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Chael Sonnen praises Fedor Emelianenko after Bellator 208: I’ve never ‘been ground-and-pounded like that’
On Saturday night, in the main event of Bellator 208, former UFC light heavyweight and middleweight title challenger Chael Sonnen came up short to heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko. Although Sonnen had some success in this short but thrilling fight, landing a handful of takedowns, he had no answer for Emelianenko’s legendary power and ground and […]
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Ryan Bader wishes he’d had the chance to fight Daniel Cormier, Cormier agrees ‘it would have been a fun one’
On Friday night, in the main event of Bellator 207, Bellator light heavyweight champ Ryan Bader advanced to the finals of the promotion’s exciting Heavyweight Grand Prix with a win over Matt Mitrione. While Bader has looked pretty much unstoppable since joining the Bellator roster — in two divisions at that — he still regrets […]
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Pros react to Fedor Emelianenko and Chael Sonnen
The second semi-final of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix took place tonight at as former PRIDE champion Fedor Emelianenko squared off with former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen. Chael Sonnen entered tonight’s Bellator 208 event having won two fights in a row, his latest being a unanimous decision victory over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at January’s […]
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Bellator 208 Results: Fedor Emelianenko TKO’s Chael Sonnen (VIDEO)
A heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Chael Sonnen took place at tonight’s Bellator 208 event, with the winner advancing to the promotions Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals to fight Ryan Bader. “Darth” Bader was able to score a dominant decision victory over Matt Mitrione in the main event of yesterday’s Bellator 207 fight card. Former […]
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Bellator 208 Results: Benson Henderson defeats Saad Awad
A key lightweight bout between former UFC champion Benson Henderson and perennial contender Saad Awad took place at tonight’s Bellator 208 event. Benson Henderson (25-8 MMA) was last seen in action at Bellator 196 where he scored a second-round submission win over Roger Huerta. “Smooth” has gone 2-3 since joining the Bellator ranks in April […]
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Bellator 208 Results: Cheick Kongo TKO’s Timothy Johnson (VIDEO)
A heavyweight bout between former UFC fighters Cheick Kongo and Timothy Johnson took place during tonight’s Bellator 208 main card. Kongo (28-10-2 MMA) enters tonight’s contest on a six-fight win streak, his latest being a first-round knockout victory over Javy Ayala at Bellator 199. Meanwhile, Timothy Johnson (12-4 MMA) will be making his promotional debut […]
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Bellator 208 Results: Anatoly Tokov defeats Alexander Shlemenko
A middleweight bout between former Bellator champion Alexander Shlemenko and Anatoly Tokov took place at tonight’s Bellator 208 event. Shlemenko enters tonight’s contest on a two fight losing skid. Prior to those setbacks, the former Bellator middleweight champion was riding a six fight win streak. Meanwhile, Anatoly Tokov has gone a perfect 3-0 thus far […]
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Pros react to Sergei Kharitonov’s KO victory over Roy Nelson at Bellator 207
Sergei Kharitonov improved his overall record to (28-6 MMA) at last night’s Bellator 207 event, scoring a nasty first-round knockout victory over Roy Nelson. The highlight reel finish served as the sixteenth TKO/KO victory of Kharitonov’s career. The 38-year-old Russian, Kharitonov, was able to catch “Big Country” with a huge right hand late in round […]
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50 Cent offers Khabib Nurmagomedov a Bellator roster spot
Undisputed UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is in a bit of trouble following his fourth-round submission win over Conor McGregor. Nurmagomedov attacked McGregor’s team following his win, while some of Nurmagomedov’s teammates attacked the Irishman in the Octagon. It was a messy scene indeed, and now many expect the NSAC to suspend Nurmagomedov and they […]
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Bellator 207 results: Ryan Bader dominates to advance and Sergei Kharitonov KOs Roy Nelson
After their massive San Jose card with Bellator 206, Bellator MMA returns with a doubleheader of a weekend to determine the finals of their heavyweight Grand Prix. Starting things off with Bellator 207, the main event featured the first of the two semi-final matchups. But there was some great action that preceded the battle of […]
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VIDEO | Chael Sonnen slams heavyweight division, ‘heavyweights suck’
https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie/status/1050603228079915008?s=19 “I think it discredits all the heavyweights completely [if Ryan Bader and I make it to the finals of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix]. The best thing to do with heavyweights is to keep them the hell [away] from any other weight class. They’re the worst athletes in the room, they’re the slowest guys in […]
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Chael Sonnen hoping to join the company of Hulk Hogan, Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali with Bellator HWGP win
The MMA career of Chael Sonnen is one for the history books. He’s bested opponents like Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Michael Bisping, Brian Stann, Nate Marquardt, Yushin Okami and Alexey Oleynik. He’s battled legends like Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans. He helped revolutionize the way fighters promote […]
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Bellator 208 weigh-in results: Fedor Emelianenko just 9 pounds heavier than Chael Sonnen, two fights get scrapped
On Saturday night, after tonight’s Bellator 207 card, Bellator MMA will touch down in Uniondale, New York with Bellator 208. This second card of the weekend will be headlined by a Heavyweight Grand Prix semifinal showdown between former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger Chael Sonnen and heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko. On Friday morning, the […]
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Scott Coker says Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald will probably return “sometime In February”
We won’t be seeing Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald return to the cage anytime soon. That’s according to Bellator President Scott Coker who confirmed with MMAJunkie that MacDonald suffered another broken nose injury following his loss to middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 206. “He broke his nose,” Coker told MMAjunkie “I know that whatever he needed […]
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Scott Coker likes the idea of Kyoji Horiguchi vs Darrion Caldwell, ‘Let’s get it on!’
