Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET on Spike TV Bellator 135 will kick off a main card featuring bantamweights Joe Warren (12-3-0) and Marcos Galvao (16-6-0) as well as three undercard bouts. The main card can be live streamed free by clicking this link. The preliminary fights will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Tonight's matchup is personal, as Galvao will be seeking revenge from a bout four years ago against Warren in which he believes he was robbed of a dominant victory. Warren isn't issuing any apologies for his victory, and has taken to enraging Galvao by telling him to stop whining.
"It's pretty much like, how much are you going to talk about this, you know?" Warren said. "It was a unanimous decision. 30-27. Win a f**king round and maybe we can talk about it, I tell him. But you know, each his own. That's on the judges. I'm going to take this out of the judges' hands this time and hopefully shut this kid's mouth."
While doubts persist about Warren actually winning the fight, he said advancements in his game since that night will make him a completely different beast this time around vs. Galvao.
"I was winning fights straight wrestling, had no idea what I was doing," Warren said. "I don't even remember a lot of it. It was hot, like 98-degrees outdoors in Yuma, Arizona. I just was different. I didn't finish a lot of takedowns -- I can't remember, I just kept pulling him on top of me. You know, I take it for what it is. I take that win and I kinda put things behind me.
"I don't care if he's gotten better or worse. I don't give two s**ts. I'm going to crush this kid. He's opening his mouth and I don't like it, so the bottom line is, I'm the best Joe Warren that's ever been in that cage right now, so he's got a lot to worry about."
Galvao's resume is sullied by six defeats, but he has won his last three fights in dominant fashion, scoring two TKO wins and beating his most recent opponent by unanimous decision. He has also won six of his last seven fights, sandwiching two three-fight winning streaks around a KO loss to Eduardo Dantas.
Prediction: Warren defeats Galvao by TKO in Round 2
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