Key takeaways
Brandon Girtz beat Melvin Guillard by split decision after three rounds in the main event of Bellator 141 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Patricky Freire beat Saad Awad after three rounds.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, one by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in twelve fights. Three of the eight decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to AJ McKee, who stopped James Barnes at 1:42 of round one, and three of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Marloes Coenen's submission of Arlene Blencowe, 8 minutes and 23 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 18 minutes of cage time.