{"id":152033,"date":"2015-06-26T19:44:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T02:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=152033"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:46:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:46:45","slug":"josh-koscheck-signs-with-bellator-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/josh-koscheck-signs-with-bellator-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Koscheck Signs With Bellator MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JOSH-KOSCHECK-WINS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-130889\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JOSH-KOSCHECK-WINS.png\" alt=\"JOSH-KOSCHECK-WINS\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JOSH-KOSCHECK-WINS.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JOSH-KOSCHECK-WINS-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JOSH-KOSCHECK-WINS-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JOSH-KOSCHECK-WINS-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looks like Bellator MMA just grabbed another former UFC fighter.<\/p>\n<p>During the live broadcast of Bellator 139, the promotion announced the signing of former TUF cast member and UFC vet Josh Koscheck.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BellatorMMA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BellatorMMA<\/a> family <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshKoscheck?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@joshkoscheck<\/a>! Can&#39;t wait to see you in the cage!! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/QqvoS4lHQj\">pic.twitter.com\/QqvoS4lHQj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA\/status\/614624034798485504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Koscheck also confirmed the signing:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Started my career on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpikeTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpikeTV<\/a> &amp; I&#39;m going to finish my career here!!! Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottCoker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ScottCoker<\/a> for\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MhgHJLxIFh\">https:\/\/t.co\/MhgHJLxIFh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Koscheck (@JoshKoscheck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshKoscheck\/status\/614624326340452352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, Koscheck vs. Paul Daley 2?&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Crippler&#8221; Update &#8212; &#8216;I&#8217;ve Got 2000 Students&#8230; No Desire To Compete&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 560px; height: 315px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4321867607001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like Bellator MMA just grabbed another former UFC fighter. During the live broadcast of Bellator 139, the promotion announced the signing of former TUF cast member and UFC vet Josh Koscheck. Welcome to the #BellatorMMA family @joshkoscheck! Can&#39;t wait to see you in the cage!! pic.twitter.com\/QqvoS4lHQj &mdash; BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA) June 27, 2015 Koscheck also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":152034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Josh Koscheck Signs With Bellator MMA | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC welterweight Josh Koscheck signs with Bellator MMA....FULL story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/josh-koscheck-signs-with-bellator-mma\/\" \/>\n<meta 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