Bellator 174 highlights with blink-and-miss-it 13-second TKO, former champ's retirement

Former Strikeforce champion Marloes Coenen had problems with the top game of Julia Budd and never could get things going.

That not only led to Budd (10-2, 4-0 BMMA) winning the inaugural Bellator women’s featherweight title with relative ease, but the retirement of Coenen (23-8, 2-2 BMMA), who called it quits on a lengthy and prestigious career after a fourth-round TKO loss in the Bellator 174 main event.

Bellator 174 took place Friday at Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. The main card aired on Spike following prelims on MMAjunkie.

But the event’s biggest highlight – and quickest, to the tune of the sixth fastest stoppage in Bellator history – came from Rafael Lovato (5-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA). He made his Bellator debut a memorable one when he landed a head kick, then a knee, then swarming punches against Charles Hackmann (4-5, 0-1 BMMA) for a 13-second TKO win.

Also on the card, Justin Wren (13-2, 3-0 BMMA) took out Roman Pizzolato (9-7, 0-1 BMMA) with a first-round triangle choke after a nasty slam, and Fernando Gonzalez (26–14, 6-1 BMMA) topped Brandon Girtz (14-6, 6-4 BMMA) with some all-over-the-map scores from the judges.

Check out the highlights from the main card in the video above.

And for more on Bellator 174, including a recap of the event, check out the MMA Events section of the site.