Bellator Results: Cole Konrad Defeats Eric Prindle For Heavyweight World Championship

Minnesota's Cole Konrad defeated Eric Prindle on Friday night in New Orleans to keep the Bellator Heavyweight World Championship. The fight headlined a long list of battles for the event, but anyone blinking may have missed it.

Konrad avoided a big combination from Prindle to move inside and dump him on his back. From there, Konrad used a Kimura on his opponent. Prindle groaned in pain as Konrad torqued his arm. In a flash, Prindle tapped out. Konrad was declared the winner via submission just one minute into the first round of the fight.

The win moves Konrad to 9-0 as a mixed martial artist. He won the heavyweight title at the first Bellator event in 2010. This was his first defense of that title.

As a wrestler with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Konrad won two NCAA titles with a career record of 155-13.

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Bellator 70 Fight Card: Minnesota's Cole Konrad To Defend Championship In Main Event

The Bellator Heavyweight World Championship is on the line on Friday night in New Orleans, as Minnesota's own heavyweight Cole Konrad will headline a stacked Bellator 70 fight card.

Konrad, who is 8-0 as a mixed martial artist, will face off against 7-1 Eric Prindle in the night's main event for the heavyweight belt. Konrad won a pair of NCAA titles as a wrestler with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and finished his college career with a 155-13 record. He submitted Neil Grove to win the inaugural Bellator Heavyweight Tournament back in October of 2010, but Friday night will mark his first title defense.

The broadcast will get underway at 6:00pm CST with a handful of top local prospects facing off on the undercard, and can be seen for free on Spike.com. The main card, which will air on MTV and HD on EPIX, will start one hour later at 7:00 pm CST. Here is the full fight card:

Main Card
Heavyweight Title Fight: Cole Konrad vs. Eric Prindle
Lightweight Tournament Final Fight: Rick Hawn vs. Brent Weedman
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Luis Nogueira vs. Hiroshi Nakamura
Lightweight Feature Fight: Rich Clementi vs. Derek Campos

Prelims
Catchweight Feature Fight: Josh Shockley vs. Keith Schneider
Welterweight Feature Fight: Charlie Rader vs. A.J. Matthews
Middleweight Feature Fight: Jonas Billstein vs. Mike Seal
Lightweight Feature Fight: Kyle Bradley vs. Josh Harris
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Blake Dufour vs. Derek Arcement
Middleweight Feature Fight: Jeremiah Riggs vs. Kelvin Tiller

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Bellator 70: Minnesota's Cole Konrad Is Ready For Friday Night After Long Layoff

Bellator's heavyweight championship isn't a long established title, but former Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestler Cole Konrad is looking to make some noise with the strap around his waist. That can't happen if he's unable to defend the belt on Friday night against challenger Eric Prindle, though, so there's quite a bit of pressure on the 265-pound behemoth.

Konrad might be at a disadvantage considering he's had to wait quite awhile to defend his title due to a bevy of random issues in Bellator's tournament, but he told SB Nation's MMA Mania that he's ready to go on Friday night.

Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): That time off and eagerness to come back, Is that part of the reason why you decided to take your title fight within two weeks of Prindle not ending up having to fight in the finals?

Cole Konrad: Absolutely. As rare as I'd been getting fights there, I didn't know when the next offer would come. They could have offered me a fight on two days' notice and I would have taken it. That's just how it was. I was training so it wasn't completely out of the blue but obviously, you'd like to have a full camp going into a fight but I took that fight on short notice because as rare as I was getting fights offered, I had to take it. I have to make a living too.

It should be a fun night of fights, especially if Konrad comes out running on all cylinders after the long layoff.

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Bellator 70: Cole Konrad Has Chance To Be The Best MMA Heavyweight To Come Out Of Minnesota

Cole Konrad, who followed Brock Lesnar as a national wrestling champion at the University of Minnesota, has a chance to do the same thing in mixed martial arts when he defends his Bellator Heavyweight Championship against Eric Prindle tonight..

Bellator 70 Weigh-In Results: Minnesota's Cole Konrad Makes Weight

The final step before Friday night's heavyweight championship went off without a hitch on Thursday evening at the Bellator 70 weigh-ins. Minnesota's Cole Konrad and his opponent Eric Prindle both successfully made weight, thereby ensuring their matchup for the title will go on as planned.

Konrad didn't make weight by much, however, as he weighed in at a whopping 265.2 pounds -- less than a pound under the legal limit. Prindle's a big dude himself, too, as he weighed in at an even 265 pounds for the battle of the big men in Friday night's main event.

The complete weigh-in results from Thursday night are posted below, courtesy of our friends at MMA Mania.

Main Card

265 lbs.: Cole Konrad (265.2) vs. Eric Prindle (265)
155 lbs.: Rick Hawn (156) vs. Brent Weedman (156)
135 lbs.: Hiroshi Nakamura (135.8) vs. Luis Nogueira (135.8)
155 lbs.: Derek Campos (154.8) vs. Rich Clementi (157.2*)

Preliminary Card

185 lbs.: Jeremiah Riggs (185.2) vs. Kelvin Tiller (190.8**)
135 lbs.: Derek Arcement (136) vs. Blake Dufour (136)
157 lbs.: Kyle Bradley (156.8) vs. John Harris (155.8)
185 lbs.: Jonas Billstein () vs. Mike Seal ()
170 lbs.: A.J. Matthews (170.8) vs. Charlie Rader (171)
174 lbs.: Keith Schneider (173.6) vs. Josh Shockley (170.8)

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Cole Konrad To Defend Heavyweight Championship In Bellator

Former Minnesota wrestler Cole Konrad will defend his heavyweight championship on Friday night at Bellator 70 against Eric Prindle.