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Breaking: Ferrid Kheder Signs With Bellator Fighting Championships
Jan 20, 2010 - CHICAGO, Ill. (January 21, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships put yet another piece in place for its second season today with the announcement that Judo master and former Olympian Ferrid “Hurricane” Kheder will compete in the promotion’s upcoming lightweight tournament.Kheder, who placed seventh in the Judo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, has quickly compiled a solid 16-5 MMA record since giving up Judo to fight full-time in the cage just three years ago. …
GSP protégé, training partner Mike Ricci
Jan 18, 2010 - CHICAGO (January 18, 2010) — Undefeated Canadian lightweight Mike Ricci, a regular training partner to fellow Quebec native Georges St-Pierre, is the latest highly-touted MMA prospect to sign an exclusive contract with Bellator Fighting Championships, the promotion announced today.The 23-year-old Ricci, who will enter Bellator’s 155 lbs. tournament with an unblemished pro record of 5-0, trains alongside GSP under the famed Firas Zahabi at his TriStar gym in Montreal. Zahabi told …
Striking phenom Bao Quach to compete in Bellator Fighting Championships Featherweight Tournament
Jan 15, 2010 - CHICAGO, Ill. (January 15, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships continued to solidify its much-talked-about featherweight division today with the announcement that Bao Quach, one of the world’s most devastating 145-lb. strikers, will compete in the promotion’s Season 2 tournament.The 30-year-old Californian is in the midst of a prolonged power surge, with wins in 11 of his last 12 fights. Four of those fights came via KO or TKO in during Round 1.Accordingly, Quach is regarded as…
Bellator Fighting Championships secures 12-0 Brazilian featherweight phenom Patricio Pitbull
Jan 13, 2010 - CHICAGO, Ill. (January 13, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships’ search for its next great featherweight has moved south to Brazil, where it was announced today that undefeated MMA phenom Patricio Pitbull has signed a long-term promotional agreement and will compete in Bellator’s Season 2 tournament.The 23-year-old Pitbull is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is known throughout his home country for his devastating striking ability. He boasts a perfect 12-0 record with a…
Undefeated Canadian Featherweight William Romero
Jan 7, 2010 - CHICAGO, Ill. (January 7, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships announced yet another major offseason addition on Thursday with the signing of undefeated featherweight William Romero. Romero, 27, one of Canada's most talked-about young mixed martial artists, boasts an unblemished pro MMA record of 5-0. He was recently touted by MMAcanada.net — one of that country’s top MMA news sources — as “the real deal.” His most recent fight ended by KO after just 17 seconds.“MMA fa…
Bellator Fighting Championships Signs
Jan 5, 2010 - CHICAGO (January 5, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships announced today the exclusive signing of top mixed martial artist Georgi “Insane” Karakhanyan, a former professional soccer player and emerging MMA star, to compete in the featherweight (145 lb.) division during Bellator Season 2.Karakhanyan, 24, has compiled a record of 12-1-1 since making his professional MMA debut in 2006, and was rated by multiple websites as the top unsigned featherweight in the world prior to his sig…
BELLATOR’S TOBY IMADA RECEIVES 2009 WORLD MMA AWARD: SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
Dec 30, 2009 - Vegas, NV – Dec. 30, 2009 –Tonight, at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Bellator Fighting Championships’ Toby Imada won a 2009 World Mixed Martial Arts Award for “Submission of the Year” for his astonishing inverted triangle choke submission of Jorge Masvidal at Bellator V. Coined as the “backpack of doom” by Sherdog’s and ESPN.com’s Jake Rossen, Imada submitted striking artist Masvidal in the third round of Bellator’s season 1 lightweight tournament semi-final …
Iraq War veteran and welterweight standout Steve Carl Signs with Bellator Fighting Championships
