Bellator 292: SAP Center; San Jose, California There’s a time for all seasons. And in Bellator it’s safe to say legacies begin and end on this night. With UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in his corner, Usman Nurmagomedov picked up his first title defense win. And he did so in a quick dominating way over […]
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RIZIN 40: Bellator vs RIZIN: Saitama Super Arena; Saitama, Japan There have been plenty of cross promotions in the past. But for Bellator’s head man Scott Coker, this one turned out really special. It was a 5-0 clean sweep on the main card for them over Nobuyuki Sakakibara‘s RIZIN FF. And closed with one of […]
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Bellator 286: The Long Beach Arena; Long Beach, California It’s almost become a ho-hum situation in Bellator. Patricio Freire fights… and wins. With win 22 in Bellator, it expands one of his 11-records as Pitbull reigns supreme again. And what sets him apart from all others is his ring IQ. “Pitbull” is far from the […]
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Bellator 277: SAP Center, San Jose They always say “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. Well, it was Patricio Freire teaching the 27-year old champion AJ McKee a trick or two. In ending Bellator’s longest winning streak at 18, “Pitbull” became featherweight champion for the third time. And showed there’s a lot more […]
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Bellator 267: The Family Arena, St.Louis: They say “be careful for what you wish for, you might just get it”. Well; with Adam Borics outlasting Mads Burnell in a five-round high-paced fight of rock ’em sock ’em robot; the 28-year old Hungarian is going to see if that saying is true. After the 49-46 2x, […]
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In an interview today with Ariel Helwani, Bellator President Scott Coker drops bombs about upcoming news for the organization. And it all kicks off in just one month. First he confirmed that former champ-champ Patricio Freire, who recently lost his featherweight title to A.J. McKee; will be vacating his lightweight title. He and his older […]
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The Star Has Arrived With success comes questions. And for the “junior organization” it’s a big one. Can Bellator keep McKee? It’s an interesting situation Scott Coker will be dealing with now. The “Mercenary” isn’t even touching his prime yet, which is scary to think about. AJ-McKee is a young 26-years-old. And now as a […]
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Bellator Easily Wins Night On one of the rare occasions when Bellator goes head-to-head on the same night as the UFC, they came up snake-eyes this time. Bellator easily wins the night, with big-time highlights from top to bottom of the card. Of course both organizations lost fights due to Covid-19, and poor weight cuts. […]
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The Set Up Rivalries come, rivalries go, but next Friday might be the most important Bellator fight; EVER. It’s also the first time they’ll hold a card away from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut since returning from their Covid-19 hiatus. And the timing and location with the variants to Covid-19 rising has some dramatic […]
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