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Cage Warriors 211 results Dario Bellandi stops Aldo Pereira in Rome and targets Gustavo Sousa’s belt

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Cage Warriors 211 results: Dario Bellandi is back. On Saturday, October 17 at the PalaPellicone in Rome, the former middleweight champion stopped Aldo Pereira by TKO 13 seconds into round 2. It was his 1st fight since losing his belt in February. In the co-main event, Giuseppe Mastrogiacomo knocked out Alexis Tsarmantidis with a knee to the liver.

Key takeaways

Cage Warriors 211 results: Bellandi's return

The main event

Bellandi dropped Pereira with a right hook at the start of round 2 and finished with punches. The referee stopped it after 13 seconds, according to CombatPress.

The context

The Livorno fighter lost the middleweight belt to Paddy McCorry at Cage Warriors 200 in February. This was his 1st fight since. He moves to 10-2.

A replacement opponent

Aldo Pereira replaced Renato Valente, who was originally announced against Bellandi.

What's next for Bellandi

The belt has changed hands

Since then McCorry lost the title to Gustavo Sousa, by choke in 62 seconds at Cage Warriors 210 in Dublin in September.

Cage Warriors’ message

The promotion relayed Bellandi’s request on its social media: the former champion wants the belt back.

Nothing official

No fight against Sousa has been announced yet.

He wants that belt, the former champ has spoken

The other results

The main card

Giuseppe Mastrogiacomo knocked out Alexis Tsarmantidis with a knee to the liver at 3 minutes 37 of round 1. Enrico Di Gangi submitted Tommy Brunning with an arm-triangle choke in round 2, and Federico Rotoni submitted Andrei Gabura with a D’Arce choke in round 1 in his pro debut.

The prelims

Simone Ali, Christian Tosco, Niko Ceraglia, Jurgen Koci and Diego Giangirolami won by TKO. Elez Guri beat Gabriele Lionetti on points, and Angelo Coppola vs Jonathan Rivera ended in a split draw.

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