(Warning: Graphic footage below)
Friday night's Bellator 147 main card was fairly lackluster as far as MMA events go.
Oh, except for that fight where Adam Piccolotti caused blood to literally squirt out of Mario Soto's head.
It happened in the second round. Piccolotti bloodied Soto's face with strikes before finally dropping him to the canvas. Piccolotti followed him to the mat and a short time thereafter locked on a rear-naked choke.
Shortly before Soto tapped out of the hold, the pressure of the choke combined with the open cuts to cause a little bit of a geyser situation in the Bellator cage.
Brutal finish by @adampiccolotti. https://t.co/IRsEt8ZYHF #Bellator147
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) December 5, 2015
And in case you would like a closer, slower-motion kind of a look.
Squirt. https://t.co/1OUxuG5CzD
— E. Casey Leydon (@ekc) December 5, 2015
Though it is quite likely Soto received a few stitches backstage after the hold, he was able to walk away on his own power and did not receive extended medical attention in the cage. In all likelihood, his pride was probably the only thing that took any permanent damage.
In sunnier news, the win ran the 27-year-old Piccolotti's pro MMA record to a perfect 7-0, and it was his third by way of submission. The lightweight is also now 3-0 under the Bellator banner.
Despite the rather graphic loss Friday in his Bellator debut, Soto is still a perfectly respectable 6-2.
The main event of the evening saw a gross (pun intended) mismatch when UFC alum Josh Thomson pounded out steep underdog Pablo Villaseca by second-round TKO.
The co-main event had a similar result, even if the fighters were a little more even on paper. Daniel Weichel outboxed slight underdog Georgi Karakhanyan to win a unanimous decision. The victory may have positioned the German Weichel (36-9) for a title shot against current Bellator featherweight champ Daniel Straus.
Scott Harris writes about blood geysers (and some MMA) for Bleacher Report. For more, follow Scott on Twitter.
