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Leah McCourt hopes Bellator London win truly does make her No. 1 contender to fight Cris Cyborg

BAD MMA News — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:45:08 +0000

Leah McCourt was reminded during Bellator Champions Series: London media day that her bout with Sara Collins is billed as a No. 1 contender fight. All she could do was roll her eyes – not literally, but you could hear it in her voice. “Again,” McCourt said with a smirk Wednesday. McCourt established herself as the women’s featherweight No

Leah McCourt hopes Bellator London win truly does make her No. 1 contender to fight Cris Cyborg – MMA Junkie

Bellator Champions Series: London loses Johnny Eblen vs. Fabian Edwards title-fight headliner

BAD MMA News — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 19:11:12 +0000

Bellator Champions Series: London has lost its main event. The middleweight championship rematch between Johnny Eblen and Fabian Edwards has been removed from the card, the promotion announced Tuesday. No reason was given for the cancellation.

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Leah McCourt’s muscle ‘ripped from the bone’, causes ‘devastating’ Bellator Champions Series withdrawal

BAD MMA News — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:16:18 +0000

Leah McCourt waited patiently for PFL’s acquisition of Bellator to get rebooked, and now she’ll unfortunately have to wait even longer to step back into the cage. Tuesday, McCourt (8-3) confirmed on social media that she is off the Bellator Champions Series event March 22 in Belfast, Northern Ireland due to multiple injuries.

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Conor McGregor, Irish MMA community rally around pro fighter Ryan Curtis after severe spinal injury

BAD MMA News — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 22:39:48 +0000

The Irish MMA community is coming together to rally around one of its own, in need of great medical and financial assistance. Pro flyweight Ryan Curtis recently suffered a broken back, broken neck, and dislocated spine in training and has lost the use of his arms and legs, according to a GoFundMe account set up in his name . “The road ahead is unknown and will involve at least 5 months of him in hospital, followed by a further period of time with a specialist spinal team,” a statement on the fundraiser page reads. “There is no exact end date to when this treatment will be complete. “… Understandably he is distressed at present, we have limited access to see him. He is in ICU and hopefully being moved to spinal ward when conditions improve.

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Leah McCourt hopes PFL acquisition doesn’t throw monkey wrench into Bellator title shot vs. Cris Cyborg

BAD MMA News — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:25:49 +0000

LAS VEGAS – Leah McCourt was all squared away to finally get a crack at Bellator gold after years and years of grinding. She even had a faceoff with champion Cris Cyborg in the cage earlier in the year. However, as things sit in December, with the recent PFL acquisition of Bellator , McCourt (8-3 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) is uncertain what her next bout will be. PFL has announced plans to have Bellator champions go head-to-head with 2023 PFL champions in an event in early 2024. This would mean McCourt would either have to sit out and wait for Cyborg (27-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA), or take another fight in the meantime. “We haven’t been told too much, I don’t think

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Pressure fueled Leah McCourt’s statement win over Sara McMann at Bellator 300

BAD MMA News — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:37:49 +0000

SAN DIEGO – Leah McCourt is getting her wish. McCourt will challenge women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg next – and that’s because she took care of business by finishing Sara McMann with vicious ground-and-pound in the first round of their bout this past Saturday at Bellator 300.

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Bellator 300 video: Leah McCourt pounds on Sara McMann for first-round TKO win

BAD MMA News — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 01:49:46 +0000

SAN DIEGO – That’s one way to pick up the biggest win of your career. Leah McCourt made a statement with her performance at Bellator 300 as she beat up former UFC title challenger Sara McMann to earn a first-round TKO victory Saturday night at Pechanga Arena. The fight got off to a fast, back-and-forth start, but once McCourt (8-3 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) secured top position late in the first round, she took full advantage of it by raining down punches on McMann (14-7 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) near the fence. With McMann trapped and barely able to defend herself, McCourt switched to some hard elbows, which prompted referee Jason Herzog to step in

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Sara McMann expects title shot with Leah McCourt win at Bellator 300: ‘I don’t know who else I’d have to fight’

BAD MMA News — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:01:15 +0000

SAN DIEGO – Sara McMann thinks a win over Leah McCourt should guarantee her a Bellator title shot. McMann (14-6 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) meets McCourt (7-3 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) at Saturday’s Bellator 300 event at Pechanga Arena. The main card, which features three title fights, airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. In the night’s co-headliner, featherweight champion Cris Cyborg defends her belt against Cat Zingano, and McMann wants next if she can get past McCourt. “I would hope so,” McMann told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a pre-fight news conference Thursday. “I mean, I don’t know who else I’d have to fight.

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Leah McCourt: Sara McMann’s wrestling a concern, but handleable at Bellator 300

BAD MMA News — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 23:59:19 +0000

SAN DIEGO – The odds are Sara McMann will try to take the fight to the ground at Bellator 300 and her opponent Leah McCourt knows it. In a shallow division, McCourt (7-3 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) has the opportunity to make her case to be next for a title shot should she defeat the former UFC title challenger and Olympian McMann (14-6 MMA, 1-0 BMMA). “It’s an exciting style matchup,” McCourt told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a pre-fight news conference Thursday at the host hotel. “Obviously, she’s a high-level wrestler and I have a black belt in judo. It’s going to be probably into the clinch quite quickly, to see

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Bellator 300 pre-event facts: Strong stats behind title-fight triple header

BAD MMA News — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 20:37:23 +0000

Perhaps the final monumental event in Bellator history takes place Saturday with Bellator 300 , which goes down at Pechanga Arena in San Diego with a main card that airs on Showtime following prelims streamed on MMA Junkie. Three championship fights will top the bill, with the lightweight, women’s featherweight and women’s flyweight belts all on the line in what the promotion is dubbing as a “triple main event.” For more on the numbers behind each bout, as well as other notable bouts on the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts about Bellator 300. * * * *

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