The place is here, Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kan., and the time is (almost) now, 6 p.m. ET.
That means it’s time for the fighters scheduled to compete at Bellator 150: “Galvao vs. Dantas 2” tomorrow night (Fri., Feb. 26,…
The place is here, Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kan., and the time is (almost) now, 6 p.m. ET.
That means it’s time for the fighters scheduled to compete at Bellator 150: “Galvao vs. Dantas 2” tomorrow night (Fri., Feb. 26, 2016) to soon step to the scale for the official weigh-in event.
As per our usual at MMAmania.com, we’ll deliver real-time weigh-in results as each of the fighters on tomorrow’s card. The Spike TV-televised show is headlined by a Bantamweight title match between current champion Marcos Galvao and former division kingpin Eduardo Dantas.
You can also watch streaming video of Bellator 150’s weigh-in event LIVE in the player above.
Bellator 150 Main Card (Spike TV):
Marcos Galvao () vs. Eduardo Dantas () Cheick Kongo () vs. Vinicius Queiroz () Dave Rickels () vs. Bobby Cooper () Kendall Grove () vs. Francisco France () Lena Ovchynnikova () vs. Rebecca Ruth ()
Bellator 150 “Prelims” Card (Spike.com):
David Hammons () vs. Kyle Noblitt () Brandon Farran () vs. Gregory Babene () Manny Meraz () vs. Andre Fialho () Gaston Reyno () vs. Chuka Willis () Chris Harris () vs. Julian Marquez () Marcio Navarro () vs. Henry Lindsay () Thai Clark () vs. Deron Carlis () Jason Witt () vs. Jonathan Gary ()
MMAmania.com will deliver live coverage of Bellator 150: “Galvao vs. Dantas 2” tomorrow night (Fri., Feb. 26, 2016), with the first fight streaming live online at 7 p.m. ET. The televised portion of Bellator 150 will then air LIVE on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET.
It looks like someone is not a fan of Conor McGregor, and this recent image has sparked an investigation by the UFC and the FBI… UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will face Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196 this coming March 5, and we got to see the first battle of the
It looks like someone is not a fan of Conor McGregor, and this recent image has sparked an investigation by the UFC and the FBI…
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will face Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196 this coming March 5, and we got to see the first battle of the trash talkers during an eventful presser last night. Both ‘The Notorious’ and Diaz were on form, and shared a heated staredown to close the evening’s festivities. With Rafael dos Anjos injured, there probably wasn’t a better replacement in terms of marketability for this fight.
With Conor McGregor coverage hitting fever pitch over the recent weeks, it looks as though the Irish striker has been ruffling a few feathers outside of the mixed martial arts world. This threat was sent out over Twitter last night, and broke by Mike Dyce and Zombie Prophet. Check it out:
The federal bureau of investigation is now seeking the owner of the account associated with the threatening image, where the man appears to be holding an AK-47 assault rifle, while sending out the following threat:
@TheNotoriousMMA Be careful talking down on neighbourhoods, you don’t run shit here except the UFC, and in the hood we use guns not fists this ain’t Ireland
Needless to say, the authorities and the Ultimate Fighting Championship are taking this threat very seriously, especially given the heightened threat levels already being experienced the world over. We’ll bring you more updates on this story as they arise.
With all the drama surrounding Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz, it’s easy to forget the UFC is putting on a show in London this weekend featuring Anderson Silva. Be sure to stay with us here at LowKickMMA as we bring you all the UFC Fight Night 83 and UFC 196 news, updates and coverage!
Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell believes styles make fights, and he would give Jon Jones trouble in his prime, and even today if they fought. Chuck Liddell was the star of the UFC’s light heavyweight division for many years, and one of the cente…
Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell believes styles make fights, and he would give Jon Jones trouble in his prime, and even today if they fought.
Chuck Liddell was the star of the UFC’s light heavyweight division for many years, and one of the centerpieces of the company. His career ended with a few knockouts, but he firmly believes that he could still compete with the next generation star of today – Jon Jones. Jones, who will look to win his title back when he faces Daniel Cormier in April, has long been a target of Liddell’s when it comes to criticism. And on a recent Fighter and The Kid podcast, he set his sights on him again (transcribed by David St. Martin of MMA Fighting):
“We’ll see how he comes back. He always shows up to fight. He’s good at winning fights. If he keeps beating everybody he’s the best right now. I still think if he fought someone like me in my prime he would have a lot of trouble.
“The problem is he doesn’t hit hard enough to hurt me and he’s not going to out-wrestle me. He’s not going to out-wrestle me and I hit too hard for him. I would catch him sooner or later. Styles make fights.”
