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Fight Network showcases the preview for Friday night’s Bellator 79 card, headlined by two of the Season Seven tournament semifinals. Richard Hale takes on Thiago Santos in the heavyweight semifinal, and Mike Richman squares off with Shahbulat Shamhalaev in the featherweight semifinal.
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Fight Network showcases the preview for Friday night’s Bellator 79 card, headlined by two of the Season Seven tournament semifinals. Richard Hale takes on Thiago Santos in the heavyweight semifinal, and Mike Richman squares off with Shahbulat Shamhalaev in the featherweight semifinal.
Having earned a decision victory last Friday following a year long layoff, Bellator women’s 115-lbs champion Zoila ‘Warrior Princess’ Gurgel (12-1) is set to return to action on December 7 when she takes on Jessica ‘Evil’ Eye (8-1) at Bellator 83 in a flyweight matchup. Both fighters have verbally agreed to the fight and has […]
Zoila Gurgel
Having earned a decision victory last Friday following a year long layoff, Bellator women’s 115-lbs champion Zoila ‘Warrior Princess’ Gurgel (12-1) is set to return to action on December 7 when she takes on Jessica ‘Evil’ Eye (8-1) at Bellator 83 in a flyweight matchup.
Both fighters have verbally agreed to the fight and has been confirmed by numerous websites including MMAWeekly.com.
Bellator 83 is expected to take place on Dec. 7, 2012 at Caesars Atlantic City in in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gurgel vs. Eye is expected to appear on the MTV2 broadcasted main card.
Gurgel has spent the year recovering from a knee injury and subsequent surgery. The ‘Warrior Princess’ returned last Friday (Oct. 26) in a flyweight bout at Bellator 78 where she earned a unanimous decision against Casey Noland. It was Gurgel’s second straight match at 125-lbs, a weight she plans on staying in for the future. She is currently riding a seven fight win streak.
Eye has picked up five straight wins herself, all by decision having earned her last victory in August of this year. At a NAAFS event, ‘Evil’ earned a unanimous decision against Angela Magana. The bout with Gurgel marks Eye’s second Bellator appearance, having won a split decision against Casey Noland at Bellator 51 in September 2011.
Press Release – Newport Beach, CA. (November 1st, 2012) – After a pair of devastating knockout victories inside the Bellator cage, the Season 7 Welterweight Tournament Finals are set as Lyman “Cyborg” Good is ready to lock horns with the always dangerous Andrey Koreshkov at Bellator 82 on November 30th from The Soaring Eagle Casino […]
Press Release – Newport Beach, CA. (November 1st, 2012) – After a pair of devastating knockout victories inside the Bellator cage, the Season 7 Welterweight Tournament Finals are set as Lyman “Cyborg” Good is ready to lock horns with the always dangerous Andrey Koreshkov at Bellator 82 on November 30th from The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Tickets for the event are on sale now and are available at StarTickets.com, Bellator.com and The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort Box Office. Tickets are priced from $25-$60.
Bellator 82 will air LIVE on MTV2 and in commercial free HD on EPIX, as well in Spanish language on mun2. As always, the preliminary card will stream exclusively on Spike.com.
The night will also feature a welterweight clash between Bellator veterans David “The Caveman” Rickels and Michigan’s own Jason “The Finisher” Fischer. For the former University of Central Michigan star, Fischer knows this is the biggest opportunity of his young career.
“I’ve been incredibly lucky to collect two huge victories with Bellator, so to get this opportunity to fight David Rickels in front of all my friends and family, it really is a dream come true,” said Fischer. “The University of Central Michigan is like a second home to me, so I’m counting the days until November 30th.”
Two long-awaited Bellator debuts will also be featured at Bellator 82, as English Kickboxing Champion and internet sensation Michael Page will be in action, along with former U.S. Olympic wrestling qualifier Shawn Bunch, who is making his professional debut inside the Bellator cage.
“I’ve had my sights set on Bellator for a long time,” Bunch said. “While I’ve been training in MMA for over four years, I’ve never been able to fully focus on the sport with my wrestling obligations. After watching guys like Ben Askren and King Mo, guys I really look up to in this sport have success, I knew the time was right to make the move to Bellator.”
More information regarding Bellator 82 will be made available shortly.
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is the world’s largest tournament based Mixed Martial Arts organization. Televised to nearly 500 Million homes worldwide, Bellator’s majority owner is entertainment giant Viacom. In the United States, Bellator can be seen on MTV2, in commercial-free HD on EPIX. Starting in January of 2013 Bellator will be broadcast on MMA television leader, Spike TV. With over 150 world-class athletes under contract, Bellator is home to many of the sport’s top athletes. Bellator’s founder &CEO, Bjorn Rebney, an experienced fighting sports and entertainment executive with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes, believed that title shots should be earned, not given. This belief gave rise to Bellator’s real sport, tournament-based format, which gives Bellator’s tournaments a true playoff feel that keeps the sport true and distances itself from the political/subjective side of fighting sports. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in television production, live event orchestration, fighter development/relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations. Bellator is based in Southern, California.
About MTV2
Available in approximately 80 million homes MTV2 is man’s best friend. Since its launch in 1996, the network has reflected the subversive interests and behaviors of young men with a compelling and diverse programming line-up inspired by ordinary guys who do extraordinary things. MTV2 is part of Viacom Media Networks, one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. For more information, go to www.mtvpress.com or follow us on Twitter @MTVPress.
