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Having survived ‘meat night,’ WSOF 5′s Danillo Villefort ready for Dave Branch

BAD MMA News — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:05:00 +0000

If you were to visit the Blackzilians’ training facility during the week, you probably wouldn’t see a whole lot of action. But on Friday nights you can expect to see a knockout.

Having survived ‘meat night,’ WSOF 5′s Danillo Villefort ready for Dave Branch – MMA Junkie

MMA’s Great Debate Podcast: Roy Nelson, Josh Burkman and the Best Debate in MMA

BAD MMA News — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:09:07 +0000

Courtesy of official MMAWeekly.com content partner Bleacher Report . UFC 161 fighter Roy Nelson and World Series of Fighting’s Josh Burkman join Tuesday’s MMA’s Great Debate Radio show, and there should be plenty of debate surrounding UFC on Fuel 10 and Bellator’s new night for programming. Today’s debate topics include: • Fabricio Werdum said he wants to wait until after Velasquez vs. dos Santos 3 to decide what’s next. Good move or bad move? • Thiago Silva knocks out Rafael Feijao: are you buying him as a legit Top 10 fighter now? • Bellator will shift programming to Friday nights in September. Will they be as successful on the new night?

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Bellator Season 9 Moves to Friday Nights Following Sept. 7 Fight Master Live Finale

BAD MMA News — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:24:30 +0000

Following a successful debut season on Spike TV on Thursday nights, Bellator MMA is moving to Friday nights for Season 9 this fall. Spike TV president Kevin Kay revealed the move this week to SI.com . Bellator will kick off Season 9 with a special Saturday live event on Sept. 7, which will also serve as the season finale to its own reality series, Fight Master , but on Sept. 13 will shift to Friday nights for the season. Bellator had its first run on Spike TV from January to April of this year with Season 8, which averaged 862,000 viewers per episode, which includes the industry standard live event plus three days of DVR viewership. The live events alone average slightly less than 793,000 viewers per episode, which was nearly five times better than what Bellator was drawing on its previous network, MTV2. The Thursday night slot for its initial run on Spike included a strong lead-in audience courtesy of Impact Wrestling

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Bellator Season 9 debuts Sept. 7 before move to Friday nights

BAD MMA News — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:10:00 +0000

Bellator MMA once again will have a new weekly home, this time on Fridays. Bellator officials on Tuesday confirmed to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the promotion will debut on a Saturday before moving to Friday nights the following week. Loretta Hunt of SI.com first reported the news after speaking to Spike TV President Kevin Kay. Bellator’s Season 9 debut is set for Saturday Sept. 7 on Spike TV, a card that serves as the promotion’s live season finale for the “Fight Master” reality show/competition. That show debuts June 19 on Spike TV. But after that event, likely Bellator 99, the promotion will move to Friday nights from 9-11 p.m.

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