Joe Warren aiming to become Bellator’s first double-divisional champion
If the next six months unfold as Joe Warren expects he will have a Bellator championship slung over both of his shoulders. Already set to put his featherweight title on the line against the eventual winner of this season’s divisional tournament in a few months, Warren took to the broadcast booth at Bellator 37 and announced his intention to compete at 135 pounds when the company returns for Season... [Read More...]
Undefeated Sambo champion Blagoi Ivanov signs with Bellator
Chicago, Ill. – (March 15, 2011) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the signing of undefeated Bulgarian Heavyweight and world-class Sambo competitor Blagoi Ivanov. Ivanov won the 2008 Combat Sambo World Championships, notably defeating Fedor Emelianenko in the semifinals, reportedly ending an eight-year undefeated streak for Emelianenko in Combat Sambo. Ivanov has also competed... [Read More...]
Bellator Season 4 Light Heavyweight Tournament fires up on March 26
Eight men will take the first step on a three fight journey towards becoming Bellator Fighting Championships’ first 205-pound title-holder and netting $100,000 in prize money later this month at Bellator 38 in Mississippi. According to a press release from the promotion, the show will take place at the Harrah’s Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica Resorts on March 26 and feature the quarter-final... [Read More...]
Bellator completes Season 4 Light Heavyweight Tournament field with Raphael Davis
Former All-American wrestler Raphael Davis‘ name has been thrown into mix competing on this upcoming Bellator season for an opportunity to become the company’s first light heavyweight champion in addition to netting a $100,000 paycheck attached to the honor. Davis will join Daniel Gracie, Nik Fekete, Chris Davis, D.J. Linderman, Tim Carpenter, Christian M’Pumbu, and Richard Hale in the... [Read More...]
Bellator lands French grappler Christian M’Pumbu for Season 4 Light Heavyweight Tournament
The field of announced light heavyweights competing this spring for an opportunity at a $100,000 payday and the honor of becoming Bellator Fighting Championships‘ first 205-pound title-holder grew by one today as Christian M’Pumbu has been named as the latest Mixed Martial Artist being thrown into the Season 4 mix. He joins Nik “The Machete” Fekete, Richard Hale, Chris Davis, D.J. Linderman,... [Read More...]
Richard Hale latest light heavyweight added to Bellator Season 4 Tournament
PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (February 23, 2011) — Bellator Fighting Championships continues to add to its Light Heavyweight Tournament, this time adding powerful Ohio native Richard “Rare Breed” Hale to the competition that airs LIVE Saturdays on MTV2. Hale now has the opportunity at picking up a $100,000 paycheck while becoming the first Bellator World Light Heavyweight Champion. “Richard... [Read More...]
Marlon Sandro signs deal with Bellator for Season 4 debut
Bellator Fighting Championships’ already-deep featherweight division took another step towards cementing its status as the top 145-pound roster in MMA with the addition of Sengoku stand-out Marlon Sandro. However, though Sandro is scheduled for his promotional unveiling in the next few months he will not participate in the Bellator Season 4 Featherweight Tournament as the field of competitors has... [Read More...]
Hector Lombard likely facing Niko Vitale in non-title bout at Bellator 44
Explosive middleweight Hector Lombard appears to have a date and opponent lined up for his return to the cage. According to multiple sources the promotion’s 185-pound champion will likely fight on May 14 at Bellator 44 with veteran grappler Niko Vitale serving as the latest individual attempting to solve the riddle provided by Lombard’s in-ring offerings. News of the potential match-up was first... [Read More...]
D.J. Linderman dropping to 205 for spot in Bellator Season 4 Tournament
PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, IL. (February 18, 2011) – Bellator Fighting Championships today confirmed the addition of hard hitting former heavyweight D.J. “Da Protégé” Linderman to its upcoming Light Heavyweight Tournament which will air LIVE on MTV2 beginning in March. The California native currently sports an impressive 8-1 record including a submission victory over Devin Cole, a knock out... [Read More...]
Former Marine Chris Davis joins Bellator Season 4 Light Heavyweight Tournament
Bellator Fighting Championships has announced the third individual participating over the next few months during Season 4 for an opportunity at earning $100,000 and the honor of becoming Bellator’s first 205-pound champ. According to an official press release from the company, Chris Davis will look to build on his current three-fight winning streak starting in March on MTV2 as part of the light heavyweight... [Read More...]
