HONOLULU – Bellator bantamweight Raufeon Stots enjoyed a winning start in his new promotion, then revealed a pair of the 135-pound division’s big names had already swerved fights with him. Stots (13-1, 1-0 BMMA) kicked off his Bellator career with a unanimous decision victory over Hawaii’s Cheyden Leialoha (7-2, 0-1 BMMA), earning scores of 29-28, 30-27, 29-28 to extend his overall winning streak to five. And the Roufusport-trained prospect paid tribute to his opponent for battling all the way to the scorecards. “Yeah, I knew he was going to be tough,” Stots told MMA Junkie backstage after his debut win. “I thought I could get him out of there with a finish, but it was a little different.
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Raufeon Stots reveals big names who turned him down before Bellator 236 victory – MMA Junkie