BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Contract Extension https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Bellator Signs Lightweight Champ Michael Chandler to Eight-Fight Contract Extension https://www.badmma.com/bellator-signs-lightweight-champ-michael-chandler-to-eight-fight-contract-extension.html https://www.badmma.com/bellator-signs-lightweight-champ-michael-chandler-to-eight-fight-contract-extension.html#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2013 02:18:41 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/bellator-signs-lightweight-champ-michael-chandler-to-eight-fight-contract-extension.html Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler is currently preparing to defend his belt at next week’s Bellator 97 in Albuquerque, but he didn’t have to wait until after the fight to get a new deal done with the promotion. Bellator MMA on Thursday revealed that it signed Chandler to an eight-fight extension to his current contract. “In all my years in combat sports, I’ve never seen the growth and development in a fighter like we’ve all witnessed with Michael Chandler,” Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney said. “I believe Michael is the best lightweight in MMA .  And, given that, I felt it was paramount to keep Michael at Bellator for the long term.  Both inside and outside the cage, Michael is a tremendous representative for our Bellator.  And, now as one of the highest paid lightweights in MMA, he’s without question earned that distinction.” Chandler (11-0) was a relative unknown until he upset then-champion Eddie Alvarez for the Bellator lightweight title late in 2011 in what many considered the Fight of the Year. He has since fought just twice. Chandler’s first bout after winning the belt was a non-title victory over Akihiro Gono in May 2012. He then made his first title defense with a second-round submission of Rick Hawn in January of this year.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/bellator-signs-lightweight-champ-michael-chandler-to-eight-fight-contract-extension.html/feed 0 Roy Nelson’s big bet at UFC 161 https://www.badmma.com/roy-nelsons-big-bet-at-ufc-161.html https://www.badmma.com/roy-nelsons-big-bet-at-ufc-161.html#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:30:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/roy-nelsons-big-bet-at-ufc-161.html WINNIPEG – Roy Nelson hadn’t even made it back to his corner after Round 2, and already his wife was out of her cageside seat, straining to make herself heard over the noise of the crowd. The words she chose didn’t make it all the way across the cage to press row, so I can’t tell you exactly what she said to her husband in that tender moment. Judging by body language alone, it didn’t seem like she was trying to tell him what a good job he was doing against Stipe Miocic in Saturday’s UFC 161 co-main event. Can you blame her? Nelson bet big on himself when he spurned the UFC’s offer of a contract extension and opted instead to fight the last fight of his current deal without a secure plan for his future in place. If he won, he could up his asking price and stick it to UFC President Dana White all at the same time – two of his favorite pastimes of late. It’s just that, by the time the second round had ended and a depleted Nelson had staggered back to his corner, it seemed increasingly unlikely that his gamble was going to pay off

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