It’s definitely safe to say to that 2018 has been the year of the champion vs champion fights and as it continues to unwind, we aren’t done getting them. I mean, let’s just look at things a bit closer here. The term “super fight” has absolutely been thrown around far too loosely this year as just […]
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VIDEO | Chael Sonnen ‘felt ridiculous’ wearing the outfit that he wore in the Bellator 208 promos
https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie/status/1050465222379495424?s=19 “I felt ridiculous [filming that promo]. You know what, we did that here. I did that in a dressing room, I put that [USA outfit] on. Right as I was coming out Fedor [Emelianenko] must have been walking in. He took one look at me and laughed. I hung my head like a doufus […]
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Bellator honors troops with second event in Hawaii featuring Primus-Chandler rematch, return of Frank Mir
On December 15, Bellator will touch down in Honolulu, Hawaii with Bellator 211. The card will be headlined by a women’s flyweight title fight between Hawaiian champ Ilima-Lei MacFarlane, and co-headlined by a middleweight scrap between former UFC champ Lyoto Machida and former Bellator champ Rafael Carvalho. Amazingly, this stacked card is not all that […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Jon Fitch on Rory MacDonald matchup: ‘I’ll just fight him where I want’
Bellator is getting back in the business of tournaments. With Bellator’s Heavyweight Grand Prix in the semi-finals this weekend, the Welterweight Grand Prix just started the opening round. One of the eight fighters in the tournament is UFC veteran and former WSOF champion, Jon Fitch. Fitch will be taking on current Bellator 170-pound champion Rory […]
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Fantasy Warfare: 5 Fantasy ONE Championship Cross-Promotional Bouts
There are a plethora of intriguing bouts to make within the ONE Championship promotion, but sometimes it’s fun to think about what would happen if the best martial artists from ONE competed against some of the top competition from other organizations. Let’s look at five of the most intriguing fantasy matchups that we’d love to […]
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Gegard Mousasi eyeing retirement after three more fights
Bellator 206 was one of the year’s biggest MMA events regardless of organization. And in its headliner, we saw a fight that we never expected to see. For Bellator, history was on the line as they put two champions against each other for the very first time. Moving up and looking to become the first […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Tim Johnson ready to make his name in the Bellator cage
Recently signed heavyweight fighter Tim Johnson plans on opening some eyes at Bellator 208 when he takes on Cheick Kongo in a feature main card bout. Johnson, 33, signed with the Viacom owned promotion after going a very respectable 4-3 inside the Octagon. He holds notable victories over Shamil Abdurakhimov, Marcin Tybura, and Daniel Omielańczuk while […]
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Bellator 206 salaries: ‘Rampage’ and Wanderlei Silva earn top paydays
Bellator 206, which went down in San Jose, California on Saturday night, was among the biggest fight cards the company has ever promoted. As it turns out, this card featured some suitably hefty paydays as well. The biggest earner of the night was former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, who pocketed a significant […]
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Scott Coker explains why UK MMA fans were forced to watch ‘Peppa Pig’ instead of Bellator 206 headliner
Last night, Bellator MMA promoted arguably its biggest card yet in Bellator 206. Given the scale of this card, Bellator MMA arranged to have the fights broadcast live on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom in the wee hours of them morning — rather than just airing it on tape delay long after it ended. […]
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Bellator 206 Results: Gegard Mousasi stops Rory MacDonald in Round 2 (VIDEO)
Current Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi put his title on the line in the headliner of tonight’s Bellator 206 event against reigning welterweight champion Rory MacDonald. Rory MacDonald was most recently seen in action at Bellator 192 where he defeated Douglas Lima via decision to become the promotions welterweight champion. Meanwhile, Gegard Mousasi enters tonight’s […]
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Bellator 206 Results: Quinton Jackson stops Wanderlei Silva in Round 2 (VIDEO)
A heavyweight bout between former mixed martial arts champions and bitter rivals Quinton Jackson and Wanderlei Silva served as the co-headliner of tonight’s Bellator 206 event in San Jose. This will mark the fourth time that “Rampage” and “The Axe Murderer” have squared off during their storied careers. Wanderlei won the pairs first two meetings, […]
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Bellator 206 Results: Douglas Lima submits Andrey Koreshkov in Round 5
A welterweight bout between former division champions Andrey Koreshkov and Douglas Lima took place on tonight’s Bellator 206 main card from San Jose. Andrey Koreshkov enters tonight’s contest on a two-fight win streak, his latest being a first-round spinning back-kick knockout victory over Vaso Bakocevic at Bellator 203. Meanwhile, Douglas Lima lost the Bellator welterweight […]
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Bellator 206 Results: Aaron Pico finishes Leandro Higo in Round 1 (VIDEO)
A featherweight bout between Aaron Pico and Leandro Higo took place on the main card of tonight’s Bellator 206 event in San Jose. Aaron Pico (3-1 MMA) enters tonight’s contest on a three-fight win streak, with all three of those victories coming by way of first-round knockout. Round one begins and Pico takes the center […]
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VIDEO | Bellator 206 weigh-in results: Gegard Mousasi vs Rory MacDonald middlweight superfight gets greenlight
Tomorrow night, arguably the biggest card in Bellator MMA history will take place at the SAP Center in San Jose, California for Bellator 206. The card will feature a champion vs. champion fight in Gegard Mousasi vs. Rory MacDonald. As well as Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson 4, Douglas Lima vs. Andrey Koreshkov 3, and […]