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Bellator’s Gigantic Rampage Jackson vs. Tito Ortiz Promo Video

BAD MMA News — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 04:00:53 +0000

The first Bellator MMA Pay-Per-View, Saturday, November 2nd, will feature MMA Legends Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Tito Ortiz as they battle for the first time in the Bellator MMA cage! It will also include the long awaited rematch between Bellator Lightweight World Champion Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez for the belt. Bellator is taking giant steps — well, Rampage and Tito are — to promote its upcoming pay-per-view debut. Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter .

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King Mo and Emanuel Newton Rematch for Bellator Interim Belt on Rampage vs. Tito PPV

BAD MMA News — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:12:12 +0000

Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney promised several title fights would be part of the Rampage vs. Tito pay-per-view event slated for Nov. 2, and so far he has delivered two. The first was a rematch between current Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler and the recently re-signed Eddie Alvarez .

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Eddie Alvarez Remains with Bellator, Challenges Lightweight Champ Michael Chandler on PPV

BAD MMA News — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:12:10 +0000

It’s been nearly a year since he last fought, but Eddie Alvarez is once again under contract with Bellator MMA. He’ll make his next start for the promotion in a rematch with lightweight champion Michael Chandler.

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Bellator MMA’s ‘Fight Master’ episode No. 7 recap

BAD MMA News — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 06:55:00 +0000

As the seventh episode of “Fight Master” gets underway, there are just two spots remaining in the quarterfinal round. Coach Joe Warren is probably the most concerned, as he only has one more chance to advance one of his fighters into the next round. It’s Evan Cutts , and he’s been picked by Cristiano Souza , a favorite in the tournament and Xtreme Couture member. Warren and his coaching staff know Cutts is the underdog, but they’re determined to see him through. Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler is on hand for the fight, and it’s time to get underway

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MMA Top 10 Rankings: Bellator Champion Michael Chandler Lurks at Lightweight

BAD MMA News — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:00:15 +0000

The updated MMAWeekly.com World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday, Aug. 7. This system ranks the Top 10 MMA fighters from across the world in each of the seven most widely accepted men’s weight classes and the Top 10 pound-for-pound women fighters. Taken into consideration are a fighter’s performance in addition to win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport. Fighters who are currently serving drug-related suspensions are not eligible for Top 10 consideration until they have fought one time after the completion of their suspension.

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Fight video: Michael Chandler demolishes David Rickels at Bellator 97

BAD MMA News — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Each event, Bellator MMA picks a top moment from its fight card. Lightweight champion Michael Chandler easily wrapped up that honor with a devastating first-round knockout of David Rickels . Chandler (12-0 MMA, 9-0 BMMA) needed just 44 seconds to flatten Rickels (14-2 MMA, 8-2 BMMA), a recent tournament winner, and notch the second defense of his title at Wednesday’s Bellator 97 event. Chandler, who’s currently ranked No. 3 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA lightweight rankings , quickly unloaded a swarm of punches in the Spike TV-televised headliner to delight fans at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M. Check out the fight video above. And for the latest on Bellator 97 , including the night’s official results, check out the MMA Events section of the site. Edit this article

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Bellator 97 Results: Michael Chandler and Ben Askren Defend Belts, King Mo Earns Title Shot

BAD MMA News — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:46:28 +0000

Bellator 97 took place Wednesday night at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., just outside of Albuquerque. It proved to be one of the biggest nights in the company’s history. Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler , and welterweight titleholder Ben Askren both successfully defended their belts, while Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal won the promotion’s abbreviated Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament final. The promotion also announced its first pay-per-view offering would take place on Nov. 2 with for UFC light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Tito Ortiz headlining. Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler has been nothing short of spectacular since claiming the belt from Eddie Alvarez in late 2011. He added his third defense of the belt on Wednesday night, which was perhaps his most impressive finish yet

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USA TODAY: Chandler on why he’s quick to defend fellow Bellator champ Askren

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000

(This story initially appeared on usatoday.com .) Ben Askren isn’t the type to sugarcoat his opinions. Ask him what he thought of fellow Bellator MMA champion Michael Chandler when he first encountered him on the University of Missouri wrestling team in 2004, and he’ll give it to you straight. “In the beginning, he really wasn’t very good,” Askren (11-0 MMA, 8-0 BMMA), a two-time NCAA Division I national champion who now reigns as Bellator’s undefeated welterweight champ, tells USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Lightweight champion Chandler (11-0 MMA, 8-0 BMMA) doesn’t disagree.

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How a Firework Nearly Put David Rickels’ Bellator 97 Title Fight with Michael Chandler in Jeopardy

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 04:30:24 +0000

Bellator MMA’s David “The Caveman” Rickels earned a lightweight title fight with champion Michael Chandler by winning the Bellator Season 8 Lightweight Tournament. He defeated Lloyd Woodard, Jason Fischer and Saad Awad to get to the title fight, but an Independence Day firework accident nearly caused his championship aspirations to go up in flames. “I nearly blew up my hand on the Fourth of July. It didn’t affect my training at all. Everything is great, but I had a big open wound on my hand, and I had to be really careful as far as not getting infected,” Rickels told MMAWeekly.com. “I’ve done a really good job, surprisingly. I’ve got a resilient body and I’m feeling great going into this fight.” “I was lighting another one and the spark jumped over into the one in my hand and blew up. It was a really weird deal. It was a freak accident that could have cost me my damn hand let alone my title fight,” he explained. At first, Rickels didn’t know how much damage the firework caused, but his first thoughts were that it wasn’t good. “I said holy (expletive). I was like, how am I going to explain this? I didn’t know how bad it was because it was really dark and I couldn’t see anything. I could feel my finger, so I was like, okay, that’s there at least,” he said.

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Bellator 97 weigh-in results: Chandler-Rickels, Askren-Koreshkov official

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Bellator MMA’s “Summer Series” finale, featuring a pair of title fights and a pair of tournament finals, has a main card that is official for Wednesday night. In the main event of Bellator 97, lightweight champion Michael Chandler (11-0 MMA, 8-0 BMMA) puts his title on the line against David Rickels (14-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA), while welterweight champ Ben Askren (11-0 MMA, 8-0 BMMA) defends his title against Andrey Koreshkov (13-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) in the co-main event. All four title competitors came in under their allotted weights. Chandler and Rickels each were 154.6 pounds, while Askren was 169.9 for Koreshkov, who was 169.2. Also on the main card, the “Summer Series” four-man light heavyweight tournament draws to a close when Muhammed Lawal (10-2 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) meets Jacob Noe (12-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) to determine next in line for the 205-pound title. And in the heavyweight tournament, Ryan Martinez (10-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) meets Vitaly Minakov (11-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA). Lawal and Noe each came in on the mark at 205.6 and 205.7 pounds, respectively. Martinez will have a sizable weight advantage at 262.8 against Minakov, who was 239.1

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