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We have been big Michael Chandler fans for a long time. He was and still is one of Bellator’s go to guys and one of the best lightweights in the world not in the UFC. Reportedly, and we don’t want to jinx it, Michael may actually sign a contract to make the jump from Bellator … Read more
Bellator 220’s main event ended in bizarre fashion with welterweight champ Rory MacDonald fighting Jon Fitch to a majority draw. This was a bout in the organization’s welterweight tournament no less. Because Rory was champion and the fight was ruled a draw he made it through to the next round. Told ya it was bizarre. … Read more
Bellator 208 goes down on Saturday and boasts a main event featuring two well known names facing off. Chael P. Sonnen will attempt to conquer ‘The Last Emperor’ Fedor Emelianenko capping off the main card starting at 9PM on Paramount TV. Benson Henderson is in the co-main event in what should be a solid fight … Read more
Michael Chandler knows the way to San Jose by driving victory in retaining lightweight belt in Bellator 165 main event SAN JOSE, CALIF. (Nov. 19, 2016) – Did anyone ‘know the way to San Jose’ at SAP Center where Michael Chandler, record of 16-3, successfully defended his Bellator lightweight world title belt in a brutal … Read more
All fighters have stepped up to the scale making weight with its petition for victory at the official weigh-ins for the Bellator 165 event taking place Saturday night at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. Two fighters of equal weight and measure will enter the Bellator cage and only one will exit victorious. Bellator 165 features one … Read more
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Benson Henderson (24-6) finally earned his first victory since joining the Bellator MMA fray at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., Friday night. The victory was listed as a TKO due to Pitbull’s inability to continue from a broken tibia, as a result Henson was immediately declared the winner. The victory was awarded by … Read more
The Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., was the scene for Thursday’s Bellator 160 weigh-ins and every fighter on the main card arrived on weight. Bellator 160 will feature an epic lightweight match up between former Bellator featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and former WEC and UFC 155-pound king Benson “Smooth” Henderson in the main event. This match is … Read more
Bellator officials have announced that newly signed Bellator welterweight Ben Henderson will receive a title shot in his Bellator debut at Bellator 153. On the heels of what is one of the biggest free agent moves in mixed martial arts history, the man at the center of the shift, Benson Henderson (23-5), now has a … Read more
Unbeaten UFC lightweight Scott “Hot Sauce” Holtzman (8-0) returns to the Octagon this weekend for his sophomore UFC appearance as he takes on TUF 18 alum Drew Dober (15-7, 1 NC) at UFC 195. Holtzman, a 32-year-old Knoxville, Tennessee native, made a successful UFC debut in August in front of his home state crowd in Nashville with a … Read more
Former UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson is up to his old toothpick tricks again. The 32-year-old MMA Lab product has a bad habit of keeping a toothpick in his mouth during fights. There are those who say it’s an old boxing trick that helps a fighter keep their mouth closed, thus making it harder to … Read more