{"id":228307,"date":"2017-03-16T13:12:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T20:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=228307"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:48:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:48:34","slug":"lorenz-larkin-leaves-ufc-in-favor-of-bellator-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/lorenz-larkin\/lorenz-larkin-leaves-ufc-in-favor-of-bellator-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenz Larkin leaves UFC in favor of Bellator contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-mitrione\/matt-mitrione-to-rory-macdonald-youll-be-happy-here-its-like-it-used-to-be\/\">scooped up another fighter from the UFC<\/a> as Lorenz Larkin was announced under the Bellator promotion on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Bellator President Scott Coker tweeted a link to Larkin&#8217;s signing and said, &#8220;Looking forward to seeing @da_MONSOON in the @BellatorMMA cage very soon. Welcome back Lorenz! #BellatorNation&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking forward to seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/da_MONSOON?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@da_MONSOON<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BellatorMMA<\/a> cage very soon. Welcome back Lorenz! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BellatorNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BellatorNation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e1EEZNrErx\">https:\/\/t.co\/e1EEZNrErx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Coker (@ScottCoker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottCoker\/status\/842434193464344576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can expect me to get in there and fight my ass off like I always do,\u201d Larkin said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pe.com\/articles\/artist-827612-riverside-mma.html\" target=\"_blank\">Press Enterprise<\/a> release. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m in a great time in my life. I have an organization and a city behind me and what else do I need?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lorenz-Larkin-Jorge-Masvidal.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lorenz-Larkin-Jorge-Masvidal.png\" alt=\"Lorenz Larkin Jorge Masvidal\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lorenz-Larkin-Jorge-Masvidal.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lorenz-Larkin-Jorge-Masvidal-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lorenz-Larkin-Jorge-Masvidal-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lorenz-Larkin-Jorge-Masvidal-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Larkin went through a few negotiations with various MMA promotions after his contract with the UFC was up, which included RIZIN, Absolute Championship Berkut, renegotiating with UFC and obviously Bellator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long process, I didn\u2019t expect it to be that long,\u201d said Larkin. \u201cI wanted someone to get behind me and have some faith that I can deliver and I can be an asset to wherever I go and that\u2019s what I felt like with Bellator. They pretty much checked off all the things that I was looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Monsoon&#8221; holds an 18-5-1 record and last fought for the UFC in August where he finished Neil Magny in the first round by TKO. Larkin also holds wins over names such as Jorge Masvidal, Chris Camozzi and Robbie Lawler.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lawler-larkin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lawler-larkin.jpg\" alt=\"lawler larkin\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lawler-larkin.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lawler-larkin-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lawler-larkin-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lawler-larkin-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t fight in the UFC just to be able to say I\u2019m a UFC fighter; that doesn\u2019t mean anything to me,\u201d Larkin said. \u201cI think a lot of guys think that way in the sport, as far in that organization or if they\u2019re not even picked up yet, and that\u2019s their goal &#8212; just to say \u2018I\u2019m a UFC fighter.\u2019 But in reality that doesn\u2019t mean anything if you\u2019re not getting taken care of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt used to be back in the day that the UFC was a super power, but a lot of organizations are coming up and it\u2019s not like that anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larkin has fought for Coker before under the Strikeforce banner and the two are looking forward to working together again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so happy to bring Lorenz back home,&#8221; Bellator CEO Scott Coker said. &#8220;There are a bunch of great matchups for him over here and I look forward to seeing his exciting style inside the Bellator cage soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPENN.COM<\/a> on 3\/16\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator has scooped up another fighter from the UFC as Lorenz Larkin was announced under the Bellator promotion on Thursday. Bellator President Scott Coker tweeted a link to Larkin&#8217;s signing and said, &#8220;Looking forward to seeing @da_MONSOON in the @BellatorMMA cage very soon. Welcome back Lorenz! #BellatorNation&#8221; Looking forward to seeing @da_MONSOON in the @BellatorMMA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54422,"featured_media":152122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10561],"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>Lorenz Larkin leaves UFC in favor of Bellator contract | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bellator has scooped up another fighter from the UFC as Lorenz Larkin was announced under the Bellator promotion on Thursday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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