UFC 120 will be shown on Spike TV on October 16 when the promotion heads to the O2 Arena in London England and will feature a main event bout between Michael Bisping and Yoshihiro Akiyama. The fight will be tape-delayed but The MMA News will carry live results for the event.
Other notables […]
UFC 120 will be shown on Spike TV on October 16 when the promotion heads to the O2 Arena in London England and will feature a main event bout between Michael Bisping and Yoshihiro Akiyama. The fight will be tape-delayed but The MMA News will carry live results for the event.
Other notables on the card include Dan Hardy and Carlos Condit who will fight for a chance to move up the welterweight ladder and an eventual shot at champion GSP.
Here’s the card, as it stands:
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Michael Bisping
Carlos Condit vs. Dan Hardy
John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle
Travis Browne vs. Cheick Kongo
James Wilks vs. Claude Patrick
Preliminary Matches
Steven Cantwell vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Cyrille Diabate vs. Alexander Gustafsson
CHICAGO, Ill. (July 29, 2010) — A showdown between one of MMA’s most exciting lightweights and a colorful, highly-regarded South Florida fan favorite will serve as the “Local Main Event” when Bellator Fighting Championships returns to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., for its Season 3 debut on Aug. 12th.
The much […]
CHICAGO, Ill. (July 29, 2010) — A showdown between one of MMA’s most exciting lightweights and a colorful, highly-regarded South Florida fan favorite will serve as the “Local Main Event” when Bellator Fighting Championships returns to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., for its Season 3 debut on Aug. 12th.
The much anticipated fight pits UFC and PRIDE veteran Yves Edwards (37-16-1) against four-time Bellator veteran and Miami native Luis “Baboon” Palomino (13-5) in a battle for bragging rights between two of South Florida’s top MMA gyms, American Top Team and MMA Masters.
Edwards, one of MMA’s most battle-tested veterans, is known as one of the most vicious finishers in the sport with 15 knockouts and 15 submissions to total 30 stoppages during his 13-year pro career. He has notable recent wins over UFC veteran Derrick Noble and WEC vet Kyle Jensen and is one of only three pros to have defeated former Strikeforce champion Josh Thomson.
Palomino, who won a clear-cut unanimous decision victory over ATT up-and-comer Jose Figueroa at Bellator 21 on June 10th, has notched 7 of his 13 pro victories via KO or TKO. He also owns career wins versus Strikeforce and EliteXC vet Nick Gonzalez and Bellator, Strikeforce and Sengoku mainstay Jorge Masvidal.
Edwards and Palomino join a stacked Bellator 24 card that also features:
– A special non-title “Super Fight” between reigning Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard (26-2-1) and former NFL standout Herbert “Whisper” Goodman (15-8);
– An opening-round fight in Bellator’s Women’s World Championship Tournament featuring the world’s No. 1 pound-for-pound female fighter, Megumi Fujii, and veteran submission grappler Angela Magana, the world’s No. 8-ranked female fighter at 115 lbs.;
– Another opening-round Women’s Tournament fight between the world’s No. 6-ranked 125-pounder, Lynn “Lights Out” Alvarez, and Jessica Aguilar, the world’s No.7-ranked 115-pounder; and
– An opening-round fight in Bellator’s Season 3 Heavyweight Tournament between heavy-handed UFC veteran Eddie Sanchez and British behemoth Neil “Goliath” Grove.
Tickets for the event — which will also be broadcast LIVE nationwide on FOX Sports Net — are on sale now at ticketmaster.com.
“The Edward-Palomino fight is just part of a talent-stacked Bellator 24 card that will kick off our third season in exciting fashion,” said Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Yves Edwards has a well-earned reputation as a show-stopper and Luis Palomino has been known to knock guys out with impunity as well. It should be a very interesting fight and one that I’m definitely looking forward to watching.”
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.
