ward once more opened the spherical tagging Storley with parched jabs and the occasional uppercut or directly. Storley was once obviously outclassed at the toes, however his wrestling was once the deciding issue within the struggle. As soon as Ward allowed Storley to get within, Storley dipped and scored the double-leg takedown.
Storley threw his field and pound moves with extra goal in the second one spherical, the usage of his photographs to journey in place and land big elbows and punches. Ward survived a couple of flurries sooner than Storley was once ready to pour on plethora injury that referee Jason Herzog jumped in to name a halt to the bout.
Storley entered the struggle because the Deny. 1 ranked welterweight within the legitimate Bellator scores. The victory complicated Storley’s profession file to 15-2, with the losses each coming to Yaroslav Amosov, the latest of which ended Storley’s transient run as period in-between champion.
Storley stated he nonetheless is having a look at getting a 3rd break at Amosov and a probability to regain the championship.
“We have to see how the division kind of unfolds,” Storley stated upcoming his win. “My goal was to go 2-0 after the Amosov fight and get my belt back.”