Bellator News

BJPENN.COM News - January 9, 2015

A seven-bout preliminary card for Bellator MMA’s first event of 2015, “Bellator: Pitbull vs. Straus,” is now official with the middleweights Dustin Jacoby(10-4) vs. John Salter (10-3), a 220-pound catchweight contest of Hector Carillo (5-6) vs. Everett Cummings (8-0), lightweights Steve Kozola (4-0) vs. Jonathan Rivera (4-0), lightweights Derek “The Barbaric” Anderson (11-1) vs. Danny Navarro (12-4), featherweights Fabricio Guerreiro(20-3) vs. Nick “No Limit” Piedmont (10-5-1), bantamweights Fabian Gonzalez (2-0) vs. Albert Morales (0-0), and middleweights Luc Bondole (4-0-1) vs. Chris “The Crusher” Herrera (2-1). The seven new contests will serve as the Spike.com-streamed preliminary card of “Bellator: Pitbull vs. Straus,” which takes place Jan. 16 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif.

BJPENN.COM News - January 8, 2015

bjpenndotcom - January 6, 2015

BJPENN.COM News - January 6, 2015

Time to review 2014’s biggest moments including the year’s top knockouts with Jimmy Smith! Some of the best include KOs from Mike Richman, Emanuel Newton & more!

BJPENN.COM News - January 4, 2015

This is only one side of the story, though multiple eye witnesses attest some kind of fight did take place, no one credible and unbiased gave any account — so lets not bash tito, and make that clear to the reader.

BJPENN.COM News - December 29, 2014

Last night BJPENN.com Radio returned with the last episode of 2014, and what a great episode it was.

bjpenndotcom - December 28, 2014

LISTEN LIVE HERE Tonight’s show is kicked off by Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran. The Former 2 time Bellator Featherweight Champion is joining us to talk his path back to the belt and how Daniel Weichel is standing in his way on February 13th. Pat is set to take on Daniel at Bellator 133. We will discuss this fight, his desire to get the belt back, and much more. Don’t miss Pat and make sure to get over to Twitter and follow Pat @PatCurranMMA

BJPENN.COM News - December 28, 2014

Bellator MMA champion Patricio Freire is currently gearing up for his January 16th title defense against Daniel Straus.

BJPENN.COM News - December 27, 2014

Bellator President Scott Coker is hoping to land some “big fish” in 2015. Coker has already reached out to former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, to let him know he should weigh his options before signing on any dotted lines.

BJPENN.COM News - December 27, 2014

“Labeling a league based on the past can be misleading, because the fighters that are here today fighting for us are gonna be the next Luke Rockholds, the next Daniel Cormiers. They’re going to be the next stars of MMA. “Do I think Bellator is a minor league? The answer is no.”

BJPENN.COM News - December 26, 2014

“There hasn’t been any serious dialogue. But when the time comes to have serious dialogue, we’ll be right there. There’s not going to be a fighter on the planet we can’t afford and have access to. I think one of the things we were really able to do bring is back the casual fan,” Coker said. “Those casual fans seemed to have jumped away from MMA for a little bit. Names like Ortiz and Bonnar brought them back. If fighters like that are available, you can be sure we’ll make a run at them.”

BJPENN.COM News - December 23, 2014

In an interesting move, it would appear as if the Bellator MMA promotion is seeking a suitable competitor to the UFC’s CM Punk.

BJPENN.COM News - December 23, 2014

“He’s a b*tch, too. It won’t happen. He don’t want to fight me. He would fight Stephan Bonnar, but he wouldn’t fight me. He would fight Alexander Shlemenko, who’s really a smaller 185er, but he won’t fight me. I’m hood and ghetto — I’m from the South, so I speak the way I speak. I’m not going to hit no switch and be like, ‘oh, hello there.’ I’m keeping it real. He’s a fake-ass dude. All he has to do is admit that he doesn’t want to fight me. If he does that, I’ll leave his ass alone. Keep it real. Tito Ortiz in his prime would never had beaten me ever.”

BJPENN.COM News - December 21, 2014

With the impending UFC lawsuit, fighters have been giving their take on the upcoming suit, discussing their beliefs on both the pros and cons.

BJPENN.COM News - December 21, 2014

Yesterday it was announced that Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson would be returning to the UFC, leaving Bellator MMA after going 3-0 with the promotion.

BJPENN.COM News - December 21, 2014

Following the announcement made at UFC Fight Night 58 that former champion Quinton Rampage Jackson had returned to the UFC, Bellator MMA President Scott Coker said that Bellator would defend their contractual rights (See that HERE). The Tweet made by Coker left many fans wondering if Rampage would be able to fight in the UFC, despite the announcement that he was now under contract.

bjpenndotcom - December 20, 2014

Let us be clear that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is under an exclusive contract with #BellatorMMA. We will protect our contractual rights

BJPENN.COM News - December 19, 2014

“Yes, (Tito was approached to be included in the lawsuit). He felt that it was just best to not be a part of that suit. Obviously, everybody wants a better situation for the fighters, as far as pay and benefits. But Tito just felt that at that particular time, he wanted to opt out. Because mainly, they were using him for the publicity aspect, and he didn’t want to lend his name to it.” “He feels that he’s building bridges with Zuffa, and he didn’t want to be the face of a lawsuit against them, because he’d like to work things out and have a professional relationship with that organization in the future.”