Bellator’s sixth season comes to an end Friday on MTV2, bellator.com and spike.com, with two tournament bouts, as well as a world title bout.Headlining will be season five-time heavyweight tournament winner Eric Prindle taking on champion Cole Konrad. …
Bellator’s sixth season comes to an end Friday on MTV2, bellator.com and spike.com, with two tournament bouts, as well as a world title bout.
Headlining will be season five-time heavyweight tournament winner Eric Prindle taking on champion Cole Konrad. Prindle clinched the tournament this season after a no contest in Season 5 and a failed attempt at a rematch when Thiago Santos did not make weight.
Also on the card is the lightweight tournament final, as well as the second bantamweight semifinal. Let’s take a look at the breakdown of each main card fight.
I managed to catch up with Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney after Bellator 69 at the L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana on Friday night. Bjorn touched on issues such as fighters who stuck out on the undercard, why the Asplund vs. Sparks fight didn’t happen, MMA in New York and much more. Come inside after the jump for the full interview, as well as fight videos from the fighters that Bjorn Rebney mentions.
I managed to catch up with Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney after Bellator 69 at the L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana on Friday night. Bjorn touched on issues such as fighters who stuck out on the undercard, why the Asplund vs. Sparks fight didn’t happen, MMA in New York and much more. Come inside after the jump for the full interview, as well as fight videos from the fighters that Bjorn Rebney mentions.
Unfortunately, all the videos currently online of the Josh Quayhagen fight are actually of the Richard Hale vs. Josh Burns fight. But we do have Russian prospect Andrey Koreshkov’s brilliant performance against Derrick Krantz. By the way, Koreshkov and co. all had matching airbrushed shirts, which I totally dug.
The UFC is plagued with a problem. There is only one champion and one top contender. How do you decide who that is? Take for instance the UFC welterweight division right now. With champion Georges St-Pierre sidelined and unable to fight curre…
The UFC is plagued with a problem. There is only one champion and one top contender. How do you decide who that is? Take for instance the UFC welterweight division right now. With champion Georges St-Pierre sidelined and unable to fight current interim champion, Carlos Condit, who do you give the top contender spot to after the […]
After Bellator 69, Maiquel Falcao will establish himself as the favorite to replace Hector Lombard as one of the most exciting champions in the organization.Falcao finds himself a win over Andreas Spang away from claiming his shot at the middleweight c…
After Bellator 69, Maiquel Falcao will establish himself as the favorite to replace Hector Lombard as one of the most exciting champions in the organization.
Falcao finds himself a win over Andreas Spang away from claiming his shot at the middleweight championship. With former champion Lombard recently signed to the UFC, the winner of tonight’s fight will meet fellow middleweight contender Alexander Schlemenko for the now-vacant title.
When Bellator lost Lombard, they didn’t only lose a champion.
They lost one of their biggest draws and most exciting fighters. Lombard was a powerhouse and one of the elite fighters in an organization with a roster mostly devoid of marketable stars.
Luckily for Bellator, Falcao has joined the company’s roster at a great time. With the title up for grabs, Falcao has impressively outpointed Norman Paraisy and Vyacheslav Vasilevsky in highly entertaining bouts that showed off Falcao’s explosive striking and impressive hand speed.
Falcao’s fight with Spang should be even more entertaining as both fighters are gifted strikers, and there will be some bad blood between the two after their post-fight scuffle at Bellator 66.
Despite winning his first two Bellator fights by decision, Falcao is known as a finisher. Out of Falcao’s 30 wins in his career, 26 were finishes, and he has won by KO/TKO 23 times. By comparison, Lombard has won 31 career fights and finished 24 of them (17 KO/TKO and seven submissions).
Falcao may not be as well versed in submissions as Lombard, but the two are both entertaining middleweights who throw strikes with bad intentions.
With Lombard gone, Bellator desperately needs a new star in the middleweight division and Falcao could definitely be that star.
