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UFC White House reduced to 6 or 7 fights, says Ari Emanuel

BAD MMA News — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:05:10 +0000

The UFC has scrapped its original plans and instead will select just six or seven fights for the White House event . Many fighters are clamoring to be one of the lucky few featured on the once-in-a-lifetime UFC White House card, and their chances of competing in front of the United States President have now been severely reduced. Initial reports claimed that six or seven title fights were to be on display on the White House south lawn, but a recent update suggests that may be all fans are treated to.

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Bellator Denies Reports that Claim Champion Attila Vegh Was Asked to Step Aside, Not Injured

BAD MMA News — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:27:00 +0000

Bellator officials are denying claims that Bellator light heavyweight champion Attila Vegh is not injured, and was instead sidelined so that the promotion could put together a more attractive rematch between Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal and Emanuel Newton. Lawal and Newton are slated to rematch at the Bellator 106: Rampage vs. Tito pay-per-view on Nov

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Bellator denies reports about champ Attila Vegh, releases medical report

BAD MMA News — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:20:00 +0000

As the story goes, Bellator light-heavyweight champion Attila Vegh wasn’t actually injured and instead was told to sit on the sidelines so the organization could book an interim title fight between Muhammed Lawal and Emanuel Newton for its pay-per-view debut on Nov. 2.

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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Muhammed Lawal-Emanuel Newton rematch for interim title on Bellator 106 PPV

BAD MMA News — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:15:00 +0000

Bellator MMA has another big rematch set for its first pay-per-view card. Muhammed Lawal (11-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) and Emanuel Newton (21-7-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) will meet for the promotion’s interim light heavyweight title at Bellator 106 in November. Promotion officials on Thursday announced the new fight booking.

‘King Mo’ promises to send Noe ‘back crying to his family again’ at Bellator 97

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:05:00 +0000

When Muhammed Lawal (10-2 MMA, 2-1 BFC) was knocked out by Emanuel Newton earlier this year, some wondered if “King Mo” was already on the downslide in his career. A brutal Bellator 96 finish of Seth Petruzelli (12-2 MMA, 3-1 BFC) addressed those concerns, and now Lawal is promising something even more violent against Jacob Noe . “I don’t like him,” Lawal said at Wednesday’s Bellator 96 post-event press conference in Thackerville, Okla. “I don’t like the gym he trains at. He’s fake. He talks a lot of trash behind my back, and I hope that he’s here listening, or ya’ll can tell him this because I’m going to beat the brakes off of him. I’m going to whoop his ass so bad I’m going to retire him.” Fighting for the first time since his knockout loss to Newton, Lawal impressed in his first-round finish of Petruzelli. Comfortable on his feet but also quick to utilize his wrestling background, Lawal took the fight to the floor and then delivered a stunning, one-punch knockout via ground-and-pound.

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‘King Mo’ Lawal vs. Seth Petruzelli fight video from Bellator 96

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:15:00 +0000

After being on the receiving end of a “Knockout of the Year” candidate, Muhammed Lawal delivered one of his own at Wednesday’s Bellator 96 event. In headliner of the event, Lawal (10-2 MMA, 2-1 BFC) scored a violent first-round knockout after blasting a downed Seth Petruzelli (14-8 MMA, 1-2 BFC) with a monstrous right hand. The one-hitter quitter moved Lawal to the finale of the four-man “Summer Series” light-heavyweight tournament, where he’ll meet fellow Bellator 96 winner Jacob Noe . With the win, Lawal successfully rebounded from a spinning-backfist knockout to Emanuel Newton earlier this year. Bellator 96 took place at WinStar World Casino at Thackerville, Okla. For a look at Lawal’s big knockout, as well as the rest of the action from the Spike TV-televised main card, check out the video above.

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Bellator MMA 96 Weigh-In Results: Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Tourney Semifinals Official

BAD MMA News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:09:00 +0000

The 26 fighters competing on the Bellator MMA 96 fight card on Wednesday night at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla., weighed in on Tuesday making the semifinals of the heavyweight and light heavyweight Summer Series Tournaments official. Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion “King” Mo Lawal takes on Seth Petruzelli in the main event, hoping to rebound from his knockout loss to Emanuel Newton in his last outing. Two preliminary fighters, Derek Campos and Keith Berry, failed to make with and will forfeit a percentage of their fight purse to their opponents, but will still compete on the card. The first fight is expected to take place at 6 p.m. ET and will be streaming live on Spike.com The televised portion of the night will begin at 8 p.m

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Bellator 96′s Mo Lawal: Just need to win next three, and I’m straight

BAD MMA News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:00:00 +0000

Win or lose, Muhammed Lawal will finally get to put a hugely embarrassing loss behind him. The former Strikeforce champion was an early favorite in Bellator’s Season 8 light-heavyweight tournament, where he knocked out Przemyslaw Mysiala in the opening round before meeting the resurgent Emanuel Newton in the semifinals. In one of the early year’s biggest upsets, Newton unloaded a perfectly placed spinning backfist to drop and defeat “King Mo.” Video of the Newton vs. Lawal fight remains one of the most highly trafficked stories in MMAjunkie.com history. Many fight fans took a certain type of glee in watching Lawal, who continually dropped his hands to his waist in the fight, knocked silly by the underdog. Lawal (9-2 MMA, 1-1 BFC), who’s comeback starts tonight in a Bellator 96 headliner with Seth Petruzelli (14-7 MMA, 1-1 BFC), is ready to move on. He’s also ready for his critics to have something else to talk to about

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Bellator 96 weigh-in results: Five fighters miss their marks in Oklahoma

BAD MMA News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:00 +0000

Bellator MMA’s “Summer Series” debut got off to a rough start on Tuesday with five fighters missing weight for their fights on their first tries on the scale. In the main event of Bellator 96, Muhammad Lawal (9-2 MMA, 1-1 BFC) looks to rebound from an upset loss to Emanuel Newton in his previous tournament outing when he meets Seth Petruzelli (14-7 MMA, 1-1 BFC) in the semifinals of the “Summer Series” four-man light heavyweight tourney. Both fighters were on target, with heavy favorite Lawal coming in at 205.2 pounds, while Petruzelli was 204.8. In the other 205-pound tournament semifinal fight, former Strikeforce champ Renato Sobral (37-10 MMA, 0-1 BFC), whose previous Bellator tourney run ended with a vicious KO loss to Mikhail Zayats , meets Jacob Noe (11-2 MMA, 2-1 BFC), whose nine-fight win streak also came to an end with a tourney defeat to Zayats. Noe came in 0.2 pounds over at 206.2, while “Babalu” was 204.4. Noe was given two hours to make the weight. In heavyweight tournament action, Vitaly Minakov (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) meets Ron Sparks (8-1 MMA, 3-1 BFC) on one side of the bracket. Sparks will have a decent size advantage at 264.6 pounds to Minakov’s 246