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Shahbulat Shamhalaev plans to stop champ Pat Curran at Bellator 95
(mmajunkie.com) Russian fighters often get painted as nearly emotionless – fighters with scowls and cold stares and ice in their veins and as Ivan Drago replicas in terms of their dispositions. If Shahbulat Shamhalaev is not like that, he's not giving many indications of it.
Felice Herrig apologizes for Bellator 94 scuffle with Heather Clark
(mmajunkie.com) Felice Herrig has apologized for her role in a dustup with Heather Clark at this past week's Bellator 94 event.
Bellator 94 Live Broadcast Produces Low TV Ratings, but Replay Bolsters Bottom Line
(mmaweekly.com) Bellator 94 on Thursday featured two Season 8 tournament finals, but that failed to give the event any punch in the TV ratings department.
Bellator 94 drew just 713,000 viewers, the second lowest total of the season, according to MMAWeekly.com industry sources.
Bellator’s Season 8 has still been a TV ratings success for the promotion, averaging 782,000 viewers per event, well above what the promotion has achieved in prior seasons on other networks. This is the first season that Bellator has aired on Spike TV.
Season 8 kicked off strong with 938,000 viewers for the promotion’s debut on its new network, but hasn’t returned to that point since...
NHL's Chicago Blackhawks honor champ Pat Curran ahead of Bellator 95
(mmajunkie.com) Ahead of Pat Curran's headlining spot in this week's Season 8 finale, the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks honored the Bellator featherweight champion.
At this past Friday's game against the Anaheim Ducks, the Blackhawks introduced Curran to fans at Chicago's United Center. Between the second and third periods, he also took shots at the goal for charity...
Bellator 94 results: Emanuel Newton, David Rickels claim tournament titles
(mmajunkie.com) It didn't come easy, but Emanuel Newton (21-7-1 MMA, 4-1 BFC) earned his much-desired rematch with Bellator MMA light heavyweight champ Attila Vegh.
Newton earned a hard-fought decision win over fellow tournament finalist Mikhail Zayats (21-7 MMA, 2-1 BFC) to claim Bellator MMA's Season 8 light heavyweight bracket crown...
Back Injury Forces Jessica Eye Off Bellator 95 Card
(mmaweekly.com) A Bellator 95 bout between Jessica “Evil” Eye and Munah Holland has been nixed.
Eye on Sunday confirmed that she has had to drop out of the fight due to a back injury...
Interview: Brett Cooper felt that Marshall lost his semi final fight
(mmamental.com) Brett talks about his road to the middleweight final, also admits that he felt Doug Marshall lost his semi final match up.
Injury forces Eric Prindle out of Thursday's Bellator 93 bout with Brett Rogers
(mmajunkie.com) Thursday's Bellator 93 event has lost a main-card bout as an injury has forced Eric Prindle out of his heavyweight clash with Brett Rogers.
Interview: Bjorn Rebney gives his views on Fitch, Alvarez, Daley and much more
(mmamental.com) Bellator CCEO Bjorn Rebney chats to Ray from MMA Mental about all the hot topics surrounding Bellator, he gives his views on Fitch, Fitch v Askren, Eddie Alvarez, Paul Daley, War Machine, Randy Couture, he also confirms plans for Bellator and the UK.
Bellator 95 Gets Middleweight, Featherweight Finals, Parisyan-Hawn Welterweight Duel
(sherdog.com) Bellator 95 will play host to the Season 8 middleweight and featherweight tournament finals, as well as a welterweight showdown between judokas Rick Hawn and Karo Parisyan.
Bellator 94 card complete with eight prelims, 155 and 205 tourney finals
(mmajunkie.com) The Bellator 94 card is complete with eight preliminary-card bouts ahead of three main-card fights that include two tournament finals.
The complete Bellator 94 card includes:
MAIN CARD (10 p.m. ET, Spike TV)
Saad Awad vs. David Rickels - lightweight tournament finals
Emanuel Newton vs. Mikhail Zayats - light heavyweight tournament finals
Trey Houston vs. Luis Melo
PRELIMINARY CARD (8 p.m. ET, Spike.com)
Shah Bobonis vs. Joe Taimanglo
Heather Clark vs. Felice Herrig
Jessica Aguilar vs. Patricia Vidonic
Rob Horton vs. Augusto Sakai
Edson Berto vs. Bruno Carvalho
Ivan Devalle vs. Rory Shallcross
Patrick Cenoble vs. Tony Fryklund
Kenny Moss vs. Julien Williams
Bellator 92 results: Khasbulaev vs. Richman, Marshall vs. Cooper set for finals
(mmajunkie.com) After an initial low blow threatened his ability to continue, Russian prospect Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (20-5 MMA, 4-0 BFC) tore through Brazilian veteran Marlon Sandro (24-5 MMA, 7-3 BFC) to book his spot in Bellator MMA's Season 8 featherweight tournament final.
The matchup served as the featured bout of Thursday's Bellator 92 event, which took place Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif., and aired on Spike TV and streamed on Spike.com...
