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Will Brooks Looks to the Past to Keep From Looking Ahead as He Dials In for Bellator Tourney

BAD MMA News — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:00:42 +0000

It’s hard to believe, but sometimes success can be a bad thing. Following a career-making victory over Satoru Kitaoka at Dream 18 on New Year’s Eve of last year, lightweight “Ill” Will Brooks learned there are pitfalls of success when he lost his first ever fight just two months later to Saad Awad at Bellator 91.

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Bellator 101′s Saad Awad not looking ahead during second tournament run

BAD MMA News — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:20:00 +0000

When approaching his second Bellator lightweight tournament, Saad Awad is determined not to make the same mistakes as his first tournament run.

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MMAjunkie.com Radio (noon ET): UFC 165′s Mitch Gagnon, Bellator 101′s Saad Awad

BAD MMA News — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:10:00 +0000

MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show the UFC 165 “Submission of the Night” winner Mitch Gagnon and Bellator Season 9 lightweight tournament fighter Saad Awad.

MMAjunkie.com Radio (noon ET): UFC 165′s Mitch Gagnon, Bellator 101′s Saad Awad – MMA Junkie

How a Firework Nearly Put David Rickels’ Bellator 97 Title Fight with Michael Chandler in Jeopardy

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 04:30:24 +0000

Bellator MMA’s David “The Caveman” Rickels earned a lightweight title fight with champion Michael Chandler by winning the Bellator Season 8 Lightweight Tournament. He defeated Lloyd Woodard, Jason Fischer and Saad Awad to get to the title fight, but an Independence Day firework accident nearly caused his championship aspirations to go up in flames. “I nearly blew up my hand on the Fourth of July. It didn’t affect my training at all. Everything is great, but I had a big open wound on my hand, and I had to be really careful as far as not getting infected,” Rickels told MMAWeekly.com. “I’ve done a really good job, surprisingly. I’ve got a resilient body and I’m feeling great going into this fight.” “I was lighting another one and the spark jumped over into the one in my hand and blew up. It was a really weird deal. It was a freak accident that could have cost me my damn hand let alone my title fight,” he explained. At first, Rickels didn’t know how much damage the firework caused, but his first thoughts were that it wasn’t good. “I said holy (expletive). I was like, how am I going to explain this? I didn’t know how bad it was because it was really dark and I couldn’t see anything. I could feel my finger, so I was like, okay, that’s there at least,” he said.

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Bellator 101 Fight Card Rumors

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:11:52 +0000

Bellator 101 Date: September 27, 2013 Venue: Rose Garden Arena Location: Portland, Oregon Main Card (on Spike TV): -Marcus Davis (22-9) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (23-1)† -Will Brooks (10-1) vs. John Alessio (34-16)† -Saad Awad (14-5) vs. Martin Stapelton (12-1)† -Rob Sinclair (12-2) vs. Rich Clementi (45-22-1)† Preliminary Card (on Spike.com): -TBA †Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal Bout Bellator 101 Start Time: Preliminary Bouts on Spike.com: 7 p.m.

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Dave Jansen Injured, Bellator Champ Michael Chandler Gets New Opponent, New Date

BAD MMA News — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:26:16 +0000

Bellator No. 1 lightweight contender and Season 7 tournament winner Dave Jansen has withdrawn from his Bellator 96 challenge of champion Michael Chandler due to an ACL injury. Chandler will still defend his belt, but that won’t happen until Bellator 97 on July 31, and he’ll do so against Season 8 tournament winner David Rickels , who now leap-frogs Jansen. Bellator officials announced the change Sunday morning. “I’m already back in the gym getting ready for the biggest test of my career,” Rickels said. “I was prepared for another few months off with Jansen already in line for his title shot, but when I got the news I was pumped because I got to enjoy myself for a while after the tournament, but now I’m ready to fight for that belt.” Rickels defeated Saad Awad at Bellator 94 at the end of March. Now, he’ll make the quick turn for a shot at Bellator gold. “Chandler is going to bring a huge challenge, but I know I need to focus on my takedown defense, and just push the pace,” he added.

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