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The MMA Hour is back in your life on Monday. Here’s what we have planned for our 101st episode.
* MMA Fighting’s Mike Chiappetta, MMAConvert.com’s Jim Genia and TapouT’s Mike Straka will return for another edition of the MMA Media Roundtable. We’ll discuss the fallout from UFC 135, UFC on Versus 6 and much more.
* And Jared Hamman will talk about his move down to 185 pounds and his new wine label.
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*** You can also stream the show live on your iPhone or iPad by clicking here.
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Or no longer feels anything, for that matter. Props to MiddleEasy for the video.
It’s Sunday afternoon. Most of you were too busy with UFC 135 to even bother watching Bellator 51 last night. Today, you’re probably too busy with your religious practices to spend time reading a full recap, so I’ll make this quick for you.
For those of you who don’t even have the time to watch that video, damn. Let me first ask you what it’s like to have responsibilities. Let’s also say that Joe Warren will not become Bellator’s first multiple weight class title holder any time soon. Forty year old Bellator newcomer Alexis Vila delivered a left hook that zombified Warren just over one minute into the fight. Look on the bright side, Joe: After getting knocked out like that, you have that featherweight title defense against Patricio Freire to look forward to.
Full results, courtesy of MMAJunkie, after the jump.
Or no longer feels anything, for that matter. Props to MiddleEasy for the video.
It’s Sunday afternoon. Most of you were too busy with UFC 135 to even bother watching Bellator 51 last night. Today, you’re probably too busy with your religious practices to spend time reading a full recap, so I’ll make this quick for you.
For those of you who don’t even have the time to watch that video, damn. Let me first ask you what it’s like to have responsibilities. Let’s also say that Joe Warren will not become Bellator’s first multiple weight class title holder any time soon. Forty year old Bellator newcomer Alexis Vila delivered a left hook that zombified Warren just over one minute into the fight. Look on the bright side, Joe: After getting knocked out like that, you have that featherweight title defense against Patricio Freire to look forward to.
Full results, courtesy of MMAJunkie, after the jump.
MAIN CARD
Bantamweight-Tournament Opening Round:
Alexis Vila def. Joe Warren via KO (punch) – Round 1, 1:04
Eduardo Dantas def. Wilson Reis via KO (flying knee) – Round 2, 1:02
Marcos Galvao def. Chase Beebe via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Ed West def. Luiz Nogueira via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Frank Caraballo def. Dustin Kempf via TKO (knee Injury) – Round 1, 1:19
Jessica Eye def. Casey Noland via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Jesse Riggleman def. Farkhad Sharipo via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Dan Spohn def. Dan Bonnigson via KO (knee) – Round 1, 0:09
John Hawk def. Allan Weickert via TKO (retirement) – Round 2, 5:00
Joey Holt def. Clint Musser via KO (flying knee) – Round 1, 4:07
Filed under: Bellator, NewsJoe Warren’s pursuit of a second Bellator title didn’t get very far.
Warren, Bellator’s featherweight champion, dropped to bantamweight to enter the promotion’s Season 5 tournament, hoping to win the tourney and get a shot …
Joe Warren’s pursuit of a second Bellator title didn’t get very far.
Warren, Bellator’s featherweight champion, dropped to bantamweight to enter the promotion’s Season 5 tournament, hoping to win the tourney and get a shot at bantamweight champ Zack Makovsky. But Alexis Vila had plenty to say about that Saturday at Bellator 51, and he said it with his left hand.
Vila dropped Warren with a big left in the main event, knocking him out before he hit the ground. The knockout came at just 1:04 of the first round. Vila advanced to the semifinals of the Bellator bantamweight tourney, as did Eduardo Dantas, Marcos Galvao and Ed West with their wins on Saturday in Canton, Ohio.
“This is what MMA is about,” Vila said after the fight. “I think everyone’s happy with my performance, so let’s roll. I’m looking for the title. It’s why I came here – to get a title.”
Warren’s loss snapped a five-fight winning streak, all in Bellator, since his last loss at Dream 11, a submission setback to Bibiano Fernandes in October 2009. Warren’s featherweight title was not on the line. Vila, from Cuba, remained unbeaten at 10-0. It was his Bellator debut.
