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Bellator 106: “King Mo” Lawal-Emanuel Newton II Booked, Lawal Says “I’m Going to Destroy This Guy”
By FCF Staff
Just days after Bellator announced that Eddie Alvarez is returning to the organization and will rematch Michael Chandler at its first pay-per-view event, the promotion has confirmed that “King Mo” Lawal will fight Emanuel Newton for… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown”: Ratings May Not Show It Yet, But Bellator Is Moving In The Right Direction
By Joshua Molina
Bellator’s re-signing of Eddie Alvarez is a smart move and one that shows everybody who’s paying attention that the upstart MMA company isn’t going away.
Alvarez was on his way to the UFC, but Bellator was able… Read More
Report: Title Fights Planned for First Bellator PPV
By FCF Staff
Bellator’s first pay-per-view event will be headlined by a light-heavyweight bout between former UFC champs “Rampage” Jackson and Tito Ortiz, but according to multiple reports, the card will feature title fights as well.
The promotion’s CEO… Read More
Report: Bellator Ratings Rebound With July 31st Show
By FCF Staff
After Bellator 96 pulled disappointing ratings on June 19th, it looks like the promotion’s star studded card this week rebounded strongly, to approach the numbers Bellator’s Season 8 drew this past spring.
According to a figures relayed… Read More
Bellator 97 Weigh-In Results: Lightweight and Welterweight Title Fights Set
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for Bellator’s latest event, which will take place tomorrow night at the Santa Ana Star Casino in New Mexico. The stacked card will feature lightweight champion Michael Chandler taking on David… Read More
Watch The Bellator 97 Weigh-Ins Live at 7PM EST/ 4PM PST
You can watch the weigh-ins for tomorrow’s Bellator 97 card in New Mexico right here, beginning at 7:00PM EST / 4:00 PM PST.
The card will feature lightweight champion Michael Chandler taking on David Rickels, as well as welterweight… Read More
Alessio, Davis and Clementi Among Bellator Season 9 Lightweight Tourney Competitors
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced the line-up for the promotion’s Season Nine lightweight tournament and the competition will feature several UFC vets, including Marcus Davis, John Alessio and Rich Clementi. The tournament will get under way at Bellator 101… Read More
New FCF Radio Features Bellator’s David Rickels and UFC Vet Isaac Vallie-Flagg
By FCF Staff
The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features Bellator lightweight tourney winner David Rickels and UFC veteran Isaac Vallie-Flagg.
Rickels is set to fight Bellator champion Michael Chandler on July 31st in New Mexico, while Vallie-Flagg… Read More
Line-Up Set for Bellator 97, Prospects Brooks, Jenkins Scheduled for Fights
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced the final line-up for the promotion’s July 31st card in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which will feature lightweight champion Michael Chandler taking on David Rickels, and welterweight champ Ben Askren fighting Andrey Korseshkov.
The card,… Read More
After Breakout Performances, Bellator’s Saad Awad Looking to Build on “The Best Year”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Saad Awad may have come up short against David Rickels in Bellator’s Season 8 lightweight tournament finals, but there’s no question that 2013 has been a breakout campaign for the veteran fighter. Although Awad has… Read More
New Full Contact Fighter Radio Features Bellator’s Dave Jansen and Saad Awad
By FCF Staff
The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio is an all Bellator show, as it features segments with lightweight tournament winner Dave Jansen and one of last season’s break-out fighters, Saad Awad.
Awad advanced to the Season… Read More
Bellator’s Dave Jansen Plans to “Put Everything Into” Recovery After ACL Surgery
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although Dave Jansen has won six straight fights since he arrived in Bellator in 2011, and in doing so, has established himself as an elite lightweight, the veteran is having a tough time right now… Read More
9-1 Lightweight Will Brooks Targeted For Bellator 97
By FCF Staff
After incurring his first defeat at the hands of Saad Awad in Bellator’s last lightweight tourney, Will Brooks is likely set to compete at the promotion’s upcoming July 31st event.
Sources close to the fight have informed… Read More
Bellator’s Douglas Lima Announces Injury, Rematch With Ben Saunders Delayed Again
By FCF Staff
Bellator’s Season 8 welterweight tourney finale has been postponed again, as Douglas Lima has announced that he will not fight Ben Saunders on July 31st as scheduled, due to injury.
The former tourney winner and 25 year-old… Read More
Bellator Confirms Line-Up For Summer Series Heavyweight Tournament
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced the competitors for the promotion’s upcoming, heavyweight “summer series” tournament, which will get underway on June 19th. Due to time commitments, all tournaments that are held this summer will only feature… Read More
Eddie Alvarez Says He’s “Going to Trial” With Bellator: “There Will Be No Settlement”
By FCF Staff
The legal battle between Edddie Alvarez and Bellator doesn’t appear to be settling down, as the promotion’s former lightweight champ has announced via Twitter that the two parties are headed to a courtroom. In addition, Alvarez has… Read More
Bellator Lightweight Tourney Winner Dave Jansen Knows He Has “Detractors”, But Success “Didn’t Happen By Accident”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Dave Jansen has done nothing but win since he signed with Bellator, and if the veteran’s arrival went unnoticed by some observers in 2011, what the lightweight has accomplished since has been kind of hard to… Read More
Bellator 93: Dave Jansen Works Way to Lightweight Tourney Win, Ryan Martinez Puts Away Travis Wiuff
By FCF Staff
Dave Jansen countered the feared leglock game of Marcin Held with a steady stream of strikes from the top position at Bellator 93 tonight, to score a unanimous decision win over the rising lightweight.… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” UFC’s Dana White Sounds Like Broken Record In Bellator Battle
By Joshua Molina
UFC President Dana White is falling back on familiar territory in his criticisms of Bellator and Spike TV.
In a recent interview, White said Bellator is dead and that Viacom runs the show. This is the same… Read More
Guillaume DeLorenzi on Fighting Patricky “Pitbull” in Bellator Lightweight Tourney: “It’s a Really Good Thing”
Quebec Fighter Has Been Training With UFC’s TJ Grant
By Kelsey Mowatt
It didn’t take long for Guillaume “Il Toro” DeLorenzi to be thrust into the Bellator spotlight, as not only was the Canadian tapped… Read More