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Bellator 106: Pat Curran to Defend Featherweight Belt Versus Daniel Strauss
By FCF Staff
As expected would be the case, Bellator has announced that its featherweight champion, Pat Curran, will look to defend his title at the promotion’s upcoming November 2nd, pay-per-view event. Curran will take on Season Six tourney… Read More
Part II: Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney Says More Fighters Headed To TNA Wrestling, Blasts WSOF Matchmaker For Promoting and Managing Fighters
By Joshua Molina
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney feels he is riding atop a wave of momentum as his company ventures into the Pay-Per-View business on Nov. 2 with a main event between former UFC superstars Tito Ortiz and Quinton “Rampage”… Read More
Report: Bellator’s Bjorn Rebney Doesn’t Foresee Offer to Free Agent Ben Askren
By FCF Staff
Not long after Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney relayed the promotion hoped to negotiate a new deal with its welterweight champion Ben Askren, it appears as though the free agent fighter could be on his way out.
Recently… Read More
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney: The Best Fighters Are Not In The UFC
Company head talks Bellator’s Pay Per View , rumors about Scott Coker taking his job, fighter pay, promoting fighters as the stars of the organization and sharing Spike TV airtime with a kickboxing promotion.
By Joshua Molina
Just eight months… Read More
Opinion: Bellator’s First Pay-Per-View
By Jesse Heitz
In November, Bellator plans to air its very first pay-per-view event (more information on this event can be found here on Full Contact Fighter). This transformation is rather groundbreaking for the relative upstart Bellator, which has been… 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
Fight Master: Bellator MMA Ratings Rise Again
By FCF Staff
“Fight Master: Bellator MMA” may have premiered to poor ratings, but since then the reality show’s ratings have continued to rise for SPIKE TV.
After the show’s first episode drew only 432,000 viewers, the program’s second… Read More
Latest Full Contact Fighter Radio Features UFC 162 Winner Brian Melancon, Bellator’s Ryan Ford
By FCF Staff
The latest edition of Full Contact Fighter Radio features talks with UFC 162 winner Brian Melancon and Bellator vet Ryan Ford.
Melancon knocked out Seth Baczynski at UFC 162 this weekend to make the most of his… Read More
Bobby Lashley Opens Up About UFC, Bellator Hopes, WWE and TNA, Dave Bautista and Saturday’s Big GWC Fight
By Joshua Molina
Former WWE pro wrestling superstar Bobby Lashley will return to the cage this Saturday night, just three weeks after a quick submission victory over Kevin Asplund.
Lashley, 8-2, will fight Matthew Larson, 2-2, at the inaugural Global… 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
Cortez Coleman Believes There Will Be “Fireworks” When He Meets Keith Berry at Bellator 96
By Tony Kamps
Growing up it looked as though Cortez Coleman was destined to be just another statistic. All three of his brothers have spent time in jail. Coleman decided that route was not going to be… 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
UFC Vet Diego Nunes Confirms Bellator Signing
By FCF Staff
Bellator has reportedly added another UFC vet to its roster, as Diego Nunes has announced via Twitter that he has signed with the promotion.
In addition to tweeting “Bellator fighter!”, the 30 year-old, Brazilian featherweight posted “I… Read More
Bellator Confirms “Rampage” Jackson Deal
By FCF Staff
Former UFC light-heavyweight champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will soon be fighting for one of the promotion’s leading competitors, as Bellator has announced that the 34 year-old vet has signed with the organization. According to a press release… Read More
UFC Vet John Alessio Announces Bellator Deal
By FCF Staff
UFC and WEC veteran John Alessio is the latest high profile fighter Bellator has added to its roster, as the 33 year-old fighter has announced he’s signed a new contract with the promotion. Speaking via his Facebook… Read More
Report: Matt Riddle’s Legacy FC Contract Bought Out By Bellator
By FCF Staff
It appears as though UFC veteran Matt Riddle is heading to Bellator, as the fighter’s Legacy FC contract has reportedly been bought out by the Viacom property.
According to report from AXS TV’s “Inside MMA”,… Read More
WEC and Bellator Vet Chris Horodecki Fighting at July 27th Xcessive Force Event
By FCF Staff
Chris Horodecki will return to action this summer, as the WEC and Bellator vet has informed Full Contact Fighter that he has signed with Xcessive Force, and will fight for the Canadian promotion’s lightweight title July… Read More
UFC Vet Vladimir Matyushenko Bellator Bound
By FCF Staff
UFC and IFL veteran Vladimir Matyushenko has found a new employer, as Bellator has announced that it has signed the accomplished, 42 year-old-fighter. Matyushenko recently exited from the UFC, following back-to-back defeats to noted light-heavyweights Ryan… 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
Saad Awad vs. David Rickels, Mikhail Zayats vs. Emanuel Newton Tourney Finals Set For March 28th Bellator
By FCF Staff
Bellator will conclude the promotion’s latest lightweight and light-heavyweight tournaments March 28th in Tampa, Florida, as Saad Awad will battle David Rickels and Mikhail Zayats will take on Emanuel Newton.
The card will be hosted by the… Read More