Dec 28, 2009 - CHICAGO, Ill. (Dec. 28, 2009) – In the latest addition to its much-heralded Season 2 roster, Bellator Fighting Championships announced Monday the acquisition of emerging MMA star Steve Carl, who will compete in the promotion’s upcoming eight-man welterweight tournament beginning in April.Carl, 25, a U.S. Army sergeant who served in the Iraq War, took up MMA about five years ago while stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, and has since compiled a professional record of 10-1. His rear n…
DAN HORNBUCKLE SIGNS MULTI-FIGHT CONTRACT WITH BELLATOR FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dec 17, 2009 - Coming off a gusty win in his last outing, Nick “The Quiet Assassin” Penner will make his much-anticipated debut as a light heavyweight at MFC 24. Penner (9-1) won’t get an easy assignment as a 205-pounder, however, when he meets Chris “The Exorcist” Price (15-3) on Friday, February 26 at the River Cree Resort and Casino, just outside Edmonton, Alberta. The bout, agreed to in principle, will be one of the main-card attractions underneath the main event of the evening featuring a cl…
Bellator Fighting Championships signs undefeated MMA prodigy Jacob ‘Tick-Tock’ McClintock
Dec 10, 2009 - CHICAGO (December 10, 2009) — Bellator Fighting Championships announced today the exclusive signing of undefeated mixed martial artist Jacob “Tick-Tock” McClintock, who will compete in Bellator’s welterweight (170 lb.) division.McClintock, 21, of the heralded Arizona Combat Sports gym in Tempe, Ariz., has a professional record of 6-0 and has been identified by several top MMA publications as one of the sport’s future stars. Sherdog.com called him “the next big thing to come out of …
BELLATOR FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS SIGNS US OLYMPIAN AND NCAA CHAMPION BEN ASKREN
Dec 9, 2009 - CHICAGO (December 9, 2009) — Bellator Fighting Championships announced Wednesday the signing of highly touted MMA prospect Ben Askren to anexclusive long-term agreement. Askren is a U.S. Olympian who competed in the 2008 Beijing Games in freestyle wrestling. While wrestling at the collegiate level at the University of Missouri, Askren won two NCAA Division I titles. Since announcing his plans to cross over into professional mixed martial arts after the conclusion of the Beijing Games,…
Eddie Alvarez on Bellator XII: This will be my absolute best performance to dateþ
Jun 18, 2009 - Eddie Alvarez is just one win away from capturing the Bellator Lightweight World Championship. With less than one week remaining until the season ending Bellator XII event at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL, the lightweight contender is preparing for the fight of his life. Alvarez (17-2) will take on Toby Imada (22-12) for a championship purse of $175,000 and the right to hold the first ever Bellator Lightweight World Championship title. “This will be my best performance to date, I plan…
BELLATOR TO CROWN TWO WORLD CHAMPIONS AT SEASON FINALE JUNE 19TH AT HARD ROCK
Jun 17, 2009 - Hollywood, Fla. – June 17, 2009 – Bellator Fighting Championships returns to the Seminole Hard Rock Live to conclude the inaugural tournament season on June 19 in Hollywood, Fla. The 12-week world championship mixed martial arts tournament will cap off its first nationally televised season with a stacked fight card in the same arena where the tournament first launched April 3rd. Headlining the event will be the Bellator Lightweight and Middleweight championship fights. The Ligh…
Bantamweight Breakdown: Pace Pops Tebo with Big Knee for a Stunning KO at Bellator XIþ
Jun 15, 2009 - The headlining win by newly minted Bellator Welterweight World Champion Lyman Good had some intense competition for best knockout of the night at Bellator XI in Uncasville, CT. This was due in part to a brutal knee by Nick Pace that sent opponent Collin Tebo tumbling backwards to the mat less than two minutes after the special feature bout began. The powerful knee dropped Tebo instantly and sent this mouth guard flying forward as Pace finished him with a strike to the head. With the win, Pace a…
Bellator XI Fight Resultsþ
Jun 13, 2009 - LYMAN GOOD IS GREAT AS FIRST BELLATOR WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION Bellator XI Showcases Thrilling Feature Fights and Crowns a Second Bellator Champion …
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