Pat Curran (photo via Bellator.com)

By FCF Staff

Pat Curran may have needed a stoppage in round five, tonight at Bellator 112, and the rugged vet did just that to reclaim the promotion’s featherweight belt.

Although the main event was a competitive and entertaining bout, Straus appeared to have outscored Curran through four rounds. Late into round five, however, Curran took the back of Straus, and after working on a rear-naked-choke for several moments forced him to tap-out at 4:46.

In November, at Bellator 106, Straus avenged a 2009 loss to Curran by scoring a decision win, and ended his reign as featherweight champion.

Here are the results from Bellator 112, which went down in Hammond, Indiana.

Bellator 112

Featherweight Championship

Pat Curran def. Daniel Straus via submission (rear-naked-choke) R5, 4:46

Opening Round Welterweight Tourney

Andrey Koreshkov def. Nah Shon Burrell via TKO (knee and punches) R1, 0:41

Sam Oropeza def. Cristiano Souza via TKO (punches) R1, 3:07

Adam McDonough def. Jesse Juarez via unanimous decision

Nathan Coy def. Paul Bradley via unanimous decision

Belal Muhammad def. A.J. Matthews via unanimous decision

Darrion Caldwell def. Lance Surma via submission (guillotine choke) R1, 0:50

Derek Loffer def. Bobby Reardanz via unanimous decision

Anthony Gomez def. Jason Guida via unanimous decision

Daniel James def. Erick Correa via submission (strikes) R2, 4:30