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Bellator 90

Feb. 19 Bellator, Other News no comments

By Josh Reese

This Thursday Bellator may lack a title fight but it makes up with a really great card Shahbulat Shamhalaev and Rad Martinez will finally be able to fight after being bounced out of a cards last season they will now fight for the right to fight Pat Curran. The Welterweight and Light Heavyweight semifinals will take place as favorites King MO and Douglas Lima will look to take their places in the finals. In the prelims Welterweight Jordan Smith season 7 and 6 Welterweight tourney vet makes his return. Big fight vet’s Chase Beebe and Travis Marx square off for a right to be apart the next Bantamweight tourney. Plus Olympic wrestler Shanon Slack will fight in his 7th fight and on the edge of a tourney invite.

Main Card (Spike TV)

Featherweight – Shahbulat Shamhalaev (11-1-1) vs. Rad Martinez (14-2) (Featherweight season 7 final)
Light Heavyweight – Muhammed Lawal (9-1) vs. Emanuel Newton (19-7) (Light Heavyweight semifinal)
Welterweight – Bryan Baker (18-4) vs. Douglas Lima (23-5) (Welterweight semifinal)
Welterweight – Raul Amaya (11-1) vs. Ben Saunders (15-5) (Welterweight semifinal)
Light Heavyweight – Jacob Noe (11-1) vs. Mikhail Zayats (20-6) (Light Heavyweight semifinal)

Preliminary Card (Spike.com)

Middleweight – Lionel Lanham (4-1) vs. Joe Rodriguez (1-0)
Welterweight – Trevor Carlson (6-1) vs. Terry Davinney (10-5)
Welterweight – Dave Allred (11-4) vs. Sean Powers (6-3)
Welterweight – Jesse Juarez (18-8) vs. Jordan Smith (17-4)
Bantamweight – Chase Beebe (22-8) vs. Travis Marx (19-4)
Featherweight – Shanon Slack (5-1) vs. Josh Tyler (4-1

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(Video Post) Bellator MMA: Feb. 14 Highlights

Feb. 18 Bellator, Videos no comments

Highlights

The bantamweight title was on the line as Eduardo Dantas fought friend and former training partner Marcos Galvao. Also four advanced to the semifinal round of the middleweight tournament. Catch the highlights from Feb. 14, 2013.

 

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M’Pumbu Battles Attila Vegh for Light Heavyweight World Title On February 28th

Feb. 18 Bellator no comments

MPumbu

As reigning Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Champion Christian M’Pumbu prepares to defend his title against dominating Slovakian finisher Attila Vegh on February 28th, nine additional fights have been set as Bellator MMA travels to Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Santa Ana Star Center live on Spike TV.

 

Tickets for the event are on sale now and range from $25-$90. Tickets can be purchased at ComcastTix.com, Bellator.com or by visiting The Santa Ana Star Center box office. The event will broadcast LIVE starting at 8 p.m. MST on Spike, as well as in Spanish language on mun2. The preliminary card will be streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com starting at 6 p.m. MST.

 

The night will feature the Semifinals of Bellator MMA’s Lightweight Tournament as “The Caveman” David Rickels looks to keep the momentum going with a win over tournament newcomer Jason Fischer, who replaces an injured Tiger Sarnavskiy. With a combined 18-2 record between the two, both veterans are looking to punch their ticket to the Finals and capture their $100,000 Tournament prize.

 

The other side of the bracket will feature Chicago’s Will Brooks, who brings his spotless 9-0 record to the Bellator cage as he meets Saad Awad, who collected a huge quarterfinal victory with a vicious first round knockout earlier this season. For Brooks, the chance to continue through The Toughest Tournament in Sports and lock up his title shot is the only thing on the 26 year olds mind.

 

“This is what I’ve been working so hard for my entire career, and I just have to continue on this path and make my mark on the division and Bellator,” Brooks said. “Saad is a tough guy, but with my wrestling base and skills, I know what I have to do to get the win and just continue onto the Finals.”

 

Longtime Bellator veteran and Arizona native Ed “Wild” West is back and gunning for victory as he takes on Santa Fe’s own Josh Montoya in a bantamweight affair. A fan favorite wherever he fights, West is counting down the days until his Bellator return on February 28th.

