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Гол үйл явдал:
THIAGO MOISÉS vs. DAVID CASTILLO
Хөнгөн ДЭЛХИЙН TITLE
CO-гол үйл явдал:
THIAGO ALVES vs. DAVID PUTVIN
CATCHWEIGHT BOUT
БААСАН ГАРАГ, FEBRUARY 19th LIVE on AXS TV
LIVE at the UCCU CENTER in OREM, UTAH
Tickets are on sale NOW through CageTix.com
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Following an amicable agreement to settle the litigation between the two parties, the always entertaining and exciting Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is returning to Bellator.
Bellator MMA is thrilled to have “Rampage,” one of the most recognizable fighters in the history of the sport, joining a very competitive light heavyweight division featuring champion Liam McGeary, Фил Дэвис, Хаан Mo, Тито Ортиз, Emanuel Ньютон, Linton Vassell among others.
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 Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque, Efren Leyba, болон
WMMAA Pan-American president Tomas Yu (төв)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Хоёрдугаар сар 15, 2016) – The second annual World MMA Association (WMMAA) Pan-American Congress, recently held at The Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce in Albuquerque, Шинэ Мексик, was a major success by all standards.
“The Pan-American Movement”, as it was named, brought together sports, аялал жуулчлал, and education for a common goal with more than 12 participating countries.
The Congress provided a rare opportunity for the entire WMMAA Pan-American family to collaborate with special partnerships like The Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce болон The Mexico Consulate in Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Global Education Department. PANAM Members, representatives of National Federations, Commissions, Association and the Organizing Committee of the WMMAA Pan-American Championship (OCPC), as well as athletes, дасгалжуулагч, хэвлэл мэдээллийн хэрэгсэл, sponsors and other stakeholders to meet and discuss issues of importance to the entire MMA movement.
In his closing speech to the Congress, Pan-American Division President Томас Ю paid tribute to the excellent collaboration between Pan-American members.
“If you asked me to sprawl a couple of times, I would most definitely need some nitro coffee from Villa Myriam before I run out of breath, followed by the guaranteed use of Sore No More,” Ю байна. “But when it comes to fighting for our youth, for our MMA global goals – for cleaner competition, for a healthier, more peaceful and more flourishing SPORT – I will sprawl-jab-cross-kick like a champion. I will sprint the steepest trail in the Sandia Mountains. I will never stop until we raise our hands by victory. I am counting and exhorting all involved in the MMA industry to join us. We must go for the KO.”
 Over the course of the three-day Congress and 13-day PANAM Camp, there were special guest such as Legacy Champion Damacio хуудас, former UFC champion Jon “Bones” Жонс болон Карлос Condit. Participants heard from many respected speakers such as Health Committee Director Curt Chavez from eVOLV Strong, Hector Molina, Director of PANAM Regulatory Committee and Director of PANAM Medical Committee, Доктор. Justo Pavia. The congress had interesting discussions on the following themes: тамирчид, 2016 Expo MMA, structure of the “WMMAA Pan-American Movement”, global officials’ license and database, new era of Digital Sports Marketing Revolution, болон 2016 Pan-American Championships.
Each day was divided in two general sessions with a half-day devoted to Rules and Regulations discussions for PANAM. The plenary sessions were followed by three simultaneous breakout sessions on respective sub-themes. All sessions were live-cast over the internet to allow the general public to hear discussions as it happened.
Two sessions began with presentations from a panel of speakers. The moderators of each panel were then responsible for the ensuing discussion period, which gave participants an opportunity to voice their opinions on issues. The main points from each session were carefully recorded by“ENLACE” – the new exclusive WMMAA correspondent program – to inform the Editorial Committee of the discussions at the end of each day. The final document reflected the main ideas to come out of the proceedings in Albuquerque, as well as information collected through the virtual WMMAA Pan-American Congress, allowing the WMMAA Pan-American family and public to submit written contributions.
 The mission of the 2016 WMMAA Pan-American Congress was to bring together sports, tourism and education for a united front and review the status of the WMMAA PANAM Movement in today’s evolving global society. Information was gathered and opinions sought regarding its future, in addition to providing structure, guidance, proposals and recommendations to all constituents and other stakeholders of the WMMAA PANAM Movement for its structured showcase and harmonious development within the global youth community.
The 2016 WMMAA Pan-American Congress was a great success and has left the WMMAA Pan-American Movement with a blueprint for the future. It is now time, дахин нэг удаа, for the PANAM family to translate words into action: We are the Future of MMA!