About EPIX
EPIX, a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), is a next-generation premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service launched on October 30, 2009. With access to more than 15,000 motion pictures spanning the vast libraries of its partners and other studios, EPIX provides a powerful entertainment experience with more feature films on demand and online and more HD movies than any other service. It is the only premium service providing its entire monthly line-up of new Hollywood titles, classic feature films, original series, music and comedy specials through the linear channel, video-on-demand and online at EpixHD.com, the leading online destination for movies.
EPIX has made the commitment to deliver the industry’s most expansive online collection of movies, making more than 3,000 titles available on EpixHD.com. The service is available to over 30 million homes nationwide through distribution partners including Charter Communications, Cox Communications, DISH Network, Mediacom Communications, NCTC, Suddenlink Communications and Verizon FiOS.
About mun2
mun2 is the leading Hispanic cable network for young millennial adults 18-34. From reality to music, on-air to digital, mun2 creates original content that resonates across a multi-screen platform. Young, vibrant and unabashedly Latino, mun2 has a distribution to over 38 million households. The network is part of Telemundo Media, a division of NBCUniversal.
Bellator Fighting Championships continues it’s seventh season tournament this Friday when it visits Orilla, Ontario. Bellator 79 will feature a semifinal bout in the heavyweight and featherweight divisions. Heavyweights, Season Five tournament finalist Thiago Santos and Season Four light heavyweight Richard Hale, meet in the main event of the Canadian show. As well as featherweight […]
Bellator 79 weigh-ins – Richard Hale (L) and Thiago Santos (R) square off
Bellator Fighting Championships continues it’s seventh season tournament this Friday when it visits Orilla, Ontario. Bellator 79 will feature a semifinal bout in the heavyweight and featherweight divisions.
Heavyweights, Season Five tournament finalist Thiago Santos and Season Four light heavyweight Richard Hale, meet in the main event of the Canadian show. As well as featherweight tourny semifinalists Mike Richman and Russian Shahbulat Shamhalaev.
Bellator 79 is set to take place on November 2, 2012 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario with the main card airing live on MTV2 and the prelim card streaming living at Spike.com.
Weigh-ins for the event took place this afternoon.
Check out the full weigh-in results for Bellator 79 below:
Main Card (MTV2)
Heavyweight tournament semifinal: Thiago Santos (265) vs. Richard Hale (238.4)
Featherweight tournament semifinal: Mike Richman (145.2) vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev (145.6)
Catchweight (180-lbs) bout: Douglas Lima (179.4) vs. Kobe Ortiz (179.8)
Welterweight bout: Ryan Ford (169.8) vs. Kyle Baker (170.8)
Preliminary Card (Spike.com & Bellator.com)
Heavyweight bout: Ed Carpenter (236.6) vs. Josh Appelt (256.2)
Lightweight bout: Jonny Carson (155.6) vs. Guillaume DeLorenzi (155.6)
Welterweight bout: Chris Franck (172.2) vs. Marcus Aurelio (170.4)
Heavyweight bout: Vladimir Starcencov (260.2) vs. Vitaly Minakov (245.8)
Lightweight bout: Josh Pulsifier (155.4) vs. Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (155.4)
Bellator Season Six featherweight finalist Marlon ‘The Monster from Rio’ Sandro (22-4) says he’s ready for his next fight which is to take place next month as part of Bellator 81 against “The Ultimate Fighter” season fourteen participant Dustin ‘The Beast’ Neace (23-18). Sandro broke the news on Twitter (@351marlon) announcing his next fight for […]
Bellator Season Six featherweight finalist Marlon ‘The Monster from Rio’ Sandro (22-4) says he’s ready for his next fight which is to take place next month as part of Bellator 81 against “The Ultimate Fighter” season fourteen participant Dustin ‘The Beast’ Neace (23-18).
Sandro broke the news on Twitter (@351marlon) announcing his next fight for the Bellator 81 event, revealing his opponent to MMAjunkie.com this weekend.
Bellator 81 is expected to take place on November 16, 2012 at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island. The event will feature the lightweight semi-finals for Bellator’s Season Seven tournament.
Sandro looks to bounce back from a loss, after suffering a second straight tournament final loss this past May in the Season Six tournament versus Daniel Straus as part of the Bellator 68 event. The Brazilian made his way into the final by defeating Roberto Vargas and Alexandre Bezerra. The other tournament loss was to division champion Pat Curran at Bellator 48.
Neace hasn’t been in action since he debuted in the Octagon in December 2011 versus cast member Bryan Caraway. The fight would end via second round submission after Caraway sank in a rear-naked choke. It was Neace second straight loss after another submission defeat at a Colosseum Combat event in February 2011 vresus David Lowe. ‘The Beast’ has earned five wins by (T)KO and eighteen by submission.
Following Bellator 78, CEO Bjorn Rebney talked one-on-one with MMAWeekly.com to break down the event, and also talk about negotiations with Eddie Alvarez and response to the recent threat by FX executives.
Rebney details the ongoing contract talks with former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, and how he plans to have something finished in the next few days whether he re-signs with the promotion or not.
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Following Bellator 78, CEO Bjorn Rebney talked one-on-one with MMAWeekly.com to break down the event, and also talk about negotiations with Eddie Alvarez and response to the recent threat by FX executives.
Rebney details the ongoing contract talks with former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, and how he plans to have something finished in the next few days whether he re-signs with the promotion or not.
The Bellator CEO also responds to the recent threat from FX executives who warned “Spike TV should watch their ass” when speaking about the new programming deal that picks up in 2013.