A rematch over three years in the making is close to going down in just two months time after it was revealed former Bellator champion, Eddie Alvarez will take on current DREAM champion, Shinya Aoki on the Bellator 66 card on April 20th at a location yet to be announced. … Continue Reading
Former Bellator lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez has tonight been linked with a move to the UFC after sources close to the situation revealed negotiations between all sides over a new contract are “miles apart” and that the tone of the talks have “soured” in the past few weeks. … Continue Reading
A welterweight title clash between current Bellator champion, Ben Askren and last seasons tournament winner, Douglas Lima has tonight been announced for April 6th in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. … Continue Reading
Former Bellator lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez has been giving his thoughts on taking on DREAM champion, Shinya Aoki later this year in a rematch of their 2008 showdown in Japan, explaining it will be good to take on a fighter ranked in the top ten worldwide. … Continue Reading
Former Bellator lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez reveals he’ll get his chance to avenge the 92-second loss to Shinya Aoki earlier in his career in April after both sides came together to agree a rematch between the two men. … Continue Reading
Bellator Fighting Championships returns to the Bayou State on Friday, March 16 for Bellator 61 live from Bossier City at the Horseshoe Riverdome. The night will feature the long awaited rematch between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos to determine a winner from last season’s heavyweight tournament, as well a host of local talent from the Louisiana area. … Continue Reading
Former Strikeforce heavyweight prospect, Bobby Lashely has tonight revealed he has two separate yet very interesting propositions on the table heading into 2012, on being a contract with fast rising promotion Bellator and the second a possible fight with Fedor Emelianenko. … Continue Reading
Bellator Fighting Championships may be about to throw former UFC middleweight, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson a career lifeline after he was cut from the Las Vegas based promotions ranks after once again missing weight, by matching him up with their 185 pound champion, Hector Lombard. … Continue Reading
Bellator CEO, Bjorn Rebney has tonight revealed that former lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez will not be a part of the promotions upcoming season six tournament but that a fight with DREAM champion, Shinya Aoki is still a possibility for early on in 2012. … Continue Reading
Bellator middleweight slugger, Maiquel Falcao has this week returned home from the hospital following a “medical episode” earlier this month whilst training in Brazil and the former one-time star of the octagon has denied reports that the problem was a possible heart-attack. … Continue Reading
Bellator CEO, Bjorn Rebney discusses a multitude of issues surrounding the upstart promotion in this recent interview including the success of season five before looking ahead to next year’s season six. … Continue Reading
Bellator bantamweight champion, Zach Makovsky has been giving his thoughts on the season five tournament win of Eduardo Dantas over Alexis Vila last night on the Bellator 59 show in Atlantic City, explaining he has a lot of footage to study before the two lock horns down the line. … Continue Reading
Former UFC veteran and one-time Bellator fighter, Kurt Pellegrino has confirmed that he intends on retiring following his Bellator 59 defeat at the hands of Brazilian prospect, Patricky “Pitbull” Freire this past Saturday night in Atlantic City despite knowing the upstart promotion will attempt to talk him out of it. … Continue Reading
Bellator 59 went down tonight in Atlantic City earlier tonight with two tournament’s coming to a conclusion, a former UFC veteran in action, as well as a former “Ultimate Fighter” runner-up. To find out how things went down and who had their hand raised at the end of the night continue reading… … Continue Reading
Bellator lightweight powerhouse, Patricky “Pitbull” Freire has been giving his thoughts on his Bellator 59 clash with former UFC veteran, Kurt Pellegrino this weekend in Atlantic City, explaining he’s out to prove he’s learnt his lessons after losing last time out. … Continue Reading
The latest reports out of Brazil are a little brighter when it comes to the health of heavy handed middleweight, Maiquel Falcao following what doctors suspected was a heart attack earlier this week after the latest scans revealed he may not have suffered a heart attack at all. … Continue Reading
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We continue our focused previews of the UFC 144 main card fights with this interesting featherweight affair featuring top rated Japanese product, Hatsu Hioki and former WEC roster member, Bart Palaszewski. With both men winning their octagon debuts in 2011 they will be looking to put a nice little run together in 2012 and force [...]
Perhaps odds on favourite to pick up the “Fight of the Night” award this weekend at UFC 144 in Saitama, Japan, the first fight of the main card pits perennial contenders Joe Lauzon and Anthony Pettis against each other. With the lightweight division thinning out by the month could we see a new number one [...]
We’re rolling back the clock this weekend as we witness top-level MMA in Japan for the first time since PRIDE uttered it’s last gasps as ‘UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson‘ goes down at the infamous Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. There will be no screaming female ring announcer and no WWE-esque walk-ins but the [...]
Cage Warriors returned to Kentish Town’s HMV forum on Saturday night for their first domestic card of the year. Despite the cancellation of the highly anticipated John Phillips/Tony Machado tilt, the promotion delivered a stellar night of action in front of the electric London crowd, completing the semi final brackets of their middleweight tournament and [...]
The MMABay Radio team is back for another weekend show as we round up all the news stories form the past couple of days from around the mixed martial arts world. This week the team talks about the recent UFC on FUEL: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger card from this past Wednesday night, review the UFC 144: Edgar [...]
