Bellator News
Royce Gracie training with kickboxing champion for Ken Shamrock bout at Bellator 149
Russell Ess - January 7, 2016
MMA legends Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock will meet for the third time in their professional careers at Bellator 149 on Feb. 19 in Houston, Texas. Gracie who helped put jiu-jitsu in the spotlight in the early days of MMA has been training with veteran kickboxing champion Joe Schilling for his upcoming bout with Shamrock. Shilling spoke with MMA Junkie and says the legend’s new stand up game will be noticed.
Kimbo delivers in Reddit 'ask me anything'
Russell Ess - January 5, 2016
Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson has another fight in a Spike-televised event with Bellator 149 on Feb. 19. The popular fighter who knocked out Ken Shamrock in his last ratings record-breaking Bellator event hosted an AMA or “ask me anything” on Reddit ahead of his next fight. Kimbo answered questions ranging from fighting to food and gave fun and insightful answers, showing his character, a big reason for his fan draw fighting in Bellator.
MUST SEE! Ken Shamrock says McGregor is P4P king
bjpenndotcom - January 2, 2016
While Conor McGregor is certainly a polarizing figure, there’s no debating the Irishman’s dominance inside the Octagon.
ONE Championship CEO Victor Cui: 'All our athletes will move up a weight class'
Russell Ess - January 1, 2016
With ONE Championship’s new weigh-in system set to take place in 2016, the weight class the fighters have been competing in will be taking a big change. Victor Cui, CEO of the promotion recently appeared on Fox Sports Asia to address the changes that could have a dramatic effect on the landscape of MMA. From Yahoo! Sports:
UFC color commentator Joe Rogan says the revolutionary ONE FC weigh-in procedure 'a step forward'
Russell Ess - December 31, 2015
UFC color commentator Joe Rogan has been a longtime advocate against weight cutting in MMA. With the recent news of ONE FC’s new weigh-in procedures and regulations, Rogan recently tweeted a link to the organizations new system that will be implemented in 2016. Rogan said in the tweet, “This ONE FC weight cutting ban is a step forward in the healthiest direction.”
WATCH! 'King Mo' Lawal lands one-punch knockout to take RIZIN tournament
Russell Ess - December 31, 2015
https://youtu.be/wAGYmm4gNKM Bellator light heavyweight Muhammed “King Mo” Laval proved why he was chosen to represent the Bellator promotion by winning the RIZIN heavyweight tournament by knocking out Jiri Prochazka in the final.
ONE Championship will begin game changing weigh-in procedures starting in 2016 and asks UFC to follow suit
Russell Ess - December 23, 2015
ONE Championship is planning to revolutionize the sport of mixed martial arts with a new weigh-in system starting in January 2016. If the same system is adopted by more promotions, particularly the UFC and Bellator MMA, the world of mixed martial arts will forever be changed. The announcement comes shortly after a ONE Championship fighter, Yang Jian Bing passed away while attempting to make weight for a bout.
Fedor's 'surprise' opponent officially announced
Russell Ess - December 17, 2015
Two weeks out from the RIZIN New Year’s Eve card, the promotion finally announced the opponent for Fedor Emelianenko. The previous talk of Fedor facing Jaideep Singh (1-0 MMA) fizzled out after initial reports, but it was announced that Singh is, in fact, Fedor’s opponent. RIZIN announced the match late Thursday at a news conference.
REPLAY! Josh Thomson TKO's opponent at Bellator 147
bjpenndotcom - December 5, 2015
Last night Josh ‘The Punk’ Thomson stepped into the Bellator MMA cage to fight Pablo Villaseca at Bellator 147 in front of his hometown fans.
Kimbo on Dada 5000: 'The fact I get to fight this piece of sh-t enhances my training'
Russell Ess - November 30, 2015
The buzz of the bouts announced for Bellator 149 has had a lot of people talking, whether it is good things or bad. But frankly, many fans and pundits are straight out interested in the matches. One of the bouts features Kimbo Slice, who drew in record-breaking numbers on cable television against Ken Shamrock at Bellator 138. Kimbo faces a rather new name to MMA, but paints a perfect picture to once again get people’s attention.
WATCH! Michael 'Venom' Page training with parkour specialist
bjpenndotcom - November 27, 2015
Michael ‘Venom’ Page is one of the most highly touted prospects under the Bellator MMA banner.
War Machine blows kiss at prosecutor interrupting court hearing
Russell Ess - November 25, 2015
Johnathan Koppenhaver, known as War Machine is once again causing some disruption and making headlines in the media. The former UFC and Bellator fighter who was in court on Monday for a preliminary hearing on 34 charges from ex-girlfriend and adult film star Christy Mackinday that include sexual assault and two accounts of attempted murder.