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Professional Fighters League Acquires Bellator

BAD MMA News — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:35:13 +0000

Professional Fighters League (PFL) announced it has completed the acquisition of Bellator from Paramount Global, creating a global powerhouse in mixed-martial arts (MMA) and accelerating the combined company to become the industry co-leader. PFL has acquired an immense number of top fighters through the Bellator acquisition, and its combined fighter roster is now equal in stature to UFC. PFL and UFC both showcase rosters that are 30% comprised of fighters who are top 25 independently world-ranked in their weight-classes. In addition, PFL + Bellator now has the best roster of women’s fighters in the world. All newly acquired Bellator fighters will become part of the PFL platform and available to compete in PFL fight franchises

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Dana White doesn’t understand why anyone would purchase Bellator MMA

BAD MMA News — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:25:52 +0000

Dana White believes anyone would be out of their mind to purchase Bellator MMA. The UFC boss was asked about recent reports that the Professional Fighters League (PFL) is considering purchasing Bellator for a $500 million price tag. Those rumors only picked up steam when PFL announced they were selling a minority stake to SRJ Sports Investments for $100 million.

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Bellator 294 Results: Liz Carmouche submits DeAnna Bennett

BAD MMA News — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 09:44:34 +0000

The first of two events in Oahu are complete and Liz Carmouche (19-7) will be leaving the island still Bellator MMA Flyweight World Champion. Further down the Bellator 294 main card, Tim Johnson (16-9) earned a unanimous decision over Said Sowma, former Olympian Sara McMann (14-6) defeated Arlene Blencowe in her promotional debut at the Blaisdell Arena. The No. 5-ranked bantamweight in Bellator, Danny Sabatello (14-2) finished Marcos Breno with a slick rear-naked choke submission, then got on the house microphone and announced his intentions to compete on Bellator’s upcoming event in Chicago. “She, just like her previous fights, was like, ‘I’m so sorry, I just didn’t make weight.’ Those excuses don’t fly.

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Bellator 293 Weigh-In Results and Video: All Fights Made Weight

BAD MMA News — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:20:16 +0000

All fighters weighed in successfully this morning ahead of tomorrow’s Bellator 293: Golm vs. James event at Pechanga Resort Casino in Southern California. BELLATOR 293 will be headlined by No. 5-ranked Marcelo Golm (10-3) and Chicago’s own No. 7-ranked Daniel James (14-6-1) in a pivotal heavyweight bout. The evening’s co-main event will see MMA pioneer No.1- Cat Zingano (13-4) look to extend her impressive winning streak to four as she takes on Northern Ireland’s No.4-Leah McCourt (7-2) in a high stakes featherweight bout

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Benson Henderson retires after Bellator 292 loss

BAD MMA News — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 08:31:55 +0000

Leading up to Friday’s Bellator 292 event, Benson Henderson said that he intended to retire after the Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix. Henderson did just that when he lost to undefeated Usman Nurmagomedov and left his gloves in the Bellator cage. After absorbing a head kick and taking damage from Nurmagomedov, Henderson fell victim to a rear-naked choke midway through the opening round. “San Jose, I love you,” Henderson said to the crowd inside the SAP Center. “I had some great moments in this building

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Ryan Bader stops Fedor Emelianenko in the first at Bellator 290

BAD MMA News — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 03:59:34 +0000

For the final time, the legendary Fedor Emelianenko made the walk to the cage on Saturday at Bellator 290, taking on heavyweight champion Ryan Bader . The event took place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., and the fight card aired on CBS and Paramount Plus. Bader scored a quick knockout win over Emelianenko in 2019, and it’s the one loss Emelianenko said that he wanted back. In their first fight, it only took Bader 35 seconds. In the rematch, it lasted 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Emelianenko missed with a right hand

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Bellator 290 Ceremonial Weigh-in: Ryan Bader vs. Fedor Emelianenko

BAD MMA News — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 22:40:02 +0000

Watch the Bellator 290 Ceremonial Weigh-in featuring main event fighters heavyweight champ Ryan Bader and the legendary Fedor Emelianenko . Bader and Emelianenko rematch at Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif. on Saturday with the heavyweight championship on the line. It will also be the final fight of the iconic career of Emelianenko. Bellator 290 Ceremonial Weigh-In UFC Vegas 68: Lewis vs Spivak Weigh-in Results

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Bellator 290 Official Weigh-in Results

BAD MMA News — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:54:18 +0000

The rematch between Ryan Bader and Fedor Emelianenko is officially set. The athletes competing on Saturday’s Bellator 290 fight card officially weighed in on Friday in Inglewood, California. The event is headlined by arguably the greatest heavyweight of all time’s final fight when Fedor Emelianenko steps in the cage one last time to face heavyweight champion Ryan Bader in a rematch

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Bellator re-signs AJ McKee to a multi-year, multi-fight contract

BAD MMA News — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:07:45 +0000

BELLATOR MMA announced the re-signing of No. 3-ranked pound-for-pound competitor, No. 8-ranked lightweight contender, and former BELLATOR Featherweight Champion, AJ “Mercenary” McKee (20-1) to an exclusive, multi-year, multi-fight, contract

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Rizin FF 40: Rizin vs. Bellator Ceremonial Weigh-in Video

BAD MMA News — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:33:24 +0000

The athletes competing on the Rizin FF 40: Rizin vs. Bellator fight card participated in the event’s ceremonial weigh-in early Friday morning in Japan. The event takes place at the famed Saitama Super Arena. The card pits promotion against promotion.

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