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GFL draft results: Former UFC champions surprise with unexpected entries

BAD MMA News — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:53:51 +0000

It’s not every day there’s an MMA draft, but Friday there was The 2025 GFL Draft took place virtually with a live stream on MMA Junkie. Six teams, each representing a major city, drafted from a pool of approximately 500 fighters, including big-name free agents and rising prospects. One-hundred-twenty athletes were be selected across 10 weight classes (heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight, bantamweight, women’s bantamweight, women’s strawweight, and women’s atomweight).

GFL draft results: Former UFC champions surprise with unexpected entries – MMA Junkie

Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara optimistic about new career chapter: ‘I’m primed for big things’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 22 May 2024 22:22:25 +0000

Alejandra Lara is back in the win column, and she’s feeling good about what’s to come. The former Bellator title challenger was successful in her first fight since her PFL release earlier this year after the promotion’s acquisition. Lara (10-7) dominated and bloodied her opponent Gisela Luna (5-2) to get a first-round TKO in the headliner of a Combate Global event this past Saturday in Miami. Lara was a little disappointed she never got to debut for PFL, as she had made major changes in her career and healed several injuries. Either way, the Colombian is proud she showed improvement on Saturday and is confident there’s more to come. “I wanted to show that I’m evolving, that I’m at another level, and that I’m primed for big things,” Lara told MMA Junkie in Spanish .

Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara optimistic about new career chapter: ‘I’m primed for big things’ – MMA Junkie

Video: Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara bloodies opponent in first-round TKO win

BAD MMA News — Sun, 12 May 2024 22:36:45 +0000

Alejandra Lara ’s started her post-Bellator career chapter on the right foot. The former Bellator title challenger picked up a first-round TKO win in her first bout since her release from that promotion earlier this year following its acquisition by the PFL. Lara (10-7) made a bloody mess of Gisela Luna (5-2), mounting her and landing ground-and-pound until the referee had no choice but to call the fight. The official stoppage came at the 1:39 mark of Round 1 in Combate Global main event in Miami on Saturday

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Video: Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara bloodies opponent in first-round TKO win – MMA Junkie

Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara gets replacement opponent for Combate Global debut

BAD MMA News — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:50:41 +0000

Alejandra Lara has a new dance partner for her first fight since her release from PFL. The former Bellator title challenger was originally scheduled to take on Lucero Acosta on May 11 at a Combate Global event in Miami. The event and location still stands for Lara (9-7), but she will now meet replacement Gisela Luna after Acosta suffered a fractured meniscus in training

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Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara gets replacement opponent for Combate Global debut – MMA Junkie

Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara to headline Combate Global event vs. Lucero Acosta

BAD MMA News — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:51:38 +0000

Alejandra Lara will soon be back in action. The former Bellator title challenger has booked her first fight since her release after the promotion was acquired by the PFL. Lara (9-7) returns against Lucero Acosta (5-2) in a three-round, women’s flyweight bout that’s set to headline a Combate Global event May 11 in Miami

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Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara to headline Combate Global event vs. Lucero Acosta – MMA Junkie

Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara staying positive despite PFL release: ‘I’m not scared of the future’

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 22:24:53 +0000

Alejandra Lara now is a free agent. The former Bellator women’s flyweight title challenger was released by the PFL in the wake of its recent acquisition of Bellator. Lara (9-7), who renewed her contract with Bellator after her most recent performance, had been working with the promotion prior to the sale on her return

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Ex-Bellator title challenger Alejandra Lara staying positive despite PFL release: ‘I’m not scared of the future’ – MMA Junkie

Transparency defined: Inside the California State Athletic Commission’s post-Bellator 290 debriefing

BAD MMA News — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:18:26 +0000

Calls for transparency and accountability from judges is a constant thing in MMA. After all, it’s a big responsibility given the livelihoods of fighters depend on judges “getting it right.” And yet, state athletic commissions who hire these officials never make them available to the media – until now. At Bellator 290 on Feb. 4, the California State Athletic Commission allowed MMA Junkie to attend its immediate post-event debriefing, where judges and referees discussed their decisions with CSAC executives

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Transparency defined: Inside the California State Athletic Commission’s post-Bellator 290 debriefing – MMA Junkie

Bellator 290 gains: What all 28 fighters weighed on fight night

BAD MMA News — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 22:47:24 +0000

At Bellator 290 on Feb. 4 in Inglewood, Calif., 16 of the 28 fighters on the card gained more than 10 percent of their weight back. Two of those 16 exceeded the 15 percent threshold. MMA Junkie obtained a list of fight-night weights Monday from California State Athletic Commission executive director Andy Foster. In California, fighters have their weights checked on fight day – not solely when they have to hit their marks on the scale. The extra procedure was instituted in 2017 as part of the commission’s efforts to cut back on excessive weight cutting

Alejandra Lara disagrees with judging in loss to Diana Avsaragova: ‘I was super confident I had beaten her’

BAD MMA News — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:01:27 +0000

Alejandra Lara thought she did enough. The former Bellator women’s title challenger disagrees with the judging in her split decision loss to Diana Avsaragova this past Saturday at Bellator 290. Lara (9-7 MMA, 3-6 BMMA) thinks she clearly won the second and third rounds of their fight and should’ve been awarded the victory.

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Alejandra Lara disagrees with judging in loss to Diana Avsaragova: ‘I was super confident I had beaten her’ – MMA Junkie

Bellator 290: Best photos from Inglewood

BAD MMA News — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:47:00 +0000

Check out these photos from Bellator 290, which took place at Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif. (Photos courtesy of Lucas Noonan, Bellator MMA)

Bellator 290: Best photos from Inglewood – MMA Junkie