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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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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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Radio (noon ET): ‘King Mo’ Lawal, Michael McDonald, Angel DeAnda, Dave Huckaba

BAD MMA News — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:15:00 +0000

MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show Muhammed Lawal , Michael McDonald , Angel DeAnda and Dave Huckaba . “King Mo” is coming off a light heavyweight tournament title at Bellator 97 that will get him an upcoming title shot. He’ll be in the studio with the guys to talk about that fight and what happens next. McDonald fights next week at UFC Fight Night 26 in Boston against Brad Pickett hoping to rebound from an interim bantamweight title loss in February. DeAnda headlines World Series of Fighting 4 against Tyrone Spong on Saturday, and Huckaba takes on WSOF President Ray Sefo on the same card in Ontario, Calif. MMAjunkie.com Radio airs today from noon to 2 p.m. ET (9 to 11 a.m PT) live from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

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Radio (noon ET): ‘King Mo’ Lawal, Michael McDonald, Angel DeAnda, Dave Huckaba – MMA Junkie

Bellator 97 Video Highlights Featuring Michael Chandler, Ben Askren, King Mo, and More

BAD MMA News — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:35:17 +0000

Bellator 97 took place the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., on July 31. The 14-fight card featured Ben Askren defending his welterweight title for the fourth time and Michael Chandler defending his lightweight title for the second time. The night of fights also features the heavyweight and light heavyweight tournament finals. Watch the highlights of Bellator 97 below, courtesy of Bellator.com . Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter .

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Bellator 97 Sees Significant TV Ratings Increase Over First Summer Series Event

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:52:09 +0000

Like most summer television programming, Bellator’s Summer Series events have struggled to garner much steam in the TV ratings. Bellator 97 on Wednesday night did reasonably well, however, drawing and average audience of 679,000 viewers on Spike TV, which is well above the 480,000 viewers that Bellator 96 drew on June 19. Bellator’s Season 8 averaged just under 800,000 viewers per event, but that was during the much more viewer friendly winter and spring months. Bellator 97 benefited from a strong fight card that featured two title bouts and the light heavyweight tournament final, which King Mo Lawal won.

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Bellator 97 video highlights: Askren beats down Koreshkov, ‘King Mo’ cruises

BAD MMA News — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:25:00 +0000

Wednesday’s Bellator 97 event included five main-card bouts and five knockouts, including TKO wins by welterweight champion Ben Askren and notable Muhammed Lawal . Check out the video highlights of each bout. Bellator 97 aired on Spike TV from Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M. In addition to lightweight champ Michael Chandler (12-0 MMA, 9-0 BMMA) topping David Rickels (14-2 MMA, 8-2 BMMA) in just 44 seconds, fellow champ Askren (12-0 MMA, 9-0 BMMA) posted a hugely lopsided TKO win over fellow welterweight Andrey Koreshkov (13-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) in the co-headliner. Two “Summer Series” tournaments also concluded as “King Mo” Lawal (11-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) battered and bloodied fellow light heavyweight Jacob Noe (12-3 MMA, 3-2 BMMA), and heavyweight Vitaly Minakov (12-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) overcame a baffling point deduction to stop Ryan Martinez (10-2 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) late in their fight. The night kicked off with a vintage “Pitbull” performance as Patricio Freire (18-2 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) continually knocked down and ultimately stopped a resilient Jared Downing (9-3 MMA, 0-1 BMMA). Check out the fight video above. And for the latest on Bellator 97 , including the night’s official results, check out the MMA Events section of the site.

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Bellator 97 Results: Michael Chandler and Ben Askren Defend Belts, King Mo Earns Title Shot

BAD MMA News — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:46:28 +0000

Bellator 97 took place Wednesday night at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., just outside of Albuquerque. It proved to be one of the biggest nights in the company’s history. Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler , and welterweight titleholder Ben Askren both successfully defended their belts, while Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal won the promotion’s abbreviated Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament final. The promotion also announced its first pay-per-view offering would take place on Nov. 2 with for UFC light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Tito Ortiz headlining. Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler has been nothing short of spectacular since claiming the belt from Eddie Alvarez in late 2011. He added his third defense of the belt on Wednesday night, which was perhaps his most impressive finish yet

Bellator 97 Results: Michael Chandler and Ben Askren Defend Belts, King Mo Earns Title Shot – MMA Weekly

Video: Bellator 97′s ‘King Mo’ discusses baffling origin of Jacob Noe feud

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 04:45:00 +0000

By now you’re probably well aware of the budding rivalry between Muhammed Lawal and Jacob Noe , who meet Wednesday in a “Summer Series” light-heavyweight tournament final at Bellator 97. Still, “King Mo” said he still doesn’t really comprehend how things turned contentious so quickly. The vets, who meet in a Spike TV-televised main-card bout (7 p.m. ET/PT), are fighting for a tournament title and a shot at the 205-pound belt. It’s the second tournament run for each, and Lawal said he felt like they shared some common ground during their first one

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For King Mo Lawal, Heading into Wednesday’s Bellator 97, “It’s About the Belt”

BAD MMA News — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:05:19 +0000

When former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal met career journeyman Emmanuel Newton in the semifinals of the 2013 Bellator light heavyweight tournament back in February, he did so as an astonishing -1200 favorite. On that night, however, Newton shocked the MMA universe by dispatching the former Strikeforce champion with a stunning spinning backfist knockout early in the first round. Not only was it one of the bigger upsets in recent memory, it also marked the first promotional defeat for Bellator’s biggest free agent signing to that date. Surprisingly, for Lawal, a former Oklahoma State All-American, the upset was much easier to deal with than one might think. “With my amateur wrestling background, a loss is a loss,” Lawal told MMAWeekly.com. “It’s not like MMA is a greater sport than wrestling

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‘King Mo’ calls Semmy Schilt the greatest all-around fighter of all time

BAD MMA News — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:45:00 +0000

Bellator light heavyweight Muhammed Lawal considers it fun to research fighters on BoxRec and Wikipedia in his spare time. He’s still a student of the game as much as he is a fighter. Recently, “King Mo” was contemplating the best all-around combatant, as a fight obsessive might do. And he talked to others about it, in the same way that others like him would. After a short fact-finding mission, Lawal believes the reportedly retired Semmy Schilt deserves that recognition

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‘King Mo’ calls Semmy Schilt the greatest all-around fighter of all time – MMA Junkie