 

“I just want to get back in that cage and remind everyone again what “Wild” West is all about,” West said. “I always like to put on a show, and nothing is going to change on February 28th.”

 

The night will also feature a collection of preliminary card action full of New Mexcio’s best talent, held in conjunction with Orthrus Promotions. 18-time world boxing champion Holly Holm will make her long awaited Bellator debut as the Albuquerque native will battle Katie Merrill at 135 pounds. Known across combat sports as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, Holm is looking to make a statement in her Bellator debut.

 

The full card for Bellator MMA from Albuquerque’s Santa Ana Star Center can be found below:

 

MAIN CARD:

Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Title Fight: Christian M’Pumbu vs. Attila Vegh

Lightweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Jason Fischer vs. David Rickels

Lightweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Saad Awad vs. Will Brooks

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Ed West vs. Josh Montoya

 

 

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Women’s Feature Fight: Holly Holm vs. Katie Merrill

Lightweight Feature Fight: Blas Avena vs. Lenny Lovato

Middleweight Feature Fight: BrennanWard vs. Vadiano La Luz

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Russell Wilson vs. Felipe Chavez

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Josh Appelt vs. Josh Lanier

Bantamweight Feature Fight: Adrian Cruz vs. Nick Gonzalez

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Bellator 88 weigh in

Feb. 07 Bellator, Other News no comments

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Bellator MMA Hosts Weigh-Ins Today at 5:00pm EST

Jan. 30 Bellator no comments

If the video does not work you can go to Bellator’s website and watch the weigh in’s.

The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator MMA will take place Wednesday at 5:00 P.M. EST inside Soaring Eagle Resort & Casino. Bellator MMA will take place at Soaring Eagle Resort & Casino on Thursday, January 31t with the first fight taking place at 7 p.m. EST and streaming LIVE on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 10 p.m. EST and will air LIVE on Spike TV.
All participants from Thursday night’s event will be on hand, including Lloyd Woodard, David Rickels, Ricardo Tirloni, Will Brooks and Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney.

The event will be emceed by Bellator cage announcer Michael C. Williams and Bellator color commentator Jimmy Smith.
As always the weigh-in is open to both the public and media.
The full fight card is listed below:
MAIN CARD:
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: David Rickels (11-1) vs. Lloyd Woodard (12-2)
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Thiago Michel (10-3) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (21-1)
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Ricardo Tirloni (15-3) vs. Will Brooks (8-0)
Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Saad Awad (12-4) vs. Guillaum DeLorenzi (10-1)

PRELIMINARY CARD:
Lightweight Feature Fight: Jason Fischer (5-1) vs. Sevak Magakian (12-3)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Sam Quito (11-4) vs. Ben Lagman (7-2)
Lightweight Feature Fight: J.P. Reese (8-4) vs. David Shepherd (5-2)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Cody Stamann (2-0) vs. Justin Houghton (5-2)
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Jason Fish (2-0) vs. Karl Etherington (7-0)
Lightweight Feature Fight: John Schulz (4-0) vs. Amir Killah (10-5)
Bantamweight Feature Fight: Nick Kirk (7-0) vs. Tony Zelinski (3-2)

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Bellator 87 card

Jan. 30 Bellator, Other News no comments

Full Bellator card

Weight Class
Lightweight – Patricky Freire (10-4) vs. Guillaume DeLorenzi (10-1)
(Freire was the last person to face Eddie Alvarez lost in the 1st round) (DeLorenzi Only loss was to War Machine at WW)
Lightweight – Lloyd Woodard (12-2) vs. David Rickels (11-1)
(Woodard’s only two losses to the champ and to Hawn the title contender) (Rickels one loss was a close split decision to WW title contender Karl Amoussou)
Lightweight – Thiago Michel (10-3) vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy (21-1)
(Michel’s 2 Bellator fights split decisions one win one loss) (Sarnavskiy only loss to UFC vet Rich Clementi in last season’s tourney)
Lightweight – Will Brooks (8-0) vs. Ricardo Tirloni (15-3)
(Brooks only one fight has went all 3 rounds) (Tirloni lost to 3 people who had a combined record of 50-6 Hawn, Henderson, Jenson)

Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Lightweight – Saad Awad (12-4) vs. Jason Fischer (5-1)
Welterweight – Sam Quito (11-4) vs. Ben Lagman (6-2)
Lightweight – James Reese (8-4) vs. David Shepherd (5-2)
Featherweight – Cody Stamann (2-0) vs. Justin Houghton (5-2)
Heavyweight – Jason Fish (2-2) vs. Karl Etherington (7-0)
Lightweight – John Schulz (4-0) vs. Amir Khillah (10-5)
Bantamweight – Nick Kirk (9-1) vs. Tony Zelinski (3-2)

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Bellator 86 weigh in

Jan. 24 Bellator no comments

Via- Bellator

*Bellator MMA Weigh-In Results*

Thackerville, OK. – The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from WinStar World Casino in preparation for Bellator MMA’s January 24th event, which features a Bellator Welterweight World Title fight, as well as the long awaited Bellator debut of King Mo.

Bellator MMA will take place at WinStar World Casino on Thursday, January 24th with the first fight taking place at 7 p.m. CST and streaming LIVE on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 9 p.m. CST and will air LIVE on Spike TV.

The full results from the Bellator MMA weigh-in are below:

MAIN CARD:
Bellator Welterweight Championship Fight: Ben Askren (169.8) vs. Karl Amoussou (167.4)
Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Przemyslaw Mysiala (205.6) vs. King Mo (205.0)
Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Douglas Lima (170.6) vs. Michail Tsarev (170.0)
Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Koffie Adzitso (170.8) vs. Ben Saunders (169.8)
Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Marius Zaromskis (169.2) vs. Brent Weedman (171.0)

PRELIMINARY CARD:
Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Raul Amaya (171.0) vs. Jose Gomes (170.8)
Middleweight Feature Fight: Matt Jones (182.8) vs. Cortez Coleman (186.0)
Catchweight Feature Fight (140 lbs.): Chris Pham (139.6) vs. Jason Sampson (137.4)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Zach Church (154.6) vs. Damon Jackson (155.2)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Hunter Tucker (145.0) vs. Javier Obregon (146.0)

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator

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Bellator 85 recap

Jan. 18 Bellator, Other News no comments

By Josh Reese

You have heard for so long, MMA is coming home to Spike… Not only did it come home it was a fairly good showing for Bellator after leaving MTV2. Bellator had on hand two title fights and on the opening bout of the main card on Spike, Patricio Freire and Pat Curran tangoed to the tune of 5 hard fought rounds and at the end the champ Pat Curran was able to retain his belt via a narrow split decision. The main attraction of the night was the return of Michael Chandler and the continued dominance of the champ, the wrestler was able to out power and out technique the Judo Olympian Rick Hawn by way of a rear naked choke in the 2nd round. Chandler remains undefeated and gets his 3rd straight finish.

Main card (Spike TV)
Light Heavyweight – Jacob Noe (11-1-1NC) def. Seth Petruzelli (14-7) – TKO (punches) 1 (2:51)
Lightweight – Michael Chandler (11-0) def. Rick Hawn (14-2) – Submission (rear naked choke) 2 (3:07)
Light Heavyweight – Mikhail Zayats (20-6) def. Renato Sobral (37-10) - TKO (punches) 1 (4:49)
Featherweight – Pat Curran (18-4) def. Patricio Freire (17-2) – Split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) 5rd

Preliminary Card (Spike.com)
Featherweight – Aaron Miller def. Joe Camacho – Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3rd
Light Heavyweight – Jason Lambert def. Hector Ramirez – Submission (straight armbar) 1 (3:59)
Catchweight (165 lbs.) – J.J. Ambrose def. Brian Warren – Submission (guillotine choke) 2 (0:50)
Light Heavyweight – Emanuel Newton def. Atanas Djambazov – Submission (rear naked choke) 2 (2:21)
Lightweight – Savant Young def. Mike Guymon – KO (punch) 2 (0:48)
Welterweight – Joe Williams def. Jamie Yager – TKO (strikes) 1 (4:02)
Featherweight – Cleber Luciano def. Mario Navarro – Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3rd

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Bellator 85 Weigh in’s

Jan. 17 Bellator, Other News no comments

Via – Bellator

*Bellator MMA Weigh-In Results*

Irvine, CA. – The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from Irvine’s Bren Center in preparation for Bellator’s Thursday night Spike TV debut, which features two World Title Fights, as well as the start of the Light Heavyweight Tournament.