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“What he does really well, if you’ve got a guy that’s a great striker, he can out-wrestle them,” Liddell said of Jones. “If he’s got a guy who’s a wrestler, he can out-strike him, out-point him. For me? I’d be big trouble for him because if he could take me down he wouldn’t be able to keep me down, if he even got a takedown. I will hit him. I’ll put my hands on him. I could still give him trouble.”
The 46-year-old Liddell last competed in 2010, when he was knocked out by Rich Franklin. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2009. The last time Liddell criticize Jones, Jones told him to keep his mouth shut. I’d expect a similar response if Jones gets wind of these comments.
It’s a busy weekend in boxing with Terence Crawford vs. Hank Lundy, Leo Santa Cruz vs. Kiko Martinez, Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg, plus rising star Felix Verdejo, all in action Saturday night. Get the details here. For the combat sports fa…
It’s a busy weekend in boxing with Terence Crawford vs. Hank Lundy, Leo Santa Cruz vs. Kiko Martinez, Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg, plus rising star Felix Verdejo, all in action Saturday night. Get the details here.
For the combat sports fan, this weekend is a ridiculously busy one. You’ve got the UFC, Bellator, and Glory all putting on events, plus 3 separate televised boxing events all on Saturday. Here, for you pugilist fans out there, is a look at the weekend in boxing with the marquee fights taking place on HBO and Showtime.
HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: CRAWFORD vs. LUNDY Saturday, Feb. 27, 10:00 p.m. ET Fight Card: Terence Crawford vs. Hank Lundy, Felix Verdejo vs. William Silva
HBO’s big contribution to the weekend is the latest from rising pound for pound great Terence Crawford. Crawford had a real breakout year in 2014, with many naming him Fighter of the Year that year, and his terrific clash with Yuriorkis Gamboa getting a lot of Fight of the Year talk. Now at 27-0, Crawford has become both a world class talent (Ring Magazine has him at #6 on the Pound for Pound list) and a true star in his hometown of Omaha. For this fight, he ventures out of Omaha to face the 26-2-1 Hank Lundy at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Lundy is a 10 year veteran with some big ups and downs in his career. He won his last fight, but that was against a 23-21-1 fighter, and Lundy lost his 2 prior fights. He’s a veteran and something of a name, but he’s not a challenge to Crawford.
Opening the broadcast is the 22 year old Felix Verdejo. The 19-0 Puerto Rican fighter is a much talked about talent who is being positioned as a major player in boxing – he just has not quite gotten there yet. He takes on William Silva, who is also undefeated at 23-0, but has not faced tough competition, and should be an exciting, but beatable opponent for Verdejo here.
SHOWTIME BOXING: FRAMPTON vs. QUIGG Saturday, Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m. ET Fight Card: Carl Frampton vs. Scott Quigg
Of everything taking place Saturday, this is the most competitive, closest fight to watch. Here you have the consensus #2 and #3 fighters at 122 pounds (behind only Guillermo Rigondeaux) in a true pick ’em fight. Frampton is 21-0, Quigg 31-0-2, and each man carries in a notable Super Bantamweight title. Both are exciting fighters, and both are popular fighters, and with this fight taking place in Manchester Arena in England, you can expect a true big fight atmosphere here. It’s hard to envision this being a boring fight – don’t miss out on it just because it’s on at an earlier start time.
SHOWTIME BOXING: SANTA CRUZ vs. MARTINEZ Saturday, Feb. 27, 10:00 p.m. ET Fight Card: Leo Santa Cruz vs. Kiko Martinez, Julio Ceja vs. Hugo Ruiz, Gerald Washington vs. Oscar Rivas
Showtime’s primetime feature Saturday night puts the spotlight on Featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz. With his 31-0-1 record, Santa Cruz has been hailed as one of the best fighters in the game today by some. By others, he’s been loudly criticized for his failure to fight true top level talent. He quieted many of those voices last August with his hard fought decision win over the excellent Abner Mares. Here he again takes on a decent opponent in the 35-6 Kiko Martinez. Santa Cruz has a very high volume style of fighting, with a great ability to just outwork his opponents to the point that they can not keep up. Martinez is definitely a talented fighter who should have enough ring savvy to make Santa Cruz work for it, but it’s also been a few fights since Martinez was able to defeat a true top talent. This might not be quite as competitive as some want from Santa Cruz, but it’s a good fight, and with him in there, it should be fun.
Also on the card, Ceja vs. Ruiz is a rematch from August. Ceja won the first fight via KO. These two compete at 122 pounds, and the winner is likely on the fringes of the top 10. Washington vs. Rivas is a Heavyweight clash between two undefeated fighters. Could be fun, or could be ugly.
Join us all weekend for boxing coverage here at Bloody Elbow.
