Tag: Michael Chandler

Bellator 85 sees Early Upsets in Light Heavyweight Tournament

Bellator 85 sees Early Upsets in Light Heavyweight Tournament

| January 17, 2013 | 10:07 pm | Reply

Tonight was the big night for Bellator MMA and Spike as Bellator 85 opened the promotions eighth season in their new home. The event was stacked with two title fights as well as three of the four opening round bouts in the light heavyweight tournament. A tournament that quickly has been turned upside down as two underdogs pulled off big wins.

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Bellator Returns Tomorrow with Stacked Card

Bellator Returns Tomorrow with Stacked Card

| January 16, 2013 | 10:15 am | Reply

Bellator is set to return with it’s 8th season as they move into the new home on Spike TV on a new night. After their long ans at time rough stint with the UFC, Spike has moved on and will now being airing the weekly tournament. This Thursday, yes I said Thursday, Bellator will have two title fights plus the beginning of the light heavyweight tournament at Bellator 85.

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MMA Rankings for January 2013

MMA Rankings for January 2013

| January 6, 2013 | 4:37 pm | Reply

The 2012 year ended with a barrage of event in December, including UFC 155 that would reshape to the top of the heavyweight MMA rankings. Junior Dos Santos defended his title in a rematch against Cain Velasquez in the night’s main event with the challenger avenging his only loss and recapturing the title.

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MMA Rankings for December 2012

MMA Rankings for December 2012

| December 5, 2012 | 2:13 pm | Reply

Things have been slow the last few months with regards to change amongst the MMA rankings. Injuries to champions and top fighters along with dominate champions have limited the movement but things are beginning to pick up. In November the UFC saw one of its champions return to action after a long layoff due to injury and the final month of the year will see many highly ranked fighters step into the cage.

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It’s the Lightweight’s turn at Friday’s Bellator 77

It’s the Lightweight’s turn at Friday’s Bellator 77

| October 17, 2012 | 12:38 pm | Reply

Coming off a great opening round of the featherweight tournament at last week, it’s the lightweights turn this Friday at Bellator 77. The field of eight lightweights features many new faces, a couple of returning fighters and one MMA veteran that has nearly as many fights as the only seven fighters combined.

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Lightweights heading in different directions following Bellator 76

Lightweights heading in different directions following Bellator 76

| October 16, 2012 | 10:14 am | Reply

Besides the quarterfinal round of the season seven featherweight tournament, Friday’s Bellator 76 saw two fighters’ lightweights heading in opposite directions. The main event bout between former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and Patricky Freire was fun while it lasted, but once over, left one fighter in the worst slump of his career and the other in a powerful position.

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Bellator Featherweight Champion Pat Curran to meet Patricio Freire at Bellator 73

Bellator Featherweight Champion Pat Curran to meet Patricio Freire at Bellator 73

| May 25, 2012 | 8:12 pm | Reply

Pat Curran is a pocket-sized rock’em sock’em robot. The Bellator 145 pound kingpin earned his title by destroying Joe Warren at Bellator 60. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire is 17-1 and his lone loss was a disputed split decision loss to former champion Joe Warren. When these two combustible agents meet on August 24th, an MMA explosion is the sure fire result.

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Michael Chandler makes short work of Gono at Bellator 67

Michael Chandler makes short work of Gono at Bellator 67

| May 4, 2012 | 10:06 pm | Reply

After a week off, Bellator Fighting Championship returned to the Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada tonight for Bellator 67. The card was headlined by a super-fight between the Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler against Pride and UFC veteran Akihiro Gono.

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