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Bellator 123 Weigh-In Results: Pat Curran and Patricio “Pitbull” Ready for Round Two
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for Bellator 123, which will be hosted by the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut tomorrow night.
In the headliner, featherweight champ Pat Curran will take on noted challenger Patricio “Pitbull”… Read More
Bellator 123: “King Mo” Lawal-Marcus Sursa Set After Tom DeBlass Withdrawal
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced, that as reported recently, “King Mo” Lawal will battle Marcus Sursa on September 5th as a result of Tom DeBlass getting injured.
DeBlass recently relayed that he’s been forced to drop out of Bellator… Read More
Bellator 123: Entire Line-up Announced for September 5th Event
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced the entire line-up for its upcoming, September 5th card, which will go down at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The main card for Bellator 123 will feature a rematch between featherweight champ Pat… Read More
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
Bellator 120: “Rampage” Jackson Ekes Out Win, “King Mo” Lawal Blasts Bjorn Rebney After Fight
Brooks Upsets Chandler, Ortiz Chokes Out Shlemenko
By FCF Staff
“Rampage” Jackson secured a title shot tonight at Bellator 120, but the former UFC champ’s victory over “King Mo” Lawal didn’t come without some controversy and post-fight fireworks.
Although Jackson… Read More
Bellator 120 Weigh-In Results: “Rampage” Jackson and “King Mo” Lawal set for Headliner
By FCF Staff
“Rampage” Jackson and “King Mo” Lawal both made weight this afternoon in Southaven, Mississippi, clearing the way for Bellator’s first pay-per-view headliner.
Lawal came in at 205.6 pounds for the light-heavyweight tourney final, and Jackson weighed 205.9,… Read More
Bellator 120: Watch the Official Weigh-ins Live Beginning at 6 PM/ET
By FCF Staff
You can watch the weigh-ins for Saturday’s Bellator 120 card, right here at Full Contact Fighter, beginning today at 6 PM/ET–3PM/PT.
Bellator’s first pay-per-view event will feature a light-heavyweight tourney final between “Rampage” Jackson and “King… Read More
Bellator 120: Marcin Held to Face Nate Jolly
By FCF Staff
With Patricky “Pitbull” Freire sidelined due to injury, Bellator has announced that the lightweight’s scheduled opponent for May 17th, Marcin Held, will battle Nate Jolly instead.
The latter has been booked to fight Will Brooks at Bellator… Read More
Bellator 120: Patricky “Pitbull” Out Due to Hand Injury, Shahbulat Shamhalaev-Fabricio Guerreiro Added
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced that due to a hand injury, Patricky “Pitbull” Freire will no longer fight Marcin Held at the promotion’s May 17th event in Southaven, Mississippi.
As a result, the promotion has added a featherweight tilt between Shahbulat… Read More
Bellator 120: Blagoi Ivanov-Alexander Volkov, Patricky “Pitbull”-Marcin Held Among Latest Additions
By FCF Staff
Bellator has added three more bouts to the preliminary card for its upcoming pay-per-view debut, two of which are tournament finals.
The promotion has announced that the lightweight final between Patricky “Pitbull” and Marcin Held, which was… 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 115: Watch the Weigh-ins Live Beginning at 8:00 PM/ET
By FCF Staff
You can watch the official weigh-ins for tomorrow’s Bellator 115 card in Reno, Nevada, beginning right here at 8 PM/ET-5PM/PT.
The event, which will be hosted by the Reno Events Center, will feature heavyweight champion Vitaly… Read More
Bellator 115: Line-Up Completed for April 4th Event
Kimball Replacing Suspended Marshall
By FCF Staff
Bellator has released the complete line-up for the promotion’s April 4th event, which will go down at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. Bellator 115 will be headlined by a heavyweight bout between… Read More
Bellator Returning to Canada For May 9th Show
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced that it’s returning to Canada for its 119th card, which will take place May 9th, at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario.
The event will feature the finals for Bellator’s upcoming heavyweight tourney, as… 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
Paul Buentello Meets Isaac Villanueva at Legacy FC 27
By Michael Hatamoto
Former UFC and Strikeforce heavyweight contender Paul Buentello will next see action at Legacy Fighting Championship 27 against Isaac Villanueva.
Legacy FC 27 takes place on January 31, 2014, live from Houston, Texas. The event will be… Read More
Opinion: Is Bellator PPV Already Struggling?
By Michael Hatamoto
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney has steadily grown the Bellator brand using mainstream cable TV and weekly MMA tournaments, but must be anxious to see how the promotion’s debut pay-per-view is received on Nov. 2.
The American MMA… Read More
Bellator: Richman-Stepanyan Added to Nov. 2nd Line-Up
By FCF Staff
Bellator has added another bout to its November 2nd “Rampage vs. Tito” event, as the promotion has announced that Mike Richman will fight Akop Stepanyan. The featherweight fight will be part of the card’s preliminary line-up that… Read More
Opinion: Lavar Johnson’s Downward Spiral
By Michael Hatamoto
UFC veteran Lavar Johnson was expected to make his debut at Bellator 102, smashing through Brazilian journeyman Vinicius Queiroz to set up a potential heavyweight showdown with Cheick Kongo.
Instead, Quieroz touched Johnson’s face and dropped him… Read More
Bellator 101: Despite Breakout Season, Saad Awad Wasn’t Sure Another Tourney Invite Would Come
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although Saad Awad has been competing professionally since 2006, and has fought for big stage organizations in the past, the vet introduced himself to considerably more fans this past spring during Bellator’s lightweight tourney. Not… Read More