Tag: Joe Warren

September 2011: Five Fights you must Watch or you’ll Regret it

Hank Booth | September 3, 2011 | 8:55 pm | 2 Replies

September marks the beginning of the regular season for both College and Pro Football, but in Mixed Martial Arts there is no off-season. Another month jammed packed full of fights is already in full swing (OneFC Kicked things off with a vengeance earlier today) and with that said, here goes an attempt at picking just five fights that you should keep you’re eye on. Please believe there are plenty more where this came from which makes these five fights all the more important as we prepare for another fall full of fight!

Bellator Fighting Championship Season 5 Preview

Joshua Wood | August 31, 2011 | 9:45 am | Reply

The highly anticipated fifth season from the Bellator Fighting Championship gets underway on September 10th with Bellator 49. The newest season will feature four tournaments taking place in the Bantamweight, Welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight divisions. The quarterfinal rounds for all four tournaments will take place over between Bellator 49 and Bellator 52; here is a preview of season five.

Bellator 46 opens another Featherweight Tournament

Hank Booth | June 24, 2011 | 11:25 am | Reply

Earlier this week we gave you a look into the Inaugural Bellator Summer Series that will be the home for what should be an exciting featherweight tournament. Today we take a little gander at the 8 Man Featherweight Tournament that begins Saturday Night as a part of Bellator 46 on MTV2.

A Look at the Inaugural Bellator Summer Series

Joshua Wood | June 22, 2011 | 1:39 pm | 1 Reply

Riding the high from a very successful season four, Bellator Fighting Championship will debut a summer series this weekend to bridge season four to season five. The series will feature three events between now and August and will anchored by a featherweight tournament.

Joe Warren and Patricio Freire set for Bellator 47

Joshua Wood | May 25, 2011 | 2:30 pm | Reply

The Bellator featherweight champion and self-proclaimed “baddest man on the planet” Joe Warren will be back in action on July 23rd. His opponent at Bellator 47 will be the season 4 featherweight tournament champ Patricio Freire, who lost to Warren in the season 2 tournament final.

Patricio Freire Earns his Rematch with Joe Warren at Bellator 45

Matthew Wheeler (Contributor) | May 22, 2011 | 12:00 pm | Reply

In one of the most exciting fights Bellator has put on, Patricio Freire defeated Daniel Straus to rightfully earn a six figure check and a rematch with a champion he arguably beat in their last fight. The fight lasted the full 15 minutes and mixed highly technical grappling, heavy strikes, and clinch work at an elite level

Christian M’Pumbu Makes History at Bellator 45

Joshua Wood | May 22, 2011 | 10:42 am | Reply

The first African born Mixed Martial Artist has been crown champion of a major MMA organization at tonight’s Bellator 45. Christian M’Pumbu from Kinshasa, Zaire defeated Richard Hale in the light heavyweight finals at Bellator 45 to become the promotions first ever 205 lbs. champion.

Watch Patricio Freire Finish off Wilson Reis at Bellator 41

Joshua Wood | April 17, 2011 | 2:33 pm | Reply

At last night’s Bellator 41 Patricio “Pitbull” Freire moved into the finals by improving his record against Wilson Reis to 2-0 with his third round KO. In their first bout at Bellator 18 Freire won a unanimous decision but last night he one upped himself with a devastating flurry of punches that finished the fight.