Category: Bellator

  • Lashley Open To Teammate Match Against King Mo

    Lashley Open To Teammate Match Against King Mo

    Champion wrestler and mixed martial arts heavyweight contender Bobby Lashley (13-2 MMA) recently talked about the differences between his two current professions. During the interview, “The Dominator” took a jab at teammate “King Mo”, who he says has been ducking him: “I think so man,” Lashley responded when asked if Mo Lawal had been ducking him in the […]

  • Kimbo Slice Wants Several More Fights Before Retirement

    Kimbo Slice Wants Several More Fights Before Retirement

    Kimbo Slice’s return to mixed martial arts at “Bellator 138: Unfinished Business” against Ken Shamrock may not have been a world-class technical display of skill, but it did more than get the job done. The main-event drew over two million viewers to SPIKE so they could see a fight take place that was years in […]

  • Bellator champ: ‘Warren deserves a longer suspension for failed drug test’

    Bellator champ: ‘Warren deserves a longer suspension for failed drug test’

    The self-proclaimed “Baddest Man on the Planet” Joe Warren’s plans for a run at Bellator’s bantamweight championship were pushed to the side after he failed a drug test for marijuana. Now, Marcos Galvao is left opponent-less once again for his fight at Bellator 144. Eduardo Dantes was originally supposed to fight Galvao at Bellator 144, […]

  • Rampage Is Down To Fight In Japan On NYE

    Rampage Is Down To Fight In Japan On NYE

    Alright MMA fanboys, try not to go to crazy, but Quinton “Rampage” Jackson says he’d like to fight on that NYE card in Japan. That’s right, the new promotion, ‘Rizin Fighting Federation,’ which will feature the return of Fedor Emelianenko, might be Rampage’s next stop. The former UFC champ said, during a live Twitch stream, […]

  • Report: Joe Warren Tests Positive For Marijuana Following Bellator 143

    Report: Joe Warren Tests Positive For Marijuana Following Bellator 143

    It looks like former Bellator bantamweight and featherweight champion Joe Warren tested positive for marijuana following his win over LC Davis at Bellator 143. That’s according to a report from themmareport.com. The report says that Warren failed his post fight drug test, barely going over the allowed marijuana metabolite limit. In fact his level was […]

  • Fedor — ‘Picking My Fighting Home Is Just Business… Still Don’t Like WMMA’

    Fedor — ‘Picking My Fighting Home Is Just Business… Still Don’t Like WMMA’

    [ooyala code=”w4bDdsdzppp9vj-PcRPL9PGrA-ZtlmrF” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Fedor Emelianenko tells BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage that picking one promotion over the other is just business. Enjoy!

  • New Japan Organization Will Be Called ‘Rizin Fighting Federation’

    New Japan Organization Will Be Called ‘Rizin Fighting Federation’

    Well it’s official. We now know the name of the new MMA organization out of Japan, run by former PRIDE FC boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara. At a recent press conference it was announced that the promotion will be called ‘Rizin Fighting Federation.’ Many expected them to announce Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent at the press conference, but that […]

  • Tito’s Advice To McGeary? Take Some Public Speaking Classes, Work On Your PR!

    Tito’s Advice To McGeary? Take Some Public Speaking Classes, Work On Your PR!

    [ooyala code=”JvNHVudzpKzBqLGHCBYx8lH8Y1nfEAkW” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Following his crushing title defeat at last month’s Bellator MMA event, Tito Ortiz tells BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage what’s next and offers advice for his most recent opponent. Enjoy!

  • Paul Daley Petitioning For Major Kickboxing Match

    Paul Daley Petitioning For Major Kickboxing Match

    Current Bellator MMA welterweight Paul Daley has his eye on gold, but not just MMA gold. The top 170-pound Bellator fighter is at the top of the division and has said before that he wants to win the title before a big rematch with Josh Koscheck takes place. However now he’s added a new goal […]

  • Michael Page Gets Charlie Ontiveros For Bellator 144

    Michael Page Gets Charlie Ontiveros For Bellator 144

    Fan favorite and flashy striker Michael ‘Venom’ Page now has an opponent locked down for the upcoming Bellator 144 event. It was announce by the promotion that the undefeated fighter will be taking on Charlie Ontiveros. The welterweight scrap will take place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on October 23. The main […]

