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Video: 2020 U.S. Olympic Team member Jordan Oliver quickly wins MMA debut at Bellator 298

Jordan Oliver, a 2020 U.S. Olympic Team member and NCAA champion, only needed 65 seconds to win his MMA debut.

2020 U.S. Olympic Team member [autotag]Jordan Oliver[/autotag] entered Bellator 298 with no in-cage time clocked. He exited with 65 seconds of experience.

At Bellator 298, Oliver (1-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) defeated Massachusetts’ [autotag]Andrew Triolo[/autotag] (0-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) at 1:05 with a first-round submission due to arm-triangle choke. The welterweight bout kicked off the prelims at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Oliver, 33, took one hard straight right hand for Triolo, who moments later was on his back. Following the successful takedown, Oliver snatched the grip of an arm-triangle choke but was on what would be considered the wrong side of a choke. Oliver squeezed, perhaps sensing his grip was strong, and his positioning didn’t matter. Triolo tapped.

A freestyle and folkstyle wrestler, Oliver signed with Bellator in March. He wrestled four years at Oklahoma State University. Oliver is a 2019 U.S. national champion (freestyle), a two-time NCAA Division-I national champion (folkstyle), a four-time NCAA Division-I All-American, and a four-time Big 12 Conference champion (folkstyle).

After college, Oliver set his sights on the Olympics. In 2021, he was a 2020 U.S. Olympic Team member as the representative in 65kg men’s freestyle wrestling, but didn’t qualify in the 2021 World Olympic Qualifier.

“I look at this as something bigger than the Olympic gold,” Oliver told MMA Junkie shortly after his signing. “This would mean more to me than Olympic gold. At the time I’m coming in and the work I’m going to have to put in, not only to win, but to win with style and dominate, I think it’ll fulfill me more to win a Bellator world title as a fighter.”

The up-to-the-minute Bellator 298 results include:

  • Jordan Oliver def. Andrew Triolo via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:05

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for Bellator 298.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (July 10-16)

All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by a promotion from July 10-16.

2020 U.S. Olympic Team member Jordan Oliver set to make MMA debut at Bellator 298

NCAA champion and U.S. Olympic Team Member Jordan Oliver announced his jump to MMA earlier this year – and now he has a fight set.

2020 U.S. Olympic Team member [autotag]Jordan Oliver[/autotag] has his first MMA fight locked in.

After four months of MMA-centric training at Kill Cliff FC in Deerfield Beach, Fla., Oliver (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) will debut Aug. 11 at Bellator 298. He faces [autotag]Andrew Triolo[/autotag] (0-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) in a featherweight bout at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. A promotion official informed MMA Junkie of the bout Tuesday.

A freestyle and folkstyle wrestler, Oliver signed with Bellator in March. He wrestled four years at Oklahoma State University. Oliver is a 2019 U.S. national champion (freestyle), a two-time NCAA Division-I national champion (folkstyle), a four-time NCAA Division-I All-American, and a four-time Big 12 Conference champion (folkstyle).

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After college, Oliver set his sights on the Olympics. In 2021, he was a 2020 U.S. Olympic Team member as the representative in 65kg men’s freestyle wrestling, but didn’t qualify in the 2021 World Olympic Qualifier.

“I look at this as something bigger than the Olympic gold,” Oliver told MMA Junkie shortly after his signing. “This would mean more to me than Olympic gold. At the time I’m coming in and the work I’m going to have to put in, not only to win, but to win with style and dominate, I think it’ll fulfill me more to win a Bellator world title as a fighter.”

Triolo, 31, made his professional MMA debut in April 2022 for LFA. He lost to fellow debutant Adamu Isah by first-round TKO and has not competed since.

With the addition, the Bellator 298 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Logan Storley vs. Brennan Ward
  • Valentin Moldavsky vs. Steve Mowry
  • Aaron Jeffery vs. Dalton Rosta
  • Islam Mamedov vs. Sidney Outlaw

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie/YouTube, 5:30 p.m. ET)

  • Weber Almeida vs. Lucas Brennan
  • Enrique Barzola vs. Jaylon Bates
  • Kai Kamaka vs. Akhmed Magomedov
  • Diana Avsaragova vs. Justine Kish
  • James Gallagher vs. James Gonzalez
  • Anthony Adams vs. Imamshafi Aliev
  • Jario Pacheco vs. Max Rohskopf
  • Dayana Silva vs. Katerina Shakalova
  • Sullivan Cauley vs. Cedric Savage
  • Bryce Meredith vs. Alberto Rodriguez
  • Aalon Cruz vs. Alfie Davis
  • Leandro Higo vs. Nikita Mikhailov
  • Khalid Murtazaliev vs. Mike Shipman
  • Jerrell Hodge vs. Marcirley Alves da Silva
  • Michael Blockhus vs. Eli Mefford
  • Jordan Oliver vs. Andrew Triolo

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for Bellator 298.