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Report: Source Says Bellator’s First PPV Drew Over 100,000 Buys
By FCF Staff
Although the official numbers might not be available until later this year, according to one source, Bellator’s first pay-per-view event drew over 100,000 buys.
The May 17th, Bellator event featured “Rampage” Jackson taking on “King Mo” Lawal… Read More
Report: Eddie Alvarez Can Contractually Demand Third Fight With Michael Chandler
By FCF Staff
Will Brooks may have upset Michael Chandler to secure Bellator’s interim lightweight title, but it looks as though the rising fighter isn’t guaranteed the next shot at reigning champ Eddie Alvarez.
Brooks was tapped to face Chandler… Read More
Report: Bellator’s Eddie Alvarez Doesn’t “Get Why” Interim Title Fight is Booked
By FCF Staff
Bellator has booked Will Brooks to fight Michael Chandler this Saturday in the promotion’s pay-per-view debut, but lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez isn’t exactly sure why the fight needs to be for an interim title.
Alvarez was recently… Read More
Bellator 120: Michael Chandler to Battle Will Brooks for Interim Title, Latter Blasts Critics Who Question Card’s PPV Worth
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although Bellator’s May 17th event has lost its highly anticipated, rubber match between lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler, the card will remain a pay-per-view. The promotion confirmed the news during a media… Read More
Report: Eddie Alvarez Withdrawing From Bellator 120
By FCF Staff
It looks as though a foundational part of Bellator’s pay-per-view card next Saturday might be cancelled, as Eddie Alvarez has reportedly withdrawn from his rubber match with Michael Chandler due to injury.
Alvarez vs. Chandler III was… Read More
Bellator 118: Rafael Silva Not Eligible to Take Interim Title After Missing Weight
By FCF Staff
Joe Warren and Rafael Silva will still fight at tonight’s Bellator 118 card in Atlantic City, however the latter cannot win the promotion’s interim bantamweight title.
Silva, who stepped in for injured champ Eduardo Dantos on short… Read More
(Updated) Bellator 116: Blagoi Ivanov Taps Out Lavar Johnson, Tito Ortiz-Alexander Shlemenko Bout Confirmed
Vladimir Matyushenko Loses Final Fight
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from tonight’s Bellator 116 card in Temecula, California, which saw Blagoi Ivanov tap-out UFC vet Lavar Johnson with a first round, keylock.
With the win, Ivanov advances to… Read More
Bellator 115 Loses Two Semifinal Bouts
By FCF Staff
Although the headliner for Friday’s Bellator 115 card remains intact, the Reno bound event has lost two scheduled bouts.
The promotion has announced that Sam Oropeza will no longer fight Andrey Koreshkov tomorrow night, due to the… Read More
Bellator 112: Paul Bradley, Nate Coy And Cristiano Souza Added to Welterweight Tourney
By FCF Staff
Bellator has been forced to juggle the line-up for its next welterweight tournament, approximately one week before it’s set to begin on March 14th.
The promotion has announced that Joe Riggs, “War Machine” and… Read More
Bellator Announces Chandler-Alvarez III Set For May 17th on PPV
By FCF Staff
During Bellator’s Season 10 premiere tonight in Uncasville, Connecticut, the promotion announced that the highly anticipated, rubber match between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez will take place on May 17th.
As expected, the bout will be… Read More
Bellator Signs Alexander Shlemenko to Multi-Fight Extension
By FCF Staff
Bellator has locked up one of its top fighters for the foreseeable future, as the promotion has announced that it has signed middleweight champ Alexander Shlemenko to a multi-fight, multi-year extension.
The 29 year-old fighter, who is… Read More
Bellator Re-Signs On-Air Analyst Jimmy Smith To Five Year Deal
By Bellator MMA (via press release)
Newport Beach, Calif. (February 13, 2014) – After 109 Bellator events, fans around the world have become accustomed to hearing on air analyst MMA veteran Jimmy Smith break down the intricacies of… Read More
(Updated) Multi-Fight Deal Between Bellator And Gilbert Melendez in Place, UFC Holds Matching Rights
By FCF Staff
Earlier in the week UFC President Dana White relayed Gilbert Melendez “should start looking elsewhere”, as a result of stalled contract negotiations, and it appears the lightweight was already doing so.
According to a press release sent… Read More
Bellator 111: Anthony Leone to Challenge Eduardo Dantas After Rafael Silva Withdraws
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced that Eduardo Dantas will not defend his bantamweight title versus Rafael Silva on March 7th as scheduled, as the latter has suffered a knee injury and will be unable to compete. Replacing Silva… Read More
ONE FC Confirms Signing of Ben Askren
By FCF Staff
After Ben Askren recently relayed publicly that he’s headed to ONE FC, the Asian based promotion has officially announced that it has signed the former Bellator champ. No details were provided in the press release in terms… 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 Signs NCAA Champ and Undefeated Fighter Darrion Caldwell
By FCF Staff
Bellator has added another decorated wrestler to its roster, as it’s announced that former NCAA champion and two time All American Darrion Caldwell has signed with the promotion. The featherweight has gone 3-0 in MMA since turning… 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
Opinion: Bellator 106 Proves Bellator Should Ignore Pay-Per-View Ambitions
By Michael Hatamoto
Instead of potentially striking out with an inaugural pay-per-view flop, Bellator 106 featured a lightweight championship rematch of Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez and drew an impressive 1.1 million viewers.
The event, which aired on Spike TV,… Read More
Bellator Confirms Ortiz’s Withdrawal, Entire Nov. 2nd Card Moved to SPIKE
By FCF Staff
Bellator has confirmed that Tito Ortiz has been forced to withdraw from the promotion’s November 2nd “Rampage vs. Tito” event in Long Beach, California. As a result of losing the card’s main event, which was supposed… Read More