CHICAGO, Ill. (October 15, 2011) — Returning to Atlantic City for the second time this season, Bellator Fighting Championships brought the fans to their feet inside Boardwalk Hall as Alexander Shlemenko and Vitor Vianna advanced to the Finals of the Bellator Middleweight Tournament. Current Bellator Bantamweight Champion Zach Makovsky earned his 14th career victory with [...]
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Atlantic City, NJ. – The Bellator 54 weigh-ins have been completed from Caesars Atlantic City in preparation for Bellator’s Saturday night event at Boardwalk Hall, which features the semifinals of the Season 5 Middleweight Tournament. Bellator 54 will be broadcast LIVE on Saturday, October 15 at 9:00 pm ET/8:00 pm CT on MTV2 and [...]
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By Thomas Gerbasi Around this time last year, the rumors began flying. A few weeks later, the rumors became fact: the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) organization was going to be folded into the UFC, with the bantamweight and featherweight divisions making their debuts in the world’s premier MMA promotion. Also migrating over would be the [...]
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By Thomas Gerbasi CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED – The first bantamweight elimination bout of the second round is on tap on this week’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller. Who will move on? Team Miller breaks the tension of practice with a little fun in the UFC Training Center to open [...]
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FIVE-ROUND MAIN EVENT MICHAEL BISPING vs. JASON MILLER PLUS, BANTAMWEIGHT AND FEATHERWEIGHT BOUTS TO DETERMINE WINNERS OF SEASON 14 OF THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER® From the Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. Saturday, Dec. 3 Tickets Go On Sale [...]
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By Thomas Gerbasi WASHINGTON, D.C., October 1 – A 10-year journey for D.C.’s own Mike “The Hulk” Easton finally reached the UFC Octagon, and the bantamweight marched full speed ahead in his debut at the Verizon Center Saturday night, chopping down and then stopping Byron Bloodworth in the second round of their UFC Live prelim [...]
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By Thomas Gerbasi CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED – The field on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller has been whittled from 32 down to 16 after some of the best fights in series history. Now the 16 surviving bantamweight and featherweight prospects will see whether they will be training with Michael Bisping or Mayhem [...]
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By Michael DiSanto The UFC Bantamweight Championship is up for grabs for the third time since the promotion added the division to the roster late last year. Dominick Cruz is the reigning champion. With wins over Urijah Faber, Brian Bowles, Joseph Benavidez and Scott Jorgensen, he is truly one of the elite fighters in [...]
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CHICAGO, Ill. (September 13, 2011) — In a city that is known for celebrating world-class athletes, Bellator Fighting Championships brings the greatest local talent to Canton, home of the National Football League Hall of Fame, on Saturday, September 24th from the Canton Civic Center for Bellator 51. The night will feature the quarterfinals of the [...]
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Bellator 54 – Spike.com to stream LIVE fights at 7 p.m. ET / MTV2 at 9 p.m. ET Saturday
October 13, 2011 No CommentAtlantic City, New Jersey. (October 13, 2011) —The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator 54 will take place FRIDAY at 5:00 P.M. EST inside Caesars Atlantic City, located at 2100 Pacific Avenue Atlantic City, NJ 08401. Bellator 54 will take place at Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, October 15 with the first fight taking place [...]
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