Bellator 177 highlights: Perhaps that pelvic thrust wasn't the best idea

Anthony Taylor entered the cage at Friday’s Bellator 177 event with plenty of swagger, even if he was seen as a showcase opponent for local product Adam Borics.

In the Spike-televised opener of the event, which took place at Budapest Sports Arena in Hungary, Taylor (1-3 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) clearly wasn’t lacking confidence, and a pre-fight dance and pelvic thrust proved he was feeling confident. Unfortunately for the America fighter, Adam Morics (6-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) quickly wiped it away in their 147-pound catchweight bout.

Check out the fight, which ended via first-round rear-naked choke, above.

Also on the card, champion Eduardo Dantas (20-4 MMA, 10-1 BMMA), who’s No. 7 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA bantamweight rankings, picked up a narrow split-decision non-title win over Leandro Higo (17-3 MMA, 0-1 BMMA), who failed to make weight for the headlining 139-pound catchweight fight.

In the co-headliner, featherweight Daniel Weichel (39-9 MMA, 8-1 BMMA) squeaked by John Teixeira (21-2-2 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) via split decision in a title-eliminator. Additionally, flyweight Lena Ovchynnikova (12-4 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) picked up a second-round TKO win over Helen Harper (4-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA), who was unable to answer the bell for the third round.

Check out all of the highlights above.

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