BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Avena https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Bellator 96 winner War Machine eyes Askren, fights because ‘I can’t have a boss’ https://www.badmma.com/bellator-96-winner-war-machine-eyes-askren-fights-because-i-cant-have-a-boss.html https://www.badmma.com/bellator-96-winner-war-machine-eyes-askren-fights-because-i-cant-have-a-boss.html#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:50:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/bellator-96-winner-war-machine-eyes-askren-fights-because-i-cant-have-a-boss.html Fighting for the first time in 18 months felt a little strange for War Machine . The result felt pretty good, though. It took War Machine (13-4 MMA, 1-0 BFC) just under four minutes to stop Blas Avena (8-7 MMA, 1-1 BFC) on Wednesday night at Bellator 96 in his first fight since November 2011. Since November 2011, War Machine re-signed with Bellator (after a stint in 2009 that never came to be when he was released before the promotion’s first event after a MySpace rant about President Obama), gone back to jail, got out of jail, got a shot in a Bellator welterweight tournament, lost that shot when he tore his ACL training, healed up and now, finally, he’s back. War Machine said getting back in the cage after a long layoff didn’t necessarily have ring rust behind it, but there was something he wasn’t expecting. “That’s the thing with ring rust: It doesn’t exist that much,” War Machine told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “You fight like 40 fights in the gym before you ever come to the real fight. But I won’t lie, I was a little more nervous than usual.

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Bellator 96 winner War Machine eyes Askren, fights because ‘I can’t have a boss’ – MMA Junkie

]]> https://www.badmma.com/bellator-96-winner-war-machine-eyes-askren-fights-because-i-cant-have-a-boss.html/feed 0 Video: Bellator 96′s ‘Road to Redemption’ with Mo Lawal and War Machine https://www.badmma.com/video-bellator-96s-road-to-redemption-with-mo-lawal-and-war-machine.html https://www.badmma.com/video-bellator-96s-road-to-redemption-with-mo-lawal-and-war-machine.html#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:30:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/video-bellator-96s-road-to-redemption-with-mo-lawal-and-war-machine.html Ahead of Wednesday’s Bellator 96 event and the start of the organization’s latest Summer Series, Bellator has released a new video preview. Titled “Road to Redemption,” it focuses on two of the event’s main-card fighters: Muhammed Lawal and War Machine . Bellator 96 takes place at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. The main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com. “King Mo” and War Machine are both part of the televised lineup. After an upset loss to Emanuel Newton in a Season 8 light-heavyweight tournament, Lawal (9-2 MMA, 1-1 BFC) returns to a four-man field and meets Seth Petruzelli (14-7 MMA, 1-1 BFC) in an opening-round matchup. War Machine (12-4 MMA, 0-0 BFC), meanwhile, returns from a 19-month layoff due to legal issues and injuries to fight Blas Avena (8-6 MMA, 1-0 BFC) in a non-tournament bout.

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Video: Bellator 96′s ‘Road to Redemption’ with Mo Lawal and War Machine – MMA Junkie

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