Bellator Fighting Championships presented
Bellator 64: Askren vs Lima on Friday, April 6, 2012, at Caesars Windsor in Ontario, Canada. The main card aired live on MTV2. The entire event also streamed live at
Spike.com.
In the main event, Ben Askren did what Ben Askren does. The Olympic wrestler won a clean sweep unanimous decision over Douglas Lima by repeatedly taking him to the mat and masterfully controlling him. Lima had been on a tear, winning 9 fights in a row, before running into the relentless enigma that is Ben "Funky" Askren.
Marlon Sandro outpointed Alexandre "Popo" Bezerra to advance to his second Bellator final. Sandro made it to the finals of the 2011 Summer Series featherweight tournament, but lost by KO to current Bellator Featherweight Champion Pat Curran. A win in this season's finale (against the winner of
Bellator 65's Daniel Straus vs Mike Corey) would earn Sandro his much desired rematch with Pat Curran.