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Meet Bellator MMA’s New Ring Girl
The Bellator Mixed Martial Arts Promotion has a new ring girl, Summer Daniels (pictured). Summer replaces Jade Bryce, Bellator’s former ring girl who served the promotion for 99 events. Here’s the company’s announcement: Excited to have @SummerDaniels21 join us this Friday at "Bellator: Pitbull vs Straus" as a #BellatorMMA Ring Girl! pic.twitter.com/bClt2YUT8c — Bellator MMA […]
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Bellator MMA: 5 Rounds with Bubba Jenkins
From the how he started to where is he now – We’re going 5 Rounds with Bubba Jenkins leading up to his featherweight feature fight against Georgi Karakhanyan Friday, January 16th on Spike TV!
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Bellator 132: Daniel Straus – “I’m ready to put my hands on him”
This weekend’s Bellator 132 headliner, Daniel Straus talks about his upcoming title fight, a rematch against Patricio “Pitbull” in Temecula, California, with BJPENN.COM Radio’s Anton Skoro. Who ya got? Catch BJPENN.COM Radio, MMA’s premier Podcast, every Sunday on BJPENN.COM.
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Bellator MMA: Foundations with Daniel Straus
Every fighter has a foundation on which they stand. WATCH as Daniel Straus shares his biggest Bellator moment to-date in preparation for “Bellator: Pitbull vs. Straus” this Friday on Spike!
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NSAC Suspends Two Fighters For 9 Months Each
Earlier this week at a hearing, the NSAC suspended both James Wilson and Bryson Gutches for nine months each. Gutches, a WSOF fighter had his submission win over Sosian Abanokov overturned to a no-contest after he tested positive for a diuretic post-fight. He came clean about taking a pill from a woman he didn’t know, […]
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Bellator Champion: ‘UFC Reebok Deal Is Bad For UFC Fighters’
Bellator MMA champion Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire is never one to shy away from speaking his mind, and did so again recently when he was asked about the UFC’s new deal with Reebok. The deal, which the UFC announced at the end of 2014, will see all UFC fighters wearing a uniform in the Octagon, during […]
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Straus Talks Upcoming Bellator Title Fight: ‘I’m Ready For Anything He Throws At Me’
Daniel Straus is gearing up for another shot at the Bellator featherweight championship as he prepares to face Patricio Freire at Bellator 132. Straus held the championship at one time after defeating Pat Curran at Bellator 106, before losing the belt to Curran in a rematch. Straus also lost to Freire back in 2011, something […]
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Seven Bouts Added To ‘Bellator: Pitbull vs. Strauss’
A seven-bout preliminary card for Bellator MMA’s first event of 2015, “Bellator: Pitbull vs. Straus,” is now official with the middleweights Dustin Jacoby(10-4) vs. John Salter (10-3), a 220-pound catchweight contest of Hector Carillo (5-6) vs. Everett Cummings (8-0), lightweights Steve Kozola (4-0) vs. Jonathan Rivera (4-0), lightweights Derek “The Barbaric” Anderson (11-1) vs. Danny Navarro (12-4), featherweights Fabricio Guerreiro(20-3) vs. Nick “No Limit” Piedmont […]
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Bellator MMA – In Focus: Bubba Jenkins
Bubba Jenkins takes us inside his training life as he prepares to face Georgi Karakhanyan at “Bellator: Pitbull vs. Straus” Friday, January 16th on Spike TV.
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Pat Curran Opens Up About His Journey Back To The Belt – Exclusive
On Feb. 13 at Bellator 133, two-time featherweight champion Pat Curran will return to the cage and start his path back to the title. Curran lost the belt in his last fight, back in September, to Patricio Freire by unanimous decision. Now he’s looking to get back to the top and it all starts […]
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Bellator MMA Top Moments of 2014: Biggest Knockouts
Time to review 2014’s biggest moments including the year’s top knockouts with Jimmy Smith! Some of the best include KOs from Mike Richman, Emanuel Newton & more!
