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The long-expected non-title fight between Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and UFC veteran/recent signee Josh Neer now has a date. While a guest on today’s edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said the fight takes place May 6 at Bellator 17. Bellator announced last month that the fight was being targeted for a May card, [...] Miami, FL ( USA ): Shine Fights is excited to announce the official signing of a bout between former Bodog Welterweight Champion Nick “The Goat” Thompson (38-12-1) and Brazilian veteran Eduardo Pamplona (12-2). The bout will take place on the main card at “Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas,” which will be held at the Crown Coliseum [...] Recent Bellator Fighting Championships signee Josh Neer (27-9-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) is looking forward to his recently announced May fight with Eddie Alvarez (19-2 MMA, 3-0 BFC) for a few reasons. First, with the fight scheduled at 160 pounds, Neer is excited that he won’t have to drop the additional five pounds necessary to make the [...] CHICAGO, Ill. (February 16, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that its reigning lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez, the No. 2-ranked lightweight in the world, will square off in a non-title “Super Fight” with UFC veteran Josh “The Dentist” Neer under the Bellator banner this May. The fight is the first Super Fight matchup to be [...] Mac Danzig certainly wasn’t treated with kid gloves once he won “The Ultimate Fighter” title on Season 6. He’s been handed tough opponent after tough opponent. He had lost three difficult fights in a row and decided to take some time off. Justin Buchholz doesn’t have the reputation of previous opponents like Jim Miller, Josh Neer [...] He’s one of the top four fighters for Scott Coker’s Strikeforce. It’s not often the growing promotion gets a fighter at his peak in his 20’s. But there’s a long story behind why Nick Diaz isn’t getting a shot anytime soon at UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre. The 26-year-old from Stockton, California marches to [...] “Anything you can think of that can happen in an MMA fight, I’m gonna do. At the end of the day, Ricardo Mayorga’s gonna be sitting, looking up at the lights. And I’m gonna stand over him and he’s gonna think I’m God.” After accumulating wins over Rich Clementi, Clay Guida, and Jeremy Stephens in a [...] The injury bug has bitten again, this time afflicting lightweight standout Jeremy Stephens, who has officially withdrawn from his UFC Fight Night 20 bout against Nik Lentz on January 11 in Fairfax. MMAmania.com confirmed the injury with Stephen’s camp earlier today. While the undisclosed injury will not require surgery, “Lil Heathen” is expected to be out of [...] |
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