Last evening, Bellator Fighting Championships kicked off their season 5 at Caesar’s Atlantic City. The first card of the season featured the quarterfinals of the welterweight division. Although 3 of the 4 main card fights went to decision, each fighter did their best to prove they are worthy of a shot at the title versus the winner of Ben Askren Vs. Jay Heron.
Back in June, Daniel Cormier beat a very game Jeff Monson in Grand Prix Alternate Bout. Just three months later Cormier has entered the Grand Prix due to Alistair Overeem's departure and is now in the finals against Josh Barnett. Last night (Sept, 10) Cormier defeated Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva via first round KO.
Despite being tagged by a pretty good punch by Sergei Kharitonov, Josh Barnett made fairly quick work of his adversary at last nights second leg of The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix. With the win Barnett will now take on tournament replacement Daniel Cormier.
The Bellator Welterweight Tournament began tonight at Caesar's Atlantic City in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The main card aired live on MTV2, while the prelims aired on Spike.com. The night was headlined by a bout between season four tournament fighters Brent Weedman and Chris Lozano.
Tonight at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio the next leg of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix takes place. The two semi-final bouts are Josh Barnett against Sergei Kharitonov and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva against Daniel Cormier. The fight card also features a middleweight title bout between champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Luke Rockhold, as well as "King" Mo Lawal vs Roger Gracie.
This will obviously be speculated that Bellator has signed a TV deal with Spike TV, but that has not happened yet. Spike TV will however stream a 2hr preliminary card tonight for Bellator 49. The preliminary card includes, Joel Roberts vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen, Giedrius Karavackas vs. LeVon Maynard, Alexandre "Popo" Bezerra vs. Scott Heckman, Lester Caslow vs. James "Binky" Jones and Azunna Anyanwu vs. J.A. Dudley.
In a stacked card with plenty of UFC vets, BAMMA 7 is sure to deliver today. The main card is headlined by Frank Trigg and Jim Wallhead, also on the card is Paul Daley vs Jordan Radev and Andre Winner vs Jason Ball. The event takes place at the NIA Arena in Birmingham, England.
Las Vegas, Nevada – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced that tickets to UFC® 137 at Mandalay Bay Events Center on Oct. 29 sold out within a few hours of being made available to the public today. Headlined by a welterweight title fight between champion Georges St-Pierre and the surging Carlos Condit, UFC 137 will also feature an outstanding co-main event between former two-division champion BJ Penn and the fiery, and definitely unpredictable Nick Diaz in 170-pound action.
The fighters made their way to the scale today at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov will feature the semi finals of the heavyweight grand prix tournament, with the main event being Josh Barnett vs. Sergei Kharitonov and the co-main event between Daniel Cormier vs. Antonio Silva in semifinal match-ups.