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Click for fight highlights: Michael Chandler vs. Эдди Alvarez
Санта-Моника, Калифорни мужийн. (Хоёрдугаар сар 12, 2015) – When sifting through a list of Bellator MMA’s greatest fights, few names appear as often as "Төмөр" гэж Майкл Чандлер (14-3).
Өнөөдөр, Bellator MMA is proud to announce that Chandler will be continuing to compete for the promotion for the foreseeable future, with the news that the former 155-pound champion has signed an exclusive multi-year, multi-fight extension to remain with the Scott Coker-led promotion.
“Michael Chandler is synonymous with our brand and doubles as an incredibly talented and exciting mixed martial artist,” said Bellator President Скотт Coker. “Not every fighter or free agent aligns with our future plans, but when looking at Chandler’s resume, inking him to a long-term extension was a no-brainer. I look forward to getting him back in action as soon as possible.”
Chandler was also pleased with his extension, тусгасан: “I’m ecstatic to continue my career with Scott Coker and Bellator MMA. It’s obvious that good things are continuing to happen for this promotion and it’s correlating to big opportunities for myself as well,"Чандлер байна. “I can’t wait to get back in action and test myself against some of these new guys coming in and move back up through the ranks. Үргэлж байдлаар, my eyes are on that belt, and it will be back around my waist soon.”
A 14-fight Bellator MMA veteran, Chandler has been a member of the Viacom-owned promotion since 2010. Prior to joining the Bellator ranks, the Missouri native competed for Strikeforce. Amongst his notable victories, Chandler bested Eddie Alvarez via submission at “Bellator 58” in what many fans and pundits alike considered the fight of 2011.
Further along the way, Chandler defeated the likes of Patricky "Pitbull" Freire, Marcin зохион, Rick Hawn, болон Дэвид Rickels (2х). Түүний 14 мэргэжлийн зэрэг ялалт, Chandler has amassed 12 victories before reaching the judges’ scorecards.
Chandler remains in Bellator’s lightweight division, which includes kingpin Will Брукс, хамт Жош Thomson, Брэндон Girtz, Мелвин Guillard, Хендерсоны Бенсон, Брент Primus, Дерек Андерсон, болонТа Awad.
Lewiston, Maine (Хоёрдугаар сар 12, 2016) - Шинэ Английн тулаан (NEF), АНУ-ын хэд хэдэн бүс нутгийн нэг нь тэмцэл сурталчилгаа, дараагийн арга хэмжээг зохион байгуулна, “NEF 22: Бүх зам ЭНД ХӨТӨЛЖ” тухай Бямба гариг, Дөрөвдүгээр 22, 2016Lewiston нь Androscoggin банкны Colisée нь, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (ММА) and professional boxing bouts. Өмнө нь өнөөдөр, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” тэмцэл карт. Bantamweight Champion Жонни Гар урлал (4-0) will move up in weight to face Taylor Costantino (2-1) at 145-pounds.
Crafts was successful last Saturday in his attempt to capture the inaugural NEF MMA Amateur Bantamweight Title. He took out Henry Clark (3-2) in the third round of their bout in Lewiston. Crafts is a decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) brown belt out of Team New England United (ШИНЭ). He also cross-trains with Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) Lewiston-д.
“I’m excited to step up to 145 to fight Taylor,” said Crafts of the upcoming matchup with Costantino. “I will be very strong at that weight seeing as I cut pretty extensively to make 135. It will allow me to focus on different areas this camp instead of putting a lot of my energy into cutting weight.”
Costantino is himself coming off a big win last Saturday at “NEF 21.” It took him a mere 25-seconds to down Frank Johanson (0-1), a training partner of Crafts at CMBJJ, Эхний шатанд. Costantino is clear that he is coming to fight on Дөрөвдүгээр 23, and he does not plan on engaging in a grappling contest with Crafts.
“Respect to him for coming up in weight,” said Costantino of Crafts. “He’s a glorified pajama warrior that has never been punched in the face with any type of authority. He will clinch quickly and look for the takedown. He’ll realize real quick that he has never fought or trained with anybody like me.”
Crafts and Costantino are not strangers to one another. Several years ago, the two met in a jiu-jitsu tournament with Crafts coming out on top.
