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After Mousasi accusations, Bellator chief Scott Coker defends anti-doping policy

BAD MMA News — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:58:59 +0000

Bellator President Scott Coker calls the promotion’s anti-doping stance “transparent” and said he never stopped communicating with Gegard Mousasi and his team. The now-former Bellator middleweight champ indicated Coker had left him hanging after alerting the promoter to a

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Gegard Mousasi accuses Bellator champ Rafael Lovato Jr. of using PEDs; urine test clean

BAD MMA News — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 20:00:18 +0000

Former Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi believes Rafael Lovato Jr. was cheating when they fought at Bellator Europe 3. In an interview with the “Vechtersbazen Podcast” broadcast by the Dutch-language Spike, Mousasi said Lovato Jr. “100 percent” used performance-enhancing drugs, though he stopped short of blaming his loss on his opponent’s alleged advantage. “I should have won this match even with him using PEDs,” Mousasi said, as translated by Dutch reporter Giovanni Tjin for MMA Junkie

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Bellator’s chief of Europe David Green: ‘We would dearly love’ to put on a show in Amsterdam

BAD MMA News — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:11:27 +0000

David Green says Bellator hopes to go Dutch by taking a huge card to the Netherlands in the not-too-distant future. The nation’s influence was there for all to see during Bellator’s twin-card event in London this past weekend with a host of big-name Dutch stars in action in the cage and a rowdy, enthusiastic contingent of Dutch fans in the stands, roaring them on. It left Green suitably impressed and pining for a big-time event in Amsterdam. “I think we would dearly love to have an event in Amsterdam,” he told reporters, including MMA Junkie, backstage after Bellator London. “We’ve got the fighters and we’ve got the resources to do it. “I think there’s a few regulatory issues in Amsterdam, and they just need to be smoothed out

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Bellator London reactions: Winning and losing fighters on social media

BAD MMA News — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 01:57:01 +0000

Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums and, perhaps most importantly, social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look into the minds of the athletes. Following Saturday’s Bellator 223 and Bellator Europe 3 events in London several of the winning and losing fighters, along with their coaches, training partners or family members, took to social media to react to the event or share a message with supporters. Check out some of those reactions. * * * * The defeated 1 2

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Bellator London winner Aaron Chalmers has no plans to go away anytime soon

BAD MMA News — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:29:32 +0000

LONDON – Aaron Chalmers bounced back from his first career loss, scoring a second-round submission win over Fred Freeman at Bellator Europe 3 in London. The former reality TV star Chalmers (5-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) is usually happy to stand and trade, but ever since his loss to Corey Browning, a fight in which he was controlled on the ground and submitted, he made sure to work on his wrestling, and he proved that with a triangle-choke submission Saturday at The SSE Arena, Wembley. “I didn’t really know what Fred was going to bring,” Chalmers said in the post-fight media scrum. “I didn’t know if he was going to stand and bang; I just didn’t know. I watched some of his fights, and every fight was a bit different, so we just trained in every aspect.

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Rafael Lovato Jr. on immediate rematch with Gegard Mousasi: I wouldn’t blame Bellator

BAD MMA News — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:12:49 +0000

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Rafael Lovato Jr. on immediate rematch with Gegard Mousasi: I wouldn’t blame them

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:48:19 +0000

LONDON – Newly minted Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Lovato Jr. fought back tears when speaking about the title he took from Gegard Mousasi at Bellator Europe 3. “It’s hard to put into words,” he told reporters, including MMA Junkie, backstage at The SSE Arena. “It really is my life’s work, and everybody that’s had the biggest piece of my life were here – just a couple were missing. “I dreamed of it this way. I was telling myself backstage that this would be my masterpiece.” There certainly were moments Lovato (10-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) didn’t envision, such as a fourth round in which Mousasi (46-7-2 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) punished him with strikes on the feet

Rafael Lovato Jr. on immediate rematch with Gegard Mousasi: I wouldn’t blame them – MMA Junkie

Bellator London post-event facts: Rafael Lovato Jr. is an undefeated champion

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 15:02:48 +0000

Gallery Rafael Lovato Jr. def. Gegard Mousasi at Bellator London: Best photos view 13 images Bellator made its latest overseas stop on Saturday with Bellator London, which took place at The SSE Wembley

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Bellator London results: Melvin Manhoef survives early knockdown, outpoints Kent Kauppinen

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 00:43:52 +0000

LONDON – If you bet the over for the light heavyweight co-headliner at Bellator London, congratulations. You’re probably a big winner. And if you backed 43-year-old Melvin Manhoef to win a unanimous decision over Kent Kauppinen , the drinks are on you. That’s because few expected knockout artists Kauppinen (11-5 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) and Manhoef (31-14-1 MMA, 3-3 BMMA) to throw bombs for three full rounds and both make it to the final bell. Yet, that’s exactly what happened in a bout that saw knockdowns, takedowns and plenty of attacking threat, but ultimately no knockout finish

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Bellator London results: Rafael Lovato Jr. stuns Gegard Mousasi, claims middleweight belt

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 00:43:51 +0000

Gallery Rafael Lovato Jr. def. Gegard Mousasi at Bellator London: Best photos view 13 images LONDON – Bellator has a new middleweight champion.

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