Bellator News

bjpenndotcom - October 23, 2015

Unable to catch the Bellator 144 action live on Spike TV tonight? BJPenn.com has you covered! Check back to this article throughout the night for live updates! MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET) Brandon Halsey vs. Rafael Carvalho – Rafael Carvalho wins via TKO (Body kick) Dennis Olson vs. Brennan Ward – Brennan Ward wins via 1st round TKO Isao Kobayashi vs. Goiti Yamauchi – Goiti Yamauchi wins via 3rd round submission Charlie Ontiveros vs. Michael Page – Michael Page wins via 1st round TKO

bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015

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Russell Ess - October 22, 2015

Officials announced today that the initial Dec. 11 date for Bellator 147 has been changed to take place a week earlier, on Dec. 4, according to MMA Junkie. Fighters already scheduled on the card include lightweights in former Strikeforce champion/UFC vet Josh Thomson (21-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Pablo Villaseca (10-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) as well as featherweights Daniel Weichel (35-9 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (24-4-1 MMA, 2-2 BMMA).

BJPENN.COM News - October 19, 2015

https://youtu.be/_nc5CU1V5os Halloween is one of those holidays that anybody can enjoy no matter what age they are. When you’re young, you get to dawn a costume and personality of someone you idolize and go trick or treating. As you grow up, however, Halloween becomes less about the trick or treating and more about simply buying Halloween themed candy and finding the scariest movie you possibly can.

Chris Taylor - October 12, 2015

Champion wrestler and mixed martial arts heavyweight contender Bobby Lashley (13-2 MMA) recently talked about the differences between his two current professions.

BJPENN.COM News - October 11, 2015

Kimbo Slice’s return to mixed martial arts at “Bellator 138: Unfinished Business” against Ken Shamrock may not have been a world-class technical display of skill, but it did more than get the job done. The main-event drew over two million viewers to SPIKE so they could see a fight take place that was years in the making. Now that his rivalry with Shamrock is past him, Slice is prepared to make an impact in Bellator while being a ratings-monster. “I gotta a lot fans out there that love to see me fight,” Slice told MMA Fighting. “That’s one thing you can’t change, you can’t stop. I’m going to put a***s in seats. Those numbers are going to be there. I’m going to fight and they know when you’re coming to watch a Kimbo Slice fight – no matter who the f*** his opponent is – that’s gonna be a fight. Somebody’s getting knocked the f*** out. Something’s happening in that fight, in that match with Kimbo and whoever.”

BJPENN.COM News - October 11, 2015

The self-proclaimed “Baddest Man on the Planet” Joe Warren’s plans for a run at Bellator’s bantamweight championship were pushed to the side after he failed a drug test for marijuana. Now, Marcos Galvao is left opponent-less once again for his fight at Bellator 144. Eduardo Dantes was originally supposed to fight Galvao at Bellator 144, however he was forced out of the fight with an injury. Galvao was informed he would be facing Warren instead, but plans for the fight were scrapped shortly thereafter when the promotion found out about his failed drug test.

BJPENN.COM News - October 10, 2015

Alright MMA fanboys, try not to go to crazy, but Quinton “Rampage” Jackson says he’d like to fight on that NYE card in Japan. That’s right, the new promotion, ‘Rizin Fighting Federation,’ which will feature the return of Fedor Emelianenko, might be Rampage’s next stop. The former UFC champ said, during a live Twitch stream, that the UFC have given him the OK to settle with Bellator, which means he could end up fighting for them again. Jackson seems cool with that, but said he has his eyes set on the upcoming Japan event.

bjpenndotcom - October 8, 2015

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BJPENN.COM News - October 8, 2015

Well it’s official. We now know the name of the new MMA organization out of Japan, run by former PRIDE FC boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara. At a recent press conference it was announced that the promotion will be called ‘Rizin Fighting Federation.’ Many expected them to announce Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent at the press conference, but that wasn’t the case. Earlier in the week it was reported that his opponent will be a 1-0 MMA fighter named Jaideep Singh. So, we still don’t know 100% if that’s the case. At the presser they did announce that there will be a two night event called the Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2015. There are three days of action, but one of those days will serve as a fan event.

bjpenndotcom - October 7, 2015

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BJPENN.COM News - October 7, 2015

Current Bellator MMA welterweight Paul Daley has his eye on gold, but not just MMA gold. The top 170-pound Bellator fighter is at the top of the division and has said before that he wants to win the title before a big rematch with Josh Koscheck takes place. However now he’s added a new goal and wants to fight the GLORY Kickboxing welterweight champion, Nieky ‘The Natural’ Holzken, as well. Pauly most recent scrap was in the GLORY ring, although it was as a Bellator contracted fighter during the special ‘Dynamite’ event. Now Daley wants to challenge the champ in an attempt to possibly hold a belt in both promotions. First step? Get both sides to agree on it.