After a strong debut, the ratings dipped a little bit last week. However, there is no time to regroup, since Bellator's eighth season continues Thursday night at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, Mich. As always, the main card will air live on Spike TV, while the undercard can be seen on Spike.com. Bellator 87 features the first round of the season-eighth lightweight tournament. Read More »
The weigh-ins for Bellator 87 are in the books with all Season 8 lightweight tournament quarterfinalists making weight without issue. Original headliner and tournament participant Patricky "Pitbull" Freire has suffered a last minute knee injury and has been replaced by Saad Awad, who will take on "Pitbull's" original opponent, Guillaum DeLorenzi. Lloyd Woodard vs. David Rickels is now expected to take the main event spot. Read More »
The weigh-in and press conference for Thursday night's Bellator MMA event is set to take place today (Jan. 30.) at the Soaring Eagle Resort & Casino in Mount Pleasant, Mich. The weigh-ins will begin at 5 p.m. EST and are open and free for the public to attend. Read More »
UFC President Dana White was interviewed in the "UFC Tonight" show that airs on FUEL TV, and was asked by analyst Kenny Florian to provide an update on the Eddie Alvarez situation. White went on an epic rant about how Bellator's lawyer is a moron and why Spike and FOX are not comparable networks. Read More »
This weekend ONE Fighting Championship will crown their first-ever featherweight champion. "ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors" will broadcast LIVE via online Pay-Per-View Saturday, Feb. 2, at www.onefc.livesport.tv for $9.99. Read More »
Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (9-1, 1 NC) will return to action February 21 when he faces Emanuel Newton (19-7) at Bellator 90 in the Season 8 light heavyweight tournament semifinals. Read More »
Former UFC champion and UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture has signed a deal with SPIKE TV and will reportedly coach on the upcoming Bellator MMA reality TV show that will air on Spike. Read More »
We've got a collection of links for you this week from our friends across the mixed martial arts globe that include a preview of One FC's "Return of Warriors" card, a look at sex vs. sport in MMA, the main event announcement for the U.K.'s Full Contact Contender 5, Cat Zingano calling out Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey in the UFC, an interview with new UFC light heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux and a fight video with former NFL cheerleader Rachel Wray vs. Katelyn Radtka. Read More »
The Bellator MMA Featherweight Tournament will visit Atlanta’s Gwinnet Center February 7th live on Spike TV. The night will be headlined by a Bellator Middleweight World Title fight as Russian Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko takes on Brazilian Maiquel “Big Rig” Falcao battle for the Bellator Middleweight Championship. Read More »
I had the pleasure of working RFA 6 in Kansas City last week. It is always such an honor to be an integral part of the success of a promotion and a fighter. I do not take that responsibility lightly and that dedication and high level of expectation is not always understood by others. Too few people are oblivious to the details and nuances of what separates truly good cutman from merely guys with a couple cotton swabs and a towel. Read More »
Former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez will not be fighting at UFC 159, and could be spending more time in a courtroom than training for his octagon debut. His injunction to fight at uFC 159 was denied in the courts of New Jersey today. Read More »
We recap the Bellator 86 event that featured Ben Askren taking out Karl Amoussou in the main event, and the impressive Bellator MMA debut of King Mo Lawal. Read More »
Submission ace Jonatas “Peixe Frito” Novaes has been selected by the Maximum Fighting Championship to join its lightweight ranks and he immediately jumps into a spot on the upcoming MFC 36: Reality Check lineup. Read More »
Bellator 86 goes down tomorrow night from the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville Oklahoma and tonight the weigh-ins took place in that very spot. The welterweight title is up for grabs when Ben Askren defends his title against Karl Amoussou Read More »
Bellator Fighting Championships is looking to continue their momentum after making their debut on Spike TV last week. On Thursday, Bellator 86 goes down at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. and features a title fight, the first round of the welterweight tournament and the debut of former Strikeforce champion Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal. Read More »
GLORY have announced a date and venue for their "ROAD TO GLORY USA" middleweight tournament. The one-night, eight-man tourney is set to take place at the Hollywood Park Casino in Los Angeles, on Feb. 9. Read More »
Mike Goldberg says he's no drug abuser, FX to stop broadcasting sports, we've got the UFC 156 media call with Aldo, Edgar, Evans, Lil' Nog, Overeem and Silva. The new episode of The REEM is finally out, The new season of The Ultimate Fighter with Chael Sonnen and Jon Jones premieres on Tuesday and we've got a new sneak peek preview. There's a brand new all-women's MMA radio show on the airwaves and Ariel Helwani talks to the stars -- all on this evening news report. Read More »
It's Monday folks, you know what that means -- that's right, it's time for a collection of top articles from our Independent MMA Link Club brothers from over the past week. Find out about ONE FC's big plans for 2013 and the XFC 22's upcoming main event in Charlotte, N.C.. Also, WMMA icon Rosi Sexton discusses SAFE MMA, martial arts film star Don "The Dragon" Wilson talks MMA and calls out JVD, RFA's James Krause is looking for that UFC shot, and we've got a photo gallery from RFA 6. Get on it... Read More »
Kelvin Hunt highlights some of the best posts and top articles from the Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) staff this week. We know people are busy, so here are a few things you may have overlooked. Read More »
In honor of Victor Belfort's fantastic TKO win over Michael Bisping, this newest installment of "Furby's World Tour of Supplements", recaps my experience with a product from one of Belfort's sponsors, F3 Nutrition. Read More »
Bellator announced today their longstanding alliance with Everlast, the world’s leading manufacturer, marketer and licensor of fight sports equipment has been extended through 2014. Read More »
The Bellator 85 event which was the first LIVE Bellator event broadcast at their new home on Spike TV got off to a good start. The show averaged 938,000 viewers for the two hour event and peaked with a high of 1.2 million viewers. Read More »