  • “Mr. Wonderful” Discusses Recent Bellator Tournament Win

    “Mr. Wonderful” Discusses Recent Bellator Tournament Win

    [ooyala code=”I3MHZudzpXquo8gTzdOixDELKhSfCqF6″ player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Former UFC light heavyweight and current Bellator MMA fighter Phil Davis discusses his recent Dynamite Tournament win. Davis was one of four fighters in the one-night tournament. Davis took out former champ Emanuel Newton in the first fight, advancing to the final. In the other first round fight, […]

  • Coker Ready To Book Tito Ortiz Another Scrap

    Coker Ready To Book Tito Ortiz Another Scrap

    [ooyala code=”JxNHVudzonyocRb7JYFELaRTRqf-BAo7″ player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Bellator President Scott Coker is ready to keep former UFC champion Tito Ortiz busy. Who’d you like to see him face next?

  • Daley Wants Fight With GLORY Champ Nieky Holzken –– ‘I’ll Beat Him In His Own Country’

    Daley Wants Fight With GLORY Champ Nieky Holzken –– ‘I’ll Beat Him In His Own Country’

    Bellator MMA welterweight Paul Daley and GLORY kickboxing welterweight champion Nieky Holzken have been linked for a while. Currently, Holzken is waiting for his next challenger, which is supposed to be determined after the GLORY 25 MILAN Welterweight Contender Tournament. However, a fight between himself and Daley was rumored to be set up for the […]

  • Bellator’s LC Davis Fought Two Rounds With Injured Eye

    Bellator’s LC Davis Fought Two Rounds With Injured Eye

    This past Friday, at Bellator 143, bantamweights Joe Warren and LC Davis fought in the night’s main event to determine the number one contender and the next time challenger. It was Warren, the former champ, who came out on top after three rounds of grinding grappling work. He got Davis down early and often and […]

  • Phil Davis On Fedor’s Choice To Fight In Japan: ‘It’s Entirely Business’

    Phil Davis On Fedor’s Choice To Fight In Japan: ‘It’s Entirely Business’

    Bellator MMA light heavyweight Phil Davis is coming off of quite the debut, winning a one night, four-man tournament at ‘Dynamite’ to earn a shot at the title, against Liam McGeary. There’s no word yet on when that title fight will take place, although president Scott Coker said it would likely the place towards the […]

  • Scott Coker addresses the future of Kimbo Slice in Bellator

    Scott Coker addresses the future of Kimbo Slice in Bellator

    Fedor Emelianenko caught the mixed martial arts world off guard when he announced he would be making his return to the sport in a new Japanese based promotion rather than UFC or Bellator. While details surrounding his fight have yet to be revealed, fans have been clamoring about who “The Last Emperor” will be stepping […]

  • UH OH! Randy Couture avoids being asked about Fedor fight during Q&A

    UH OH! Randy Couture avoids being asked about Fedor fight during Q&A

    Randy Couture has not dawned a pair of gloves inside the cage since his last fight in the octagon with Lyoto Machida at UFC 129. The UFC Hall of Famer has since made his transition to a career in Hollywood along with partnering up with Bellator several times. Couture also helps his son train and […]

  • Ryan Couture: ‘I’d be surprised if my dad came out of retirement’

    Ryan Couture: ‘I’d be surprised if my dad came out of retirement’

    Fedor Emelianenko shocked the world when he announced his return to mixed martial arts at Bellator and GLORY’s “Dynamite” event earlier this month. “The Last Emperor” will not be fighting for Bellator, but rather a new Japanese promotion that will likely borrow Bellator’s talent for their first few shows. Emelianenko’s opponent remains unnamed, but fans […]

  • Bellator MMA: Uncut –– DYNAMITE 1

    Bellator MMA: Uncut –– DYNAMITE 1

    Check out the video below showing a behind the scenes all access look at Bellator ‘Dynamite’ from this past weekend. In the main event we saw Tito Ortiz take on Liam McGeary. Ortiz looked good early but ended up getting trapped in an inverted triangle and tapped out. Also that night we saw the one-night, […]