Bellator MMA will be broadcast LIVE on Thursday, January 17th at 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT on Spike TV, as well as in Spanish language on mun2. The preliminary card will begin at 8:00 pm ET/ 7:00 pm CT and streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com.

The full results from the Bellator MMA weigh-in are below:

MAIN CARD: Spike TV

Bellator Featherweight Championship Fight: Pat Curran (144.8) vs. Patricio Pitbull (144.5)
Bellator Lightweight Championship Fight: Michael Chandler (154.6) vs. Rick Hawn (155)
Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Mikhail Zayats (205.7) vs. Babalu Sobral (205.3)

PRELIMINARY CARD: Spike.com

Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Seth Petruzelli (204.8) vs. Jacob Noe (205.9)
Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Fight: Emanuel Newton (205.4) vs. Atanas Djambazov (205.6)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Hector Ramirez (204.8) vs. Jason Lambert (205.5)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Aaron Miller (145.8) vs. Joe Camacho (145.8)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Joe Williams (170.7) vs. Jamie Yager (170.8)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Savant Young (155.5) vs. Mike Guymon (155.7)
Catchweight Feature Fight(165 lbs.): Brian Warren(165) vs. J.J. Ambrose (164.5)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Mario Navarro(144.8) vs. Cleber Luciano(144.9)

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Bellator MMA Hosts $100,000 Featherweight Tournament Finals Live on Spike TV

Jan. 04 Bellator no comments

After nearly four months in the making, the Bellator MMA Featherweight Tournament Finals will be concluded from Salt Lake City’s Maverik Center on February 21st as Utah’s own Rad Martinez will battle Russian striker Shahbulat Shamhalaev for a guaranteed World Title Shot and a $100,000 Bellator Tournament prize live on Spike TV.

The event will broadcast LIVE starting at 8 p.m. MST on Spike, as well as in Spanish language on mun2. The preliminary card will be streamed LIVE and FREE on Spike.com starting at 6 p.m. MST.

For Martinez, the West Jordan native makes his Utah homecoming riding an impressive five fight win streak, including Bellator Tournament victories over top featherweights Nazareno Malegarie and Wagnney Fabiano. Already tasked with preparing for the biggest fight of his career, Martinez knows what’s at stake with his hometown crowd behind him.

“To have the opportunity to fight in Salt Lake City for the Bellator Featherweight Tournament Championship is just a dream come true,” Martinez said. “Utah has a great base of MMA fans, but we’ve never had a big MMA promotion come to Salt Lake City, so it’s a great honor to be headlining Utah’s first large scale MMA event.”

Shamhalaev re-enters the Bellator cage after collecting two devastating knockouts and has his sights set on a guaranteed title shot with a victory of Martinez. Armed with an arsenal of explosive jabs and strikes, Martinez is aware of the challenges that await him on February 21st.

“Shamhalaev is incredibly quick and versatile, and brings a lot of things to the table, so I know I have my work cut out for me,” Martinez said. “Fans know that any time I step into the cage you can expect a war, and nothing will change for this fight.”

The night is also scheduled to host Bellator’s Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals. The tournament begins January 17th live on Spike, and is headlined by “King Mo” Lawal, “Babalu” Sobral and Seth “Silverback” Petruzelli.

“A fight between Rad and Shahbulat would be special anywhere you put it,” said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. “But to have the opportunity to make this fight happen in Salt Lake City with the ties Rad has to Utah is an incredible opportunity we couldn’t pass up. It’s been a long time coming, but February 21st is shaping up to be a huge night of fights.”

“We are proud to host such a prestigious event like BellatorMMA that will showcase our venue, Utah’s own Rad Martinez and, most importantly, our patrons to Spike TV’s impressive viewership”, stated Maverik Center’s Director of Marketing Steve Kun.  “This is an event that must be seen in person as one truly receives great value in the number of fights on the card.  We expect a huge turn out with Rad competing for the Bellator Featherweight Tournament Championship.”

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