Bellator® 144: Halsey vs. Carvalho Date: October 23, 2015 Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena(Uncasville, Connecticut) Main Card(Spike®, 9pm et) Brandon Halsey vs. Rafael Carvalho Dennis Olson vs. Brennan Ward Charlie Ontiveros vs. Michael Page Isao Kobayashi vs. Goiti Yamauchi Prelims(MMAjunkie, 7pm et) Matt Bessette vs. Kevin Roddy Jeremie Holloway vs. Matt …
source | themmareport.com Former Bellator bantamweight champion Joe Warren tested positive for marijuana in his post fight drug test at Bellator 143 last month. The positive drug test was revealed to The MMA Report on Friday afternoon after a public records request was sent to the state of Texas. According …
Bellator® 143: Results Date: September 25, 2015 Venue: State Farm Arena(Hidalgo, Texas) Main Card (Spike® TV, 9pm) Joe Warren def. LC Davis via Decision Joey Beltran def. Kendall Grove via TKO(RD3,Strikes) Emmanuel Sanchez def. Henry Corrales via Decision Vinicius Queiroz def. Ewerton Teixeira via Submission (RD2,Arm Triangle) Prelims(Spike.com, 6:30pm et) Chase …
source | MMAJunkie.com Former PRIDE president Nobuyuki Sakakibara appeared on Saturday’s Spike broadcast of Bellator 142 to announce that he will return to the world of MMA, and his new promotion’s first event will take place New Year’s Eve in Tokyo. Emelianenko (34-4), who built his legend as the dominant, …
source | MMAFighting.com “I’m still trying to lick my wounds,” said Ortiz (18-12). “I can’t take anything away from Liam. He fought the best I can give. I went there and fought and the guy slipped it (the inverted triangle submission) in. We’ve been defending triangles. I was pulling out …
source | MMAJunkie.com “This isn’t about the money to me any more. It’s about being a champion,” said Ortiz (18-11-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), who on Saturday fights Bellator light-heavyweight champ Liam McGeary (10-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) at “Bellator 142: Dynamite,” which takes place at SAP Center in San Jose. The …
source | MMAJunkie.com “It was a really weird fight for me (against Bader); obviously I want to win every competition, but in my head it was just kind of a weird fight,” Davis told MMAjunkie. “Now, fighting for Bellator, I feel like just my preparation reignited my love and passion …
source | Sherdog.com “I didn’t take it personal at all. I looked at the facts, and the facts are I was never released. I was never given a release letter. I was never told I was released. That was it,” Thomson told Sherdog.com. “I weighed out the options. If you …
Bellator® 143: Davis vs. Warren Date: September 25, 2015 Venue: State Farm Arena(Hidalgo, Texas) Main Card (Spike®, 9pm et) L.C. Davis vs. Joe Warren Joey Beltran vs. Kendall Grove Henry Corrales vs. Emmanuel Sanchez Vinicius Queiroz vs. Ewerton Teixeira Prelims (MMAjunkie, 6:30 pm et) Ryan Couture vs. Nick Gonzalez Dan …
Bellator® 142: Dynamite Date: September 19, 2015 Venue: SAP Center(San Jose, California) Main Card (Spike®, 9pm et) Liam McGeary vs. Tito Ortiz opponent TBA vs. opponent TBA Mike Bronzoulis vs. Josh Thomson Muhammed Lawal vs. Linton Vassell Phil Davis vs. Emanuel Newton Prelims (MMAjunkie, 6:30pm et) David Blanco vs. Victor …
Bellator® 141: Guillard vs. Girtz Date: August 28, 2015 Venue: Pechanga Resort & Casino(Temecula, California) Main card (Spike® TV, 9pm et) Melvin Guillard vs. Brandon Girtz Saad Awad vs. Patricky Freire Josh Burns vs. Justin Wren Raphael Butler vs. Lorenzo Hood Prelims (MMAjunkie, 7:45pm et) A.J. Matthews vs. Emiliano Sordi …
Bellator® 141: Guillard vs. Girtz Date: August 28, 2015 Venue: Pechanga Resort & Casino(Temecula, California) Main Card(Spike® TV, 9pm et) Melvin Guillard vs. Brandon Girtz Saad Awad vs. Patricky Freire Josh Burns vs. Justin Wren Raphael Butler vs. Lorenzo Hood Prelims(MMAjunkie, 7:45pm et) Arlene Blencowe vs. Marloes Coenen Adrienna Jenkins …
Bellator® 140: Lima vs. Koreshkov Date: July 17, 2015 Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena(Uncasville, Connecticut) Main Card (Spike® TV, 9pm et) Douglas Lima vs. Andrey Koreshkov Paul Bradley vs. Chris Honeycutt Rudy Bears vs. Michael Page Gavin Sterritt vs. Brennan Ward Paul Daley vs. Dennis Olson Prelims (MMAjunkie, 7pm et) Josh …
source | MMAJunkie.com Instead, Koscheck (17-10 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) has left the UFC after 10 years and 25 fights with the promotion to sign with rival Bellator. Promotion officials announced the news during Friday’s Bellator 139. Koscheck, a veteran of Season 1 of “The Ultimate Fighter” and a onetime UFC …
source | MMAJunkie.com In a 7-0 vote, the California State Athletic Commission today suspended ex-Bellator middleweight champ Alexander Shlemenko for three years, fined him $10,000, and overturned his knockout win over Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 133. “Our job here is to protect the fighters, period,” said CSAC commissioner John Frierson …
Bellator® 139: Kongo vs. Volkov Date: June 26, 2015 Venue: Kansas Star Arena(Mulvane, Kansas) Main Card (Spike® TV, 9pm et) Cheick Kongo vs. Alexander Volkov John Alessio vs. David Rickels Pat Curran vs. Emmanuel Sanchez Joe Schilling vs. Hisaki Kato Prelims(MMAjunkie, 6:45pm et) Bubba Jenkins vs. Joe Wilk Aaron Ely …