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Bellator 139: Emmanuel Sanchez Replaces Injured Goiti Yamauchi
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced a change for its upcoming July 26th event in Mulvane, Kansas, as the promotion has confirmed that Goiti Yamauchi will no longer face Pat Curran.
Yamauchi has been forced to withdraw from the bout… Read More
Bellator 138: Daniel Weichel Replacing Georgi Karakhanyan in Featherweight Title Fight
By FCF Staff
Georgi Karakhanyan’s quest to become Bellator featherweight champ has been put on hold, as the promotion has announced that the veteran will no longer fight champion Patricio Freire on June 19th, due to a knee injury.
Stepping… Read More
Bellator 132: Dustin Jacoby vs. John Salter Among Seven, Prelim Bouts
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced the preliminary card for its January 16th event in Temecula, California, and a middleweight bout between UFC vets Dustin Jacoby and John Salter is one of the fights
Bellator 132 will be hosted by… Read More
Bellator 133: Pat Curran to Face Daniel Weichel
By FCF Staff
Bellator 133 has received its co-headliner, as the promotion has announced that former featherweight champ Pat Curran will take on Daniel Weichel at the event.
The upcoming card will take place February 13th at the Save… Read More
Bellator 132 Receives Houston Alexander-Virgil Zwicker, Marius Zaromskis-Fernando Gonzalez
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced two more bouts for the promotion’s upcoming, January 16th card, as Houston Alexander will face light-heavyweight Virgil Zwicker and Marius Zaromskis will battle welterweight Fernando Gonzalez.
“Our first event of 2015 should be absolutely… Read More
Bellator Adds Michael Page vs. Curtis Millender and Bubba Jenkins vs. Georgi Karakhanyan to Upcoming Schedule
By FCF Staff
Bellator continues to round out the line-up for its upcoming schedule, as the promotion has added more fights to Bellator 132 and 133.
On January 16th, Bubba “The Highlight Kid” Jenkins (8-1) will battle former… Read More
(Updated) Report: Bellator 123’s Ratings Not Far Behind UFC FN 50’s
By FCF Staff
Both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bellator held events on Friday night, in the same state nonetheless, and neither promotion dominated the other in terms of ratings.
According to figures that were sent to Full Contact Fighter… Read More
Report: Bellator’s “King Mo” Lawal Tells Connecticut Fans to “Kiss my Ass” After Latest Win
By FCF Staff
Not only did “King Mo” Lawal score an impressive and important victory at Bellator 123 last night, the outspoken fighter is making headlines for comments he’s directed at Connecticut fans.
Lawal scored a second round, stoppage win… Read More
Bellator 127: Daniel Straus vs. Justin Wilcox to Headline
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced that former featherweight champ Daniel Straus will take on veteran Justin Wilcox in the main event of the promotion’s October 3rd card.
Bellator 127 will be hosted by the Pechanga Resort and Casino… Read More
Bellator 126: Alexander Shlemenko to Defend Title Versus Brandon Halsey
By FCF Staff
Following Alexander Shlemenko’s loss to light-heavyweight Tito Ortiz in May, Bellator has confirmed that it’s middleweight champ will defend his title on September 26th.
Shlemenko will take on recent tourney winner Brandon Halsey on that date,… Read More
Bellator 123: Entire Line-up Announced for September 5th Event
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced the entire line-up for its upcoming, September 5th card, which will go down at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The main card for Bellator 123 will feature a rematch between featherweight champ Pat… Read More
Bellator 120: Marcin Held to Face Nate Jolly
By FCF Staff
With Patricky “Pitbull” Freire sidelined due to injury, Bellator has announced that the lightweight’s scheduled opponent for May 17th, Marcin Held, will battle Nate Jolly instead.
The latter has been booked to fight Will Brooks at Bellator… Read More
Bellator 113’s David Rickels: Gap Between Top Bellator and UFC Fighters Isn’t “That Different”
By Kelsey Mowatt
On Friday night, David Rickels will begin his latest journey in what he hopes will lead to his second, Bellator lightweight tournament win, when he takes on Patricky “Pitbull” Freire. While Rickels is understandably… Read More
RFA 14: Matt Manzanares to Fight Leandro Higo For Vacant Flyweight Title
By FCF Staff
Resurrection Fighting Alliance has announced that Matt Manzanares will fight Leandro Higo, April 11th in in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to determine the promotion’s flyweight champion. The 125 pound championship was vacated by Zach Makovsky when he signed with the… Read More
New FCF Radio Features Bellator’s David Rickels, Fit Plus Head Coach Scott MacLean
By FCF Staff
The latest edition of Full Contact Fighter Radio features segments with Bellator vet Dave “The Caveman” Rickels and Fit Plus head coach Scott MacLean.
Host Kelsey Mowatt and Rickels discuss the latter’s upcoming bout with Patricky “Pitbull”… Read More
Report: Second Brazilian Fighter Killed in Natal
By FCF Staff
Another violent death has taken place within Natal’s MMA community, as according to a new report, a second fighter this week has been shot and killed in the Brazilian city.
Earlier in the week reports surfaced that… Read More
Bellator 113: Vegh-Newton Light-Heavyweight Title Fight Booked, Lightweight Tourney Match-ups Confirmed
By FCF Staff
After Attila Vegh missed much of 2013 due to injury, Bellator has announced that its light-heavyweight champion will return to action on March 21st, and will battle interim champ Emanuel Newton. The title fight will headline… Read More
Bellator 108: “Rampage” Floors Beltran, Minakov Takes Heavyweight Belt From Volkov
By FCF Staff
“Rampage” Jackson has been saying he’s “back” heading into his Bellator debut, and at the promotion’s latest event tonight in Atlantic City, he ended a three fight losing streaky by stopping fellow vet Joey Beltran.
After several… Read More
Bellator 107: Kongo, Warren and Ward Win Respective Tourneys
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from tonight’s Bellator 107 card, which saw Cheick Kongo, Joe Warren and Brennan Ward win their heavyweight, bantamweight and middleweight tourney finals respectively. With the victories all three men will challenge for the… Read More
Bellator 107 Line-up Confirmed: Shlemenko-Marshall Headlining
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced the line-up for the promotion’s upcoming November 15th card in Atlantic City, which will feature middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko taking on Doug Marshall in the main event. The card, which will be hosted by… Read More