Bellator MMA’s eighth season comes to a close this evening at Revel in Atlantic City. Bellator 95 is headlined with a Featherweight title bout between champion Pat Curran and season seven tournament weinner Shahbulat Shamhalaev. The event also includes season eight's middleweight and featherweight tournament finals. Read More »
Bellator MMA's eighth season comes to a close Thursday night at Revel in Atlantic City with two tournament finals and a featherweight title bout. Fighters competing on the Bellator 95 card took to the scales Wednseday, with featherweight headliners Pat Curran and Shahbulat Shamhalaev both weighing in at 144.7 pounds. Curran's title will be on the line against Shamhalaev, who won Bellator's season seven featherweight tournament. Read More »
The Bellator MMA promotion makes its return to Atlantic City from Revel on April 4th live on Spike. The night will feature reigning Bellator Featherweight Champion Pat Curran putting his title on the line against Season 7 Tournament winner and explosive Russian striker Shahbulat Shamhalaev. Read More »
Bellator featherweight Daniel Straus had to withdraw from his upcoming Bellator 95 battle with Pat Curran due to a broken hand. Curran will now face off against Shahbulat Shamhalaev on April 4th inside Atlantic City’s Revel Casino live on Spike. Read More »
London, England (February 12, 2013) – ROBBIE OLIVIER has signed a five-fight contract with Cage Warriors Fighting Championship. The deal will commit ‘The Flame’ Olivier (18-9-1-1) exclusively to the organisation for a period of 18 months, with the veteran featherweight ... Read More »
ProMMAnow.com's Official World MMA Featherweight Rankings. Jose Aldo is still the king of the division after knocking off Frankie Edgar at UFC 156. Read More »
The Bellator MMA promotion will visit Ovation Hall at Revel in Atlantic City, NJ as Pat Curran will put his Bellator Featherweight Title on the line against Daniel Straus live on Spike TV on April 4. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com reporter Dan "The Wolfman" Theodore caught up with the "Lil Bulldog" Felice Herrig, who was in Irvine, Calif., watching her teammate Pat Curran successfully defend his featherweight title at Bellator 85. Herrig talked about the evolution of her game from just a kickboxer to becoming a well-rounded fighter and shared her thoughts on why she thinks some of the MMA fans online criticize her for the way she markets herself. 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 »
Featherweight champion Pat Curran (18-4) spoke with ProMMAnow.com's Daniel Theodore following his five-round split decision win over Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (17-2) Thursday night at Bellator 85 in Irvine, Calif. Curran discussed his thoughts on the close decision, his performance, Pitbull's strategy and how soon he would like to face Bellator's Season 6 tournament winner Daniel Straus in his next title defense. Read More »
Following an open workout Tuesday, Bellator featherweight champ Pat Curran spoke with ProMMAnow.com and other media outlets about his upcoming title defense against Patricio "Pitbull" Freire at Bellator 85. Curran shared his opinion on how he feels he matches up with Pitbull, as well as his general game plan for the fight. He also talked about it being Pitbull's first five round fight and how that should prove to be an advantage for himself. Although Pitbull told us he would "kill" Curran should the fight go to the ground, Curran explained why he's not worried about playing the submission game with the BJJ black belt. Read More »
Bellator 85 takes place this evening at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif., and marks the promotion's debut on Spike TV. Two title fights are on the line, as well as quarterfinal round match-ups for Bellator's season 8 light heavyweight tournament. The prelim action kicks off starting at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT local time) on Spike.com, with main card airing live on Spike at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT local time). Read More »
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (17-1) will fight Bellator 145 pound champ Pat Curran (17-4) for the title Thursday at Bellator 85 in the promotion's debut on Spike TV. Pitbull spoke with the media at the open workouts Tuesday about the match-up, Curran's style of fighting, ring rust, how he feels about being part of such a big event, his massive weight cut and what he thinks will happen should the fight go to the ground. Read More »
The Bellator MMA era is almost ready to begin as all the fighters made weight for the Bellator 85 event that will be the first LIVE Bellator event to air on Spike TV Thursday night. Read More »
Bellator Fighting Championships returns for the eighth season. This season marks the promotion's return to Thursday nights and their debut on Spike TV. The highly anticipated move to the former home of the UFC is expected to propel the promotion forward. Bellator 85 features a pair of title fights and the first three bouts for the light heavyweight tournament. Lightweight champion Michael Chandler will defend his title against Rick Hawn. Tournament winner Patricio "Pitbull" Freire will attempt to displace featherweight champion Pat Curran. Read More »
The Bellator 85 weigh-in and press conference is set to take place at Irvine’s Bren Center on Wednesday, January 16th. The weigh-ins will begin at 5:00 P.M. PST and are open and free for the public to attend. Read More »
In preparation of their debut card on Spike TV, Bellator Fighting Championships will hold an open workout day for media and fans Tuesday, Jan. 15, from 1-3 p.m. PST at HB Ultimate Training Center in Huntington Beach, Calif. Read More »
The Bellator MMA promotion will finally make the jump from MTV2 over to their new home Spike TV on January 17. Read More »
Bellator season six featherweight tournament winner Daniel Straus (20-4) was scheduled to fight the winner of Pat Curran vs. Patricio "Pitbull" Friere for the Bellator 145-pound title but Curran suffered an injury, so Straus is currently sidelined without an opponent and without a fight. ProMMAnow.com talked with Straus about the situation. Read More »
With his training camp winding down and a date with Patricio "Pitbull" Freire looming, Pat Curran suffered a broken orbital bone during sparring which has forced him to withdraw from their championship bout slated for Bellator 73 which takes place Aug. 24. 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 »
Bellator’s Summer Series will come to close as the world’s top tournament-based MMA promotion features THREE championship fights in one night at Bellator 73: Curran vs. Pitbull on Friday, August 24 from Harrah’s Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. Read More »
