Video: Bellator 101 highlights with Joe Warren's slick win, tourney recap

After sitting out nearly a year due to medical issues and his coaching role on “Fight Master,” former champion Joe Warren made a dazzling return to the cage on Friday night at Bellator 101.

In the headliner of the Spike TV-televised event at Moda Center at Rose Quarter in Portland, Ore., Warren returned to his wrestling and grappling roots in a Season 9 bantamweight tournament semifinal with Nick Kirk.

Additionally, in Season 9 lightweight action, Alexander Sarnavskiy, Ricardo Tirloni, Will Brooks and Saad Awad advanced to the semifinals with victories.

Check out the highlights above.

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