This time on prospect watch we have a Bellator debut fighter by the name of Ricardo Tirloni (14-1) from Santa Catarina Brazil. Holding his one and only loss to Benson Henderson via guillotine choke, he has won 7 of his fights by submission 5 by (t)ko and 2 by decision. As a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu his transitions are very smooth and he has submissions from every position. He also has a good stand up, notably his knees in the clinch and lead hand strikes.
A weekend without UFC means a weekend where the MMA world focuses on Bellator. Bellator 55 returns to the Cocopah Casino in Yuma, Arizona, with the continuation of the season five bantamweight tournament. The semi-finals pit former Olympic bronze medal winner Alexis Vila against WEC veteran Marcos Galvao and Bellator season three finalist Ed West will take on Eduardo Dantas.
The Maximum Fighting Championship launches what will be its biggest and boldest schedule in organization history with the announcement of its first event for 2012 – MFC 32: Bitter Rivals.
MFC 32: Bitter Rivals will take place on Friday, January 27 at the Mayfield Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, and emanating live on HDNet Fights. The main card’s live broadcast airing throughout North America on HDNet gets underway at 10 p.m. ET/8 p.m. MT/7 p.m. PT (check local listings for channel designation).
Warrior One MMA (W-1) took place tonight at the United Bank Center in Miami, Florida. The main event pitted former UFC fighter Marcus Davis and TUF Veteran Chuck O'Neil. The co-main event was a bout between former XFC Featherweight Champion Luis Palomino and Edson Berto
Bellator 54 took place tonight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The promotion's season five middleweight tournament held its semifinals. The main event was a tournament battle between Alexander Shlemenko and Brian Rogers. The other semifinal is between Vitor Vianna and Bryan Baker.
M-1 Challenge 27 went down last night At Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. The main event pit Ultimate Fighter Season 8 Finalist Vinny Magalhaes who defended his title against Mikhail Zayats in a back and forth battle.
The bantamweight division in MMA recently has a gotten a big boost when at UFC 132 Urijah Faber challenged Dominick Cruz for the Bantamweight Title and Cruz won a very entertaining fight. We got another one about two weeks back when Cruz made a successful title defense against Demetrious Johnson. That momentum continues this Saturday as Bellator Bantamweight Champion Zach Makovsky (13-2 MMA, 5-0 BFC) faces Ryan Roberts (16-9-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) in his second non-title bout since winning the Bantamweight Title in season three.
When people in the MMA community hear the name Kim Couture, people associate her with being the ex-wife of former UFC star Randy Couture.
Couture (3-5 MMA) looks to keep shedding that label as she faces Suzie Montero (0-0 MMA) this coming Saturday night at the W-1 Reloaded show from the BankUnited Center in Miami on Go Fight Live (www.gfl.tv) at 8ET/5PT.
Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima more than proved tonight. there worth in what is quite arguably Bellator's toughest tournament as they both advanced to the the finals of the Bellator Welterweight Finals.
Saunders (12-3-2 MMA, 3-0 BFC) defeated Luis Santos via submission (keylock) at 1:35 of Round 3 and Lima (20-4 MMA, 2-0 BFC) defeated Chris Lozano via KO at 3:14 of Round 2.
MMASucka.com has partnered up with Round 5 MMA for a special Halloween contest. Round 5 has been in the MMA collection biz for quite some time now and just over two years ago become an official licensed UFC Collectable company.
