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Bellator Takes Over Rome’s Capitol Hill
By Press Release
ROME – Bellator fighters and officials gathered today at Piazza del Campidoglio (Rome’s Capitol Hill) in advance of the company’s first event in The Eternal City, which takes place at il Centrale Live Roma – Foro Italico… Read More
Bellator 183 & Bellator Kickboxing 7 Set For Saturday, Sept. 23 in San Jose
By Press Release
LOS ANGELES – Bellator returns home to SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday, September 23 for Bellator 183 and Bellator Kickboxing 7, which features the return of former world champ “Smooth” Benson Henderson (24-7) taking… Read More
Bellator Announces Date, Venue For Michael Chandler vs. Benson Henderson
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF (August 31, 2016) – It’s a fight that both men have had their sights set on for quite some time, and now it serves as the main event of Bellator MMA’s return to… Read More
Bellator 160 Main Card Receives Two Updates
By Press Release
SANTA MONICA, CALIF (August 16, 2016) – Just nine days before the highly anticipated “Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” event on August 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., injuries sustained by main card fighters Henry… Read More
Bellator 160: Chinzo Machida’s Promotional Debut Confirmed
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF (August 8, 2016) – Chinzo Machida (3-2) will make his promotional debut in featherweight preliminary action at “Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” on August 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., against Mario… Read More
Bellator 160: Lena Ovchynnikova vs. Jaimelene Nievera Added
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF (August 2, 2016) – A flyweight matchup pitting Lena Ovchynnikova (11-4) against Jaimelene Nievera (4-1) has been added to the main card of “Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” on August 26 at… Read More
Bellator 160: ‘Baby Slice’ & Joey Davis Assigned Opponents for Pro Debuts
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (August 1, 2016) – The announcement of his Bellator MMA arrival had “Baby Slice” Kevin Ferguson Jr. trending on social media for two-straight days, and today, Bellator Officials have confirmed that his first… Read More
Bellator 160 Receives Saad Awad vs. Derek Anderson
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF (July, 26) – A lightweight bout pitting Saad Awad (19-7) against Derek Anderson (13-2) has been added to the main card of the recently announced “Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” event on August… Read More
Bellator 160: A.J. McKee vs. Henry Corrales, Bubba Jenkins vs. Georgi Karakhanyan Added to Line-up
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF (July 25, 2016) – Two high-profile featherweight attractions have been added to the main card of the recently announced “Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” event on August 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim,… Read More
Bellator 153: Andrey Koreshkov Cruises to Win Over Benson Henderson
By FCF Staff
Andrey Koreshkov spoiled the Bellator debut of Benson Henderson in dominant fashion tonight, as the welterweight champ outscored and battered the UFC veteran.
Koreshkov punished Henderson with a hard kicks and punches from the beginning of the… Read More
Bellator 153 Weigh-In Results: Benson Henderson And Andrey Koreshkov Set For Headliner
By FCF Staff
The weigh-ins are completed for Bellator 153, which will take place tomorrow night in Uncasville, Connecticut.
In the main event, Benson Henderson will challenge welterweight champ, Andrey Koreshkov. Both men made weight for the title fight, as… Read More
Bellator’s “Pitbull” Brothers Receive New Opponents For Upcoming Bouts
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SANTA MONICA, CA. (April 11, 2016) – Injuries to both Derek Campos and John Teixeira have forced Bellator MMA to find replacements to compete against brothers Patricky “Pitbull” Freire (15-7) and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (24-3) on… Read More
Bellator Signs A.J. McKee to Multi-Year, Multi-Fight Contract Extension
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (December 17, 2015) – The Bellator MMA featherweight division has been described as a pool filled with sharks. Company officials are proud to announce that they have signed one of it’s most promising… Read More
Bellator Champ Daniel Straus Posts X-Ray of Badly Broken Hand
By FCF Staff
Immediately after Daniel Straus defeated Patricio “Pitbull” Freire at Bellator 145, he revealed he broke his hand not long into the bout, and now he’s posted x-ray evidence.
Straus took the featherweight crown from Freire on Friday… Read More
RFA 32: Meet The Bash Brothers
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The 80’s had Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco crushing baseballs out of stadiums and the 90’s had Fulton Reed and Dean Portman in The Mighty Ducks movie series. However, it wasn’t until the new millennium that… Read More
Bellator 147: Josh Thomson vs. Pablo Villaseca Moves to December 4th
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (October 22, 2015) – Following an impressive stoppage during the main card of the groundbreaking “Bellator MMA: Dynamite 1”card in September, Josh “The Punk” Thomson (21-8, 1 NC) will make his main event… Read More
Bellator 145: Michael Chandler to Take on David Rickels
By FCF Staff
The line-up for Bellator 145 continues to grow, as the promotion has announced that David Rickels will battle former lightweight champ Michael Chandler at the November 6th event. The upcoming card will be hosted by the Scottrade… Read More
Bellator Signs Isao Kobayashi & Thiago Jambo Goncalves
By Bellator (via press release)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (August 17, 2015) – Bellator MMA officials are proud to announce the signings of Isao Kobayashi(18-2-4) and Thiago Jambo Goncalves (18-4, 1 NC) to multi-year, multi-fight contracts.
Kobayashi and Goncalves join… Read More
Bellator’s David Rickels Talks Ken Shamrock-Kimbo Slice: “Every Damn Person is Going to be Sitting in Front of The TV”
By Kelsey Mowatt
When Bellator announced that it had booked Kimbo Slice to battle Ken Shamrock this Friday night, the news didn’t exactly sit well with many pundits and MMA purists. The argument being that since Shamrock… Read More
Bellator 139: Emmanuel Sanchez Replaces Injured Goiti Yamauchi
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced a change for its upcoming July 26th event in Mulvane, Kansas, as the promotion has confirmed that Goiti Yamauchi will no longer face Pat Curran.
Yamauchi has been forced to withdraw from the bout… Read More