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Bellator 102 hosts Season 9 middleweight tournament semifinals Oct. 4

BAD MMA News — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 04:25:00 +0000

The quest for Bellator’s middleweight title will continue for four fighters next month in California when the Season 9 185-pound tournament continues at Bellator 102.

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Season 9 Lightweight Tournament Launches at Bellator 101 in Portland

BAD MMA News — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 23:36:58 +0000

Portland’s Rose Garden Arena plays hosts to Bellator 101 on Friday, Sept. 27. The night will showcase the opening round of the Bellator Lightweight Tournament, as well as stacked preliminary card. Tickets for the event are on sale Friday at 10 a.m. and can be purchased by visiting the Rose Garden Arena Box Office. The event will broadcast LIVE starting at 6 p.m.

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Dana White Explodes on ESPN Over Accusations that Anderson Silva Fight was Fixed (video)

BAD MMA News — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 02:32:44 +0000

UFC president Dana White was a guest on Wednesday’s edition of Highly Questionable on ESPN. Straight away, the show’s hosts hit White with questions about accusations that Anderson Silva threw the fight against Chris Weidman at UFC 162 on July 6. White has been adamant about shooting down such speculation, and ESPN juggernaut or not, he didn’t shy away from speaking his mind on Highly Questionable. “Anderson Silva has broke every record in UFC history. He’s the pound-for-pound best of all time. Why would you throw a fight?!” White exploded in response to questions that the fight was fixed.

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Video: How a Walmart dog leash helped launch the Legacy FC promotion

BAD MMA News — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:45:00 +0000

Legacy Fighting Championship hosts its 21st pro event on Friday and has already emerged as one of MMA’s top regional promotions, but it wasn’t always smooth sailing. In a new video about Leagacy’s founding, founder and promoter Mick Maynard discusses how a dog leash from Walmart played a key role in his first MMA event. Check out the video above. And catch Legacy FC 21 on Friday at Houston’s Arena Theater. The event’s main card airs on AXS TV at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m

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Cage Warriors 59 hosts single-night bantamweight tournament for vacant title

BAD MMA News — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Cage Warriors is hosting a single-night, four-man bantamweight tournament that will award the winner the organization’s vacant title. Officials today announced the tourney, which takes place Sept. 14 as part of Cage Warriors 59 at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. The main card, which includes the tournament final, streams live on MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). The prelims, which feature the two semifinal-round fights (as well as a to-be-announced reserve bout), stream on Facebook.

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Bellator Shortens Summer Series; Sept. 7 Event Hosts Fight Master Finale, Kicks Off Season 9

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:43:36 +0000

Not only has Bellator reduced its Summer Series tournaments from the usual eight-man format to a new four-man approach, the promotion has also reduced its Summer Series from three events to two for 2013. Bellator officials confirmed the format to change to MMAWeekly.com. It was first reported by MMAJunkie.com . The semifinal round of the four-man light heavyweight and heavyweight tournaments took place at Bellator 96 on June 19. The finals of both tournaments will happen at Bellator 97 on July 31 in Albuquerque, N.M., which will signal an end to this year’s Summer Series. Bellator also has its new Fight Master: Bellator MMA reality show taking place on Spike TV on a weekly basis this summer. The Wednesday night series is a new addition to the promotion’s summer schedule. Fight Master will conclude and Bellator’s Season 9 will kick off with the promotion’s special three-hour live event on Sept.

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MMAjunkie.com Radio returns Thursday

BAD MMA News — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:30:00 +0000

MMAjunkie.com Radio is off Monday-Wednesday but returns Thursday for the remainder of the week. The show’s hosts are in California this week for the Bellator/Spike TV “Fight Master” media day and will share news about their trip during the shows later this week. In the meantime, catch up the show and download past episodes of MMAjunkie.com Radio at www.mmajunkie.com/radio . Recent guests have included Rashad Evans, Miesha Tate, T.J. Grant, Todd Duffee, Randy Couture, Wanderlei Silva, Johny Hendricks, Dan Hardy, Carlos Condit and others. Edit this article There is no related news for this post.

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