{"id":115657,"date":"2014-10-17T19:39:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T02:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=115657"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:16:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:16:46","slug":"bellator-129-results-alexander-and-zwicker-battle-to-a-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-129-results-alexander-and-zwicker-battle-to-a-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bellator 129&#8217; Results: Alexander and Zwicker Battle to a Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/bellator-129-results-alexander-and-zwicker-battle-to-a-draw\/houston-alexander-draw\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115669\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Houston-Alexander-Draw.png\" alt=\"Houston Alexander Draw\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Houston-Alexander-Draw.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Houston-Alexander-Draw-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Houston-Alexander-Draw-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Virgil Zwicker ate two illegal headbutts in the first and third rounds, and Houston Alexander was punished with a point deduction in the final five minutes of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander was able to take Zwicker down anytime he wanted, however he was not able to build up a decisive amount of offense until the third round. 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