There are moments in fighters’ careers that they will always remember. For kickboxers, it could be anything from signing with your first major organization to making your walk down to the ring in your first major fight in front of a major audience. Jose Palacios would like a second chance to make a first impression, […]

Bellator MMA put on one of the craziest nights of combat sports ever with ‘Dynamite 1’. We saw GLORY kickboxing and Bellator MMA going on throughout the night and saw some pretty wild fights. Perhaps most exciting was the light heavyweight tournament, which Phil Daivs ended up winning. King Mo was supposed to fight in […]

In the night’s main event champ Liam McGeary took on Tito Ortiz with the light heavyweight title on the line. The two felt each other out for a little while, then Tito shot in and got the takedown, but McGeary went for a guillotine choke. He held on to it for a little bit, then […]

First off, King Mo was injured an unable to fight in the final. Also, his opponent Linton Vassell was not cleared to fill in, so alternate Francis Carmont stepped in to fight Phil Davis. The fight didn’t last long. There was a feeling out process where both fighters sort of stayed patient and didn’t really […]

Just announced on the Bellator ‘Dynamite’ broadcast, Fedor Emelianenko will return and headline a new years eve event held in Japan. It is not a Bellator event, it’s the new promotion run by the former PRIDE boss and might feature some Bellator fighters on the card. The former boss of PRIDE entered the Bellator cage […]

Former UFC fighter Josh Thomson made his Bellator debut in front of his home crowd at Bellator ‘Dynamite’ against Mike Bronzoulis. These guys didn’t waste time getting after it. Both fighters got after it. They exchanged on the feet. Thomson almost landed a big head kick but it was blocked. Mike slipped and Thomson capitalized […]

In the first GLORY kickboxing match of the main card, Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez took on Hadley Griffith. Melendez came out firing, landing leg kicks than a body kick. Early on, it was clear Melendez was the more aggressive fighter. While Griffith threw out soft jabs, Melendez was putting together quick and powerful combos. Yup, this […]

Phil Davis and Emanuel Newton fought in the second tournament fight, with the winner advancing to face ‘King Mo’ in the final. Both fighters came out and went through a feeling out process. Newton looked to land some of his spinning kicks. Davis stayed patient. Davis moved in as Newton threw a spin kick. Davis […]

In the first fight on the main card ‘King Mo’ Lawal took on Linton Vassell in the night’s opening tournament fight. The winner of this would move on to face the winner of Phil Davis and Emanuel Newton. There’s no question Vassell is the massive underdog in this tourney going into it. Remember these tourney […]

The first round most likely went to Gabe Carrasco. Joe Neal had issues with his footing and slipped on a few occasions. Carrasco stayed busy, and for the most part seemed to be the aggressor. In the second round Carrasco really came out on fire. He landed some nice body kicks early. Neal continued to […]

In the first round the story was Adam Piccolotti moving backwards while Salvador Becerra moved in and seemed to land first with his range. In the second Becerra kept landing big strikes. Eventually Piccolotti made the decision to get it to the ground. He got the takedown pretty easily and from there went right to […]

In the second fight of the night Team Alpha Male’s Mike Malott took on Thomas Diagne. In the first round it was all Malott, who dominated Diagne. The fight went to the ground and Diagne really had no answer for Malott’s grappling game. The fight took place there on the mat for most of the […]

In the very first fight of the night we saw the four-man, one-night tournament alternate scrap go down. Francis Carmont took on extremely late replacement Anthony Ruiz. At the start of the fight it was Ruiz who looked to get in and get Carmont down early. He pushed Carmont to the cage, but Carmont grabbed […]

Bellator’s massive cross-promotional event ‘Dynamite’ goes down tonight in San Jose, California and will feature both MMA fights in the cage and GLORY kickboxing matches in the ring, which will be right next to each other. For the most part the fights will take place one after the other, but for a few on the […]

The night is finally here. Bellator MMA’s ‘Dynamite 1’ event is set to take place tonight in San Jose, CA. In what is sure to be an exciting and interesting night of fights, we will finally see what it’s like to see MMA and kickboxing going on in the same night, in the same venue, […]

Here’s something you don’t see everyday. MMA legends Royce Gracie and Fedor working out together, trying to keep up with their fitness. The two greats were in San Jose, CA as a part of the Bellator ‘Dynamite’s’ Fan Fest. Other guests included Randy Couture, Sakuraba, Frank Shamrock and Cung Le. It was a star studded […]