Bellator Countdown: Top 10 Moments From Bellator Season’s 1 and 2

Bellator highlights a countdown of its Top 10 finishes over its first two season. Included in the highlights are Hector Lombard’s six second knockout, Yahir Reyes’ spinning backfist, Eddie Alvarez’s standing choke out of Josh Neer and Toby Imada’s inverted triangle choke over Jorge Masvidal that won the 2009 Submission of the Year award. Find […]

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Bellator highlights a countdown of its Top 10 finishes over its first two season. Included in the highlights are Hector Lombard’s six second knockout, Yahir Reyes’ spinning backfist, Eddie Alvarez’s standing choke out of Josh Neer and Toby Imada’s inverted triangle choke over Jorge Masvidal that won the 2009 Submission of the Year award. Find out which memorable finishes ends up on top.

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Bellator XXII Weigh-In Results

Tonight’s official weigh-ins for Bellator Fighting Championship 22 is set to go down at the Kansas City Power & Light District beginning at 9 PM EST (6 PM PST). The event is headlined by the welterweight tournament final between Dan Hornbuckle and Ben Askren.
Fans can watch the weigh-ins live at Bellator.com, as the promotion […]

Bellator_22_posterTonight’s official weigh-ins for Bellator Fighting Championship 22 is set to go down at the Kansas City Power & Light District beginning at 9 PM EST (6 PM PST). The event is headlined by the welterweight tournament final between Dan Hornbuckle and Ben Askren.

Fans can watch the weigh-ins live at Bellator.com, as the promotion will provide live streaming video from the venue.

The same venue will host Thursday’s event which will air live on FOX Sports Net (or on a few hours’ delay if preempted by local sports programming), with a highlights packages airing Saturday on NBC, Telemundo and mun2.

Main Card:
Welterweight Tournament Championship: Dan Hornbuckle (170) vs. Ben Askren (170)
Female Showcase Fight: Lisa Ward (115) vs. Stephanie Frausto (114)
Catchweight Fight @ 140 pounds: Jose Vega (139.75) vs. Jarrod Card (139.75)
Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Demetrius Richards (205) vs. Raphael Davis (205.5)

Undercard:
Local Main Event: Leonardo Pecanha (169.75) vs. Tyler Stinson (170.25)
Local Co-Main Event: Brian Green (179.75) vs. Rudy Bears (180) (catchweight bout 180 pounds)
Local Feature Fight #2: John Orr (257) vs. Cole Konrad (266)
Local Feature Fight #3: Jared Downing (135) vs. Chad Vandenberg (136)

Bellator FC Adds Angela Magana To Season 3 Tournament

On Tuesday, Bellator Fighting Championship announced the addition of female 115 pound fighter Angela Magana (9-4) to their upcoming Bellator Season 3 Women’s Tournament which kicks off in August.
“We are very pleased to add Angela Magana to the compelling list of 115 pound women competing in our Season 3 tournament. There is not an […]

Angela MaganaOn Tuesday, Bellator Fighting Championship announced the addition of female 115 pound fighter Angela Magana (9-4) to their upcoming Bellator Season 3 Women’s Tournament which kicks off in August.

“We are very pleased to add Angela Magana to the compelling list of 115 pound women competing in our Season 3 tournament. There is not an easy fight anywhere in this tournament and Angela should present a very tough fight for everyone she faces in this tournament,” said Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney.

The fighter currently trains at the Team Four Corners gym in Farmington, N.M.

Joining her for the Season 3 tournament will be the undefeated Japanese mma star Megumi Fujii, British fighter Rosi Sexton (currently ranked No. 1 in the 125 lbs. female weight-class), 11-5 Lisa Ward and 7-0 Jessica Pene.

HT: Quote and picture courtesy of Bellator.com

Bellator XXI Event Photos

Thursday’s Bellator XXI event took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., headlining the event was the lightweight tournament final between Pat Curran and Toby Imada. Curran earned a split decision over Imada. The co-main event saw undefeated Japanese female fighter Megumi Fujii defeat Sarah Schneider via TKO.
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Thursday’s Bellator XXI event took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., headlining the event was the lightweight tournament final between Pat Curran and Toby Imada. Curran earned a split decision over Imada. The co-main event saw undefeated Japanese female fighter Megumi Fujii defeat Sarah Schneider via TKO.

Photos courtesy of Tom Hill of TomHillphotos.com.

Pat Curran def. Toby Imada via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

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Megumi Fujii defeats Sarah Schneider via TKO in Round 3 at 1:58.

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More event photos can be found at TomHillPhotos.com

Bellator XXI Quick Results

Thursday’s event took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. and was shown live on Fox Sports Net, and its regional sports network affiliates. A highlights package airing on Saturday on NBC, Telemundo and mun.
Lightweight tournament finalists Pat Curran and Toby Imada faced off in the main event of […]

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Thursday’s event took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. and was shown live on Fox Sports Net, and its regional sports network affiliates. A highlights package airing on Saturday on NBC, Telemundo and mun.

Lightweight tournament finalists Pat Curran and Toby Imada faced off in the main event of the evening, it was a close fight but Curran earned a split decision in the end (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

The co-main event saw the only female bout on the card and Japanese fighter Megumi Fujii earned a 3rd round TKO over Sarah Schneider.

The full Bellator 21 quick results are as follows:

Tournament bouts

-Lightweight Final: Pat Curran def. Toby Imada via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Non-Tournament bouts

– Women’s (120 lbs) bout: Megumi Fujii def. Sarah Schneider via TKO – R3, 1:58
– Heavyweight bout: Mike Hayes def. Steve Banks via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
– Bantamweight bout: Brian Eckstein def. Mitchell Chamale via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
– Middleweight bout: Moyses Gabin def. Chris Boffil via submission (rear-naked choke) – R1, 4:41
– Catchweight bout (175): Frank Carrillo def. Sabah Homasi via TKO – R3, 3:16
– Bantamweight bout: Zach Makovsky def. Eric Luke via submission (kimura) – R2, 4:28
– Lightweight bout: Luis Palomino def. Jose Figueroa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Bellator XXI – Weigh-In Photos

Bellator 21 is set to air tomorrow night from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla. live on Fox Sports Net.
All photos courtesy of Tom Hill and www.tomhillphotos.com.
Pat Curran vs. Toby Imada

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Bellator 21 is set to air tomorrow night from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla. live on Fox Sports Net.

All photos courtesy of Tom Hill and www.tomhillphotos.com.

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