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Sefo: Branch-Villefort, Mutapcic-Taylor winners to fight for 185 WSOF title

BAD MMA News — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:10:00 +0000

Tonight’s middleweight tournament fights at World Series of Fighting 5 will determine the two fighters who will compete for the promotion’s first 185-pound title.

Danillo Villefort Heads into WSOF Tournament Fighting for Family As Well As the Title

BAD MMA News — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 18:33:27 +0000

Fighting is a way of life for the Villefort family. With a father who had in excess of 200 vale tudo fights, Danillo Villefort continues to represent the family name Saturday at World Series of Fighting 5 in Atlantic City, N.J. Villefort meets David Branch in the opening round of the organization’s inaugural middleweight tournament at Revel Casino Hotel live on NBC Sports. Entering the championship tournament fresh off a victory over UFC veteran Kris McCray this past March after a 19-month layoff, Villefort is primed to make a run at his first world title.

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WSOF 5′s Elvis Mutapcic wants continued big challenges on path to a title

BAD MMA News — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:45:00 +0000

Elvis Mutapcic already has one middleweight title on his mantle Now he wants another. He sets his sights on a belto for World Series of Fighting this week in the middleweight tournament.

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Bellator 98 gets middleweight tourney, including Cooper-Spang, Cramer-Filkins

BAD MMA News — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 01:25:00 +0000

Bellator MMA’s Season 9 middleweight tournament gets underway on Sept. 7 with Brett Cooper vs. Andreas Spang , Dan Cramer vs. Perry Filkins , Mikkel Parlo vs. Brian Rogers , and Jason Butcher vs. Giva Santana . Bellator officials today announced that all four of those opening-round contests take place at Bellator 98, which takes place Sept.

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Bellator 99 Kicks Off Season 9 with Three-Hour TV Special, Includes Fight Master Finale

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:59:19 +0000

Bellator 99 will kick off the promotion’s ninth season this fall with a special three-hour live broadcast on Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. The show will also serve as the live season finale for the inaugural run of the Fight Master: Bellator MMA reality series. The event features Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko putting his belt on the line against Season 8 tournament winner Doug Marshall, the final bout of Fight Master, the return of former featherweight champion and current Fight Master coach Joe Warren, and the opening round of the promotion’s Season 9 Middleweight Tournament. Warren will square off with Nick Kirk, who as fought for Bellator before, but lost his promotional debut in by split decision to Tony Zelinski. “Nick Kirk, if I was you, I would probably not show up that day, because I’m gonna put you through a Bellator cage,” Warren said during the Bellator 96 broadcast on Wednesday night.

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Bellator 99 Fight Card Rumors

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:56:23 +0000

Bellator 99 Date: September 7, 2013 Venue: Mohegan Sun Casino Location: Uncasville, Connecticut Main Card (on Spike TV): -Alexander Shlemenko vs. Doug Marshall† -Fight Master Final -Joe Warren vs. Nick Kirk -Season 9 Middleweight Tournament Opening Round Preliminary Card (on Spike.com): -TBA †For Shlemenko’s Bellator middleweight championship Bellator 99 Start Time: Preliminary Bouts on Spike.com: 6 p.m. ET Main Card on Spike TV: 8 p.m. ET

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UFC’s Hector Lombard officially headed to welterweight, wants Nate Marquardt

BAD MMA News — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:15:00 +0000

After his much-anticipated arrival in the UFC middleweight division provided mixed results, Hector Lombard is officially dropping a weight class. Lombard (32-4-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) today confirmed the move to welterweight via Twitter . Additionally, FUEL TV’s “UFC Tonight” confirmed the move on Tuesday, with reporter Ariel Helwani reporting Lombard is interested in a fight with Nate Marquardt (32-12-2 MMA, 10-5 UFC). UFC officials haven’t confirmed a date or an opponent for the former Bellator champion’s next bout. Lombard, who’s ranked No. 12 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA middleweight rankings , joined the UFC in 2012 on the strength of a 25-fight unbeaten streak (24-0-1). The run saw the Olympic judoka win Bellator’s inaugural middleweight tournament and make a lone title defense over Alexander Shlemenko . However, in his UFC debut, Lombard looked flat in suffering a split-decision defeat to Tim Boetsch (though most media outlets scored the fight for Lombard)

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