Josh Barnett is apologetic after his last-minute Bellator 235 withdrawal. Barnett was expected to make his Bellator debut against Ronny Markes. The bout was set to headline one of the final three Bellator events of 2019. Nothing seemed out of the ordin…
Josh Barnett is apologetic after his last-minute Bellator 235 withdrawal. Barnett was expected to make his Bellator debut against Ronny Markes. The bout was set to headline one of the final three Bellator events of 2019. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until backstage interviewer Jenn Brown was seen by Barnett’s locker room to deliver […]
Josh Barnett vs. Ronny Markes has been canceled. Barnett was set to take on Markes in a heavyweight main event bout tonight (Dec. 20) at Bellator 235. During the broadcast, it was revealed that Barnett was not medically cleared due to an illness. The n…
Josh Barnett vs. Ronny Markes has been canceled. Barnett was set to take on Markes in a heavyweight main event bout tonight (Dec. 20) at Bellator 235. During the broadcast, it was revealed that Barnett was not medically cleared due to an illness. The new main event is Erik Perez vs. Toby Misech. Bellator president […]
Following a four-week hiatus, Bellator is back with a full weekend of action from Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii that starts Friday with a USO Salute to the Troops event…
Following a four-week hiatus, Bellator is back with a full weekend of action from Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii that starts Friday with a USO Salute to the Troops event…
Josh Barnett is set to make his Bellator debut this Friday when he takes on Ronny Markes in Hawaii. Should Barnett win this fight, he would immediately become one of the top heavyweights in Bellator, which is his goal. He wants to be the one to dethron…
Josh Barnett is set to make his Bellator debut this Friday when he takes on Ronny Markes in Hawaii. Should Barnett win this fight, he would immediately become one of the top heavyweights in Bellator, which is his goal. He wants to be the one to dethrone Ryan Bader after an impressive grand prix win. […]
Josh Barnett’s long-awaited promotional debut will headline Bellator’s Salute The Troops event next month. Barnett will meet fellow debuting UFC veteran Ronny Markes in a heavyweight contest in the main event. The show is set to take place December 20 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Barnett signed with Bellator in April […]
Josh Barnett’s long-awaited promotional debut will headline Bellator’s Salute The Troops event next month.
Barnett will meet fellow debuting UFC veteran Ronny Markes in a heavyweight contest in the main event. The show is set to take place December 20 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Barnett signed with Bellator in April and will be making his return to the sport for the first time since September 2016 when he submitted Andrei Arlovski. As for Markes, he last competed at PFL 3 in June where he defeated Sigi Pesaleli via TKO. He is a five-fight veteran of the UFC and notably fought names like Yoel Romero and Thiago Santos.
It will be the second year that Bellator teams up with United Service Organizations to pay tribute to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces.
The event takes place one day before Bellator Hawaii which is headlined by a women’s flyweight title fight between champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Kate Jackson. Competing in the co-main event of that card is a Bellator featherweight grand prix quarterfinal matchup as AJ McKee collides with Derek Campos.
As for the Salute The Troops event, no other fights are announced as of yet. However, more fight announcements can be expected in the coming weeks.
Josh Barnett is now a member of the Bellator MMA roster. The former UFC heavyweight champion has yet to make his debut inside the Bellator cage. Barnett is expected to end his three-year layoff at the end of the year on a special Bellator/RIZIN card, however, nothing has been made official just yet. The 41-year-old […]
Barnett is expected to end his three-year layoff at the end of the year on a special Bellator/RIZIN card, however, nothing has been made official just yet. The 41-year-old was in Dublin this past weekend for Bellator 227 where he spoke to media. During the scrum, Barnett was asked about a potential heavyweight legends tournament in Bellator.
“The Warmaster” said he’s in favor of such a tournament, but it would all have to take place in one night. (H/T BJPenn.com)
“Bellator has the funding (to do a tournament) for sure. I’m down for whatever,” Barnett said.
“But if we’re doing a tournament it’s one night. We’re too old. If you stretch us out over a year, we might get geriatric, senile, forget where we’re supposed to be, maybe our social security kicks in so now we don’t actually want to fight anymore, we’re getting that good government money, I don’t know. But, if we’re going to do a tournament we have to do it all in one night.”
Barnett went on to say he wants to make things very old school, calling for 10-minute first rounds, similar to how PRIDE used to do things.
“Let’s do it like the real men used to do. Stop all this b.s. The commissions out there, trust the men who get out there. We can go three fights, three five minute rounds, we’re fine. Hell, I don’t think five minutes is enough. We need 10-minute first rounds, at least.”
What do you think about Barnett’s proposed idea for a one night Bellator heavyweight tournament?