Key takeaways
Daniel Straus beat Patricio Pitbull by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of Bellator 145 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Patricio Pitbull had come in as the division's No. 15. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Will Brooks beat Marcin Held after five rounds.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, four by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in 13 fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Bobby Lashley, who stopped James Thompson after 54 seconds, and six of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Chel Erwin-Davis's knockout of Adam Cella, 10 minutes and 35 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 7 minutes of cage time.
One ranked fighters appeared.