Bellator Champions Series: Belfast video: Manoel Sousa sleeps Tim Wilde with ‘left hook from hell’

Tim Wilde wasn’t having a bad first round until Manoel Sousa connected with one punch at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast.

[autotag]Tim Wilde[/autotag] wasn’t having a bad first round, but then [autotag]Manoel Sousa[/autotag] connected with one punch at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast.

That was all Sousa needed to shut the lights out on Wilde, who dropped like a sack of potatoes when a hard left hook landed flush across his chin. And with that, Sousa was victorious by first-round knockout just 48 seconds into their main-card opener Friday at SSE Arena.

Check out the devastating finish below (via X):

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event page for Bellator Champions Series: Belfast.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Feb. 12-18)

Check out the UFC, PFL, and Bellator fights 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, PFL, and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Feb. 12-18.