“Taylor and I have competed before in a sport jiu-jitsu tournament,” recalled Crafts. “Taylor says I am a glorified pajama warrior who has never been punched in the face, but if I recall correctly, I submitted him without my ‘pajamas’ no-gi in that tournament pretty quickly. I train with a lot of very talented and tough fighters daily who punch me in the face very hard. People say the same thing about me not getting punched – сайн, I have had four fights and they just haven’t had the chance to. Anyone who has trained with high-level fighters will tell you that gi jiu-jitsu only makes you more of a technical fighter. If he doesn’t believe that, that is fine – he will feel it on April 23rd.”
“Johnny did submit me when I first moved to Maine,” Costantino admitted. “Legit submission, and his pure grappling is definitely high level. My grappling is MMA based, not slow jitsu. It’s grimy, grueling and punishing. Pure grappling, I would worry about his game. But it’s a fight, sport jiu-jitsu means next to nothing to me.
“I wish I could say people will get to see my whole game, but I can’t guarantee that. Johnny will feel my power and look to go to his comfort zone. I will break him, you will see quit in his eyes.”
“After Taylor won in impressive fashion at NEF 21, he immediately screamed at me while still inside the cage that he wanted a black belt for his next challenge,” гэж хэлсэн NEF хамтран эзэмшигч, matchmaker Matt Петерсон. “За, he’s getting a brown belt in Johnny Crafts who, by all accounts, is due to receive his black belt any day, is a perfect 4-0 in the cage and is the current NEF amateur bantamweight champion. This fight is dripping with drama and will define a future top contender for the featherweight title in NEF’s stacked 145-pound division.”
Шинэ Английн зодоон "дараагийн үйл явдал, "NEF 22: Бүх зам ЭНД ХӨТӨЛЖ,"Явагддаг Бямба гариг, Дөрөвдүгээр 23, 2016 Lewiston нь Androscoggin банкны Colisée нь, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 одоо үед худалдаанд байгаа www.TheColisee.com эсвэл Colisée Box Office дуудаж 207.783.2009 х 525. Үйл явдал болон тэмцэл карт шинэчлэлтүүдийн талаар дэлгэрэнгүй мэдээллийг, нь дэмжих вэб хуудаснаас авна уу www.NewEnglandFights.com. Үүнээс гадна, Таны NEF видео бичлэг үзэж болно www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, Twitternefights дээр дагаж, албан ёсны Facebook бүлэгт "New England тэмцэж байна."
Санта-Моника, Калифорни мужийн. (Хоёрдугаар сар 11, 2015) – A fifth and final main card fight has been added to “Bellator 150: Galvao ба. Dantas 2” at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas on Хоёрдугаар сар 26, with the news that Kendall Grove (22-15) has agreed to fight Francisco “Kiko” France (13-3-1).
Үүнээс гадна, Bellator MMA’s Bantamweight Championship will be on the line in a rematch pitting Маркос "Лоро" Galvao (17-6-1) Хуучин аварга эсрэг Эдуардо "Dudu" Dantas (17-4) and hometown favorite, Дэвид Rickels (16-4, 1 Сүлжээний Холболт) will return to action against Бобби Cooper (12-5). "Bellator 150: Galvao ба. Dantas 2 " also features the Bellator MMA debut of newly signed women’s flyweight Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3), when she meets Ребекка Рут (5-1) and a heavyweight co-main event of Cheick Конго (23-10-2) эсрэг Vinicius Queiroz (8-3)
The contests make up the televised portion of “Bellator 150: Galvao ба. Dantas 2,” нь Spike амьдрах цацсан нь 9 p.m. БОЛОН/8 p.m. СТ, урьдчилсан bouts амьд дээр урсгал юм бол Bellator.com болон Bellator Mobile App.
"-ийн Хэрэгслээр зорчих тасалбарBellator 150: Galvao ба. Dantas 2 " нь зүгээр л үед эхлэх $27, are on sale now at KansasStarEventCenter.com or Ticketmaster.com, болон Канзас-Од Arena кинонууд гэх мэт.
Grove capped off 2015 with an emphatic knockout of Joey Beltran үед "Bellator 143: Уоррен VS. Дэвис," Есдүгээр сард. The winner of “The Ultimate Fighter: 3," has fought professionally since 2003 for promotions all around the world, notably ProElite and UFC. This will be “Da Spyder’s” sixth appearance under the Bellator MMA banner as he hopes to climb back towards a 185-pound title shot – he competed for the gold last year against Брэндон Холси.
