Bellator 73 Live Results

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Aug 242012
 

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—MAIN CARD (on MTV2)—

Summer Series 2012 Light Heavyweight Tournament Final Fight
Travis Wiuff vs. Attila Vegh: Vegh via Knockout (Punches), Round 1, 0:25

Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament Final Fight
Luis Nogueira vs. Marcos Galvao: Galvao via TKO (Strikes), Round 2, 4:20

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight
Mike Mucitelli vs. Matt Van Buren: Mucitelli via Submission (Triangle Choke), Round 1, 3:01

Heavyweight Feature Fight
Ryan Martinez vs. Mike Wessel: Wessel via Split Decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28), Round 3, 5:00 Continue reading »

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Bellator 70: The Aftermath

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May 262012
 

It wasn't pretty, but Cole Konrad (top) finished Eric Prindle (bottom) in brutal fashion with a first-round Kimura to retain his Bellator Heavyweight Championship. (Photo courtesy of Sherdog)

Bellator Fighting Championships ended its sixth season of mixed martial arts action last night in New Orleans, Louisiana as Bellator 70 saw “Polar Bear” Cole Konrad (9-0) defend his heavyweight strap against “American Soldier” Eric Prindle (7-2) and “Genghis” Rick Hawn (14-1) take the lightweight tournament championship in a war with Brent Weedman (20-8). “Betao” Luis Alberto Nogueira (14-2) made JMMA superstar “Iron” Hiroshi Nakamura (15-6) eat his words in dominant fashion and the night opened with hometown hero and UFC veteran “No Love” Rich Clementi (43-21) earning a much needed win over emerging prospect “The Stallion” Derek Campos (9-3). Continue reading »

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Bellator 70 Video Highlights

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May 262012
 

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Bellator 70, Season 6 Finale Live Results

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May 252012
 

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—MAIN CARD (on MTV2)—

Heavyweight Championship Title Fight
Cole Konrad vs. Eric Prindle: Konrad via Submission (Kimura), Round 1, 1:00

Season 6 Lightweight Tournament Final Fight
Rick Hawn vs. Brent Weedman: Hawn via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27), Round 3, 5:00

Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament Semi-Final Fight
Luis Nogueira vs. Hiroshi Nakamura: Nogueira via TKO (Punches), Round 3, 1:58

Catchweight (157lbs.) Feature Fight
Rich Clementi vs. Derek Campos: Clementi via Submission (Guillotine Choke), Round 1, 4:18 Continue reading »

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Bellator 65 Video Highlights

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Apr 152012
 

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Bellator 65 Live Results

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Apr 132012
 

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—MAIN CARD (on MTV2)—

Bantamweight Championship Fight
Zach Makovsky vs. Eduardo Dantas: Dantas via Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), Round 2, 3:26

Season 6 Featherweight Tournament Semi-Final Fight
Daniel Straus vs. Mike Corey: Straus via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28), Round 3, 5:00

Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Alexis Vila vs. Luis Nogueira: Nogueira via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), Round 3, 5:00

Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Ed West vs. Marcos Galvao: Galvao via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27), Round 3, 5:00 Continue reading »

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Bellator Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament Taking Shape

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Dec 152011
 
Both Alexis Vila (right) and Marcos Galvao (left) will join the field of Bellator veterans and newcomers in the Season 6 tournament, making a rematch of their “Fight of the Year” candidate bout a real possibility for fans. (Photo courtesy of Sherdog)

Bellator Fighting Championships CEO Bjorn Rebney is already grinding at the mill stone that is the tournament set-up process for the new season of Bellator beginning on March 2 on MTV2.  The first class of fighters on the slate for Season 6 action is the bantamweight division. With several fighters already in Bellator’s ranks joining newly signed and very skillful talents in the brackets, this upcoming season will surely prove as interesting and dynamic as ever. Continue reading »

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Bellator 55, Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Semi-Finals Pre-Fight Breakdown

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Oct 202011
 

Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion Christian M'Pumbu (black trunks) will face the toughest test of his career in his non-title match with UFC vet Travis Wiuff. (Photo courtesy of Sherdog)

The Sun Devil State of Arizona will host the Bellator 135lbs. tournament semi-final match-ups as well as a non-title bout between 205lbs. champion “Tonton” Christian M’Pumbu (5-1) and UFC, IFC, and IFL veteran “The Diesel” Travis Wiuff (62-14). The setting is the Cocopah Resort and Casino in the city of Yuma, where four bantamweights will step into the cage and only two will step out as Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament finalists. Young and explosive Eduardo Dantas (6-2) will tangle with the experienced ever-improving wrestler “Wild” Ed West (15-5). The hard nosed and spirited “Loro” Marcos Galvao (10-5) will trade punches with the powerful hands wielded by “The Exorcist” Alexis Vila (9-0). Before the final four at 135lbs. step in the cage a battle in the lightweight division will take place as Steve Gable (3-1) takes on Ricardo Tirlone (8-1) to open the festivities at Bellator 55. Continue reading »

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Bellator 51: The Aftermath

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Sep 252011
 

Bellator 51's main event saw Alexis Vila (top) pull off the upset by knocking out Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren (bottom) in the opening round. (Photo courtesy of Bellator)

The Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament started off with a big bang at the Canton Civic Center in Ohio, with two solid knockouts and two hard fought bouts that saw the judges’ scorecards. Nonetheless it was the fans who were treated to yet another group of solid performances from Bellator’s ever growing talent pool. Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren (7-2), in an effort to become the promotion’s first fighter to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously, drew undefeated Alexis Vila (9-0) as his foe for the 135lbs. tournament marquis match-up. Returning Bellator veteran Wilson Reis (12-4) took on Shooto Brazil vet Eduardo Dantas (6-2) in the co-main event in a veteran versus rising star affair. Former WEC champion “The Rage” Chase Beebe (18-6) and “Loro” Marcos Galvao (10-5) returned to the cage for their second time under the Bellator banner. “Wild” Ed West (15-5) made his long awaited comeback to Bellator against Brazilian’s Luis Nogueira (11-2) in the opening bout of tournament. Here’s how the main card played out. Continue reading »

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Bellator 51 Prelims Live Stream

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Sep 242011
 

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Bellator 51, Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Live Results

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Sep 242011
 

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—MAIN CARD (on MTV2)—

Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Joe Warren vs. Alexis Vila: Vila via KO (Punch), Round 1, 1:04

Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Wilson Reis vs. Eduardo Dantas: Dantas via KO (Flying Knee), Round 2, 1:02

Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Chase Beebe vs. Marcos Galvao: Galvao via Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29), Round 3, 5:00

Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Quarter-Final Fight
Ed West vs. Luis Nogueira: West via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28), Round 3, 5:00

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Bellator 51, Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Main Card Pre-Fight Breakdown

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Sep 232011
 

Shooto veteran Luis Nogueira (red trunks) is dominant on the mat due to his submission credentials, but will his ground game be enough to stave off the controlling wrestling of Ed West? (Photo courtesy of Keith Mills and Sherdog)

The Buckeye State of Ohio will get a heaping dosage of the explosive and fast paced bantamweight division of Bellator Fighting Championships tomorrow night as the Season 5 135lbs. Tournament goes under way. The smaller weight classes seem to never disappoint, and with the addition of the Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren (7-1), who has chosen to descend the weight classes in attempt to become the first fighter in Bellator history to consecutively hold two titles, there are sure to be fireworks ahead. Warren will welcome Alexis Vila (8-0) to the Bellator cage in the main event; both competitors are becoming more bitter enemies the closer the fight gets. Returning fan favorite and former featherweight tournament contender Wilson Reis (12-3) steps in as a late replacement as he faces Shooto Brazil veteran Eduardo Dantas (5-2). Former WEC champion and submission ace “The Rage” Chase Beebe (18-5) will face the man who many felt defeated Warren in a catchweight bout earlier this year, “Loro” Marcos Galvao (9-5). Galvao is hungry to get his revenge on Warren but first he has to get past the dangerous Beebe. ”Wild” Ed West (14-5) returns to his old stomping ground against another Shooto Brazil veteran and one-time Bellator fighter “Betao” Luis Nogueira (11-1). Eight 135lb. fighters will enter the cage tomorrow night, but only four will move on to the semi-final round of the tournament. Continue reading »

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Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Match-Ups Set

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Aug 262011
 

Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren (black trunks) and Marcos Galvao (white trunks) are two of eight 135lb-ers competing in the Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament starting in September. (Photo courtesy of Dave Mandel and Sherdog)

Bellator Fighting Championships’ bantamweight playing field is set and ready to rumble at Bellator 51. On September 24 in Canton, Ohio eight of the Chicago-based MMA promotion’s top 135lbs. fighters will meet in the center of the cage to determine who will advance to the next round with the hopes of getting the next shot at Bellator Bantamweight Champion “Fun Size” Zach Makovsky (13-2).

Bellator Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament finalist Ed West (14-5) returns for the first time since his five-round battle with champion Makovsky, and welcoming him back to the cage is Brazilian Shooto veteran Luis Nogueira (4-1). Continue reading »

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Spilled Bag of Fights: GOSH!

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Apr 252011
 

I’ll tell ya what, Icemigos… So far, I’m not feeling this season of The Ultimate Fighter. I mean, I’ll keep watching it but how I miss people getting KOS’d. Plunger fights. A Male Nurse. Jean-Charles: The French kickboxing badass who liked to get drunk before sparring. Cody McKenzie and his “McKenzietine”. Those were the days! When the most entertaining thing that happens is Ramsey Nijem whipping his junk around and Brock Lesnar saying “chickenshit” again, you start to curse fate for not letting Chael Sonnen be one of the coaches this season. Seriously, Dana, you owe us one. Next season better have Chael and Michael Bisping as the coaches. Or “Mayhem” Miller and Nick Diaz. Here’s what I’ve learned thus far from this season of TUF: Continue reading »

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Bellator 42 Fight Results

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Apr 232011
 

In the main event, DJ Linderman (left) was edged out by Richard Hale (right) on two judges' score cards to advance to the Bellator Season 4 Light Heavyweight Tournament Finals where he will take on Christian M'Pumbu. (Photo courtesy of Keith Mills and Sherdog)

—MAIN CARD—

Season 4 Light Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Final
Richard Hale vs. DJ Linderman: Hale via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28), Round 3, 5:00

Non-Tournament Featherweight Bout
Ronnie Mann vs. Josh Arocho: Mann via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25), Round 3, 5:00

Season 4 Light Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Final
Tim Carpenter vs. Christian M’Pumbu: M’Pumbu via TKO (Punches), Round 1, 2:08

Non-Tournament Bantamweight Bout
Luis Nogueira vs. Jerod Spoon: Nogueira via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28), Round 3, 5:00 Continue reading »

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