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Seth Petruzelli “The Kimbo Killer” Follows Renato “Babalu” Sobral into Retirement

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:32:38 +0000

Seth Petruzelli retires from fighting at age 33 following his Bellator 96 knockout loss to “King” Mo Lawal on June 19. He follows Renato “Babalu” Sobral into retirement. Babalu retired in the cage following his Bellator 96 loss to Jacob Noe. Petruzelli (14-8) made the announcement via his Facebook page on Friday. “I want to thank my family, friends, fiancé and fans for being by my side these past 13 years plus of my MMA career. Every time I fought it was to please and excite you but most of all make you proud of me. Up until a couple years ago it pleased and excited me as well.

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MMA’s Great Debate Podcast: Stipe Miocic, Josh Burkman and the Best Debate in MMA

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:17:32 +0000

Courtesy of official MMAWeekly.com content partner Bleacher Report . MMA’s Great Debate Radio closes out the week with two of last weekend’s biggest winners as Stipe Miocic and Josh Burkman join the show, as well as all new debate about Steve Mazzagatti, Anthony Pettis’ future and the legacy of Renato “Babalu” Sobral . Today’s debate topics include: • Dana White rips Steve Mazzagatti’s latest issue after the fight with Josh Burkman and Jon Fitch. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer defended the referee. Who is right in this situation? • Should Anthony Pettis return as a lightweight and challenge the winner of Benson Henderson vs. T.J

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‘King Mo’ vs. Noe, Martinez vs. Minakov tourney finals added to Bellator 97

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:00:00 +0000

A pair of Bellator MMA Summer Series tournament finals will take place at this summer’s Bellator 97 event, as Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (10-2 MMA, 2-1 BFC) meets Jacob Noe (12-2 MMA, 3-1 BFC) and Vitaly Minakov (11-0 MMA, 2-0 BFC) faces Ryan Martinez (10-2 MMA, 3-1 BFC). MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed with Bellator officials that the four Bellator 96 victors will compete at the promotion’s next event, which takes place July 31 at Santa Ana Center in Albuquerque, N.M. Lawal and Noe meet in a light heavyweight tourney final, while Minakov and Martinez square off to conclude the heavyweight tourney. There was initially some concern that Noe may have broken his hand in a Bellator 96 win over Renato “Babalu” Sobral, but he was cleared by doctors after the event and will compete at Bellator 97. Bellator 97 is headlined by a pair of championship contests as lightweight kingpin Michael Chandler faces David Rickels and welterweight title holder Ben Askren meets Andrey Koreshkov . As with all of Bellator MMA’s Summer Series events, the night’s main card airs on Spike TV, while prelims stream on Spike.com. The full televised lineup for the stacked card has yet to be announced, but MMAjunkie.com confirmed current plans call for a three-hour main-card broadcast. Lawal punched his ticket to the final with a devastating first-round finish over Seth Petruzelli in the semifinals of the four-man tournament

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‘King Mo’ vs. Noe, Martinez vs. Minakov tourney finals added to Bellator 97 – MMA Junkie