Rafael Lovato Jr has another victory in mma to his name. The bjj veteran was sadly forced to go the distance this time in Bellator 189 bout against Honeycut.
He left the cage with an unanimous decision win.
Although he couldn’t put Honeycutt away inside the distance like he did his previous six opponents, it certainly wasn’t for a lack of trying.
Lovato Jr. threw the kitchen sink at Honeycutt in terms of submission attempts, but he couldn’t stop the hard-nosed wrestler. Honeycutt consistently moved forward and attempted to implement his wrestling game, but his overall offense wasn’t very effective.
After 15-minutes of hard-fought action, Lovato Jr. got the decision by scorecards of 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27, setting him up in prime position in the relatively thin Bellator middleweight division.
@LovatoJrBJJ 💪 Returns this weekend at Bellator
— FightingLab (@FightingLabFL) November 27, 2017
