Alvarez vs. Morales and Masvidal vs. Garijo set for Bellator’s April 3 launch

The Bellator Fighting Championships officially announced Thursday that its debut event is scheduled for Friday, April 3 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Set to be featured during the promotion’s inaugural event are lightweight tournament matches featuring Eddie Alvarez and Jorge Masvidal. Alvarez, 16-2, a former BodogFIGHT welterweight champion, is slated to compete... [Read More...]

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Bellator Fighting Championships confirms signing of Jorge Masvidal

While the signing had been rumored for the past several months, the Bellator Fighting Championships has confirmed that lightweight competitor Jorge Masvidal has signed to fight for the upstart promotion. FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned of the news upon being contacted by Bellator Fighting Championships officials on Wednesday. Bellator is expected to televise its first show on ESPN Deportes on Saturday,... [Read More...]

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Jorge Masvidal signs with the Bellator Fighting Championships

Lightweight brawler Jorge Masvidal is the latest fighter to join the ranks of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which is scheduled to premiere in April on ESPN Deportes. Masvidal is a heavy-handed striker that trains out of American Top Team in Florida. The Miami native is 16-3 during a pro MMA career that began in 2003. He has competed for major promotions such as BodogFIGHT, Strikeforce, and World... [Read More...]

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Report: ESPN Deportes to air MMA programming in 2009

Bellator Fighting Championships has reportedly secured a television deal with ESPN’s Spanish-speaking channel, ESPN Deportes, to broadcast an MMA program in 2009. The Communications Manager for ESPN Deportes, Santa Brito, confirmed today that the channel was in the early stages of development for MMA programming in 2009. This news comes via a report at Sherdog this afternoon. Brito did clear... [Read More...]

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Entire WCO Card Scratched

Sherdog’s Executive Editor Josh Gross is reporting that the World Cagefighting Organization card, set to take place in San Diego this evening, has been cancelled by the California State Athletic Commission. Problems arose Friday evening after the CSAC learned that funding had not been secured to pay the athletes who were to compete on the card. “At the eleventh hour, the commission was... [Read More...]

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Rick Roufus scratched from Jan. 12 WCO card

MMAWeekly is reporting that legendary kickboxing champion Rick “The Jet” Roufus has not undergone a requisite skills evaluation and will therefore not face former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Kerr tomorrow night at the World Cagefighting Organization/Valor Fighting event in San Diego. Roufus has met all of his licensing requirements, but because this would have been his first pro MMA fight,... [Read More...]

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Babalu, Ricco Headline Jan. 12 WCO Card

Valor Fighting and Primal MMA will be co-promoting the fledgling World Cagefighting Organization’s January 12 card at the San Diego Sports Arena, and have put together a pretty good-looking line-up. Fighting in the main event will be light heavyweights Renato “Babalu” Sobral and Vernon “Tiger” White. Since his ugly UFC 74 submission win over David Heath, Sobral has picked up a submission... [Read More...]

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