Cole Konrad submitted Neil Grove to claim the 265-pound belt, while bantamweight Zach Makovsky survived an early scare en route to a dominant unanimous-decision title win.
After taking down his opponent early, Konrad made the surprising decision to stand back up and reset the action on the feet. Unfortunately for Grove, hecould not capitalize on the opportunity and found himself planted once again just a few seconds later.
The 26-year-old walked his opponent to the cage, advanced to mount and patiently worked in a few ground-and-pound blows before ultimately attacking Grove's arm with a keylock. "The Goliath" had little choice and was forced to tap with just 15 seconds remaining in the opening round.
With the win, Konrad becomes Bellator's first-ever heavyweight champion and remains undefeated in his MMA career.
Makovsky nor West had ever before fought for 25 minutes prior to Saturday's title contest. As is often typical with 135-pounders, both handled the challenge with ease, though it was Makovsky who passed the test with flying colors.
Makovsky now owns a six-fight win streak, while West sees his own seven-fight run snapped.
OFFICIAL MAIN CARD RESULTS
Cole Konrad def. Neil Grove via submission (keylock) - Round 1, 4:45 (for vacant heavyweight title)
Zack Makovsky def. Ed West via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) for vacant bantamweight title
Jim Wallhead def. Ryan Thomas via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS
Eric Marriott def. Ryan Roberts via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)*
Jared Downing def. Danny Tims via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)*
Rudy Bears def. Chad Reiner via knockout (punch) - Round 1, 1:29*
Michael Chandler def. Chris Page via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 1, 0:57
Brian Davidson def. Shane Hutchison via knockout (punches) - Round 1, 0:54
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