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Coach: Jake Paul ‘messed up’ picking Ben Askren, will have problems with ‘awkward’ power

BAD MMA News — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:11:58 +0000

ATLANTA – Ben Askren ’s coach and cornerman Mike Rhodes says Saturday’s fight with Jake Paul is not merely for a paycheck. Askren is set to come out of his combat sports retirement to make his professional boxing debut against Paul in the main event of Triller Fight Club’s Saturday event, which takes place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and airs on pay-per-view. Many wondered why Askren, a former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder, would transition sports at this stage to face Paul

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Rafael Lovato Jr. meets Mike Rhodes at Bellator 181 in second promotional fight

BAD MMA News — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 01:57:32 +0000

After an impressive Bellator debut in March, Rafael Lovato Jr. is coming back for more. Lovato (5-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) will welcome former UFC fighter Mike Rhodes (10-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) to the promotion when the two face off at Bellator 181, a Bellator official confirmed today to MMAjunkie. Bellator 181 takes July 14 at Winstar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla.. The main card, headlined by a rematch between Patricky Freire and Derek Campos, airs live on Spike

Kendall Grove-Mike Rhodes, Joe Taimanglo-Steve Garcia scratched from Bellator 174

BAD MMA News — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 23:25:47 +0000

A pair of main card fights have been scratched from Friday’s Bellator 174 lineup. The catchweight bout between Kendall Grove (23-16 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) and Mike Rhodes (10-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), as well as the bantamweight contest between Joe Taimanglo (23-7-1 MMA, 6-3 BMMA) and Steve Garcia (7-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA), have been removed from the card after Rhodes and Taimanglo missed weight for their respective contests this morning. MMAjunkie today confirmed the news with Bellator officials citing an inability for the athletes to agreeable terms for a catchweight.

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5 Reasons to watch Bellator 174, including a long-awaited inaugural women’s featherweight title fight

BAD MMA News — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 18:28:54 +0000

Bellator has been waiting for almost a year to crown its first women’s featherweight champion. On Friday, the promotion finally will do it when Julia Budd and Marloes Coenen meet in Bellator 174’s main event. Budd and Coenen initially were set to fight for the title at Bellator 155 in May 2016, but an injury forced Budd from the contest. Alexis Dufresne replaced her on the card, stepping in to face Coenen in a non-title bout on less than two weeks’ notice

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Mike Rhodes steps in on short notice, faces Kendall Grove at Friday’s Bellator 174 event

BAD MMA News — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 23:39:39 +0000

Three-time UFC veteran Mike Rhodes (10-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) is stepping in on less than one week’s notice to face longtime veteran Kendall Grove (23-16 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) in the co-main event of Friday’s Bellator 174. MMAjunkie today confirmed with Bellator officials that Rhodes has agreed to replace Grove’s original opponent, fellow middleweight Chris Honeycutt (9-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA), on Friday’s card, which takes place at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla.

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Victory FC 53 loses Mike Rhodes-Ron Stallings title fight, Jeff Curran vs. Raufeon Stots now headlines

BAD MMA News — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:51:10 +0000

Tonight’s Victory FC 53 lineup got a major change to the main card, but will plow forward with six fights. Middleweight champion Mike Rhodes (10-4) was set to defend his title for the first time against UFC veteran Ron Stallings (14-8) in the main event. But Rhodes had to withdraw from the fight due to illness, the promotion announced, making the new headliner a bantamweight bout between Jeff Curran (36-17-1), a veteran of the UFC, Bellator, Strikeforce, WEC and PRIDE, and Raufeon Stots (6-0). Mike Rhodes Victory FC 53 takes place tonight at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center in Waterloo, Iowa. The main card streams on UFC Fight Pass.

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Victory Fighting Championship books ’3 Shows, 30 Days’ year-end run with 6 title fights on UFC Fight Pass

BAD MMA News — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 20:12:01 +0000

Victory Fighting Championship is gearing up to go hot and heavy to close out the 2016 calendar year this fall and early winter. The promotion today announced a hashtagged “3 Shows, 30 Days” campaign with fight cards in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas in November and December. The three events will combine to feature six title fights. Victory FC 53 will take place the day before Thanksgiving on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center in Waterloo, Iowa

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MMAjunkie’s ‘Submission of the Month’ for June: An emotional, come-from-behind finish

BAD MMA News — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 01:45:12 +0000

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMAjunkie takes a look at the best submissions from June. Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMAjunkie’s “Submission of the Month” award for June. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice. * * * * The Nominees John Salter def. Brandon Halsey at Bellator 156 A head kick from John Salter (12-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) in Round 1 opened a nasty cut that seemed to bother Brandon Halsey (9-2 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) for the remainder of their middleweight bout.

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Victory FC 51 results: Robert Emerson, Mike Rhodes claim vacant belts with stoppage wins

BAD MMA News — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 05:05:31 +0000

Robert Emerson For the first time in more than a decade as a professional fighter, Robert Emerson claimed an organizational championship when he defeated Shawn West to capture the vacant Victory FC bantamweight title in Friday’s Victory FC 51 main event. Emerson (17-11) put his veteran savvy to work against a more inexperienced foe in West (12-7) in the UFC Fight Pass-streamed headliner at Buccaneer Arena in De Moines, Iowa. He mixed up his striking and grappling attacks in the first round to wear his opponent down and set up the rear-naked choke finish at the 1:30 mark of round 2. Despite experiencing a popped cauliflower ear in the first round that splatted blood across his face, Emerson continued to press the action in the 135-pound championship contest. He eventually got on top of West and into mount, forcing his opponent to give up his back and open up for the fight-ending choke.

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Victory FC 51 card finalized for June 24 event in Des Moines

BAD MMA News — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 12:19:53 +0000

Victory FC 51’s card is set with a rounded out card below the pair of featured title fights. The promotion announced the full seven-fight card, which takes place June 24 from Bucs Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. The card streams live on UFC Fight Pass. A previously announced bout between Rob Emerson (16-11) and Shawn West (12-6) for the vacant bantamweight title serves as the night’s main event. In the co-main event, Rakim Cleveland (14-7-1) battles Mike Rhodes (9-4) for the vacant middleweight belt

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