Bellator 69 marks the beginning of the end of Season 6 of Bellator, coming to you live on MTV 2, bellator.com and spike.com tonight. The card is headlined by the middleweight tournament final, which will determine who will fight for the middleweight ti…
Bellator 69 marks the beginning of the end of Season 6 of Bellator, coming to you live on MTV 2, bellator.com and spike.com tonight. The card is headlined by the middleweight tournament final, which will determine who will fight for the middleweight title against Alexander Schlemenko.
For the tournament final, we see Sweden’s Andreas Spang meet up with Brazilian Maiquel Falcao. Preceding this fight was a fight in the cage that ensured their semifinal matches, when the two squared off and chaos erupted.
Also on the card is on of the welterweight semifinals between David Rickels and Karl Amoussou, a heavyweight tournament qualifier between Kevin Apslund and Ron Sparks, as well as a women’s bout between Megumi Fujii and Jessica Aguilar.
Bellator has already proven that they have a zero-tolerance policy for tournament competitorsmissing weight, and this afternoon, Maiquel Falcao put himself in danger of being the second finalist to be disqualified this season.
During the weigh-ins for tomorrow’s Bellator 69 event at L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Falcao punished the scales at 188 pounds, three above his middleweight limit. He has been given two hours to sweat off the excess; if he doesn’t make it happen, his opponent Andreas Spang could win the Season Six Middleweight Tournament by default, earning a title shot against a cardboard cutout of Hector Lombard. Cross your fingers for a good result, because these two really need to squash their beef. UPDATE:Falcao made weight on his second attempt.
In other Bellator weigh-in news, two undercard fighters also came in heavy on their first attempts, and welterweight semifinalist Karl Amoussou made opponent David Rickels his bitch during the staredown. You can see a GIF of that rather embarrassing moment after the jump, along with complete weigh-in results from Bellator 69, which will also feature a 115-pound women’s match between Megumi Fujii and Jessica Aguilar.
Bellator has already proven that they have a zero-tolerance policy for tournament competitorsmissing weight, and this afternoon, Maiquel Falcao put himself in danger of being the second finalist to be disqualified this season.
During the weigh-ins for tomorrow’s Bellator 69 event at L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Falcao punished the scales at 188 pounds, three above his middleweight limit. He has been given two hours to sweat off the excess; if he doesn’t make it happen, his opponent Andreas Spang could win the Season Six Middleweight Tournament by default, earning a title shot against a cardboard cutout of Hector Lombard. Cross your fingers for a good result, because these two really need to squash their beef. UPDATE:Falcao made weight on his second attempt.
In other Bellator weigh-in news, two undercard fighters also came in heavy on their first attempts, and welterweight semifinalist Karl Amoussou made opponent David Rickels his bitch during the staredown. You can see a GIF of that rather embarrassing moment after the jump, along with complete weigh-in results from Bellator 69, which will also feature a 115-pound women’s match between Megumi Fujii and Jessica Aguilar.
MAIN CARD (MTV2)
Maiquel Falcao (188) vs. Andreas Spang (185.8) – middleweight-tournament final
Karl Amoussou (170) vs. David Rickels (170.6) – welterweight-tournament semifinal
Jessica Aguilar (115.6) vs. Megumi Fujii (116)
Kevin Asplund (239) vs. Ron Sparks (264.6)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
Josh Quayhagen (158.2) vs. Cliff Wright (155.6)
Emanuel “E.J.” Brooks (156.6) vs. Kalvin Hackney (156)
Booker Arthur (145.4) vs. Shanon Slack (146)
Andrey Koreshkov (170.8) vs. Derrick Krantz (170.8)
Josh Burns (206) vs. Richard Hale (205.5)
Mark Holata (250.6) vs. Abe Wagner (248.8)
After Bellator 69, Maiquel Falcao will establish himself as the favorite to replace 
