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Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has opened up his own mixed martial arts store in his home neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The store is called ‘The Red Corner’ because, as Alvarez says, the Red Corner is the corner of the favorite.
The video, highlights from an upcoming documentary by Kahleem Poole-Tejada, shows a quick look […]
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Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has opened up his own mixed martial arts store in his home neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The store is called ‘The Red Corner’ because, as Alvarez says, the Red Corner is the corner of the favorite.
The video, highlights from an upcoming documentary by Kahleem Poole-Tejada, shows a quick look into the grand opening on December 18th.
Check out more of Khaleem’s other documentaries on his Vimeo site.
Press Release
Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the promotion’s inaugural Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament which will take place in Bellator’s much anticipated fourth season. The eight-man 205 lbs. Tournament will start in March, 2011. The eight Light Heavyweights will determine their own destiny in the cage on the road to the first Bellator Light […]
Press Release
Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the promotion’s inaugural Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament which will take place in Bellator’s much anticipated fourth season. The eight-man 205 lbs. Tournament will start in March, 2011. The eight Light Heavyweights will determine their own destiny in the cage on the road to the first Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship belt and $100,000 to the tournament winner.
An exhaustive search is currently underway to find the best available light heavyweights the MMA world has to offer. With six of the eight fighters already selected, announcements regarding confirmed participants of the 2011 Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament are anticipated in the coming days.
“We’ve wanted to add a Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament since Season 1, but wanted to ensure that when we did it, we had a great group fighting for the title. Now, we do,” said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “One of the best parts of my job is handing over the Bellator World Title belt to a new champion, and I’ll have the pleasure of doing it again this upcoming season.”
Some of Bellator’s most electrifying moments have coming during Championship fights, including current Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez defeating Toby Imada with a devastating rear naked choke submission, Featherweight Champion Joe Warren rallying back from the brink of defeat to knockout Joe Soto, and Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto beating the previously undefeated and #1 ranked pound for pound female fighter Megumi Fujii.
Current Bellator Champions include, Hector Lombard at middleweight, Ben Askren at welterweight, Eddie Alvarez at lightweight, Joe Warren at featherweight, Zack Makovsky at bantamweight, Cole Konrad at heavyweight and Zoila Frausto in the women’s 115 lbs. Division.
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator’s founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.
On Tuesday, Belaltor Fighting Championships announced that it had reached a three year tv deal with MTV2 to broadcast their events live across their network. Shows are scheduled to begin in March of 2011 and marks a new age for the promotion as they’ll have better access to their target market through MTV2 instead […]
On Tuesday, Belaltor Fighting Championships announced that it had reached a three year tv deal with MTV2 to broadcast their events live across their network. Shows are scheduled to begin in March of 2011 and marks a new age for the promotion as they’ll have better access to their target market through MTV2 instead of their previous provide Fox Sports Network.
CEO Bjorn Rebney has been busy speaking to several of the media outlets providing more details on the deal.
Here are some of the highlights from an interview with BloodyElbow.com.
– I can’t speak to that yet…it is a spectacular timeslot. A timeslot that is optimal for our brand.
– (MTV2) reach a higher concentration of the MMA market than ESPN, than TNT, than USA, than Fox Network, than ABC. They reach the core demographic that follows mixed martial arts better than anyone.
– Our programming format, our two hour shows, will remain as it was…We aren’t changing the way Bellator programs or the way the tournament works.
– As part of the 2011 schedule we’ll do two full tournaments. We’ll do 12 events per tournament, per season.
– So coming up in the March, April, May season you’ll see four tournaments running simultaneously and coming up in season number five you’ll see four tournaments running simultaneously.
Be sure to check out the entire interview by Jonathan Snowden at BloodyElbow.com, as Rebney offers some more details on Super Fights and his hopes for the future of the promotion.
(photo via Bellator.com)
Rising Mixed Martial Arts Organization Features Top Stars In Exciting Tournament Format MTV2 To Debut Live Matches in March 2011
New York, NY, December 14, 2010 – Bellator Fighting Championships, a growing force in the world of mixed martial arts, has a new television home, MTV2. It was announced today jointly by Bellator […]
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Rising Mixed Martial Arts Organization Features Top Stars In Exciting Tournament Format MTV2 To Debut Live Matches in March 2011
New York, NY, December 14, 2010 – Bellator Fighting Championships, a growing force in the world of mixed martial arts, has a new television home, MTV2. It was announced today jointly by Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney and Eric Conte, SVP, Programming and Production, MTV2. The three-year deal will commence in 2011.