  • REPLAY! Kendall Grove Takes Out Beltran With Huge Right Hand –– Super Slow-Mo

    REPLAY! Kendall Grove Takes Out Beltran With Huge Right Hand –– Super Slow-Mo

    In the co-main event of Bellator 143, middleweights Kendall Grove and Joey Beltran faced off in the cage. The fight maybe wasn’t some were expecting it to be, for most of it. It wasn’t an all out war full of messy back and forth. Instead it featured Grove utilizing his boxing, and angles to pick […]

  • REPLAY! Fighter Goes For Victory Backflip Off Cage –– Takes Out Camerawomen!

    REPLAY! Fighter Goes For Victory Backflip Off Cage –– Takes Out Camerawomen!

    Man, should we just get rid of top of the cage backflips? We recently saw a WSOF champ go for the victory backflip and almost blow his knees out, and now, on tonight’s Bellator 143 broadcast, we just saw another fighter go for it. This time instead of hurting himself, the bantamweight fighter Darrion Caldwell […]

  • REPLAY! Bellator Heavyweight Puts Opponent’s Lights Out With One Punch KO

    REPLAY! Bellator Heavyweight Puts Opponent’s Lights Out With One Punch KO

    Bellator 142: Warren vs. Davis prelims are currently underway, right HERE, and we just saw a huge one punch KO. Heavyweights Dan Charles and Chase Gormley went to battle and it was quite the war. Both fighters landed some big shots. However it was Charles who landed the colossal punch while Gormley was against the […]

  • ‘Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis’ Results

    ‘Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis’ Results

    On Friday night Bellator MMA returns with another event full of what are sure to be exciting fights. In the main event we will find out who the next bantamweight title challenger is when former champ Joe Warren takes on L.C. Davis. In the co-main we might just see the fight of the night between […]

  • Watch The ‘Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis’ Prelims Live At 6:30 PM ET

    Watch The ‘Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis’ Prelims Live At 6:30 PM ET

    The Bellator 143 prelims will air right here on BJPENN.COM. They kick off at 6:30 PM ET and wills stream below. You cant watch all the action right here until the main card kicks off on Spike TV at 9PM. In the main event of the evening we”ll see former bantamweight champion Joe Warren take […]

  • ‘King Mo’ Slams Ortiz For Post Fight Speech: ‘Tito Gets The D*ck Rider Of The Week Award’

    ‘King Mo’ Slams Ortiz For Post Fight Speech: ‘Tito Gets The D*ck Rider Of The Week Award’

    Bellator light heavyweight ‘King Mo’ Lawal and MMA vet Tito Ortiz seem to have been at each others throats since Ortiz signed with the promotion. Most of it comes from the fact that Ortiz has not agreed to fight Mo, who starting calling for that fight a while ago. Mo claims Ortiz is ducking him, […]

  • Bellator Scraps Bout After Fighter Comes In Nearly 17 Pounds Overweight

    Bellator Scraps Bout After Fighter Comes In Nearly 17 Pounds Overweight

    All did not go well at today’s Bellator 143 weigh-ins. Actually everyone managed to make weight, except one. But that one missed weight by a lot, and I mean a lot. Nick Gonzalez, who was scheduled to fight Ryan Couture in a lightweight fight (lightweight!), ended up stepping on the scale and coming in at […]

  • Report: Fedor Guaranteed $2.5 Million For NYE Fight In Japan

    Report: Fedor Guaranteed $2.5 Million For NYE Fight In Japan

    Are you trying to wrap your mind around Fedor’s decision to once again forgo a contract with the UFC? Well, it sounds like he had quite a few reasons to do so, like 2.5 million reasons to do so. According to a report from veteran and well trusted journalist Dave Meltzer, the fighter is set […]

  • ‘Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis’ Weigh-In Results –– 1 Fighter Misses Weight

    ‘Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis’ Weigh-In Results –– 1 Fighter Misses Weight

    On Friday night, live on Spike TV, Bellator 143 will go down and feature a main event between two top bantamweights, with former champ Joe Warren taking on L.C. Davis. The fight could very well determine the next title challenger. In the co-main we are likely in for a war when former UFC fighters Kendall […]