Bellator signs featherweight standout Ronnie Mann for Season 4 debut
Already considered to feature some of MMA’s top 145-pounders, Bellator Fighting Championships further solidified their featherweight roster earlier today with the addition of 18-2-1 Ronnie Mann. According to an official press release from the promotion, the 24-year old Brit will see action on MTV2 during Season 4 but is not scheduled to be part of the featherweight field competing for an opportunity... [Read More...]
Pat Curran receiving belated bout with Eddie Alvarez at Bellator 39
Rising lightweight star Pat Curran will finally receive the title-shot he earned last year with a series of wins against Mike Ricci, Roger Huerta, and Toby Imada over Bellator Season 2. Curran was originally set to face divisional champ Eddie Alvarez in October before a shoulder injury forced him to withdraw in a move ultimately setting up Alvarez’s one-sided scrap with Huerta at Bellator 33. According... [Read More...]
Ben Askren returns to Bellator ring on April 9 against Nick Thompson
Undefeated welterweight champion Ben Askren will see action for the first time since capturing Bellator gold at Bellator 40 against a veteran with 7X his experience in the form of 38-13-1 Nick Thompson. Askren’s title will not be on the line come April 9 when the two clash at the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma meaning the match-up will feature three rounds rather than five. “I come to... [Read More...]
Bellator’s 205-pound tournament starts taking shape with addition of All-American wrestler Nik Fekete
With fields already finalized in featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight divisions, Bellator Fighting Championships has turned their focus towards unveiling the lot of individuals competing over Season 4 for an opportunity to become the promotion’s first 205-pound champion and take home the $100,000 check attached to the honor. As such, according to a press release from Bellator, former All-American... [Read More...]
Bellator heading to Lousiana with lightweight tournament action on March 12
Bellator Fighting Championships has announced it will once again treat fans in the Southeast to live Mixed Martial Arts action, including a series of lightweight tournament bouts, a week removed from entertaining an audience in California with Bellator 35 and the promotion’s Season 4 debut on March 5. According to an official press release, Bellator 36 will take place on March 12 at the famous... [Read More...]
Anthony Lapsley replaces Steve Carl in Bellator Season 4 Welterweight Tournament
Birthdays often come with presents covered in colorful paper and shiny bows. However, this year Anthony Lapsley received a gift wrapped in a cage and only lacking “bows” due to the risk of a fight ending on cuts amd interfering with recovery time. Lapsley, who turns 31 tomorrow, was named by Bellator Fighting Championships as a replacing an injured Steve Carl against Jay Hieron on March 5 in a... [Read More...]
Bellator finalizes talent-packed Season 4 lightweight field with addition of Toby Imada and Polish prodigy Marcin Held
On the surface, lightweights Toby Imada and Marcin Held may appear to share little in common other than the division they call home and their ability to perform Mixed Martial Arts at a high level. Imada, a 32-year old Bellator original with roots in the promotion dating back to their inaugural event in April 2009, made his in-ring debut when Held was six years old and has competed forty-two times since.... [Read More...]
Patricky Freire joins brother Patricio as Bellator Season 4 Tournament fighter
PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (February 11, 2011) – Bellator Fighting Championships have reunited “The Pitbull Brothers,” as the promotion has confirmed Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Patricky “Pitbull” Freire as a participant in the upcoming Bellator Season 4 Lightweight Tournament, which will air LIVE on MTV2 starting in March. His brother Patricio “Pitbull” Freire has already been... [Read More...]
Olympic Judoka Ferrid Kheder gets second chance at Bellator tournament
The appendix remains one of the body’s most mysterious organs. Viewed as small and relatively useless by most, for decorated judoka Ferrid Kheder nothing was further from the case last year days before debuting in the Bellator ring for a run at the Season 2 title. Kheder was forced out of the tournament after being diagnosed with appendicitis and has subsequently seen his in-ring unveiling put on... [Read More...]
Undefeated submission specialist Lloyd Woodard joins Bellator Season 4 Lightweight Tournament
Bellator Fighting Championships has named Lloyd Woodard as the fourth fighter competing this season in the promotion’s lightweight tournament. The Montana native will join Carey Vanier, Michael Chandler, and “Razor” Rob McCullough among the group hoping to secure a $100,000 payday and crack at Bellator champ Eddie Alvarez’s title with a series of wins in Season 4. “I’m ready to go out... [Read More...]