Bellator 92 Weigh In Results
(sherdog.com) Bellator 92 Weigh-in Results:
Brett Cooper (185.1) vs. Dan Cramer (185.6)
Doug Marshall (185.1) vs. Sultan Aliev (185.8)
Alexandre Bezerra (146) vs. Mike Richman (145.4)
Marlon Sandro (145.8) vs. Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (145.8)
Keith Berry (186) vs. Richard Rigmaden (178.6)
Ricky Legere Jr. (173)* vs. Sabah Homasi (170.6)
Akop Stepanyan (156) vs. Chris Saunders (154.5)
Aaron Miller (146) vs. Shad Smith (146)
Josh Appelt (247) vs. Manny Lara (254.2)
Brandon Halsey (205) vs. Rocky Ramirez (204)
Nick Piedmont (146) vs. Cleber Luciano (144.6)
* Ricky Legere Jr. will have two hours to make the 171-pound limit.
Bellator's Douglas Lima breaks hand, tourney final with Saunders moves to summer
(mmajunkie.com) A broken hand has forced Douglas Lima (24-5 MMA, 6-1 BFC) out of his Season 8 welterweight tournament final with Ben Saunders (16-5-2 MMA, 7-2 BFC), Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney today announced.
However, rather than plugging in a replacement, the organization simply will delay the fight a few months and host it as part of its annual Summer Series of events.
An exact date hasn't been determined, a Bellator official today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
The fighters initially were slated to fight on March 21 at Bellator 93, which airs on Spike TV from Lewiston, Maine.
Bellator fighter Daniel Straus arrested in Florida on traffic and drug charges
(mmajunkie.com) Bellator fighter Daniel Straus was arrested on four traffic and drug charges on Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Bellator 91 results: Vegh takes M'Pumbu's belt; Awad-Rickels set for 155 title
(mmajunkie.com) Attila Vegh was mostly dominant – as a 2-to-1 favorite as the challenger – to win the 205-pound title with a unanimous decision win over champion Christian M'Pumbu on Thursday in the main event of Bellator 91.
'Bellator 95: Curran vs. Shamhalaev' set with 11 bouts, including Nover, DeBlass
(mmajunkie.com) The fight card is set for April's Bellator 95 event, which includes a championship headliner between featherweight champion Pat Curran (18-4 MMA, 8-1 BFC) and challenger Shahbulat Shamhalaev (12-1-1 MMA, 3-0 BFC), who recently replaced injured Daniel Straus (21-4 MMA, 7-1 BFC).
The event takes place April 4 at Ovation Hall at Revel in Atlantic City, N.J. The main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.
The full Bellator 95 card includes:
MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Pat Curran vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev - for featherweight title
opponent TBA vs. opponent TBA - middleweight-tournament final
Jessica Eye vs. Munah Holland
Lyman Good vs. Dante Rivera
PRELIMINARY (Spike.com, 8 p.m. ET)
Brian Kelleher vs. Jimmie Rivera
Shedrick Goodridge vs. Sam Oropeza
Darrel Horcher vs. Phillipe Nover
Carlos Brooks vs. Tom DeBlass
Liam McGeary vs. Anton Talamantes
Will Martinez vs. Michael Phillips
Brett Martinez vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen
Bellator 91 weigh-in results: M'Pumbu, Vegh official for 205-pound title fight
(mmajunkie.com) MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 10 p.m. ET)
-Christian M'Pumbu (201.6) vs. Attila Vegh (204) - for light-heavyweight title
-Saad Awad (155.5) vs. Will Brooks (156) - lightweight tournament semifinals
-Jason Fischer (155.6) vs. David Rickels (155.7) - lightweight tournament semifinals
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 7:45 p.m. ET)
-Blas Avena (170.7) vs. Lenny Lovato (170.9)
-Andres Quintana (145.5) vs. Russell Wilson (145)
-Holly Holm (135.2) vs. Katie Merrill (135.4)
-Josh Montoya (135.4) vs. Ed West (135.9)
-Adrian Cruz (135.5) vs. Nick Gonzalez (135.4)
-Josh Appelt (245.1) vs. Josh Lanier (212)
-Yair Moguel (187.6) vs. Brennan Ward (184.9)
With Straus out, champ Pat Curran meets Shahbulat Shamhalaev at Bellator 95
(mmajunkie.com) With Daniel Straus (21-4 MMA, 7-1 BFC) sidelined by a broken hand, his title fight with Bellator featherweight champion Pat Curran (18-4 MMA, 8-1 BFC) will instead go to recent tournament winner Shahbulat Shamhalaev (12-1-1 MMA, 3-0 BFC).
Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney today announced the change.
The title fight headlines Bellator 95, which takes place April 4 at Ovation Hall at Revel in Atlantic City, N.J. It's part of the Spike TV-televised main card, which follows prelims on Spike.com.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first passed along news of Straus' injury earlier this week.
Broken hand cancels Daniel Straus' title fight with Pat Curran at Bellator 95
(mmajunkie.com) A long wait is about to get longer for Bellator's Season 6 featherweight tournament winner, Daniel Straus.
Straus (21-4 MMA, 7-1 BFC) broke his hand during a training session and has been forced to withdraw from a title fight against featherweight champion Pat Curran (18-4 MMA, 8-1 BFC) at Bellator 95, which takes place April 4 at Revel Resort & Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.
Multiple sources close to the event passed along the news to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). A replacement search is currently underway for Straus, who most recently appeared this past October in a non-tourney fight.
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