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Veta Arteaga feeling no pressure ahead of Bellator title shot against Macfarlane

BAD MMA News — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:15:45 +0000

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Veta Arteaga is a fan of Ilima-Lei Macfarlane – just like she’s a fan of all women’s MMA. So that’s probably going to make it a little awkward when she tries to punch her in the face in a few months and take her title.

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Bellator champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane: Hawaii win ‘was a huge self-confidence booster’

BAD MMA News — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 16:41:47 +0000

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Bellator flyweight champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane has won big fights before, but there was something different about her homecoming headliner at Bellator 213. Before a sold-out crowd of Hawaiian fans, many of whom went to school with her, Macfarlane faced immense pressure and rose to the occasion. Against her most high-profile opponent to date, onetime UFC strawweight challenger Valerie Letourneau, she earned a third-round submission to notch her second title defense. “I think it was a huge self-confidence booster,” she said backstage at Saturday’s Bellator 214, which took place at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. “I’ve struggled with that my entire career.

Jon Fitch doubts PFL tourney winners will get paid $1 million

BAD MMA News — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 16:41:47 +0000

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Jon Fitch does not second-guess his decision to leave the PFL for Bellator. Not even the $1 million payouts offered to tournament winners in the PFL made Fitch doubt his choice to move. “I think those guys who won the tournament are going to be thinking about, ‘What happened to my million?” Fitch told reporters backstage at Saturday’s Bellator 214, where he served as a guest fighter.

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Bellator reveals most fighters in welterweight tournament field

BAD MMA News — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 18:03:00 +0000

Most of the participants in Bellator’s welterweight tournament now have been revealed. Bellator President Scott Coker today announced a field of nine fighters for the competition, which kicks off Sept. 29 in San Jose, Calif., in connection with the launch of the promotion’s new digital network partner DAZN.

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Daily Debate results: Who should be the favorite in Bellator’s welterweight grand prix?

BAD MMA News — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:19:00 +0000

Earlier this month, Bellator announced that before its current heavyweight grand prix wraps up, it will launch a welterweight tournament, as well. We don’t know the field yet, but current 170-pound champion Rory MacDonald is likely to be part of it … but not till after he challenges newly minted middleweight champ Gegard Mousasi for the 185-pound belt on Sept. 29.

Daily Debate results: Who should be the favorite in Bellator’s welterweight grand prix? – MMA Junkie

‘Rampage’ Jackson on previous Wanderlei Silva fights, upcoming tetralogy and … MMA fans?

BAD MMA News — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:21:58 +0000

NEW YORK – Quinton Jackson hasn’t exactly been keeping close tabs on Wanderlei Silva ’s career, but he does have a pretty straightforward breakdown of their upcoming tetralogy. “A lot of stuff changed,” Jackson told MMAjunkie collaborator Amanda Salvato on Tuesday. “I’m bigger now