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Joe Pacheco vs. Brandon Halsey elevated to 185 tourney semifinal at Bellator 116

BAD MMA News — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:08:13 +0000

Bellator MMA’s Season 10 middleweight tournament has gotten a shakeup with a pair of reserve fighters being elevated into the semifinals. Friday’s Bellator 116 fight between Joe Pacheco (7-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) and Brandon Halsey (5-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) has been switched from a reserve bout in the tournament to a tourney semifinal. Bellator officials announced the change on Tuesday, with the new fight taking the place of the previously scheduled semifinal between Jeremy Kimball (10-4 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) and Dan Cramer (10-4 MMA, 7-2 BMMA). This past Thursday, the Kimball-Cramer semifinal bout was pulled from Bellator 115 when Kimball came in so far overweight, a source close to the promotion told MMAjunkie, that he wasn’t even part of the official weigh-in ceremony.

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Bellator 116 lineup finalized, Lavar Johnson vs. Blagoi Ivanov headlines

BAD MMA News — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:22:06 +0000

The lineup is set for next month’s Bellator 116 event, which features a trio of Season 10 tournament bouts. In the co-headliners, the heavyweight-tournament semifinals take place with Lavar Johnson (18-8 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) vs.

Bellator 116 lineup finalized, Lavar Johnson vs. Blagoi Ivanov headlines – MMA Junkie

Bellator 114 lineup complete, adds featherweight tourney semifinals to main card

BAD MMA News — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:48:14 +0000

The 11-bout lineup for this month’s Bellator 114 event is now complete, and the main card now features the promotion’s Season 10 featherweight tournament quarterfinal matchups. Bellator MMA officials recently announced that Desmond Green (10-2) vs. Will Martinez (9-2-1) and Matt Bessette (13-4) vs. Daniel Weichel (32-8) round out a four-fight main card that also sees Bellator middleweight champ Alexander Shlemenko defend his belt against Brennan Ward in the main event. “Bellator 114: Shlemenko vs.

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Bellator 109 results: Shlemenko stops ‘The Rhino,’ Hawn and Brooks pick up tourney wins

BAD MMA News — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 09:20:18 +0000

Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko (49-7 MMA, 10-1 BMMA) flashed some improved wrestling skills, but it was ultimately his vaunted striking that earned him a win over hard-hitting challenger Doug Marshall (18-7 MMA, 4-1 BMMA). The bout served as the headlining contest of Friday’s Bellator 109 event, which took place Shlemenko took the fight immediately to the floor, but Marhsall crawled back up and looked to return to the standup game.

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Bellator 109 results: Shlemenko stops ‘The Rhino,’ Hawn and Brooks pick up tourney wins – MMA Junkie

Bellator 109 live results, fight recaps and gifs

BAD MMA News — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 04:40:03 +0000

Bellator MMA wraps up its ninth season tonight with Bellator 109. Join us for live results and fight recaps beginning at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).

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Bellator 109′s Rick Hawn: ‘I’m not saying Keslar is a bad striker, but he seems more like a wrestler’

BAD MMA News — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 22:15:22 +0000

Rick Hawn and Ron Keslar weren’t supposed to be in the Bellator Season 9 welterweight tournament, but here they are in the finals. Hawn (17-2 MMA, 9-2 BMMA) joined Keslar (11-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) in the competition after Matt Riddle and Mark Scanlon were forced to withdraw with injuries. At Bellator 109, he will fight in his third tournament final after appearances in Season 4 and Season 6, which he won. For Keslar, it could be his biggest career opportunity after fighting the bulk of his career on preliminary cards.

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Bellator 109′s Rick Hawn: ‘I’m not saying Keslar is a bad striker, but he seems more like a wrestler’ – MMA Junkie