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Now depending on where you’re at in this ever shrinking world of ours, you may want to take another sip of that morning java and squint: the above headline reads ‘Ryan’, not ‘Randy’. Yes indeedy, Strikeforce has announced today that it has signed the 27 year-old son of legendary fighter Randy Couture, […]
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Now depending on where you’re at in this ever shrinking world of ours, you may want to take another sip of that morning java and squint: the above headline reads ‘Ryan’, not ‘Randy’. Yes indeedy, Strikeforce has announced today that it has signed the 27 year-old son of legendary fighter Randy Couture, Ryan, to a “multi-fight agreement.” The lightweight, who naturally (pun intended) trains out of pop’s Xtreme Couture gym in Las Vegas, will make his pro debut against Lucas Stark (2-4) at Strikeforce’s upcoming August 13th show in Phoenix.
If you’re only a part-time MMA addict, then you might not really be aware of Ryan’s amateur career to date; the fighter decided to punt his career as a banker in 2006 to begin training in MMA. Since then he’s gone 5-1-1 in amateur competition, with all five of his victories coming way of submission. For some info on Ryan’s ‘doing it for free’ pugilistic endeavours, check out this Fix video from March. Couture made it be known at that juncture, “that if all goes well”, he would be turning pro soon after.
So, there you have it; really it’s a smart move by Strikeforce. When your pa is one of the sport’s most accomplished and beloved fighters, people are going to tune in to see how you fight. In addition, Strikeforce doesn’t have the kind of depth at lightweight that the UFC has, so really, it makes sense for Ryan to test the pro waters there first. Now if Ryan had spent the last decade plus boxing, and could talk some serious sh-t, then you might have seen him making his pro debut in the Octagon.
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What can we say besides Bas Rutten is simply awesome. Rutten’s song at the beginning may be better than the entire documentary segment, nothing against Alistair Overeem.
What can we say besides Bas Rutten is simply awesome. Rutten’s song at the beginning may be better than the entire documentary segment, nothing against Alistair Overeem.
Boise, Idaho: MMA history will be in the making as former Idaho Steelhead enforcer Jeremy Yablonski will return to Idaho soil for the last time to put his Undefeated Heavy Weight XFS World Title on the line against the Undefeated freak of nature Rick “The Giant” Johnson. Johnson, who is the current Cage Rage Heavy […]
Boise, Idaho: MMA history will be in the making as former Idaho Steelhead enforcer Jeremy Yablonski will return to Idaho soil for the last time to put his Undefeated Heavy Weight XFS World Title on the line against the Undefeated freak of nature Rick “The Giant” Johnson. Johnson, who is the current Cage Rage Heavy Weight World Champion, will be fighting out of Chicago, Illinois; where he stands 6′6, tipping the scale at a whopping 250lbs.
“Although Jeremy has an amateur boxing record of 200 wins and 1 loss; this may very well prove to be his toughest opponent yet.” says Knockout Promotions President Kasey Thompson. “This will be a MAJOR test for Yabo”
Shiely Perez will defend her CCF Female World Title against Sara “The PHYSCO” Thomas from Peoria, Illinois; in a much anticipated grudge match.
There will be a total of (4) CHAMPIONSHIP belts on the line, in a night of action-packed, full-contact, cage fighting action!
PLUS a whole lot more — with a total of 16 fights! That’s XFS #53 — “GRUDGE MATCH” in the octagon on FRIDAY, August 6th at Qwest Arena! Tickets start at JUST $12… Exclusively through the Qwest Arena box office, while supplies last. Charge tickets on-line at www.QwestArenaIdaho.com or call 331-TIXS.
Tickets start at JUST $12
Exclusively through the Qwest Arena box office while supplies last.
Charge tickets on-line at: www.QwestArenaIdaho.com
Call or get them online now!
208.331.TIXS
UFC 120 will be shown on Spike TV on October 16 when the promotion heads to the O2 Arena in London England and will feature a main event bout between Michael Bisping and Yoshihiro Akiyama. The fight will be tape-delayed but The MMA News will carry live results for the event. 
