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Douglas Lima on Ben Askren: “I don’t see any hunger in him when he steps in there”
Douglas Lima is once again the Bellator MMA welterweight champion and is also $1 million richer after defeating Rory MacDonald at Bellator 232. It was a tough day road through the Welterweight World Grand Prix for Lima to get his title back and while he’s back at the top, a former opponent of his is […]
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More reasons to watch Bellator 221
Another weekend chock-full of high level mixed martial arts is upon us. The Viacom owned promotion touches down in Chicago for Bellator 221 on Saturday. Bellator will go head to head with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for the second straight week on Saturday night. While that typically is promotional suicide, Bellator 221 is a […]
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Douglas Lima Out For The Rest Of 2014
Bellator’s welterweight champion Douglas Lima is out for the rest of 2014 according to the fighter. Lima stated that he injured his ribs, and as a result won’t be able to train for 6-weeks, not giving him enough time to train for a fight by the end of 2014. He spoke on MMAJunkie Radio about […]
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Exclusive: Askren plans to dominate Suzuki on the ground; unsure if he will ever fight for UFC
Former Bellator title holder Ben Askren (13-0 MMA) will attempt to dethrone current ONE FC welterweight champion Nobutatsu Suzuki (11-1-2) at this weekends “ONE FC 19: Reign of Champions” event in Dubai. The welterweight showdown is a true clash of styles, pitting Askren’s elite grappling abilities against Suzuki’s high-level Karate striking. The former US Olympian and undefeated MMA fighter recently spoke with BJPenn.com’s Chris Taylor about his […]
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Lima Fires Back At Daley: I’m Ready When You Are
After Paul Daley signed with Bellator yesterday, he explained his plan for eventually dethroning Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima. Today Lima fired back at Daley in an interview with MMAFighting.com saying: “I’m ready whenever he is,” Lima told MMAFighting.com. “I will fight whoever they want, no problem at all. It’s going to be a good […]
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Champ Douglas Lima Believes In A Scott Coker Bellator
“I think (Coker) knows what he’s doing. He’s good on what he does, so I think it’s going to be good for the promotion. As a matter of fact, I like it better without the tournaments because the champions can fight more often, we don’t have to wait that much for new opponents. Bellator has […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Matt Brown vs. Douglas Lima
Matt “The Immortal” Brown goes to war with Douglas “The Phenom” Lima in the Fight Party’s Invasion show February 9th 2009 – Atlanta, GA.
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.gif | Bellator 117: Watch Douglas Lima Punish Rick Hawn with Leg Kicks
Douglas Lima dominated this title fight and became the first new Bellator Welterweight Champion since 2010. Lima utilized his leg kicks to pick apart Rick Hawn at Friday’s ‘Bellator 117’ event. It was a performance worthy of a champion and we here at BJPENN.COM hope that Hawn did not suffer any serious injuries. It was […]
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‘Bellator 117: Douglas Lima vs. Rick Hawn’ Results
Bellator 117 took place in Council Bluffs, IA at the Mid-America Center this past Friday night! The main-event crowned a new welterweight champion for the first time since Ben Askren won it at Bellator 33 in 2010. If you missed the fights, check out the results below! Douglas Lima def. Rick Hawn by way of […]
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‘Bellator 117’ Results: Douglas Lima Wins Bellator Welterweight Championship
Douglas ‘The Phenom’ Lima is the new Bellator Welterweight Champion. Rick Hawn came to fight with a specific strategy in mind and that was his eventual downfall. Despite repeatedly getting kicked in the leg, he refused to adapt his gameplan to that of Lima’s and continued to press forward, attacking without checking the leg kicks. […]
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO | Douglas Lima Discusses His Upcoming Fight Against Ben Saunders
Top Bellator welterweight, Douglas Lima, talks to BJPENN.COM’s Anton Skoro about Friday night’s fight against UFC veteran, Ben Saunders. See what the ATT trained contender has to say about this pivotal matchup.
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BJPenn.com FIST-ta-CUFF Radio 173 Ricardo Lamas, Douglas Lima, Tiffany Van Soest, & Erik Koch
Listen to internet radio with FIST TA CUFF RADIO on Blog Talk Radio BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is back this week with two men who could be fighting for their shot at Jose Aldo, a man looking to win the Bellator tournament, and a champion kickboxer ready to blow up.Our first guest is one half of […]