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Bellator, RIZIN will aim “to win every fight” on New Years Eve
Bellator and RIZIN held a joint press conference Tuesday to promote the crossover event taking place in Japan New Years Eve. The event will feature five fights with the best fighters from both promotions facing each other, including names like A.J. McKee Jr. and Patricio Pitbull, to name a few. Scott Coker and Nobuyuki Sakakibara […]
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Scott Coker calls Chicago a ‘big target’ to host fights
Scott Coker took it slow when COVID-19 took over the world, as he held his Bellator events at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut without fans. Unlike the UFC, who forged ahead earlier than any other MMA promotion or major sports league, Bellator remained complacent that the right time would eventually come. And, sure enough, it did. […]
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Fedor Emelianenko ‘shocked’ at Russians ‘fleeing’ the draft
Fedor Emelianenko has expressed surprise at some his countrymen’s reluctance to join the war between Russia and Ukraine. The conflict between the two Eastern European nations has been ongoing since February, and Vladimir Putin recently announced a partial mobilisation of 300,000 troops with military experience. Reports subsequently emerged of a number of Russians avoiding the […]
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Scott Coker explains decision behind canceling Bellator 241
The Bellator 241 fight card had been scheduled to take place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut last Friday and was supposed to be a night where Bellator’s Featherweight World Grand Prix continued on with two fights, including champion Patricio Pitbull vs Pedro Carvalho with the title on the line, but those plans came […]
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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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Is Rampage Back?
MMA fights fans haven’t seen former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson inside the cage since his three-round unanimous decision win over Muhammed Lawal at Bellator 120 in May of 2014. That victory was expected to propel “Rampage” in to a light heavyweight title match against current Bellator champion Emanuel Newton. However, after former Bellator […]
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Cung Le: “The boys are back in town”
Cung Le and Scott Coker go way back. Le fought his first professional bout under the Strikeforce banner, which Coker was the President of. Le went on to fight for Strikeforce 8 times before being signed by the UFC. With the recent drama between Le and the UFC, with the UFC suspending, and then un-suspending […]
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“HAS PLANS”
“Basically, Bellator will go once a month for its championship series. And then four times a year, we’ll do a big tentpole event which will be stacked with all the big fighters and will be in big arenas across the country. So that will be a difference.” “A weekly show going around the country from […]
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Scott Coker Unveils Plans For Bellator In 2015
Since Scott Coker took over control of Bellator from Bjorn Rebney earlier this year he has been a busy man, and doesn’t plan on slowing down in the new year. Coker spoke to Heidi Fang of MMAFightCorner to discuss his plans for the promotion in 2015. “Basically, Bellator will go once a month for its […]
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Scott Coker Reveals He Had Stephan Bonnar Drug Tested
Scott Coker revealed yesterday that he ahead of Bellator 131 in November, multiple time steroid abuser Stephan Bonnar has been drug tested. Coker spoke to FightHub about the drug test, saying: “We’re bound by the California State Athletic Commission, they gave us some rules and guidelines to abide by, and we tested (Bonnar) and the […]
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Coker: Changes Coming To Bellator In 2015
“If we have a show every week, sometimes you have to get fighters to fill the card because there’s nobody left,” he said. “That’s what you’re not going to be seeing next year. You’ll see big fights that people will want to see, starting in January.” “They’ve been working with our team,” he said. […]
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Dana White Believes Bellator Cost Eddie Alvarez Some Of His Best Years
Earlier this month Bellator MMA President Scott Coker released Eddie Alvarez from his Bellator contract, and gave the lightweight champion his blessings to fight for the UFC. Alvarez signed with the UFC the very same day, and signed on to fight Donald Cerrone at UFC 178. What was shocking about Alvarez signing was that he […]
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Scott Coker Swears He Didn’t Know About The Bonnar-Ortiz Brawl
At Bellator 123 on Friday, multiple time steroid abuser Stephan Bonnar and a masked man joined Scott Coker and Tito Ortiz in the ring to announce their fight, which will take place on November 15th. During the course of the verbal exchange, it was revealed that the masked man was Ortiz’ former coach Justin McCully. […]
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Scott Coker Reacts To Tito Ortiz, Stephan Bonnar Brawl
While many people have speculated that the shoving match between Stephan Bonnar and Tito Ortiz was staged, Bellator MMA boss Scott Coker says that it was in fact very real. After the two UFC Hall of Famers took to the Bellator cage, Bonnar trash talked Tito, and unveiled that the masked man next to him […]
