December 11, 2022 5: 45 pm ET
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Christian Echols understood the chances versus him at Bellator289 He heard all about them.
Echols was a big underdog versus extremely promoted fumbling standout Pat Downey on Friday in Uncasville, Conn. Downey was a 15-1 preferred in the middleweight battle. A 36-second submission win in his professional launching earlier this year had a lot to do with that for Downey.
And at the start of his battle with Echols, it looked like things may play out in the exactsame kind of method. Downey put Echols on the canvas and priorto long had a tight choke that Echols had to discover a method out of. Eventually, he did – and then Echols (3-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) knocked