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Feed SubscriptionBellator and the Score(r) Announce Expanded Programming Partnership
Bellator Fighting Championships today announces that it has extended its programming partnership with Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) through its upcoming sixth season, starting on March 9, it’s Summer Season as well as its seventh later in the year. The extension gives Canadian mixed martial arts fans access to another year of Bellator fights across theScore’s multiplatform assets including theScore Television Network, theScore.com and its industry-leading application, ScoreMobile. Read More »
Bellator Fighting Championships Continues Partnership with Armed Forces Network
In a continuing effort to bring premier sports and entertainment to those who serve in the United States Armed Forces, Bellator Fighting Championships has once again partnered with the Armed Forces Network, extending a relationship that was formed in 2010. Read More »
Ryan Ford to make Bellator debut in April
Top Canadian welterweight Ryan Ford expects to make his Bellator Fighting Championships debut in April, the fighter recently told the MMA Outsider podcast. Read More »
The weekly best of Pro MMA Now
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 »
Bellator: Pat Curran vs. Joe Warren set for March 9th in Hammond, Indiana
Bellator Season 5 Featherweight Tournament winner Pat Curran stands one win away from realizing his dream. After a brilliant 3-0 tournament run, it was a lightning-fast kick to the head of Marlon Sandro in the final that propelled the 24-year-old rising super star from top prospect to top contender. Read More »
The top three reasons why Anthony Johnson vs. Hector Lombard needs to happen
Dr. Rhadi Ferguson makes the case that following Anthony Johnson's recent cut from the UFC, Bellator should sign him and build up a fight between he and Hector Lombard. Read More »
Bellator Signs World’s Top Welterweight Prospect Andrey Koreshkov
As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares for its highly anticipated sixth season, the promotion has once again added a premier talent from across the globe, this time signing undefeated Russian welterweight phenom Andrey "Spartan" Koreshkov. Last year, Bellator signed highly-touted Douglas Lima, who went on to win the Season 5 Welterweight Tournament and will face Ben Askren for the title. Read More »
Lightweight and Welterweight Tournament Fields Nearly Complete for Bellator Season 6
As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares to make the jump to Friday nights, the tournament fields are beginning to take shape as the lightweight and welterweight tournament participants have been revealed. Read More »
Bellator season six bantamweight tournament taking shape
After a Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament that saw Brazilian phenom Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas (@Dudantas22) secure a title shot against reigning Bellator Bantamweight Champion Zach Makovsky, eight of the world’s top 135 pounders are back for Bellator’s sixth season, eager to claim a title shot of their own. Read More »
War Machine Joins Bellator Fighting Championships
No one needs to tell Jon Koppenhaver what it means to hit rock bottom. After being raised by a substance-abusing mother and spending over a year in state prison, “War Machine” has seen it all. Only 29 years old and coming off a dominating TKO victory over former Bellator and UFC fighter Roger Huerta, the talented welterweight is ready to resurrect his MMA career by joining Bellator Fighting Championships. Read More »
Bellator Fights Friday Nights – Season 6 Premieres Friday, March 2nd LIVE on MTV2 and EPIX
After a historic fifth season that saw Michael Chandler capture the Bellator Lightweight Title in a four-round classic that many critics labeled fight-of-the-year, and Eduardo Dantas, Douglas Lima and Alexander Shlemenko all earning tournament championships, Bellator will open their sixth season on Friday, March 2nd from a soon to be announced location. Read More »
Bellator moving weekly show to Friday; season six begins March 2
In a move that shows the promotion is willing to adapt with the landscape of the sport, Bellator will be moving their weekly LIVE show to Friday nights on MTV2 and EPIX. Read More »
Bellator 58 fallout: Where does Eddie Alvarez go after upset loss to Michael Chandler?
We take a look at where former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez goes after his upset loss to Michael Chandler at Bellator 58. Read More »
Bellator 57 Moment: Douglas Lima KOs UFC vet Ben Saunders
Even though it was not the biggest event of the weekend, Bellator 57 still delivered a stunning knockout in the finale of their welterweight tournament. Check it out right here at ProMMANow.com Read More »
Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren set to defend Title Against Summer Series Champion Pat Curran
Bellator Summer Series Featherweight Tournament Winner Pat Curran rightly earned his title shot and will take on reigning Featherweight Champion and self-proclaimed “Baddest Man on The Planet” Joe Warren early in 2012 LIVE on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX. Read More »
FremantleMedia Enterprises and Bellator Fighting Championships announce global rights deal
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the brand extension arm of FremantleMedia, today announced a global rights deal with Bellator Fighting Championships for FME to exclusively represent the rapidly growing brand’s international TV distribution rights, as well as handle the licensing, digital and ancillary rights for the US and international markets. Read More »
Brian Foster added to Bellator welterweight division
The former UFC fighter who won his last two fights in the UFC and who sports a 18-5 record as a welterweight has recently signed with Bellator Fighting Championships in a deal that adds another legitimate contender to Bellator’s already stacked welterweight division. Read More »
Viacom purchases Bellator Fighting Championships
USA Today has reported that media giant Viacom, the parent company of MTV Networks, has purchased a majority stake in Bellator Fighting Championships. The promotion has been airing on MTV2 and is expected to move to Spike TV in 2013. Read More »
KO Spotlight: Vitor Vianna vs. Bryan Baker at Bellator 54
For the second season, Bryan Baker came into a Bellator middleweight tournament as a favorite and failed to take the bracket. At last Saturday's Bellator 54 card, Vitor Vianna finished Baker in dramatic fashion. Read More »
Mann Talk – Bellator 54 Preview
Bellator 54 goes down Saturday night in Atlantic City. Bellator and Atlantic City? These are easily two of Mann Talk's favorite things in the world. Read More »
MMA Outsider Podcast bonus interview with Daniel Straus
Find out what Bellator's Daniel Straus has to say about his upcoming fight against UFC veteran Jason Dent for the NAAFS lightweight title. Read More »