A veteran of Strikeforce, “Kiko” has strung together a five-fight winning streak as of late, most recently handing the formerly undefeated Бен Reiter the first loss of his young career at "Bellator 146: Като сүсэг. Manhoef. " It’s safe to classify the 33-year-old Arizona native as a “submission specialist,"-тай 12 нь түүний 13 wins as a professional coming by way of making his opponent tap.
Иж бүрэн "Bellator 150: Galvao ба. Dantas 2” Fight Card:
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title Main Event: Маркос Galvao (17-6-1) сүсэг. Эдуардо Dantas (17-4)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight Co-Main Event: Cheick Конго (23-10-2) сүсэг. Vinicius Queiroz (8-3)
Bellator ММА Хөнгөн сайхны дайралт хийвэл: Дэйв Rickels (16-4, 1 Сүлжээний Холболт) сүсэг. Бобби Cooper (12-5)
Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Kendall Grove (22-15) сүсэг. Франциско Франц (13-3-1)
Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Lena Ovchynnikova (10-3) сүсэг. Ребекка Рут (5-1)
Урьдчилсан карт:
Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Gregory Babene (16-11) сүсэг. Brandon Farran (12-10)
Bellator ММА өд сайхны дайралт хийвэл: Гастон Reyno (5-0) сүсэг. Chuka Уиллис (6-2)
Bellator ММА хүнд жингийн сайхны дайралт хийвэл: David Hammons (1-1) сүсэг. Kyle Noblitt (1-0)
Bellator MMA Middleweight Feature Bout: Chris Harris (4-0) сүсэг. Julian Marquez (2-0)
Bellator ММА Хөнгөн сайхны дайралт хийвэл: Марсио Наварро (14-11) сүсэг. Henry Lindsay (4-5)
Bellator ММА өд сайхны дайралт хийвэл: Thai Clark (5-0) сүсэг. Deron Carlis (4-1)
Bellator ММА Welterweight сайхны дайралт хийвэл: Manny Meraz (7-1) сүсэг. Андре Fialho (5-0)
Bellator ММА Хөнгөн сайхны дайралт хийвэл: Jason Witt (7-2) сүсэг. Jonathan Gary (11-6)
SIRWAN KAKAI MAKES PROFESSIONAL DEBUT AGAINST JOE TAIMANGLO
Санта-Моника, Калифорни мужийн. (Хоёрдугаар сар 10, 2015) – The main card of "Bellator 151: Уоррен VS. Caldwell” тухайГуравдугаар 4 is complete with today’s announcement that Гилберт Смит (12-4) will replace Майкл хуудас and now face Фернандо Гонзалес (24-13) in the evening’s co-main event.
Үүнээс гадна, Sirwan Kakai (12-3) эсрэг түүний сурталчилгааны дебютээ хийх болно Joe Taimanglo (21-6) in the fourth and final main card contest. Seven preliminary scraps have also been confirmed and can be found below.
Зориулсан хэрэгслээр зорчих тасалбар "Bellator 151: Уоррен VS. Caldwell” are on sale now and start at just $45. You can purchase tickets at the WinStar World Casino and Resort Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com. Нээлттэй арга хэмжээний Хаалга 5:00 p.m. СТ орон нутгийн цагаар, with the first contest taking place one hour later.
"Bellator 151: Уоррен VS. Caldwell” амьд болон дээр баяжуулалт үнэгүй дугаарыг цацсан 9 p.m. БОЛОН/8 p.m. СТ, while preliminary boutswill stream live on Bellator.com болон Bellator Mobile App.
Smith will be making his Bellator MMA debut against a fighter who is currently in the midst of a four-fight winning streak. "Midnight Magic” is on a bit of a roll of his own, coming into the promotion riding a two-bout winning streak. A veteran of UFC and most recently RFA, Smith won the regional promotion’s welterweight belt in June, defending the title one time before signing with Bellator.
Gonzalez took a brief hiatus from MMA to compete in the kickboxing portion of the groundbreaking "Bellator ММА: Dynamite 1 " event in September, losing a tightly contest decision to world-renowned striker Паул "Semtex" Daley. Gonzalez now returns to his comfort zone of MMA, where he has strung together an impressive four-fight winning streak. A veteran of the Scott Coker-founded Strikeforce promotion, as well as World Extreme Cagefighting, Gonzalez has been competing professionally since 2003.
Kakai is one of Bellator MMA’s latest signings, joining the fray after a two-fight stint in the UFC. “Zohan," 26, hails from Sweden and owns 10 finishes in his 12 victories as a professional fighter. With a bantamweight title fight one-week prior and another marquee 135-pound pairing in the main event, it will be interesting to see what a win does for Kakai in the grand scheme of things.
