Bellator 77, Season 7 Lightweight Tournament Quarter-Finals Live Results

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Oct 192012
 

(Photo courtesy of Bellator Fighting Championships)

—MAIN CARD (on MTV2)—

Season 7 Lightweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Rich Clementi vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy: Clementi via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28), Round 3, 5:00

Season 7 Lightweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Dave Jansen vs. Magomed Saadulaev: Jansen via Submission (Guillotine Choke), Round 3, 0:41

Season 7 Lightweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Marcin Held vs. Murad Machaev: Held via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), Round 3, 5:00

Season 7 Lightweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Ricardo Tirloni vs. Rene Nazare: Tirloni via Submission (D’Arce Choke), Round 2, 1:14 Continue reading »

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“The Titan” Returns: Lew Polley Talks Bellator Debut with MMA Gospel

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Oct 172012
 

After spending the better part of the past two years on the sidelines, Lew Polley (left) makes a big return to the spotlight Friday night at Bellator 77. (Photo courtesy of Black House)

Much of the MMA community is most familiar with “The Titan” Lew Polley (11-4) from his time spent as a wrestling coach on The Ultimate Fighter Season 13, more specifically, the Team Dos Santos incident. They drew their conclusions about his character and talents based on his coaching style on the reality show and his subsequent back-and-forth with UFC Heavyweight Champion “Cigano” Junior Dos Santos (15-1). After the show, Polley was largely inactive due to a myriad of issues involving fights that simply never came to fruition, and fans never really got the chance to see Lew’s talents in the cage. The skilled wrestler and light heavyweight journeyman had a rough patch going 2-3 in his five bouts prior to the show and was unable to sign a fight that actually ended up taking place until July 2012, nearly two years later. Now “The Titan” will have a brand new forum to show fans what the real Lew Polley is all about thanks to a freshly inked contract with Bellator Fighting Championships. Polley will step into the cage far away from the creative editing of reality TV and fight as a heavyweight to build a new chapter in his career. However, before he pits his skills against “The Fury” Carmelo Marrero (14-5) at a 240lbs. catchweight during the Bellator 77 preliminary card October 19, Lew agreed to share his thoughts on both his new fight team, Black House, and home promotion with MMA Gospel Editor-in-Chief Mallory Mejia. Continue reading »

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Bellator 68 Main Card: Pre-Fight Breakdown

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May 102012
 

Marius Zaromskis (black trunks) will make his Bellator debut in a long-awaited rematch against Waachiim Spiritwolf. (Photo courtesy of Sherdog)

It’s another stop in Atlantic City, New Jersey this Friday night as Caesars Hotel and Casino hosts the Bellator Season 6 Featherweight Tournament finale between former Sengoku 145lbs. king “The Monster of Rio” Marlon Sandro (22-3) and seasoned Bellator veteran Daniel Straus (19-4). Both men are making their second appearance in the tournament finals. Bantamweight semi-final number one goes down in the co-main event as WEC veteran “Loro” Macros Galvao (11-5) faces submission expert “T-Train” Travis Marx (19-3). Two UFC veterans will face off in a light heavyweight special feature fight as “The Silverback” Seth Petruzelli (14-6) battles “The Fury” Carmello Marrero (14-5). Starting off the main card on MTV2 is a rematch that has been brewing since November 2010 when their Strikeforce bout was ruled a No Contest, as DREAM Welterweight Champion “The Whitemare” Marius Zaromskis (16-6) locks horns with Wacchiim Spiritwolf (9-9) for a second time. Continue reading »

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UFC 126 Pre-Fight Breakdown: Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader

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Feb 032011
 

Muay Thai kickboxer "Bones" Jon Jones (red trunks) has some of the most devastating striking in the UFC's light heavyweight division and rounds out his game nicely with a formidable ground game courtesy of his Greco-Roman wrestling background and time spent at Jackson's Submission Fighting training center. (Photo courtesy of Dave Mandel and Sherdog)

Superbowl Sunday is undoubtedly one of the biggest sports day of the year, and to conclude the NFL 2010-2011 season the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, February 6 in Dallas, Texas.  However, on the eve of the big game, the UFC will be hosting one of the biggest mixed martial arts shows of the year live from its hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada in the form of UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort. The event is considered to boast the most stacked card since UFC 100, with former WEC bad boy “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone (12-4) facing Wolfslair Academy graduate Paul Kelly (11-3), fan favorite Miguel Torres (37-3) making his UFC debut against fellow former WEC bantamweight Antonio Banuelos (18-6),  a collision between former champions with Forrest Griffin (17-6) facing “Ace” Rich Franklin (27-5), and in the main event, top-ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world and current UFC Middleweight Champion “The Spider” Anderson Silva (27-4) defending his belt for a record eighth time against dangerous striker “The Phenom” Vitor Belfort (19-8). Another bout on this star studded fight card features a match-up between arguably two of the premier young light heavyweights in the world, when Jackson’s Submission Fighting trained “Bones” Jon Jones (11-1) meets undefeated The Ultimate Fighter 10 alum “Darth” Ryan Bader (12-0).  The lone blemish on Jones’ record came via disqualification due to some illegal elbows in a fight he was dominating against “The Hammer” Matt Hamill (9-2).  The winner of this fight will most certainly be considered a top five light heavyweight in the UFC, if not the world. Continue reading »

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Who to Watch Out For in 2011

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Dec 222010
 

"Bones" Jon Jones (black shorts) is one of the fastest rising stars in the UFC’s light heavyweight division. Come January 1, Jones will collide with fellow rising star Ryan Bader to see who will be launched into the higher levels of the 205lbs. weight class. (Photo courtesy of Zuffa, LLC)

The year 2010 showcased a wealth of fights and events for the mixed martial arts world to marvel over. “The Answer” Frankie Edgar (13-1) defeated one of the greatest lightweights of all time in “The Prodigy” BJ Penn (16-7-1). Boxing great “Lights Out” James Toney (0-1) stepped into the the cage to face UFC Hall of Famer “The Natural” Randy Couture (19-10) in what was intended to determine the superior combat sport, MMA or boxing. Couture pummeled Toney for nearly three minutes of pure fan delight before submitting him via Arm Triangle Choke. The MMA world was shaken and the heavyweight rankings sent into a state of disarray when the top ranked “The Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-2) was handed his first legitimate loss via first round submission to Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1).

To follow up with the 2009 roster exchange agreement between the Strikeforce, DREAM, and M-1 Global MMA promotions, the UFC ended 2010 with the intake of the WEC organization. With all the memorable fights and events that have taken place in the last 12 months, 2011 is the year where prospects can become contenders, fighters inflicted with injury or tribulations return to fight their way to a title, and champions become legends.

Here are some of the top fighters to look out for in 2011. Continue reading »

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