Conor McGregor’s first press conference since it was confirmed he would be fighting Nate Diaz, not Rafael dos Anjos, at UFC 196 was always going to be a colourful occasion. The featherweight champion wasted little time tearing into his opponent&m…
Conor McGregor’s first press conference since it was confirmed he would be fighting Nate Diaz, not Rafael dos Anjos, at UFC 196 was always going to be a colourful occasion. The featherweight champion wasted little time tearing into his opponent—as well as his several other rivals.
McGregor will face Diaz in a welterweight showdown on March 5 following Dos Anjos’ injury, and while the Irishman had some harsh words for his new opponent, he had plenty to say about Dos Anjos and those who turned down the chance to fight him.
“They all have sore vaginas,” he said, per Tim Elbra of Fox Sports. “Dos Anjos broke his foot and his vagina in the same day, so did [Frankie] Edgar, I couldn’t believe it. [Jose] Aldo—I bounced his head on the canvas like a basketball. You need to take a year, year-and-a-half off.”
McGregor particularly targeted Edgar, who turned down the fight at short notice, he claimed.
“Frankie never shut up and then he was given a phone call and a date and he hasn’t been seen or heard from since,” the Notorious added, per Martin Domin of the MailOnline.
McGregor beat Aldo inside 13 seconds at UFC 194 and president Dana White confirmed on SportsCenter that both Aldo and Edgar turned down the fight, per The 42. White also confirmed Edgar’s reason for shunning the fight was due to injury, per Kevin Iole of Yahoo.
Dos Anjos posted a picture of his foot problem on social media on Wednesday and apologised for his withdrawal to his fans:
But McGregor wasn’t buying the injury. “Dos Anjos has a bruise on his foot but if I jumped under an X-ray the doctor would say, what are you doing kid, stop this!” he said in the presser, per Domin. “It’s a bruised foot! It’s called ice and Ibuprofen. When you pull out with an injury like that there’s not much I can do to bring you back into the mix.”
Diaz didn’t escape the attentions of the featherweight champion, though, with McGregor, perhaps somewhat condescendingly, referring to him as Nick Diaz’s younger brother, per Domin:
I like Nick’s little bro. He’s like a little cholo gangster from the hood but he teaches kids on a Sunday. He makes gun signs with one hand and makes animal balloons with the other.
He showed up for his last fight in shape, it was an OK performance and he talked well. I’m just ready to fight now, let’s see what this man is about.
Here’s a look at the two squaring off at the press conference, per Dana White’s Twitter feed:
Although fans were hugely disappointed to see Dos Anjos withdraw from the bout with McGregor, Diaz is a replacement who has sated the desires of MMA fans. After all, the 30-year-old has been in some gripping contests down the years and will have no qualms about going toe-to-toe with McGregor.
That being said, the Irishman stated that even though he’ll be jumping up two weight classes from his last fight, there are fundamental flaws in Diaz’s armoury for him to exploit:
He comes forward but his understanding of ring control is amateurish, it’s novice where I come from. I’m looking forward to him coming out, I come out like a champion greyhound at 100mph so we’ll see what he’s about when the bell goes.
People think it’s a game and an act but when we’re in there it’s no game, it’s no act, I’m simply the best fighter. I respect Nate but it’s business and he will be KO’d inside the first round.
McGregor also suggested that Diaz hit the jackpot by landing the fight with him. “I got world titles and multi-millions of dollars, you got $20,000 to show for your last fight,” he said, per Elbra. “I felt pity on your broke ass, I wanted to make you rich. Nate, congratulations: You’re rich now.”
Additionally, McGregor delivered a few of his classic quips, including a suggestion that the UFC should issue his own title belt, per MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani:
Diaz didn’t have too much too elaborate to say in response, although he did make a peculiar claim that “they’re all on steroids” in reference to UFC fighters, per Elbra. Needless to stay, that was a comment that riled McGregor, but for the rest of the presser he was snappy, sharp and typically entertaining.
Diaz is a fighter who comes alive inside the Octagon, though, and while McGregor will have the edge in terms of movement, as he notes, this is a big jump up for him. Getting the better of these press conference exchanges has long been easy work for the Notorious, but running over a hardened competitor like Diaz in an unfamiliar weight division will prove to be difficult.
LONDONThe 02, site of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night London event, sits stoically on Peninsula Square at midday in London, but at Tower Bridge scores of media members clamor into the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel for UFC London’s media day. The fir…
LONDONThe 02, site of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night London event, sits stoically on Peninsula Square at midday in London, but at Tower Bridge scores of media members clamor into the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel for UFC London’s media day. The first group of five fighters – Mike Wilkinson, Scott Askham, Arnold Allen, Norman Parke, Makwan Amirkhani – make their way to their allotted areas as gaggles of camera crews and interviewers shoot off in different directions to get central positions.
