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It’s a done deal. After much speculation over the weekend about the signing of Roger Huerta on the part of the upstart promotion in the MMA groundswell, Bellator FC formally announced the exclusive signing of Huerta during a press conference from Chicago, Illinois this afternoon. “El Matador” will compete in Bellator’s season two lightweight tournament, with the [...] CHICAGO, Ill. (February 23, 2010) – With its first Season 2 event now less than eight weeks away, Bellator Fighting Championships today revealed the Round 1 matchups for its much-anticipated, nationally-televised featherweight tournament. The four fights will take place during Bellator’s first two Season 2 events on April 8th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & [...] Promotion broadcast on FOX Sports Net, NBC and Telemundo makes Hollywood, Fla., a regular stop. CHICAGO (January 27, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships and Redline Media Group have formed a strategic business alliance that will bring four of Bellator’s nationally televised events – including its Season 2 and 3 premieres – to Hard Rock Live, an [...] The holidays and possibly some intense weight work may have Quinton Jackson, Georges St. Pierre and Diego Sanchez considering a jump to a new weight class. Jackson was seen last night in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock’s new club Vanity. St. Pierre is pictured with heavyweight Brendan Schaub and middleweight Nate Marquardt. GSP looks [...] Former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres (37-2) will likely return to action against top division prospect Joseph Benavidez (11-1) at WEC 47: “Bowles vs. Cruz” from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on March 6, 2010. MMAmania.com (www.mmamania.com) learned of the planned match up earlier today. Torres hasn’t see the inside of a cage since his stunning [...] The 2009 World MMA Awards conclude this Wednesday, Dec. 30, with a red-carpet, black-tie ceremony that airs live on Versus.com at 10:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. PT local time). The event, which celebrates and honors MMA’s best of 2009, then airs via delay on the regular Versus cable station on Jan. 6 (9 p.m. ET/PT), Jan. [...] Props:Fighthype Quoteworthy: “Brian Bowles just woke up a sleeping giant … I pretty much coached myself and ran my own training camps. I hadn’t lost in a long time, but after this loss, it’s going to make me revamp everything. I just got off the phone with Mark Della Grotte and I’m working with a couple different [...] The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) recently issued its list of medical suspensions for WEC 42: “Torres vs. Bowles,” which took place on Sunday, Aug. 9, from “The Joint” at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. In all, 12 of the 22 athletes who competed on the card have been sidelined by the [...] Props:Yahoo!Sports.com Quoteworthy: “I was on top a long time and it’s hard to keep pushing…. No excuses. Brian is going to be a good champion, but he’ll see that the responsibilities that go along with being the champion are not easy…. He throws a lot of heat. He has a lot of power in those hands.” Former WEC [...] WEC 42: “Torres vs. Bowles” from “The Joint” at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, has come to a jaw-dropping close. In a major upset,Miguel “Angel” Torres— widely considered the top 135-pound fighter on the planet — was dethroned by undefeated 29-year-oldBrian Bowles. And he left no margin for controversy, pounding the [...] |
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