4. Rafael Silva vs. Rob Emerson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Vv-p8ciyU Weight Class: Bantamweight Rafael Silva (21-4) returns to action Friday night and opens Bellator 127, fighting for the first time since losing a shot at Bellator gold to Joe Warren: the interim bantamweight championship. Silva is still in his prime, has had only a handful of fights in Bellator, and has a ton of upside. Rob Emerson (1710 (1)), meanwhile, is a veteran of the UFC and many other promotions, but may be best known for an affair with the wife of Ian McCall, that McCall revealed on Twitter. Emerson is a journeyman and though he's on a five fight win streak and has a dangerous arsenal of submissions, Silva takes this via TKO in the first.
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