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‘TUF 19′ tryouts draw ex-Bellator champ Good, Cage Warriors’ Pendred, 81 others

BAD MMA News — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:00:00 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS – Former Bellator champion Lyman Good, Cage Warriors champ Cathal Pendred and former Cage Warriors titleholder Chris Fields were among more than 80 fighters who attended today’s tryouts for “The Ultimate Fighter 19.”

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Bellator Champ Ben Askren Plans to Take Out Frustrating Schedule on Andrey Koreshkov

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 01:49:06 +0000

There is only one 170-pound mixed martial artist outside of the UFC that is turning heads. His name is Ben Askren , undefeated Bellator welterweight champion. And he is preparing to put his belt on the line for the fourth time when he steps in the cage with Andrey Koreshkov on Wednesday. Askren is currently undefeated at 11-0, and in many pundits’ eyes, he is the next prospect to step out from the shadow of divisional kingpin and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. With wins over MMA veterans like Jay Hieron, Nick Thompson, Douglas Lima and Lyman Good (Hieron, Good and Thompson being former champions of other mid-major promotions), Askren has proven that – despite only being in the sport for four years – this 29-year-old isn’t intimidated by any perceived lack of experience. Oddly, being a two-time Division-I NCAA National Champion at Missouri and former Olympian in the sport of wrestling, Askren is rarely mentioned in the same vein as some of his more well known contemporaries in MMA. It’s something the former “Mizzou Tiger” doesn’t mind at all. “Most people are just ignorant about the sport,” Askren told MMAweekly.com . “I’ve trained with the best

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Bellator Champ Ben Askren Plans to Take Out Frustrating Schedule on Andrey Koreshkov – MMA Weekly

Ex-Bellator welterweight champ Lyman Good now officially a free agent

BAD MMA News — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 02:30:00 +0000

After four years, Bellator MMA’s first welterweight champion, Lyman Good , is leaving the promotion as a free agent. Good’s legal rep, David M. Fish, announced the departure today. “The entire team at Bellator has been really good to me throughout my career and now they’ve given me the green light to go and fight anywhere I want,” Good (15-3 MMA, 8-3 BFC) stated in a press release forwarded to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). The 28-year-old Good was one of Bellator’s first stars in the promotion’s first events in 2009. He won the Season 1 welterweight tournament and inaugural welterweight title after three straight finishes. His title reign would be cut short by Season 2 tourney winner Ben Askren , who handed him a decision loss in his first defense and remains champion.

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