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New Full Contact Fighter Radio Features Bellator’s Douglas Lima and UFC’s Tim Boetsch
By FCF Staff
The latest edition of Full Contact Fighter Radio features conversations with recent Bellator welterweight tourney winner Douglas Lima, and UFC middleweight contender Tim Boetsch.
Lima is coming off a brutal, KO finish of Ben Saunders at Bellator… Read More
Bellator’s Douglas Lima Confirms Broken Hand, Believes Title Fight Will Take Place Early 2014
By Kelsey Mowatt
Douglas Lima secured another tourney win at Bellator 100 by knocking out Ben Saunders in brutal fashion, but as the welterweight suspected was the case afterwards, he broke his hand while doing so.
While speaking to Full… Read More
Opinion: Douglas Lima’s Destruction of Ben Saunders
By Michael Hatamoto
Douglas Lima finished MMA veteran Ben Saunders by knockout during their main event fight at Bellator 100 on Friday night in Phoenix, Arizona.
Saunders is an experienced MMA veteran, but he never looked comfortable… Read More
Bellator 100: Douglas Lima-Ben Saunders Welterweight Finale Headlining
By FCF Staff
After having their bout postponed not once, but twice, Douglas Lima and Ben Saunders will look to determine the Season 8 welterweight tourney winner at Bellator 100 on September 20th. The promotion has confirmed the main… 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: Recovering Douglas Lima Reports “Hand is Great”, Fighting Ben Saunders in July
By Kelsey Mowatt
Douglas Lima’s Bellator welterweight tournament finale with Ben Saunders will likely take place in July, the former has informed Full Contact Fighter.
When contacted today to see how the hand he broke during his knockout… Read More
Bellator Announces Douglas Lima Has Broken Hand; Rematch With Ben Saunders Postponed
By FCF Staff
The welterweight rematch and tourney finale between Douglas Lima and Ben Saunders will not take place on March 21st as expected, as Bellator has announced that Lima has a broken hand. According to Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney,… Read More
Former Tourney Winner Douglas Lima on Latest Bellator Competition: “I Don’t Think I’m The Favorite”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although Douglas Lima entered Bellator in 2011 armed with an impressive record that included a Maximum Fighting Championship title, few observers likely picked the American Top Team Atlanta fighter to win the welterweight tournament. Now that the… Read More
New Full Contact Fighter Radio Features MMA Coach Duke Roufus, UFC’s Isaac Vallie-Flagg and Bellator’s Douglas Lima
By FCF Staff
The latest edition of Full Contact Fighter Radio features interviews with renowned MMA coach Duke Roufus, UFC 156 winner and Strikeforce vet Isaac Vallie-Flagg, and Bellator welterweight contender Douglas Lima.
You can listen to the show by… Read More
After Latest Win, Douglas Lima Focusing on Nex Bellator Tourney: “I Can’t Think About Ben Askren Right Now, I Got To Go Through These Guys First”
By Kelsey Mowatt
After fighting four times in 2011 and winning Bellator’s welterweight tournament, Douglas Lima wasn’t about to let 2012 conclude having competed just once. After failing to unseat the promotion’s reigning champion Ben Askren in April, and by… Read More
Bellator Season 5 Tourney Winner Douglas Lima to Compete in Next Welterweight Competition
By FCF Staff
Bellator Season Five breakout fighter and tourney winner Douglas Lima will look to secure another shot at championship gold, as the ATT Atlanta veteran will compete in the promotion’s next welterweight tournament, according to sources close to… Read More
Ben Askren Concedes Douglas Lima Is “Dangerous”, But Believes He’s Getting “More Credit Than He May Deserve”
By FCF Staff
When Ben Askren returns to action this Friday for the first time in nearly six months, the Bellator Welterweight Champion will do so for one of the promotion’s most compelling and biggest fights in recent memory. On… Read More
Douglas Lima on Ben Askren: “I Don’t Care If He’s The Champ. I Don’t Think I’m The Underdog”
By Kelsey Mowatt
If some fans didn’t take notice of Douglas Lima’s Bellator arrival last fall, after blasting his way through the competition to win the promotion’s welterweight tourney, they should be more than aware of the rising fighter now.… Read More
Undefeated Bellator Welterweight Champ Ben Askren To Face Douglas Lima April 6
By FCF Staff
Reigning, undefeated Bellator Welterweight (170 pounds) Champion Ben Askren (9-0) will put his title on the line against Douglas “The Phenom” Lima (21-4) in the main event of Bellator 64 at Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada… Read More
Douglas Lima Says He’ll “Finish It” if Ben Askren Leaves Opening
By Kelsey Mowatt
If you had asked many fans and pundits a few weeks ago, who would be the next man to fight for Bellator’s welterweight championship,
Douglas Lima: Beating Ben Saunders Is The Last Step To Recognition
By Kelsey Mowatt
While Bellator Fighting Championship’s signing of Douglas Lima a few months back didn’t go unnoticed, the rising welterweight’s arrival was overshadowed by news that UFC veteran Ben Saunders would also compete in the promotion’s season five… Read More
Bellator 53: Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima Secure Tourney Final Match-Up
By FCF Staff
UFC veteran Ben Saunders and former MFC champ Douglas Lima secured respective spots in Bellator’s ongoing welterweight tourney last night in Miami, Oklahoma.
Saunders tapped out Luis Santos with a third round,… Read More
Former MFC Champ Douglas Lima Excited to Begin Bellator Chapter
By Kelsey Mowatt
Douglas Lima will look to build on his impressive run with the Maximum Fighting Championship this weekend, when the American Top Team Atlanta fighter takes on Steve Carl in the opening round of Bellator’s Season Five… Read More