Bellator 62 Weigh-In Results: Santos overweight, Prindle awarded Tournament Championship

It appears the long awaited Season Five Heavyweight Tournament final bout between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos will not take place. After their first encounter at Bellator 59 was declared a no-contest due to an “accidental kick to the groin,” the two were set to meet again at last week’s Bellator 61. That bout was eventually scratched as well when Prindle came down with “flu-like symptoms,” and the fight was again rescheduled for tomorrow night’s Bellator 62. The match-up has now been halted all

MMA Link Club: Talking TUF, Nelson’s Quest, and The "Bones" Revolution

– Mac Danzig Interview: Talking ‘The Ultimate Fighter’, Training and More (BleacherReport)”Despite being a big Cruz fan, Danzig believes that Team Faber will be able to win. His advice to the contestants is to not get distracted by the drama and remember they are there to compete and to win. Danzig is back with his original trainer, Rico Chiapparelli, who to Mac is the most respected guy in all of UFC. Danzig feels that being back with his old trainer, he is learning again, and that his new training will

Fighter Spotlight: Jason Jones will show "no remorse" at BAMMA 9

This Saturday night, Jason Jones returns to action for the first time in 2012 when he goes head to head with Przemyslaw Mysiala at BAMMA 9 from the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.A 25-fight veteran, Jones has competed in such organizations as M-1 Global, Shooto, and K-1, and heads into his BAMMA debut riding the momentum of a dramatic third-round KO victory over Shamil Abdulmuslimov at the United Glory 2010-2011 World Series Finals.Intent on making an immediate impact on BAMMA’s Light

MMA Link Club: Natasha Wicks' return, Chad George's Mission, and Brendan Schaub's Ghost Adventure

– Felice Herrig talks XFC fight against Patricia Vidonic (TheFightNerd)”Fight Nerd reporter Hiroko Yamamura spoke with WMMA superstar Felice Herrig at Bellator 60, moments after her teammate Pat Curran dethroned Joe Warren for the Bellator featherweight title. Herring talked about watching her teammate win, her next XFC fight against Patricia Vidonic, her thoughts on the new popularity of WMMA after the Tate vs Rousey fight, the importance of making weight in WMMA, and more.”- Brendan Schaub To Join ‘Ghost

Charles "Mask" Lewis documentary film trailer released

For those of you who are unaware, three years ago today Charles “Mask” Lewis, founder of the internationally famous TapouT clothiong line died in a car accident in Newport Beach, California.
On this day, Bobby Razak, the man responsible for filming many of the TapouT and Dethrone Royalty commercials released a trailer for a documentary film about the late TapouT founder.
Said Razak of the film, “I get to share the story…the real story, of what happened to my friend, who

Bellator season six to kickoff on Friday

Bellator Season Six will kick off this Friday from The Venue at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond Indiana.
The five fight main card will feature four bouts in the Featherweight tournament and a title fight as a main event. In the main event Joe Warren will defend his title for the first time when he faces Pat Curran who earned his shot at Warren by defeating Marlon Sandro via knockout at Bellator 48.
Warren has fought twice since winning that title, defeating Marcos Galvao at catchweight in April of last

Peter Aerts to retire after June 30th It’s Showtime event

The last time It’s Showtime presented a card it was headlined by the final fight of the legendary Badr Hari. In his retirement match Hari defeated Gokhan Saki via first round TKO.
It’s Showtime recently released the line up for its upcoming June 30 fight card and it to will see the final fight of another kickboxing legend, Peter Aerts. Aerts, a three time winner of the K-1 World Grand Prix, will face the highly regarded Tyrone Spong on the card, which will take place on June 30 in Brussels,

Michael Page Draws Comparison to Anderson Silva in UCMMA Debut

Two fighters made their professional MMA debuts at the recent UCMMA event, Michael Page and Ben Dishman.
The fight did not last long, but Page displayed an overwhelming amount of confidence on his way to victory.  The announcers for the fight compared Page’s performance to Apollo Creed from the Rocky films as well as referring to him as a “UK Anderson Silva.”
Following the fight Page claimed, “There’s a lot more to come from me.”
Page has set the bar high for

Fedor Emelianenko: No concrete plans for Fedor to face Bobby Lashley

Earlier this week Bobby Lashley spoke to Fighters Only in regard to his future in the fight game. During his interview Lashley mentioned several possibilities for his next fight, including signing with Bellator, fighting Dave Bautista and most intriguing of all, a bout with Fedor Emelianenko.
Evgeni Kogan, director of operations for M-1 Global has refuted those reports, “There are currently no concrete conversations about Bobby being the next opponent for Fedor.” – for more see

Bobby Lashley would like to fight Fedor Emelianenko, Dave Bautista

The last time Bobby Lashley stepped inside the cage he captured the Shark Fights Heavyweight championship, defeating Karl Knothe by first round submission. It was Lashley’s first fight on a three-fight deal that he signed with the promotion in September.Lashley recently spoke to FightersOnly about a number of possible opponents for his next bout.
One possibility that was mentioned by Lashley was signing with Bellator, something that Lashley seemed excited about, “It was a contract that was just