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Bellator Poster Signing Takes A Turn When Two Fighters Get In A Heated Confrontation
Tensions were High between fight camps as Patricky and Saad Awad signed posters for This fridays #Bellator141 , as Bellator World Champ Patricio Pitbull caught the eye of possíble title contender Georgi Karakanyan , They have been going back on forth on Twitter and their twitter beef carried over into Bellator check In Room . […]
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Melvin Guillard: ‘Bellator Let Me Pick My Debut Fight’
“Hell no I hadn’t heard of him; I got to pick my fight. I love that about Bellator. They allowed me to pick my first fight. They had John Alessio on the list and a couple others guys I can’t think of off hand. Brandon Girtz, I had no idea who he was. I […]
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Melvin Guillard Wants To Be Champ, But Refuses To Fight The Man With The Belt
Former UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard is now in Bellator MMA and looking to eventually grab that title. Only, there’s a problem. He doesn’t want to fight the current champion. Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks is a friend and training partner of Guillard’s and the two are not likely to face off in the Bellator cage. […]
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Bellator’s Scott Coker Expects Massive Turnout For ‘Dynamite’ Event
Bellator MMA boss Scott Coker is planning on Bellator 142 being a huge success. The event, called ‘Dynamite’ will feature a cross promotion with GLORY kickboxing and feature both a cage and a ring in one venue. Coker told MMAJunkie that they have already sold 5,500 tickets for the event and by the time […]
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Fighter Seeking Sanctions Against Bellator
Follow along here. A former Bellator fighter, Gavin Sterritt, is looking to bring commission sanctions against his former promotion. So, Sterritt is a student and friend of ‘Rampage’ Jackson, who has his own issues with Bellator. What’s Sterritt’s issue? He was scheduled to fight at Bellator 140, against Brennan Ward, on July 17 and wanted […]
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Bellator MMA Signs Olympic Wrestling Hopeful Tyrell Fortune
Bellator MMA just added a highly scouted fighter to their roster in the form of olympic wresting contender Tyrell Fortune. Fortune won’t be making his debut until sometime early in 2016. He’s currently working to try and make the 2016 Olympic games in Rio. He will try to do so during the Olympic trials in […]
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Bellator 143’s Main Card Complete With Debut Of Heavyweight Ewerton Teixeira
‘Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis’ has rounded out its main card with the addition of heavyweight Ewerton Teixeira, who will be making his debut against Vinicius Queiroz. Teixeira will come into the fight with an undefeated record of 3-0, while Queiroz brings a 7-3 record with him. The fight will take place on the main […]
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Thomson: ‘UFC Just Couldn’t Match Bellator Deal’
“My understanding is that we have to wear Reebok with the UFC. There’s no other option. Well, you get paid to wear Reebok but you only get paid in their program, whatever their pay scale is. I took my negotiations over to Bellator, where there is no sponsorship tax, so my sponsors can sponsor […]
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Coker: ‘Bellator’s had no talks with Fedor’
Will he go here, will he go there, will he go anywhere? MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko still has everyone wondering where he will in fact end up for his return to the sport. There have apparently been talks between his team and the UFC and he’s mentioned more than once that he wants a […]
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Bellator’s Lightweight Champ Scolded By Mom For Twitter Feud
You might be an MMA champion in one of the biggest organization in the world, but if you curse while feuding with another fighter on Twitter you’re still going to get an angry call from your mom. That’s what happened to Bellator MMA lightweight champion Will Brooks. You might remember he went off on the […]
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Fedor, Sakuraba And Shamrock To Attend Bellator Fan Fest
Bellator MMA president Scott Coker has announced that three of the biggest MMA legends will be in attendance for Bellator’s Fan Fast on Sept. 19 in San Jose, which is apart of their next major event, ‘Bellator: Dynamite 1’. Fedor Emelianenko, Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock will all be apart of the proceedings. So does […]
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Bellator MMA Announces Two New Signings –– Including Former King Of Pancrase
Bellator MMA has announced the signing of two new fighters to their already impressive roster. In a press release, they revealed that they have signed Isao Kobayashi and Thiago Jambo Goncalves to multi-year, multi-fight contracts. There have not been any debut dates set for either of the fighters but we will keep you updated. Kabayashi […]
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Bellator heavyweight puts Kimbo Slice on blast for dodging fight
Long before Kimbo Slice signed the dotted lines to face veteran Ken Shamrock at Bellator 138, the heavyweight brawler was originally in talks to face an up and coming Bellator fighter. Lorenzo Hood claims he was supposed to be Slice’s first opponent in Bellator before “Slice/Shamrock” was announced. “I was in discussions to fight him […]
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Josh Thomson set to make explosive debut at Bellator’s “Dynamite” event
Add Media Less than a week removed from his signing with the company, Bellator already has major plans for Josh Thomson. “The Punk” may be making his debut sooner than expected at Bellator’s “Dynamite” super-card in September. Thomson will be squaring off with fellow newcomer Mike Bronzoulis on September 19, 2015 at “Bellator 142: Dynamite”, […]
