Bellator News

BJPENN.COM News - May 17, 2014

“I love the fight (between Ortiz and Shlemenko). I love the fight for that reason, I’ve called it a freak show and people say, ‘Why you do you call it a freak show?’ Because it is a weird fight, and we don’t get the chance to do that. We got the tournament format where a 205er fights a 205er. If I put Tito against some 205er you and I picked out of a hat in the top 25 or 30 in the world, I think everybody would have gone womp, womp, womp. But Shlemenko brings this weird intrigue to it.” Bellator President Bjorn Rebney is entering the world of pay-per-view tonight with Bellator 120 and his middleweight champion is welcoming a much larger Tito Ortiz to the promotion.

BJPENN.COM News - May 17, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2014

“Why do I care about Daniel Cormier? Is he in my league? He’s just talking ’cause that’s his boy. That’s what people do. I don’t think about stuff like that. That don’t bother me. I don’t care about what other people say. I know what I’m going to do to ‘Mo.’ I don’t care what Daniel says. Daniel can’t get in the cage and fight for ‘Mo,’ can he? OK.”

BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2014

The Bellator fight promotion makes their pay-per-view debut this weekend.

BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2014

“Oh yeah, look, the ROI on this, so far has been spectacular. It goes deeper than that, it goes to what is happening with the affiliates. The affiliates right now are looking at a situation where the WWE is pulling out with the WWE Network, you know, and also at the same time, the UFC is pulling out to a certain extent with the Fight Pass or Fight Network, or whatever they’re doing. Right now, we’re completely at home with those affiliates. So, the Time Warners, the Comcasts, the DirecTVs, the iN DEMANDS, etcetera, have really come on board to support this event in an amazing way. So, you’re seeing it everywhere. The radio, the TV, the digital print is everywhere. So, Rampage is supporting it, King Mo is supporting it, Tito’s doing a great job, Shlemenko, where he can now, in his broken English is doing a great job. I feel it and everybody who I know, that I’ve ever touched in the fight business, is coming to me going “Man, I see that thing everywhere. It’s big.” So, it is… The reaction to it is what I hoped the reaction to it would be and I think these guys are going to deliver.” – Bjorn Rebney via the enclosed video.

BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2014

King Mo has trained all over the world, most recently the former Strikeforce champ has taken up the ranks at Reign, AKA and ATT, three of the most prominent training centers in the world.

BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2014

Ahead of his upcoming Bellator title, Rampage Jackson discusses his career in the sport and current place.

BJPENN.COM News - May 15, 2014

King Mo discusses his upcoming fight against Rampage Jackson.

BJPENN.COM News - May 15, 2014

D.C. is a King Mo Fan. Who knew?

BJPENN.COM News - May 14, 2014

“My fight alone is going to be worth the pay-per-view. This is one of the few grudge matches going on right now in MMA where [the fighters] honestly don’t like each other.” “I’m going to put on an exciting fight, and I’m going to be coming at him the second the bell rings. I’m going to show Memphis that I’m the baddest fighter out of Memphis. I want the world to know. I’m going to be on him like white on rice, and that’s something that you haven’t seen me do in a long time. I’m going to dictate this whole pace. I have a statement to make, and I think that’s worth it, right there.”

BJPENN.COM News - May 14, 2014

The ‘Huntington Beach Badboy’ Tito Ortiz, is set to scrap it out with the Bellator middleweight champion this weekend at Bellator 120.