It was the homework Bellator welterweight Douglas Lima didn't want to do, but did anyway.
Watching his decision loss to welterweight champ Ben Askren was about as enjoyable as a root canal, but he suffered through it. He needed information to improve, after all.
Now slated to fight Jacob Ortiz at Friday's Bellator 79 event, Lima told MMAjunkie.com, "I want to win the next tournament on Spike TV and get that belt from Askren."