The Bellator Lw champion Will Brooks entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-1-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos). The only man who stopped him (in one round) was Saad Awad in 2013 (=Brooks vs Awad), after this bout he has won six consecutive fights beating Michael Chandler twice in 2014 and winning the Bellator Lw belt (=Chandler vs Brooks I and Brooks vs Chandler II).
His opponent, Dave Jansen, has an official record of 20-2-0 (55% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2010, against Kamal Shalorus and Ricardo Lamas, but since then he has collected seven victories winning the Bellator Lw tournament (season seven) in 2013 beating Marcin Held in the final (=Jansen vs Held). After this bout he has fought once winning over Rick Hawn (=Hawn vs Jansen). Brooks vs Jansen, main event of Bellator 136, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Brooks’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Dave Jansen fight videos
2014 MMA fight – Rick Hawn vs Dave Jansen – full fight Video Bellator 130
Review: 2014-10-24, fight not so exciting between Rick Hawn and Dave Jansen: it gets two stars. Rick Hawn entered this fight with a record of 18-3-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.23 welterweight in the world while his opponent, Dave Jansen, has a mma record of 19-2-0 (58% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since March 21, 2013 when he defeated Marcin Held (=Jansen vs Held). Hawn vs Jansen is on the undercard of Emanuel Newton vs Linton Vassell – Bellator 130. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2013 MMA fight – Dave Jansen vs Marcin Held – full fight Video Bellator 93
Review: 2013-03-21, good work on the ground in the second part of the fight but on the whole the bout between Jansen and Held was not so exciting: two stars. Dave Jansen (18-2-0) entered as the No.54 lightweight in the world while Marcin Held (15-2-0) entered as the No.86. Jansen vs Held is the final of the Bellator lightweight tournament; main event of Bellator 93. Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Dave Jansen vs Ricardo Tirloni – full fight Video Bellator 81
Review: 2012-11-16, good fight between Dave Jansen and Ricardo Tirloni: three stars. Dave Jansen ranked as the No.53 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 17-2-0 while Ricardo Tirloni had a record of 15-2-0. Jansen vs Tirloni is the semifinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Rich Clementi vs Marcin Held – Bellator 81. Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Dave Jansen vs Magomed Saadulaev – full fight Video Bellator 77
Review: 2012-10-19, good work on the ground in the first round and good finish: Dave Jansen vs Magomed Saadulaev gets three stars. Dave Jansen ranked as the No.69 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 16-2-0 while Magomed Saadulaev had a record of 14-1-0. Jansen vs Saadulaev is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Rich Clementi – Bellator 77. Watch the video!