In the co-main event, Dantas, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, upset Wilson Reis with a first-round knockout. Dantas landed a big flying right knee to Reis’ chin. Six shots on the ground later, Reis was in his second straight Bellator semifinals. He lost in the featherweight tournament’s semis in the spring.
And in a pair of unanimous decisions to open the quarterfinals, Marcos Galvao beat former WEC bantamweight champion Chase Beebe with a close split decision. Galvao, a BJJ black belt, survived several first-round submission attempts from Beebe. And West beat Luis Nogueira, a Brazilian national wrestling champion, by unanimous decision.
The semifinal fights of the bantamweight tournament are expected to take place in a Bellator event next month.
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Apparently not satisfied with one title, Bellator featherweight champion Joe Warren is also setting his sights on the bantamweight belt, as well.
Bellator announced Tuesday its pairings for its Season 5 eight-man bantamweight tournament, which will be…
Apparently not satisfied with one title, Bellator featherweight champion Joe Warren is also setting his sights on the bantamweight belt, as well.
Bellator announced Tuesday its pairings for its Season 5 eight-man bantamweight tournament, which will begin in September. Right smack in the middle will be Warren, who will drop down a class to go after a second title. And joining him in dropping down from 145 pounds to 135 will be the man he beat to win the featherweight belt, Joe Soto.
The tournament will open on Sept. 24 with all four quarterfinal fights. That event is likely to be Bellator 51; no venue has yet been announced. Bellator’s fifth season will open on Sept. 10 with Bellator 49, and events will again be broadcast on MTV2. Bellator’s current bantamweight champion, Zach Makovsky, will defend his title against the tournament winner, likely in the spring of 2012.
“To say our Season 5 bantamweight tournament is stacked is a gross understatement,” Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said in a release from the promotion. “Warren-Vila is going to be absolutely explosive for as long as it lasts, and the inclusion of Dantas, Nogueira, Chase, Soto, Ed and Luis makes every single fight in this tournament a pick’em adventure.”
Warren (7-1, 5-0 Bellator) is scheduled to face Patricio Freire next month to defend his featherweight title. The NCAA Division I All-American wrestler also won two state wrestling titles in high school. Warren’s MMA debut was an upset of Beebe in the Dream featherweight grand prix in 2009. Vila (9-0), who trains at American Top Team, won a bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics. He will be the oldest competitor in the field at 40. Only one of his nine wins has gone the distance – Vila owns six knockout wins and a pair of submissions.
Soto (9-1, 4-1 Bellator) in September suffered his first career loss, a second-round TKO to Warren, dropping his featherweight title. Soto has been with Bellator since its first event in April 2009 and won the promotion’s first 145-pound title with a submission of Yahir Reyes. He is scheduled to next fight Eddie Yagin at a Tachi Palace Fights event in August. Dantas (10-2) is a product of the Brazliian jiu-jitsu team at Nova Uniao. His Bellator debut also will be his debut in the United States.
Beebe (18-7, 1-0 Bellator) started his MMA career 12-1. His WEC debut was a unanimous decision win over Eddie Wineland to win the bantamweight title in March 2007. He defended it once against Rani Yahya before losing it to Miguel Torres in February 2008. That started a stretch of five straight losses, his loss to Warren at Dream 7. But since 2010, Beebe has gone 6-1, including a win in his Bellator debut in May. He is scheduled to face Ralph Acosta for the World Fighting Championship’s bantamweight title next month in England. Galvao (9-4-1, 0-1 Bellator) is a WEC vet whose last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Warren at Bellator 41 in April. In December, he won Ring of Combat’s featherweight title. He, like, Dantas, is a Nova Uniao Brazilian jiu-jitsu product.
West (16-5, 2-1 Bellator) will be looking to get back to the finals after reaching the championship bout of Bellator’s Season 3 135-pound tourney, which he lost to Makovsky by unanimous decision. The Tucson, Ariz.-based West, who trains frequently with UFC fighter George Roop, is 8-1 over the last four years, including five submission victories. Nogueira (11-1, 1-0 Bellator) has won seven straight, including his Bellator debut against Jerod Spoon in April. His only career loss came against Dantas at a Shooto Brazil event in 2008.
The MMA Hour is back in your life on Monday. Here’s what we have planned for our 101st episode.
Joe Warren’s pursuit of a second 
Apparently not satisfied with one title,