Featuring some of the sport’s top stars, Bellator brings a unique format of world-class fighting to fans with 12-week, eight-man tournaments in respective weight classes. MTV2, which features the highest concentration of M12-24 and M12-34 in television, will telecast two of these LIVE tournaments per year, plus a collection of special feature events. The first tournament will premiere in March 2011.
“MTV2 is the perfect home for the intense mixed martial arts action of Bellator,” Eric Conte, SVP, Programming and Production, MTV2. “MMA is at the top of our audience’s wish list, and partnering with Bellator to bring live events and specials to MTV2 made complete sense since our viewers are so hungry to see more MMA on-air.”
“We are thrilled to partner with MTV2 which has such a strong audience of hard-to-reach young guys,” said Rebney. “With a timeslot on a prominent nationally-distributed cable network aimed at young men, we now have the perfect platform to showcase our exciting, action-packed tournaments and fighters.”
Bellator which is Latin for “Warrior,” is based in Chicago, IL and was founded in 2008 by Rebney. The stable of fighters include some of the most exciting in the sport including Eddie Alvarez, Hector Lombard, Joe Warren, Ben Askren, Zoila Frausto and Roger Huerta, once featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Bellator events are held in venues all across the country. Their fights have previously aired on Fox Sports Net, NBC, bi-lingual channel Mun2, ESPN Deportes, and the Score.
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator’s Founder/Chairman & CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations. For more information go to www.Bellator.com
About MTV2
MTV2 is a man’s best friend, available in nearly 80 million homes and with the highest concentration of males 12-24 and 12-34 on TV today. A vibrant mix of music, lifestyle and action sports programming, MTV2 has reflected the habits and behavior of young people since its launch in 1996. MTV2 is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom, one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.
Good news for Bellator Fighting Championship fans as the promotion is expected to announce a new television deal that will see events aired live on the FX network.
MMAjunkie.com broke the news on Friday.
Bellator Fighting Championships officials are expected to announce a multi-year broadcast deal with FOX Entertainment Group, sources today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com.
As part of […]
Good news for Bellator Fighting Championship fans as the promotion is expected to announce a new television deal that will see events aired live on the FX network.
MMAjunkie.com broke the news on Friday.
Bellator Fighting Championships officials are expected to announce a multi-year broadcast deal with FOX Entertainment Group, sources today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com.
As part of the deal, future Bellator events are expected to air live on the FX cable station with tape-delayed broadcasts on sister stations FOX Sports Net and Fuel TV.
Bellator aired its first first season on the Spanish-language ESPN Deportes and its two most recent seasons on FSN.
There had been some speculation over the recent months that Bellator was in a bit of trouble as a mixed martial arts promotion but this deal would certainly secure them as a promotion by reaching into millions of home each week on cable television.
The promotion is likely to keep its regular Thursday schedule with the live events being broadcast on FX, while highlights will air on FSN and Fuel.
This is definitely a step forward for Bellator as they’ve had to conform previous events around timeslots, had shows pre-empted, and broadcast by tape delay. This will allow them to keep the interest of fans, as well as attract new ones, by keeping the events live in viewers homes in a world where the results are only a click away.
A three minute recap of Bellator Fighting Championships third season which saw the crowning of three new champions in the women’s 115 lb tournament in Zoila Frausto, a new bantamweight champ in Zach Makovsky, and new heavyweight champ Cole Konrad.
While previous title holders would go on to defend their belts. Hector Lombard […]
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A three minute recap of Bellator Fighting Championships third season which saw the crowning of three new champions in the women’s 115 lb tournament in Zoila Frausto, a new bantamweight champ in Zach Makovsky, and new heavyweight champ Cole Konrad.
While previous title holders would go on to defend their belts. Hector Lombard would defend his title, Ben Askren would defeat Lyman Good to win the welterweight title, and Joe Warren would earn a win over Joe Soto for the featherweight title.