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Months before their second season debuts, Bellator Fighting Championships is already turning heads. Their fighter signings, which includes Bao Quach, Olympian Ferrid Kheder, GSP protege Mike Ricci and a bevy of tough welterweights, have shown that Bellator is not resting on the laurels of their first season. Leading the way is Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney, whose [...] In the past few weeks, Bellator has put together what can only be described as a kickbutt welterweight tournaments. With their season starting in April and airing on Fox Sports, they’ve locked down some of the most exciting up-and-comers in MMA. Ben Askren: An Olympian and a two-time Division I wrestling national champion for the University [...] Bellator Fighting Championships will shift from its original home on Spanish-language ESPN Deportes to FOX Sports Net, NBC and Telemundo for the next two seasons, the U.S.-based mixed-martial-arts promotion today announced. Live events will air Thursday nights on FOX Sports Net affiliates, and highlights packages will run Saturday nights on both NBC and the Spanish-language Telemundo. “It [...] After a successful first season that netted the rookie Bellator Fighting Championships promotion solid coverage, company CEO Bjorn Rebney said a deal is now in place that will greatly expand the organization’s television audience in 2010. Bellator debuted in April with a 12-week season that crowned four tournament champions and featured dozens of notables in non-tournament [...] Fans of mixed martial arts were once again treated to an action-packed weekend chock full of fights thanks to three very different promotions putting on three very different events. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) capped off its ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) with a thrilling Finale on Spike TV, Strikeforce showcased several up-and-comers in addition [...] Another week, another $100,000. Bellator Fighting Championships held its most recent event on Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. It airs tonight via one-day delay on ESPN Deportes. After winning two previous fights to advance to the tournament finale, Omar De La Cruz and Lyman Good met in the night’s main event with the winner [...] |
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Huerta signs with Bellator, sees it as a 'second chance'
Bellator Fighting Championships today announced their biggest signing yet, former UFC lightweight Roger Huerta. Huerta will fight in Bellator’s lightweight tournament on April 8. If he wins, he’ll move onto fight in May and June.
In a press conference Monday afternoon, Huerta said that he sees this opportunity to fight with Bellator as a second chance [...]