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Phil Davis Compares UFC Exit To Breaking Up With A Girlfriend
Former UFC light heavyweight and current Bellator MMA fighter Phil Davis, recently took part in a media day in Los Angeles and of course the topic of leaving the UFC came up. Davis didn’t shy away from talking about it and instead gave a pretty unique analogy for how he felt after leaving the promotion he […]
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‘Bellator 145: Vengeance’ Headlined By Two Title Fights
The next ‘tentpole’ event for Bellator MMA will go down on Nov. 6, with ‘Bellator 145: Vengeance.’ The event will feature two title fights, in the co-main and main event. Will Brooks will defend his lightweight title against Marcin Held before bantamweight champ Patricio Freire takes on challenger Daniel Straus for the third time. The […]
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Bellator Champions Go At Each Other––’I’ll Slap You In The F*cking Mouth’
Another day, another Twitter war. In what’s starting to become common practice, two Bellator champions engaged in a heated back and forth on the good ol’ 140 characters or less platform. Bellator bantamweight champ Patricio Freire kicked things off by poking lightweight champion Will Brooks with a jab about their placement on the Bellator 145 […]
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‘Bellator 144: Galvao vs. Dantas 2’ Announced For Oct. 23
Bellator MMA today announced that their 144th event will feature a main event between Bantamweight champion Marcos “Loro” Galvao and challenger, and former champion, Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas. The fight will be a rematch from a past bout and will headline the card, which will take place on Oct. 23 in Uncasville, Conn. Via Press Release: […]
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Bellator Signs Josh Thomson To Exclusive Multi-Fight Contract
Former Strikeforce lightweight champion and, now, former UFC lightweight Josh Thomson is now a Bellator MMA lightweight. The promotion announced today that they have reached an exclusive multi-fight contract with Thomson. The UFC choose not to renew the top lightweight’s contract and it looks like Bellator wasted no time grabbing him up. Via press release: […]
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Bellator 143 Headliner Set Between Warren And Davis
Former Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Joe Warren will take on L.C. Davis in the main event at Bellator 143, taking place on Sept. 25 in Hidalgo, TX. Via press release: SANTA MONICA, Calif. (August 11, 2015) – Joe Warren’s (12-4) road to reclaim the Bellator MMA Bantamweight Championship will begin on Friday, September 25 against […]
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Paul Daley vs. Fernando Gonzalez Set For Glory Kickboxing Bout
Bellator’s ground breaking event ‘Dynamite’, which will feature both a GLORY kickboxing ring and a Bellator cage in the same venue, just added another action packed fight. Paul Daley will take on Fernando Gonzalez in a kickboxing match. Both are Bellator Competitors, but will be stepping in the kickboxing ring on Sept. 19 in San […]
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‘Bellator 141: Guillard vs. Girtz’ Card Is Complete With New Fights Added
Bellator 141, which will feature a main event between former UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard and Brandon Girtz, is now complete with the addition of five new fights. Bellator MMA press release: In a critical lightweight matchup, Brent Primus (5-0) will put his undefeated record on the line against the dangerous Derek “The Barbaric” Anderson (12-1, […]
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Bellator MMA Signs Heavyweight Justin Wren
Fighter signing news came out today from Bellator MMA, who just inked a deal with heavyweight Justin Wren. Wren hasn’t fought in 5 years, after leaving the sport, but has returned and looks forward to starting things back up in the Bellator cage. Via Bellator Press Release: Justin Wren walked away from a promising […]
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Bellator Adds Four Fights To ‘Guillard vs. Girtz’ Event
Bellator 141, which will feature former UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard’s promotional debut, has added four new bouts to the fight card. Bellator 141 goes down on Aug. 28 and here are the four new fights added to the preliminary portion of the card, via a Bellator press release: The preliminary portion of the “Bellator 141: […]
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King Mo: ‘F*ck Tito, F*ck Rampage And F*ck Bjorn Rebney’
https://youtu.be/WaSNnYXBEaI Bellator MMA light heavyweight King Mo recently did a Q&A on Periscope and went off on just about everyone! BJ Penn, Matt Hughes, & Frank Trigg Talk Fighting… Eachother — EPIC! – AMAZING! – MUST WATCH!
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GLORY fighter calls out Paul Daley for “Dynamite”
Bellator and GLORY Kickboxing are joining forces to put together one of the biggest combat sports cards of the year in September. “DYNAMITE” will take place in San Jose, California and will feature a one night, four man light heavyweight tournament as well as a Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship match. Paul Daley will also be […]
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Booking Roundup: McCall Out, 4 Undefeated Fighters Set to Make Debut, & More!
“Uncle Creepy” Ian McCall has been forced out of his upcoming fight with Dustin Ortiz and UFC just signed their replacement! Also, several undefeated fighters will be invading the octagon to keep their streak alive while trying to make it at the next level. Catch up with the latest fight announcements in this week’s “Booking […]
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Gilbert Melendez’s Wife Signs With Bellator MMA
Gilbert Melendez’s wife, Keri Anne Melendez, has signed with Bellator MMA. Melendez is a muay thai fighter and has yet to make her professional MMA debut but will compete at the upcoming ‘Dynamite’ event in a kickboxing match. After that she will make her move to MMA. The news was confirmed by MMAFighting. Melendez’s opponent […]