Bellator 72 recap and results: Amoussou defeats Baker for the Welterweight Title

Bellator Fighting Championships hosted Bellator 72 from The University of South Florida’s Sun Dome in Tampa on July 20. The fights will be broadcast live on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX. Karl “Psycho” Amoussou defeated Bryan “The Beast” Baker in the Main Event via tapout to an inverted heel hook at 56 seconds in the first round making Karl Amoussou, the Bellator Season 6 Welterweight tournament winner.Attila Vegh and Travis Wiuff won their bouts and will go on to

Bellator 72 weigh-in results for Friday night’s card in Tampa

Bellator Fighting Championships will host Bellator 72 from The University of South Florida’s Sun Dome in Tampa on July 20. The fights will be broadcast live on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX. The night will continue the Season 6 Welterweight Tournament Finals as Karl “Psycho” Amoussou takes on Bryan “The Beast” Baker in the Main Event. Bellator 72 will also showcase the debut of knockout artist Paul “Semtex” Daley as well as a bad blood welterweight trilogy

Boxing Commissioners implement new rules for MMA bouts in the US and Canada

UFC President Dana White has long gone on record that he wants to see better judging in MMA. From judges recording the wrong scores to referees stopping fights to early or too late, white has been a vocal critic of the current system and he is not alone. In a sport with no instant replay, fighters, promoters, trainers and fans have long been complaining about real or perceived problems with referees and judges and their scoring of certain matches. It seems as if someone who can make a difference has

Andrei Arlovski vs. Soa Palelei set for ONE FC 5 in Manila

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski will compete for ONE: Fighting Championship 5 (ONE:FC 5) in the Philippines next month, according to a post on the fighter’s website. Arlovski is scheduled to fight AFC Heavyweight champion Soa Palelei at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila.
Another former UFC Champion, Lightweight Jens Pulver, will be fighting on the same card against Eric Kelly. Arlovski is coming off of 2 back-to-back victories, while Pulver’s last fight resulted in a win 3 months

Bellator 72 card stacked with Florida-based fighters

Bellator Fighting Championships is headed back to “The Sunshine State” on Friday, July 20th for Bellator 72 LIVE from The USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. Featuring the finals of the Bellator Season 6 Welterweight Tournament between Bryan Baker and Karl Amoussou, Bellator 72 will also showcase the debut of knockout artist Paul “Semtex” Daley as well as a bad blood welterweight trilogy fight between Marius Zaromskis and Waachiim Spiritwolf. Additionally, the semifinals of the Bellator

Bellator 73 to feature 3 Championship Fights, including Curran vs Pitbull

The finale of Bellator’s Summer Series will feature three championship fights in one night at Bellator 73: Curran vs. Pitbull on Friday, August 24 from Harrah’s Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. Bellator Featherweight World Champion Pat Curran will make his first title defense against the dangerous Patricio Pitbull, the Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament Championship will be on the line in Marcos Galvao vs. Luis Nogueira square and the night will be rounded off in the Summer

Bellator announces partnership with Spanish-language provider mun2

Bellator Fighting Championships has announced a new partnership with US-based Spanish language channel mun2, part of the Telemundo Communications Group, to broadcast its events in Spanish.Beginning on Friday June 29, mun2 will broadcast a series of Spanish language highlight shows recapping previous Bellator events beginning with Bellator 60 and its Featherweight World Championship fight between Pat Curran and Joe Warren. Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney stated via press release: “Both

UFC veterans Jeff Monson and Todd Duffee to headline SFL card in September

Yesterday, Ken Pavia, the CEO of Super Fight League, announced via MMAJunkie.com that UFC veterans Jeff Monson (46-13-1) and Todd Duffee (7-2) will headline the promotion’s September 8 card in Bangalore, India. Monson is riding a 3-fight win streak with one draw since his November loss to Fedor Emelianenko by way of unanimous decision. He has fought 19 bouts in the past two and a half years including the UFC, PRIDE, DREAM and Strikeforce. Monson has signed with SFL for at least 4 fights.Duffee most

Three legends retire: Fedor Emelianenko, Tito Ortiz and Peter Aerts

The Last Emperor, the Huntington Beach Bad Boy and the Dutch Lumberjack are hanging up their gloves. The worlds of MMA and Kickboxing will be a smaller place without them; these three champions have thrilled fans for decades and 2012 is the last time we will see any of them fight. Although this writer does not like to loosely toss around the word, “legends”, in these three cases, the word is wholly appropriate.
Fedor Emelianenko fought his last bout on June 21 with a knockout victory over Pedro Rizzo in