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One day recently, Phil Davis had to sit down and edit all his social media. Those are the kinds of things that happen when you leave one job for another -- or, in Davis' case, go from one MMA promotion to another.
For at least one event, Patricio Freire has bragging rights, and he’s making the most of it.
The Bellator featherweight champion today riled up fellow titleholder Will Brooks today during a Twitter squabble. And it’s all due to their placement on an upcoming card.
Bellator 145 will feature two title fights on Nov. 6 at St. Louis’ Scottrade Center.
The “tentpole” event, which features a main card on Spike TV and prelims on Facebook, features featherweight champion Patricio Freire (24-2 MMA, 12-2 BMMA) vs. former titleholder Daniel Straus (24-6 MMA, 10-3 BMMA), as well as lightweight champ Will Brooks (16-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA) vs. challenger Marcin Held (21-3 MMA, 10-2 BMMA). MMAFighting.com first reported the details of “Bellator 145: Vengeance.”
Former lightweight champion Michael Chandler (13-3 MMA, 10-3 BMMA) and heavyweight Bobby Lashley (13-2 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) are also expected to compete at the event.
Marcos Galvao will put his bantamweight title on the line for the first time when he meets Eduardo Dantas in a rematch at Bellator 144.
Galvao (17-6-1 MMA, 9-2 BMMA) and Dantas (17-4 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) will headline the card at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on Oct. 23. Bellator officials announced the event today. The main card will air on Spike TV following prelims on MMAjunkie.
The never-ending conflict in mixed martial arts between management and labor, or should we say between promoters and fighters, has really come to the fore this year. Over the last few months an antitrust lawsuit, the new Reebok deal, and the USADA testing policy have sparked debates on fighter pay, lost sponsorship income, and lack of input from the athletes on the rules and regulations governing them. And this is in only in the UFC, never mind the number of complaints that one sees directed at other promotions. All of this has had led to discussions of possible solutions, including perhaps the most serious talk of a fighters association the sport has seen to date.
Former Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson is expected to sign with Bellator MMA after the UFC declined to give him a new contract.
According to sources with knowledge of the situation, the UFC declined to offer Thomson a new contract once his most recent one expired following his loss to Tony Ferguson last month. As a result, Thomson is close to finalizing a new deal with Bellator MMA, which would reunite him with his long-time promoter Scott Coker. That new contract is expected to be announced in the coming days.
Bellator MMA welterweights Paul Daley and Fernando Gonzalez will trade in their MMA gloves for kickboxing mitts at next month’s combined Bellator MMA and GLORY spectacular.
At the annual Convention of the Association of Boxing Commissions in San Diego, Wanderlei Silva and a host of ex-UFC fighters made a push for a Muhammad Ali act in the sport of MMA.
The last few years have really brought the idea of a possible union of MMA fighters into the forefront. While a union is unlikely at this point, one thing that fighters have been doing is looking at the idea of introducing something similar to the Muhammad Ali act for the sport of MMA.
When Bellator announced that they would hold an event that would feature both Bellator fights in the cage and GLORY kickboxing bouts in a ring, the logistics seemed nightmarish.
After a lengthy career with the UFC and WSOF, Melvin Guillard will make his Bellator debut next month. Officials today announced Guillard (32-14-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) will fight fellow lightweight Brandon Girtz (11-4 MMA, 4-2 BMMA) in the headliner of Bellator 141.
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If you’re looking for a late-replacement to face a man who uses “Irish” as a fighting nickname, you can’t do much better than a man who calls himself “The Leprechaun.”
Bellator has its first major change in the broadcast booth since the fight promotion introduced Sean Wheelock and Jimmy Smith in 2010.
Wheelock, the company’s longtime play-by-play announcer, is out, and veteran sports broadcaster Sean Grande is in and will share the booth with Smith.
