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Bellator Announces Creation of “World Title Shot Pool’ for Tourney Winners
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced a significant change to its matchmaking policy, which will allow the promotion to keep its tournament format, but grant multiple title shots.
In a press release sent out by the promotion Thursday, Bellator CEO… Read More
Titan FC Adds Bellator and UFC vet Ben Saunders
By FCF Staff
Titan FC continues to add notable names to its roster, as the promotion has announced that it’s signed Bellator and UFC vet Ben Saunders to a multi-fight deal.
According to a tweet from the promotion, the 31… Read More
Bellator 117: Watch the Weigh-Ins Beginning at 6:00 PM/ET
By FCF Staff
You can watch the weigh-ins for Bellator 117 live, right here at Full Contact Fighter, beginning today at 6:00 PM/ET.
Friday’s card will go down Council Bluffs, Iowa, and will feature Douglas Lima taking on Rick… Read More
ONE FC 16: Ben Askren to Face Bakhtiyar Abbasov in Main Event
By FCF Staff
Ben Askren finally has an opponent and card for his ONE FC debut, as the promotion has announced he’ll fight Bakhtiyar Abbasov on May 30th. The bout will headline ONE FC “Honor and Glory”, which will go down… Read More
WSOF Proposes PPV Showdown With Bellator
By FCF Staff
World Series of Fighting and Bellator MMA are widely considered to be next in line to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and in an effort to determine North America’s number two promotion, WSOF has proposed a pay-per-view showdown… Read More
Opinion: Where Does Ben Saunders Go Now?
By Michael Hatamoto
MMA veteran Ben Saunders has been released by Bellator and is free to sign with another promotion, according to Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney.
Saunders previously competed in the Bellator Season 5, Season 6, and Season 8 welterweight… Read More
Bellator 109: Shlemenko Puts Away Marshall, Hawn and Brooks Win Tourney Finals
By FCF Staff
Alexander Shlemenko defended the Bellator Middleweight Championship tonight in impressive fashion, as the noted striker took out feared slugger Doug Marshall in the opening round.
Early on, Shlemenko kept Marshall on the defensive by landing several takedowns,… Read More
Bellator Confirms Ben Askren Not Returning to Promotion
By FCF Staff
Ben Askren has been open about the fact that he hopes to fight in the UFC someday, and now Bellator has officially announced it won’t stand in his way of signing elsewhere.
The promotion has confirmed Thursday… Read More
Rick Hawn and Ron Keslar Enter Bellator Welterweight Tourney as Replacements
By FCF Staff
Bellator has been forced to make some last minute adjustments to the line-up for the September 20th launch of its Season Nine welterweight tourney, as Rick Hawn and Ron Keslar will replace the injured Mark Scanlon and… Read More
Bellator 100: Final Line-Up Released
By FCF Staff
Bellator continues to finalize the line-ups for it’s upcoming events, and today the promotion announced the entire card for Bellator 100, which will take place at Phoenix’s Grand Canyon University Arena, on September 20th.
The event, which… Read More
Bellator Vet Ryan Ford Plans to “Let my Body Heal up” After Winning AFC Title
21-4 Fighter Not Planning to Fight Again Until 2014
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although 2013 still has a ways to before the year is up, newly crowned Aggression FC champion and Bellator vet Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford,… Read More
Bellator Champ Ben Askren Fighting Andrey Koreshkov July 31st
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced that its welterweight champ Ben Askren will take on recent tourney winner Andrey Koreshkov at the promotion’s upcoming July 31st event in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The event will be… Read More
Bellator Confirms Signing of Matt Riddle, Welterweight Fighting in Season 9 Tourney
By FCF Staff
This weekend news surfaced relaying that Bellator had acquired Matt Riddle from Legacy FC, and today the Viacom promotion has confirmed it has signed the UFC veteran. According to a press release sent out by Bellator,… Read More
Ben Askren Says Fighters Know Latest Win Was “Warning Shot” Of What Bellator Champ Can Do
Karl Amoussou Was “Not A Guy I Really Minded Punching In The Face”
By Kelsey Mowatt
While Andrey Koreshkov raised his stock considerably throughout… Read More
Bellator 90: Shabulat Shamhalaev Takes Out Rad Martinez, Emanuel Newton Dethrones “King Mo” Lawal With Highlight Reel KO
By FCF Staff
Bellator’s latest card in Salt Lake City, Utah, tonight featured several memorable stoppage wins, as all of five of the event’s tournament bouts ended by TKO, KO or submission.
In the featherweight tourney finale, feared striker Shahbulat… Read More
Rad Martinez and Shabulat Shamhalaev Set For Bellator Featherweight Tourney Finale
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for Bellator’s latest event tomorrow night at Utah’s Maverick Center, which will feature Shahbulat Shamhalaev taking on Rad Martinez in the featherweight tournament finale.
The card will also include former Strikeforce… Read More
Duke Roufus Responds to Critics of Ben Askren: “Be Careful What You Wish For”
Following Stoppage Win, Trainer Says Bellator Champ Is “Going To Do That To Everyone”
By Kelsey Mowatt
As Ben Askren continues to work his way up the welterweight rankings, the decorated wrestler and former Olympian knows what it’s like to… Read More
Bellator Confirms Bryan Baker Replacing Brent Weedman in Welterweight Tourney Semifinals
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced that veteran Bryan Baker will replace the injured Brent Weedman in the welterweight tournament semifinals on February 21st. The 27 year-old fighter will take on Douglas Lima at the event, which will be hosted… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” King Mo Needs to Raise His Left Hand; Jason Herzog Needs to Open His Eyes
By Joshua Molina
Notes from Bellator last night on Spike TV.
King Mo Lawal needs to keep his left hand up.
It didn’t matter much last night against Przemyslaw Mysiala, but it will against a more skilled opponent.
Mo is training… Read More
Bellator 86: Ben Askren Batters Karl Amoussou, “King Mo” Lawal Delivers in Promotional Debut
By FCF Staff
Bellator Welterweight Champion Ben Askren recorded one of the more impressive victories in his career tonight, at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma, by battering challenger Karl Amoussou en route to a stoppage win.
Other than… Read More