The boo birds were out in fairly full force inside Mohegan Sun Arena this past Friday when Matt Mitrione was announced as the winner against Roy Nelson . Mitrione (13-5 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) took a majority decision from Nelson (22-15 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) in the Bellator 194 main event in Uncasville, Conn., and moved into the semifinals of the heavyweight grand prix tournament. The presumption is that because Nelson had takedowns in all three rounds, and because he kept a dominant position on Mitrione in the second half of the final round, the fans thought he ought to be the winner. Instead, Mitrione got a pair of 29-28 scores – wins in the first two rounds – and a third judge scored it a 28-28 draw by giving Nelson a 10-8 third. Related Roy Nelson has two fingers to let you know what he thinks of Matt Mitrione's Bellator 194 win Mitrione will concede Nelson did some good things in the fight, though in the striking department Mitrione clearly won that portion of the game. “It felt like my hands had magnets on them, and everything I threw went straight to his face,” Mitrione today told MMAjunkie Radio.
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