{"id":7942,"date":"2023-11-18T07:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T12:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/bellator-301-jason-jackson-ends-yaroslav-amosovs-27-fight-win-streak-to-win-welterweight-title\/18\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T07:06:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T12:06:14","slug":"bellator-301-jason-jackson-ends-yaroslav-amosovs-27-fight-win-streak-to-win-welterweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/bellator-301-jason-jackson-ends-yaroslav-amosovs-27-fight-win-streak-to-win-welterweight-title\/18\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator 301: Jason Jackson ends Yaroslav Amosov’s 27-fight win streak to win welterweight title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yaroslav Amosov was beaten by Jason Jackson, who secured the 17th win of his 21-fight career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jason Jackson ended Yaroslav Amosov’s 27-fight win streak to win the welterweight title at Bellator 301 in Chicago, Illinois.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jamaica’s Jackson, 33, stopped Ukraine’s Amosov, 30, with a flurry of punches in the third round at the Wintrust Arena.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The defeat was the first of Amosov’s career with Jackson winning his maiden Bellator world title.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This feels like a dream and I woke up and I’m still dreaming,” said Jackson.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Every man has a dream and every man has a nightmare and you’re looking at him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In the co-main event, Patchy Mix submitted fellow American Sergio Pettis in the second round to unify the bantamweight division.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mix, 30, put on a beautiful display of grappling to secure a rear-naked choke and secure his first Bellator undisputed title.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bouts were fought out while the future of Bellator remains unclear, with no future shows announced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bellator has been up for sale for a number of months, with fellow promotion the Professional Fighters League (PFL) touted as potential buyers, but a deal has yet to be finalised. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson upsets the odds to beat Amosov<\/h3>\n

Amosov’s last bout was a convincing win over Logan Storley in February to unify the division. That was his first contest since stepping away from the sport for a period <\/span>to help the Ukrainian army’s attempt to defend the country against Russia’s invasion.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The 30-year-old had won all 27 fights since debuting in 2012, with eight of those coming in Bellator, to evolve into one of the promotion’s biggest stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jamaica’s Jackson, meanwhile, had won six successive fights heading into the bout with Amosov, with the 33-year-old beating two former world champions – Douglas Lima and Benson Henderson – in his past four contests.<\/span><\/p>\n

During fight week, Jackson said people were “sleeping on him” and he backed up his words with a fine performance to upset pre-fight favourite Amosov.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amosov, who had out-wrestled the majority of his opponents during his undefeated run, was not able to take Jackson down in the way he had done with previous opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the first two rounds, repeated takedown attempts were snuffed out by Jackson, who responded with the cleaner punches of the pair.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a frustrated Amosov continued to try to take the fight to the ground without success, Jackson started to open up with his striking in the third round.<\/span><\/p>\n

He landed a strong knee and uppercut on Amosov, before later dropping the Ukrainian with a straight left-right combination.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson then followed up with a flurry of punches before the referee stepped in to end the fight.<\/span><\/p>\n

The victory secures Jackson his first Bellator world title in his ninth bout with the promotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mix lives up to ‘Human Backpack’ nickname<\/h3>\n
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Mix’s win over Pettis was the 13th submission of his career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The interim title was created when defending champion Pettis, 30, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in 2022 and had to pull out of the Bantamweight Grand Prix.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mix then won the tournament and the interim belt, setting up the undisputed title fight with Pettis, who returned to action in June, beating Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pair also have history, sharing numerous moments of respect during fight week, with Mix being a trainer partner for Pettis’ UFC fight with Brandon Moreno in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

With 12 submission wins going into the fight, Mix adopted the nickname ‘The Human Backpack’ because of his expert back-taking skills, and he lived up to it once again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mix controlled Pettis on the ground for the majority of the first round, before successfully utilising his grappling again in the second.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pettis showcased his flamboyant striking, throwing an axe kick and a spinning back elbow, before Mix neutralised his attacks with another takedown.<\/span><\/p>\n

After gaining back control of Pettis, Mix then locked in a rear-naked choke for the victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’ve been grappling so much this camp. I knew three years ago against Juan Archuleta I should have trapped his arm [in defeat]. I had to come back for this belt,” said Mix.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m the best in the world at 135lb. It doesn’t matter if you put King Kong [against me], I’d [beat him].”<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Lightweight Grand Prix, Russia’s Alexandr Shabliy beat Brazil’s Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire – Patricio’s brother – to reach the final of the tournament, which has a winner’s prize of $1m (\u00a3802,000).<\/span><\/p>\n

Shabliy, 30, put on a display of slick counter-striking to earn a unanimous decision win over the 37-year-old former champion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, former featherweight champion AJ McKee earned his third successive win since moving up to lightweight, outpointing fellow American Sidney Outlaw, and Raufeon Stots beat bitter rival Danny Sabatello. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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