Taimanglo will be making his seventh appearance under the Bellator MMA umbrella, and is riding a two-fight winning streak. A Guam-native, “The Juggernaut” has stopped his opponent in 21 of his victories and has only lost twice in his last 14 тулаан. Look for the 31-year-old to make an impression against the bantamweight division’s newest commodity.
Шинэчлэгдсэн "Bellator 151: Уоррен VS. Caldwell” Fight Card:
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Main Event: Жо Уоррен (13-4) сүсэг. Darrion Caldwell (8-0)
Bellator MMA Welterweight Co-Main Event: Гилберт Смит (12-4) сүсэг. Фернандо Гонзалес (24-13)
Bellator ММА өд сайхны дайралт хийвэл: Yamauchi хүртэл (19-2) сүсэг. Bubba Женкинс (10-2)
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Feature Bout: Sirwan Kakai (12-3) сүсэг. Joe Taimanglo (21-6-1)
Урьдчилсан карт:
Bellator ММА өд урьдчилсан дайралт хийвэл: Крис Жонс (10-3) сүсэг. Рэй Мод (5-1)
Bellator ММА Bantamweight урьдчилсан дайралт хийвэл: Стив Гарсиа (6-0) сүсэг. Ricky Turcios (5-0)
Bellator ММА Welterweight урьдчилсан дайралт хийвэл: Жастин Паттерсон (6-1) сүсэг. Chance Rencountre (8-1)
Bellator ММА өд урьдчилсан дайралт хийвэл: Treston Thomison (8-4) сүсэг. Aaron Roberson (5-3)
Bellator ММА Welterweight урьдчилсан дайралт хийвэл: Рожер Кэрролл (16-13) сүсэг. Neiman Грэйси (3-0)
Bellator ММА Middleweight урьдчилсан дайралт хийвэл: Derek Palmer (Дебют) сүсэг. Jermayne Barnes (0-1)
Bellator ММА өд урьдчилсан дайралт хийвэл: Shane Peterson (13-4) сүсэг. Stephen Banaszak (5-5)
Lewiston, Maine (Хоёрдугаар сар 7, 2016) - Шинэ Английн тулаан (NEF), АНУ-ын хэд хэдэн бүс нутгийн нэг нь тэмцэл сурталчилгаа, held its most recent event, “NEF 21: Immortals” Бямба гариг Lewiston нь Androscoggin банкны Colisée шөнө, Maine. The Colisée was a packed house for the promotion’s second hybrid mixed-martial-arts (ММА) and professional boxing event. Fight fans were treated to a marathon evening of nonstop action featuring 26 bouts in total.
In the MMA main event of the evening, in what can only be described as a “thriller,” Брюс “Pretty Boy” Boyington (13-8) defeated Jon Lemke (5-4) via split decision to retain the NEF MMA Professional Lightweight Title. Boyington and Lemke battled back-and-forth for five brutal rounds in what many in attendance were calling one of the best fights in NEF history.
In the boxing headliner, Northeast Junior Welterweight Champion Brandon “Cannon” Berry (11-1) handed Tollison Lewis the first loss of his professional boxing career (2-1) with a second-round stoppage via technical knockout (ДЭМБ-ын).
On the amateur MMA portion of the card, three inaugural champions were crowned. Райан бейсболын (3-1) took home the light heavyweight title after defeating Mike Williams (1-1), while Johnny Crafts (4-0) captured the bantamweight strap and Ricky Dexter (5-2) won the welterweight championship.
NEF also announced that its next event would take place on Дөрөвдүгээр 23, 2016, once again at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston.
