Hector Lombard on Cutting Down to Welterweight: ‘It Was a Big Mistake’

Hector Lombard looks back on his welterweight run with regret. Despite fighting as a middleweight and even a light heavyweight throughout his career, Lombard felt the need to move down to welterweight to maximize his performance in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). “Lightening” had some early success at 170 pounds. After going 1-2 inside the […]

Hector Lombard looks back on his welterweight run with regret. Despite fighting as a middleweight and even a light heavyweight throughout his career, Lombard felt the need to move down to welterweight to maximize his performance in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). “Lightening” had some early success at 170 pounds. After going 1-2 inside the […]

Derek Brunson Decides Not to Appeal UFC 208 Loss to Anderson Silva

Derek Brunson will take his UFC 208 loss and move on after all. Last Saturday night (Feb. 11), Brunson battled future Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer Anderson Silva inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. After three rounds, the result of the fight was up to the judges at Octagon side. All three […]

Derek Brunson will take his UFC 208 loss and move on after all. Last Saturday night (Feb. 11), Brunson battled future Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer Anderson Silva inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. After three rounds, the result of the fight was up to the judges at Octagon side. All three […]

Video: Watch Full Bellator 172 Ceremonial Weigh-Ins

The Bellator 172 ceremonial weigh-ins are in the books. Tomorrow night (Feb. 18) 32 fighters will step inside the Bellator cage in the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The main event for Bellator 172 features mixed martial arts (MMA) icon Fedor Emelianenko going head-to-head with former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Matt Mitrione. The […]

The Bellator 172 ceremonial weigh-ins are in the books. Tomorrow night (Feb. 18) 32 fighters will step inside the Bellator cage in the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The main event for Bellator 172 features mixed martial arts (MMA) icon Fedor Emelianenko going head-to-head with former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Matt Mitrione. The […]

Nikita Krylov Has Been Released From UFC Contract

Despite winning five of his last six bouts, Nikita Krylov is no longer with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). UFC officials have confirmed that Krylov has been released from the promotion. MMAJunkie.com brought word of the light heavyweight shakeup. Krylov made his UFC debut back in Aug. 2013. He suffered a TKO loss at the […]

Despite winning five of his last six bouts, Nikita Krylov is no longer with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). UFC officials have confirmed that Krylov has been released from the promotion. MMAJunkie.com brought word of the light heavyweight shakeup. Krylov made his UFC debut back in Aug. 2013. He suffered a TKO loss at the […]

Max Holloway on Conor McGregor Rematch: ‘I Ain’t Chasing Nobody’

Max Holloway doesn’t plan on begging for “big money fights.” The current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) interim featherweight title holder is set to compete in a unification bout against champion Jose Aldo. The two will throw leather at UFC 212 on June 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While the UFC’s featherweight division looks to […]

Max Holloway doesn’t plan on begging for “big money fights.” The current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) interim featherweight title holder is set to compete in a unification bout against champion Jose Aldo. The two will throw leather at UFC 212 on June 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While the UFC’s featherweight division looks to […]

Josh Koscheck Forced To Undergo Additional Screens For Bellator Debut

Josh Koscheck is a go for tomorrow night (Sat. February 18, 2017) against Mauricio Alonso at Bellator 172. Koscheck was not present at yesterday’s Bellator 172 media day because we was undergoing additional medical testing. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) cleared the former UFC welterweight this morning according to CSAC executive officer Andy Foster (via

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Josh Koscheck is a go for tomorrow night (Sat. February 18, 2017) against Mauricio Alonso at Bellator 172.

Koscheck was not present at yesterday’s Bellator 172 media day because we was undergoing additional medical testing. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) cleared the former UFC welterweight this morning according to CSAC executive officer Andy Foster (via MMA Fighting):

“The Commission requested additional information to support his license application,” Foster said in a statement. “We received that information yesterday and it was thoroughly reviewed.”

The 39-year-old’s issues that led to the additional testing were not revealed by Foster, however, MMA Fighting reports that the CSAC was concerned over an interview Koscheck gave in which he indicated he was dealing with a nagging neck injury. Prior to beginning his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, Koscheck had two vertebrae fused in 2001 and “more recently he suffered bulging discs both above and below the site of the surgery, leaving him with painful nerve damage that left him almost incapable of using his left arm,” according to MMA Junkie’s Ben Fowlkes.

Bellator did not comment on Koscheck’s situation.

He will take on Mauricio Alonso on the main card of Bellator 172 tomorrow night. The card is headlined by the promotional debut of heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko who takes on former UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione.

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