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BJPenn.Com Radio Tonight At 7 P.M. With Hector Lombard, Chidi Njokuani, Brett Roberts, & Joey “Coco” Diaz
LISTEN LIVE HERE! Our first guest tonight is coming off an impressive win last night at UFC 182. Hector Lombard picked up a win last night, when he welcomed back Josh Burkman. We will talk with Hector about being the man no one wants to call out or fight, getting limited fights inside 2014, wanting […]
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REPORT: Tito Ortiz Gets In NYE Street Fight
This is only one side of the story, though multiple eye witnesses attest some kind of fight did take place, no one credible and unbiased gave any account — so lets not bash tito, and make that clear to the reader. On New Years Eve, UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz and David Tarrel were […]
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BJPENN.com Radio Replay With Pat Curran, and Chris Beal
Last night BJPENN.com Radio returned with the last episode of 2014, and what a great episode it was. First we were joined by former Bellator MMA champion Pat Curran, who is looking to get back on the road to title contention with a win over Daniel Weichel in February at Bellator 133. Next up we […]
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BJPenn.Com Radio Live at 7 P.M. PST Pat Curran & Chris Beal
LISTEN LIVE HERE Tonight’s show is kicked off by Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran. The Former 2 time Bellator Featherweight Champion is joining us to talk his path back to the belt and how Daniel Weichel is standing in his way on February 13th. Pat is set to take on Daniel at Bellator 133. We will […]
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Freire: ‘The Media Overvalues UFC Fighters’
Bellator MMA champion Patricio Freire is currently gearing up for his January 16th title defense against Daniel Straus. Leading up to the bout, Freire believes that a win over Straus would cement his place as the best featherweight in the world, and hopes media outlets take note of his win and start valuing Bellator fighters. […]
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Rampage’s Manager Talks Split From Bellator
Since leaving Bellator MMA and re-signing with the UFC, Rampage Jackson has spoken about his departure from Bellator vaguely, saying that they weren’t honoring his contract, and as a result he terminated it. Now, Rampage’s manager, Lee Gwynn is discussing the matter, and why he believes that the issues sprouted in the first place when […]
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First Lesnar, Now Fedor! Coker Going After Everyone
Bellator President Scott Coker is hoping to land some “big fish” in 2015. Coker has already reached out to former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, to let him know he should weigh his options before signing on any dotted lines. Now the former Strikeforce boss has apparently set his sights on Fedor Emelianenko, to see […]
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Coker Reacts To UFC Lawsuit: ‘Bellator isn’t minor league’
“Labeling a league based on the past can be misleading, because the fighters that are here today fighting for us are gonna be the next Luke Rockholds, the next Daniel Cormiers. They’re going to be the next stars of MMA. “Do I think Bellator is a minor league? The answer is no.” Is the UFC […]
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Bellator Going After Brock Lesnar, Will Fight For All Top Fighters
“There hasn’t been any serious dialogue. But when the time comes to have serious dialogue, we’ll be right there. There’s not going to be a fighter on the planet we can’t afford and have access to. I think one of the things we were really able to do bring is back the casual fan,” Coker […]
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Bellator “Reaching Out” To WWE Talent Too
In an interesting move, it would appear as if the Bellator MMA promotion is seeking a suitable competitor to the UFC’s CM Punk. According to Bellator President Scott Coker the promotion is in preliminary talks with multiple time WWE champion, and 9-5 pro MMA Fighter, Alberto Del Rio. “I think that we did reach out. […]
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Coker Silenced, Rampage Talk Off The Table
As the legal battle over Rampage Jackson ensues, Bellator President Scott Coker has been told to leave the talking to the Lawyers. Check it: “I wish I could comment more. The lawyers don’t want us to comment on him right now. It’s going to be in the [legal] process. Once it gets turned over to […]
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King Mo Puts Tito Ortiz On Absolute Blast
“He’s a b*tch, too. It won’t happen. He don’t want to fight me. He would fight Stephan Bonnar, but he wouldn’t fight me. He would fight Alexander Shlemenko, who’s really a smaller 185er, but he won’t fight me. I’m hood and ghetto — I’m from the South, so I speak the way I speak. I’m […]
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King Mo On UFC Lawsuit: “I Think It’s Great And Can Help Other Fighters”
With the impending UFC lawsuit, fighters have been giving their take on the upcoming suit, discussing their beliefs on both the pros and cons. Most recently, top ranked Bellator MMA light heavyweight King Mo gave his thoughts on the suit to BloodyElbow. “I think it’s great and can help a lot of fighters. Some of […]
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Rampage Jackson Releases Official Statement Regarding UFC Signing
Yesterday it was announced that Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson would be returning to the UFC, leaving Bellator MMA after going 3-0 with the promotion. Today Rampage sent out the following Tweet, linking to a statement on his website. Rampagejackson.com. Official statement on my UFC signing and what's happening at http://t.co/2iCm2dLQDw (so Scott Coker can shut up) […]
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UFC Exec: ‘If the UFC signed Rampage, they’re optimistic he’s in a position to be signed’
Following the announcement made at UFC Fight Night 58 that former champion Quinton Rampage Jackson had returned to the UFC, Bellator MMA President Scott Coker said that Bellator would defend their contractual rights (See that HERE). The Tweet made by Coker left many fans wondering if Rampage would be able to fight in the UFC, […]
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Rampage: “Me and Dana White, we haven’t even spoke”
Yesterday during the UFC Fight Night 58 broadcast, the UFC revealed that Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson was back in the UFC (See that HERE). Following the announcement, Bellator MMA President Scott Coker revealed that Rampage was still under contract with Bellator, and that they would protect their contractual rights (See that HERE). Now Rampage has revealed […]
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Bellator Boss: “Rampage” Still Contracted with Bellator
Let us be clear that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is under an exclusive contract with #BellatorMMA. We will protect our contractual rights — Scott Coker (@ScottCoker) December 21, 2014 UFC recently announced that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will make his return to the octagon in 2015. However, there were rumors floating around that Jackson was still under […]