Lewiston үр дүнг, Maine:
Мэргэжлийн боксын
Брэндон Berry DEF. Tollison Lewis via TKO, дугуй 2
Evincii Dixon def. Antonio Chaves Fernandez via unanimous decision
Crowsneck Boutin fought Joel Bishop to a unanimous draw
Мэргэжлийн ММА
Брюс Boyington DEF. Jon Lemke via split decision (Boyington retains lightweight title)
Josh Lange def. Derek Shorey via rear-naked choke, дугуй 1
Zach Elkins def. Mike Hansen via guillotine, дугуй 1
CJ Ewer DEF. Zenon Herrera via ankle lock submission, дугуй 1
Alex Henry def. Andrew Tripp via KO, дугуй 1
Brandon Warne def. Norman Fox via guillotine, дугуй 1
Сонирхогчдын ММА
Райан бейсболын DEF. Mike Williams via armbar, дугуй 2 (Glover wins light heavyweight title)
Ricky Dexter DEF. Caleb Farrington via TKO, дугуй 1 (Dexter wins welterweight title)
Жонни Гар урлал DEF. Henry Clark via TKO, дугуй 3 (Crafts wins bantamweight title)
Рафаэль Velado DEF. Mike Peitersen via split decision
Эрин Lamonte DEF. Randi Beth Boyington via rear-naked choke, дугуй 1
Erik Nelson def. Julio Martinez via unanimous decision
Matt Glover def. Gravin Guillen via TKO, дугуй 1
Taylor Costantino def. Frank Johanson via TKO, дугуй 1
Brendan Battles def. Dave Smith via TKO, дугуй 1
Ras Hylton def. Zak Bergeron via TKO, дугуй 1
Adam Nielsen def. Ruben Redman via TKO, дугуй 1
Dustin Shorey def. Juan Meneses via TKO, дугуй 1
Tom Burgess def. Caleb Swoveland via unanimous decision
Chad Murillo def. Tony Agust via split decision
Jake Denham def. Justin Witham via verbal submission, дугуй 2
Richmond Pierce Wiegman def. TKO дамжуулан Клиффорд Redman, дугуй 2
Caleb Costello def. David Thompson via KO, дугуй 1
Шинэ Английн зодоон "дараагийн үйл явдал, "NEF 22: Бүх зам ЭНД ХӨТӨЛЖ,” takes place Saturday, Дөрөвдүгээр 23, 2016 Lewiston нь Androscoggin банкны Colisée нь, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 одоо үед худалдаанд байгаа www.TheColisee.com эсвэл Colisée Box Office дуудаж207.783.2009 х 525. Үйл явдал болон тэмцэл карт шинэчлэлтүүдийн талаар дэлгэрэнгүй мэдээллийг, нь дэмжих вэб хуудаснаас авна уу www.NewEnglandFights.com. Үүнээс гадна, Таны NEF видео бичлэг үзэж болно www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, Twitternefights дээр дагаж, албан ёсны Facebook бүлэгт "New England тэмцэж байна."
Санта-Моника (Хоёрдугаар сар 6, 2015) - Bellator ММА-ийн гарын үсэг зурах зарлаж байгаадаа баяртай байна Chris “The Crippler” Leben (22-11) онцгой Олон жил, Олон тэмцэл гэрээ. The former World Extreme Cagefighting Middleweight World Champion has fought professionally since 2002, and holds the record for most fights in the UFC at 185-pounds (22).
Since taking a break from the sport in 2014, Leben has resided in San Diego, Калифорни мужийн. and served as a coach at Victory MMA & Чийрэгжүүлэх. Known for his tendency to put on an exciting show each and every time he enters the cage, Leben was a member of the inaugural cast of “The Ultimate Fighter” alongside fellow Bellator MMA competitors Stephan Bonnar болон Жош Koscheck. The 35-year-old has fought elite talent throughout his mixed martial arts tenure, against names the likes of: Вандерлей Силва, Андерсон Силва, Брайан Станн, Майкл Bisping, Patrick Cote, Марк Муноз, and Bellator MMA’s own Alessio Sakara.
“If I were to draw up the prototypical Bellator MMA competitor, there would be parts of Chris [Leben] in there,"Bellator ММА ерөнхийлөгч Скотт Coker гэв. “The guy has never had a boring fight and as I’ve said from day one, we’re going to continue to grow from the ground up and buy from the top down. I know that Chris still has a lot of fight left in him and I’m excited to see him fight We are hoping to see his Bellator debut this Spring.”
“Focusing on just coaching at Victory MMA has been amazing, but recently, I started to get the itch to compete again,” Leben said. “So I extended an olive branch to the people at Bellator and here I am. Би маш их хэлбэртэй байна, I love the possible matchups this roster has to offer and I’m ready to show the world why they call me ‘The Crippler.’”
Leben joins a budding roster of Bellator MMA talent, with recent signings that include: Хендерсоны Бенсон, Анастасия Янкова, Lena Ovchynnikova, болон Сергей Kharitonov.
It has yet to be determined what weight class Leben will compete at, but when asked what division he hopes to settle in, Leben made it clear: “I’ll go wherever the big fights are.”
