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The weigh-ins for Bellator 115 took place this evening in Reno, Nev., and there are a couple changes that need to be noted. Jeremy Kimball failed to make weight for his Middleweight Tournament Semifinal bout against Dan Cramer, so that fight has been scrapped. Also, Andrey Koreshkov is suffering from the flu and could not … Read more
This Friday Cheick Kongo will be challenging Vitaly Minakov for the Bellator Heavyweight title! This card also contains the Middleweight and Welterweight tournament semifinals.
Bellator MMA was set to kick off their ninth season with a respectable card. However, medical issues have forced Joe Riggs and Joe Warren off the card, so a lot of the shine has dissipated. However, there is still a middleweight title fight and the first round of another Bellator tournament. The card takes place tomorrow night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The main card will air live on Spike.
Resurrection Fighting Alliance heads to Colorado tonight for RFA 7 “Thatch vs. Rhodes” at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield. Brandon ‘Ruckus’ Thatch takes on short notice replacement Mike “Biggie” Rhodes in the night’s welterweight main event live on AXS Tv.
Following Leandro “Batata” Silva being forced to withdraw from his RFA 7 main event bout due to a leg infection, Duke Roufus-trained Milwaukee fighter Mike “Biggie” Rhodes (4-0) will step in to face Denver’s Brandon “Rukus” Thatch (8-1) in a welterweight showdown.
Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) announced that it will make its first foray into the state of Colorado with RFA 7 – Thatch vs. Silva on Friday, March 22nd. The event will take place at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, which is a suburb of Denver, Colorado.