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Fight Path: Watching mom build back up helped inspire Sam Oropeza to MMA career

BAD MMA News — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:34:30 +0000

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Fight Path: Watching mom build back up helped inspire Sam Oropeza to MMA career

BAD MMA News — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:34:30 +0000

Sam Oropeza After Sam Oropeza finished his associate degree, moving from working on a power plant as a student to working at a New Jersey refinery, he got a taste of just how unpleasant the full-time working world could be. “I found out,” Oropeza told MMAjunkie, “how cold it gets off the Delaware River.” That happened while he was climbing 70 feet into the air to check on equipment that it was his responsibility to maintain. He was also in those uncomfortable positions in the oppressive humidity of the summer and in every kind of element in between. He was built to handle hardships, guided in that area by his mother, who went back to get a more advanced education after the death of Oropeza’s father when he was 10. His glimpses of her during late-night study sessions served as an early inspiration. Then he found himself working a job he didn’t like for bosses he liked even less, which reminded him just how much more he expected of himself that the position he was in.

Eduardo Dantas vs. Joe Warren bantamweight title fight headlines Bellator 118

BAD MMA News — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:13:57 +0000

A bantamweight title fight will headline Bellator 118 next month in New Jersey, and a delayed tournament semifinal fight is on tap, as well. 135-pound champ Eduardo Dantas (16-3 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) will put his title on the line against tournament winner Joe Warren (10-3 MMA, 8-2 BMMA) in the main event.

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Andrey Koreshkov off Bellator 115 with flu, Kimball-Cramer scrapped

BAD MMA News — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:08:06 +0000

In a major shakeup just prior to Thursday’s officials weigh-ins for Bellator 115, both tournament semifinal fights on the main card have been scrapped. The welterweight tournament semifinal bout between Andrey Koreshkov (15-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) and Sam Oropeza (11-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) has been removed from the card due to Koreshkov suffering from the flu. And J eremy Kimball (10-4 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) was off weight enough prior to the official weigh-in event that his middleweight tourney semifinal fight with Dan Cramer (10-4 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) was cut from the event, as well. Bellator officials announced the news Thursday night and said Koreshkov and Oropeza will be rescheduled to another event

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Bellator 112′s Sam Oropeza uses parents as inspiration in fighting career

BAD MMA News — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:56:49 +0000

Sam Oropeza is working on a deadline, and it’s starting to come due. The Pennsylvania-based fighter tonight officially goes after it in the opening round of Bellator MMA’s Season 10 welterweight tournament, and it’s possible he could make his plan even earlier than expected. “I set a goal back in 2010 to be a world champion by 2014 or 2015,” Oropeza told MMAjunkie.

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War Machine and Riggs out, three in for welterweight tourney at Friday’s Bellator 112

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:35:44 +0000

Three fighters have withdrawn from the Season 10 welterweight tournament that kicks off at Friday’s Bellator 112 event, but replacements have been named. War Machine (14-5 MMA, 2-1 BMMA), Joe Riggs (40-14 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) and Mark Scanlon (9-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) have all withdrawn from the eight-man field, and Paul Bradley (21-5 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), Nathan Coy (13-4 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) and Cristiano Souza (7-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) have stepped in as replacements. Bellator 112 takes place at Indiana’s Horseshoe Hammond Casino. The main card, including a headlining title fight between featherweight champion Daniel Straus and ex-titleholder Pat Curran, airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.

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Bellator 116 set for April 11 in California with welterweight tourney, Beltran-Matyushenko

BAD MMA News — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:04:37 +0000

Bellator MMA’s Season 19 welterweight tournament field has been set, which means in theory, we may know the man who will succeed Ben Askren as the promotion’s 170-pound champion. In fact, the promotion’s poster for the event says as much: “Who’s moved on, who’s gone home?” the poster asks, a not-so-subtle reference to Askren, who left as a free agent this past fall and signed with ONE FC after a failed bid to sign with the UFC. The tourney will take place at Bellator 116, which is set for April 11 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif. The promotion announced the event Monday night. The event will feature a light heavyweight bout between UFC vets Joey Beltran and Vladimir Matyushenko , plus four fights in the opening round of the welterweight tournament

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Daniel Straus vs. Pat Curran III headlines Bellator 112, War Machine returns

BAD MMA News — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:16:56 +0000

If you liked Daniel Straus and Pat Curran ‘s first two fights, mark your calendars for March 14. Straus (22-4 MMA, 8-1 BMMA), Bellator MMA’s reigning featherweight champion, will immediately rematch ex-titleholder Curran (19-5 MMA, 9-2 BMMA) in a rubber match in the headliner of Bellator 112 on March 14. Bellator officials today announced the fight and event, which takes place at Horseshoe Hammond Casino in Hammond, Ind. The main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com. Bellator officials are invoking their championship rematch clause, which allows them to book rematches (instead of waiting for the losing fighter to win another tournament) when they deem it appropriate.

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