Bellator 179 took place Friday, May 19th at The SSE Arena in London, England and airs on tape delay in the US at 9:00 PM ET on Spike TV.

Main Card

-Rory MacDonald defeated Paul Daley by Submission (RNC, Round 2, 1:45)
-Linton Vassell defeated Liam McGeary by Submission (Arm-triangle choke, Round 3, 2:28)
-Cheick Kongo defeated Augusto Sakai by Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
-Alex Lohore defeated Dan Edwards by TKO (Punches, Round 2, 0:56)
-Kevin Ferguson Jr. defeated D.J. Griffin by TKO (Punches, Round 1, 3:40

Preliminary Card

-Stav Economou defeated Dan Konecke by submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:05
-Amir Albazi defeated Jamie Powell by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)
-Nathan Jones defeated Umer Kayani by submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1
-Fabian Edwards defeated Rafal Cejrowski knockout (flying knee) – Round 1
-Jeremy Petley defeated Chase Morton by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-26)
-Mike Shipman defeated Marcin Prostko by TKO (knees) – Round 1, 2:39
-Salih Kulucan defeated Diego Barbosa by submission (heel hook) – Round 1, 2:18