The Multi-time BJJ champion Marcos Galvao and rising star Luis Nogueira will finish out the Bellator 2012 Summer Series as they each look to claim the next spot in line for a shot at the Bantamweight Championship at Bellator 73. The fight will take place this Friday August 24th at Harrah’s Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica Resorts, MS.
In a storied career that has lasted longer than most, the leader of Team Alpha Male Urijah Faber is now facing a question he likely never thought he would. What’s next?
The second half of the Bellator season six bantamweight quarterfinal round was concluded during tonight’s Bellator 65 event. Live from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey Marcos Galvao, Ed West, Alexis Vila and Luis Nogueira looked to join Travis Marx and Hiroshi Nakamura, who advanced to the semifinals at last week’s Bellator 64.
CageSport is returning to the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington for Halquist Productions “CageSport XIX” on Saturday, April 28th. The night’s main event will feature unbeaten lightweight and submission specialist Julian Erosa as he puts his unbeaten record on the line against grizzled veteran Ryan Mulvihill in a five round bout for the vacant CageSport Lightweight title.
Making their promotional debuts, Japanese fighter Hiroshi Nakamura and the Brazilian born Rodrigo Lima kicked off the opening round of the in the season 6 Bantamweight tournament in the first televised bout of Bellator 64. While it wasn’t the prettiest or the most exciting fight that Bellator has put on, the judoka Nakamura implemented his game plan to perfection grind out a unanimous decision victory.
On the heels on the UFC announcing a middleweight bout between Rich Franklin and Cung Le at UFC 148 the promotion has quickly added two more top matchups. Bantamweights Renan Barao and Jeff Hougland, along with middleweights Michael Bisping and Tim Boetsch were added to a quickly forming July fight card.
If the UFC isn’t careful fans might start to think Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber is a yearly occurrence that comes around every July. Following their Bantamweight title fight last July at UFC 132 the two will likely feel a bit of déjà vu when they step back into the Octagon on July 7th at UFC 148 for their third meeting. The rivals will square off in the same exact arena, one year and five days after Cruz evened the score with a unanimous decision victory.
In his toughest test to date Brazilian bantamweight Renan Barao extended his winning streak to 18 with a unanimous decision win over Scott Jorgensen. Coming into the fight, Jorgensen was a top five bantamweight who had only lost to the champion Dominick Cruz in his last eight bouts. As part of the UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit main card the Nova Uniao member dismantled his opponent with crisp and accurate striking.
