In a hotly contested fight, Pat "Bam Bam'' Healy registered a razor-thin, unanimous three-round decision over previously unbeaten Lyle "Fancy Pants" Beerbohm in the main event Friday on Strikeforce Challengers at Cedar Park Center.

In other results on the televised portion of the Strikeforce Challengers event: Carlo "Neo'' Prater (26-10-1) submitted Bryan Travers (14-3), with an anaconda choke at 38 seconds in the first round in a catchweight bout at 160 pounds, unbeaten lightweight Ryan Couture (2-0) the son of MMA legend Randy Couture, submitted (rear-naked choke) Lee Higgins (2-1) at 4:41 in the third round; local favorite Ryan Larson (6-2) submitted (triangle choke) Erik Apple (10-3) at 3:14 of the second round in a welterweight (170 pounds) skirmish and David "Tarzan'' Douglas (7-2) submitted (rear-naked choke) Austin fan favorite Nick "The Ghost'' Gonzalez (16-9, 1 NC) at 1:05 in the first round.

The victorious Healy (25-18) won by the score of 29-28 on the three judges' scorecards dropping Beerbohm to 15-1.

"He talked a lot of trash, but if he wants a rematch, I'll give him one anytime,'' said Healy, who pushed former Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson to the brink before losing his last fight on June 26, 2010. "Beerbohm fought a good fight but I think I outworked and outhustled him. I'd like to fight the winner of the March 5 fight between Billy Evangelista and Jorge Masvidal.''

A member of Team Quest, Healy has won four of his last five fights and seven of nine. In a 10-year career, he's defeated several big-name, quality opponents including Paul "Semtex'' Daley, Carlos Condit and Dan Hardy.

Beerbohm, who not only suffered his first pro defeat but first ever in Mixed Martial Arts - he was 8-0 as an amateur -- felt he'd done enough to get his hand raised.

"I definitely thought I won,'' he said. "I thought going into the third we'd each won a round, but I definitely thought I won that last round. I took the fight to him from the start. But that's what happens when you let it go to the hands of the judges.''

The quick victory ended a two-fight losing streak for Prater, who'd also dropped four out of five. He used his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to take down Travers, and moments later it was over.

"My record shows I'm not a perfect fighter, but when you're down you get up,'' Prater said. "This was a good win, I'll get better off this fight, but I'll be right back in the gym soon.''

Travers had won seven of eight going in. A six-fight winning streak was snapped when he lost a decision to Healy on Srikeforce Challengers on May 21, 2010.

Couture, who turned pro on Aug. 13, 2010, is one of the more promising prospects in MMA, but he had to work to get the victory against a game Higgins.

"It felt good to be in there,'' Couture said, "but the guy was tough as nails. I'm real glad I was able to get him there at the end. For the most part I was happy with my standup and getting almost 15 minutes in there was good.''

In a battle of wrestlers, the well-conditioned Larson controlled the action from the outset against Apple, who was competing for the first time since Nov. 20, 2009.

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