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Bellator’s Cris Lencioni out of ICU; wife says doctors ‘not really sure’ how recovery will unfold

BAD MMA News — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:28:14 +0000

The good news: Bellator featherweight Chris Lencioni is out of intensive care. However, he faces a long and uncertain road to recovery. Lencioni, 28, went into cardiac arrest and had a heart attack June 8 while training at a gym in Spokane, Wash. His wife, Marca Lencioni, told MMA Fighting on Tuesday that an MRI revealed her husband also suffered brain damage. As a result, Cris is in a “state of disordered consciousness,” although he is awake and responsive. Video posted to MMA Fighting’s social media accounts showed medical professionals working with Cris as they tried to get him to react to things happening.

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Bellator’s Cris Lencioni out of ICU; wife says doctors ‘not really sure’ how recovery will unfold – MMA Junkie

Myles Jury vs. Georgi Karakhanyan, Derek Campos vs. Adam Borics added to Bellator 243

BAD MMA News — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 23:44:08 +0000

Bellator is stacking up its second event in its return from a hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Two new fights have been added to Bellator 243, which takes place Aug. 7 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.: A lightweight bout between Myles Jury and Georgi Karakhanyan on the main card and a 150-pound catchweight bout between Derek Campos and Adam Borics on the prelims. MMA Junkie verified both matchups with a Bellator official. Campos vs.

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Bellator 204′s Tywan Claxton admits his pre-fight weight requests were mind games

BAD MMA News — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 17:38:21 +0000

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Featherweight Tywan Claxton systematically broke down Chris Lencioni to open the Paramount-televised main card of Bellator 204. But even before the cameras started rolling, Claxton was softening up his rival. When Claxton (3-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) refused to allow Lencioni (4-2 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) a catchweight the day prior , it was part of a strategy to make his opponent suffer. “He broke when he didn’t make weight, and so I wanted to break him more,” Claxton told reporters following a lopsided win on Friday at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. “I wanted to play with his mental (game) a little bit more.” Lencioni, who started his weight cut from 180 pounds just three weeks prior to the fight, couldn’t shed enough bulk to make the 146-pound limit for non-title featherweight bouts

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A look at all the drama behind Tywan Claxton vs. Chris Lencioni at Bellator 204

BAD MMA News — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 19:49:48 +0000

Gallery Photos: Bellator 204 ceremonial weigh-ins view 39 images Bellator featherweight Chris Lencioni said he had to weigh 165 pounds today to fight Tywan Claxton at Bellator 204. It’s a number that came with a fight behind the scenes. Claxton doesn’t regret imposing it. “If you’re not going to make weight, you’re going to pay,” Claxton (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) told MMAjunkie in advance of the fight, which leads the Paramount-televised main card today at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. It all started 30 minutes prior to the official weigh-ins for Bellator 204 on Thursday morning

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A look at all the drama behind Tywan Claxton vs. Chris Lencioni at Bellator 204 – MMA Junkie