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Bellator’s Mike Richman suspended two years after failed drug test

BAD MMA News — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:04:07 +0000

Mike Richman Bellator MMA bantamweight Mike Richman and welterweight Fernando Gonzalez both failed post-fight drug tests following this past month’s Bellator 137 event, the California State Athletic Commission today confirmed. CSAC Executive Director Andy Foster told MMAjunkie that Richman (18-6 MMA, 7-5 BMMA), whom ex-champ Eduardo Dantas (17-4 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) outpointed, was flagged for a performance-enhancing drug while Gonzalez (24-13 MMA, 4-0 BMMA), who submitted Curtis Millender (7-2 MMA, 0-2 BMMA), tested positive for marijuana, his second such offense. The fighters both competed on Spike TV-televised main card of the May 15 event at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif. Foster declined to cite the specific drug for which Richman tested positive, citing privacy laws. A tweet from Sherdog said it was a steroid. In a prepared statement, a Bellator rep said of the positive tests, “Andy Foster of the California State Athletic Commission has notified us of two positive tests following Bellator 137, Mike Richman for PEDs and Fernando Gonzalez for marijuana

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MMAjunkie’s ‘Knockout of the Month’ for May: Head kicks, punches or elbows?

BAD MMA News — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 21:52:12 +0000

Daniel Hooker With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMAjunkie takes a look at the best knockouts from May. Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and the winner of MMAjunkie’s “Knockout of the Month” for May 2015. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice. * * * * The Nominees Ben Nguyen def. Alptekin Ozkilic via punches at UFC Fight Night 65 Ben Nguyen (14-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was seen as a live underdog heading into his UFC Fight Night 65 bout with flyweight Alptekin Ozkilic (9-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC). With one second left in the first round, he showed why.

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Bellator 137 winner Fernando Gonzalez wants biggest names in welterweight division

BAD MMA News — Tue, 19 May 2015 00:16:10 +0000

Fernando Gonzalez TEMECULA, Calif. – Fernando Gonzalez believes his four-fight Bellator MMA winning streak should be enough to earn a welterweight title shot. If he doesn’t get one, though, he wants to fight more of the division’s most notable names. Gonzalez (24-13 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) already defeated recognizable competition such as Marius Zaromskis, Karo Parisyan and Karl Amoussou during his Bellator career

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Bellator’s Darrion Caldwell argues for title shot: ‘You want the champion to be pretty’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 18 May 2015 23:32:37 +0000

Darrion Caldwell TEMECULA, Calif. – Darrion Caldwell ’s bantamweight experiment went off without a hitch at Bellator 137. The 2009 NCAA Division I national wrestling champion scored the biggest victory of his career when he topped former title challenger Rafael Silva by unanimous decision

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Bellator 137 video highlights: Champ Brandon Halsey wins big, but stripped of title

BAD MMA News — Sun, 17 May 2015 00:00:26 +0000

Filed under: Bellator , Featured Videos , News , Videos Win or lose in Friday’s Bellator 137 headliner, Brandon Halsey knew his reign as Bellator MMA middleweight champion was over. Still, he made the most of a bad situation. After failing to make weight, Halsey could either keep the title vacant by winning, or lose it to opponent and title challenger Kendall Grove (21-15 MMA, 2-2 BMMA). Halsey delivered at Bellator 137, which took place at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif. U.S.

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Brandon Halsey suffers leg injury in Bellator 137 victory over Kendall Grove

BAD MMA News — Sat, 16 May 2015 04:43:12 +0000

Brandon Halsey TEMECULA, CALIF. – Brandon Halsey hobbled out of the Bellator MMA cage following his victory over Kendall Grove at Bellator 137. A left foot/ankle injury explains the limp. Bellator officials confirmed the news to MMAjunkie following Friday’s event at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif. Halsey (9-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) defeated Grove (21-15 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) by fourth-round TKO but was forced to surrender his middleweight title after he failed to make weight for what was supposed to be his first title defense. Halsey sustained the injury sometime before he stopped Grove

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Bellator 137’s Mike Richman talks weight-cutting troubles before miss

BAD MMA News — Fri, 15 May 2015 22:50:45 +0000

Mike Richman Three weeks from his ill-fated bout with former Bellator bantamweight champ Eduardo Dantas, Mike Richman said he felt good about fighting at 135 pounds. But, he added, it was not a fun experience. “Yeah, it sucks,” he told MMAjunkie. “When I fought at featherweight, I could eat four weeks out from a fight and I could have some pepperoni pizza and still be fine. I can’t do that now.” Richman (18-5 MMA, 7-4 BMMA) came in four pounds heavy for his co-headliner with Dantas (16-4 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) at tonight’s Bellator 137, which takes place at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif. Dantas initially declined to take the fight, but later changed his mind after negotiating a catchweight bout

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Bellator 137 video stream and live results (7 p.m. ET)

BAD MMA News — Fri, 15 May 2015 16:03:07 +0000

Bellator 137 takes place tonight, and you can join us for a live video stream and official results beginning at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT). Tonight’s event takes place at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif. U.S.

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Stream or download MMAjunkie Radio #1961 with Scott Coker, Phil Baroni

BAD MMA News — Fri, 15 May 2015 15:23:08 +0000

Stream or download Thursday’s edition of MMAjunkie Radio with Scott Coker and Phil Baroni . Bellator MMA President Coker talked about Bellator 137, which takes place Friday. Baroni discussed his upstart pro-wrestling career and also lobbied Coker for a fight against Joe Schilling. You can listen below, or directly download (right click) the episode

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Eduardo Dantas explains why he didn’t cancel tonight’s Bellator 137 co-headliner

BAD MMA News — Fri, 15 May 2015 14:51:28 +0000

Eduardo Dantas and Mike Richman For a brief amount of time, Eduardo Dantas figured he wouldn’t be fighting in tonight’s Bellator 137 co-headliner. Dantas (16-4 MMA, 6-1 BMMA), a former Bellator bantamweight champion, was scheduled to fight Mike Richman (18-5 MMA, 7-4 BMMA) in the Spike TV-televised bout at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif. However, when Richman missed weight and weighed 139.2 pounds at Thursday’s official weigh-ins, Dantas decided he wouldn’t fight his bigger opponent. Soon after the weigh-ins, though, the 26-year-old Brazilian changed his mind after his reps met with Richman’s

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