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Coker & Chou Bring Magic Back To Friday Night Fights with Bellator 123
Friday September 5th was an amazing night to be a fan of mixed martial arts. On an evening that played host to over twenty MMA fights between the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bellator, the biggest winners were backstage at Bellator in Connecticut. Bellator President Scott Coker and matchmaker Rich Chou brought an amazing night of […]
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Daley finally granted visa to fight again in the United States
According to Bellator President Scott Coker, Paul “Semtex” Daley (34-13-2 MMA) has finally been granted a working visa from the United States government, which will allow him to resume his fight career with the Viacom-owned organization. Daley has not fought on American soil since July of 2012, when he defeated Rudy Bears via first-round TKO at Bellator 72. […]
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2013 Female Fighter Of The Year Winner Inks Deal With Bellator
Just days after Bellator President Scott Coker reinstated the women’s division to Bellator by bringing in top featherweights Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd, Bellator has a new addition to the roster as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Talita Nogueira (6-0) has joined the promotion. Currently ranked in the Top 10 Featherweight rankings, the multiple-time jiu-jitsu champion will […]
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Coker Planning 16 Events In 2015 For Bellator Reboot
“The first thing we had to change was the tournament format. Which we did. The second thing is we have to go and recruit the top talent and cultivate the talent we have here now. And the third thing was the staff running 10 shows in a row. Talk about a burnout. We had to […]
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QUICK TWITT: Scott Coker Wishes Eddie Alvarez Success In The Future
Wish @Ealvarezfight success in all of his future efforts. Great competitor with a bright future & hope he kicks ass in his next stop — Scott Coker (@ScottCoker) August 19, 2014 Since Coker Tweeted this, it was announced that Alvarez had been signed by the UFC and that he would fight Donald Cerrone at UFC […]
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BREAKING: Bellator Releases Eddie Alvarez Unconditionally
After a long back and forth battle with the promotion he fought for, Eddie Alvarez has been unconditionally released by Bellator. The Bellator champion was released by Bellator CEO Scott Coker earlier this morning. Earlier in the year it looked as if Alvarez would get his wish and he would be released, however Bellator exercised […]
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Eddie Alvarez Under Contract With Bellator, But “Lawyers Are Talking”
“They’re talking about a couple of different options. Right now, that’s where it is.” Asked to characterize the lawyers’ discussions, Coker said, “I don’t want to speculate as to what’s going to happen. But I know that they’re talking.” Coker spoke with MMAJunkie about Bellator’s current relationship with Champion Eddie Alvarez. Alvarez was trying to […]
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Coker Confirms Contact With Carano Camp
“If you look at our past, we have always believed in female fighting. Whether it was back in the kickboxing days on ESPN, I was the first person to do female fighting in the state of California in mixed martial arts; which was the Gina Carano vs. Elena Maxwell fight. And we did some big […]
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Scott Coker Denies Rumors Of Signing Gina Carano
Coker told me yesterday Carano hasn't signed w BMMA. Whatever the case, the reaction to yesterday's rumors proves she's still quite popular. — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 12, 2014 Bellator MMA President Scott Coker is denying yesterday’s rumors that WMMA legend Gina Carano has signed with Bellator. However, what is interesting is that Bellator confirmed […]
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Frank Shamrock Discusses Change In Leadership At Bellator
UFC legend Frank Shamrock spoke with The Fight Nerd about the change in leadership at Bellator from Bjorn Rebney to Scott Coker.
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.gif | Scott Coker Enjoying His First Cage Side Bellator Seat
Former Strikeforce president and UFC Exec., Scott Coker sat cage side at Friday’s Bellator 122 event as part of his new gig as the promotion’s president. Think he liked what he saw?
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.gif | Koreshkov Lands A Beautiful Wheel Kick In Bellator 122 Main Event
This is worth your time. During Friday’s Bellator 122 main event, Koreshkov lands a devastating kick on his opponent.
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Exclusive: Phil Baroni plans to put “The Heat” on Ice at Bellator 122 (Video)
Former UFC and PRIDE veteran, Phil “The New York Bad Ass” Baroni, returns to the cage next Friday (July 25) to face Karo “The Heat” Parisyan on the main card of Bellator 122 in Temecula, California. Baroni has been out of action ever since May of 2013, when he suffered a gruesome leg injury (dislocated ankle and […]
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Dana White: ‘Bellator isn’t competition for the UFC, even with Coker at the helm’
“I don’t think he’s going into business against us. I don’t think [Bellator’s] business is at the level that we’re at. I think he’s going in there to try to do whatever he can to keep that thing alive… (Former Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney) made this thing confrontational, and you know me, if you want […]