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, Phil Davis, King Mo, Tito Ortiz, Emanuel Newton, Linton Vassell among others.
Santa MONICA (February 6, 2015) - Ko te whakakake Bellator MMA ki te kauwhau i te hainatanga o te Chris “The Crippler” Leben (22-11) ki te tau-maha motuhake, kirimana maha-whawhai. 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, Calif. and served as a coach at Victory MMA & Fitness. 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 a Josh Koscheck. The 35-year-old has fought elite talent throughout his mixed martial arts tenure, against names the likes of: Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva, Brian Stann, Michael Bisping, Patrick Cote, Mark Muñoz, 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,"Ka mea a Bellator MMA te peresideni Scott Coker. “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. Ahau i roto i te āhua nui, 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: Benson Henderson, Anastasia Yankova, Lena Ovchynnikova, a Sergei 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.”
Kevin MacDonald is one of the most knowledgeable and professional referees in Mixed Martial Arts. Just last Sunday he was the third man in the cage for three fights on the UFC Fight Night 81: Dillashaw vs. Cruz card. Our interview covers a wide range of topics, from rule and weight class changes on the horizon to a few behind-the-scenes glimpses into the UFC’s operations. Psychic Tom Padgett and Rabble Rousin’ Rich Bergeron also recap the past week’s combat sports events (including Szpilka vs. Wilder and Cruz vs. Dillashaw) and preview the next UFC event headlined by Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader.
Santa MONICA, Calif. (January 12, 2016) - Ryan Couture (10-3) Ka fehangahangai Patricky "Pitbull" Freire (14-7) during the main card of "Bellator 148: Daley vs. Uhrich” i runga i Hānuere 29 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.
Bellator officials previously announced two welterweight attractions featuring a main event pitting British slugger Daley "Semtex" Paora (37-13-2) ki Andy Uhrich (11-5) and a rematch featuring Paora Bradley (22-6, 2 NC) ki Chris Honeycutt (6-0, 1 NC), which will serve as the co-main event. Rounding out the Spike-televised main card will be heavyweights Raphael Butler (9-1) a Tony Johnson (9-2).
I tua atu, the preliminary portion of the card has been completed, with the news that Matt Perez (1-1) ka tutaki Eugene Cancino, Nick Bustamante (3-0) e i runga i Salvador Becerra (4-2), Jermaine McDermott (1-0) whawhai Eric Huggins (1-0) a John Paora Iraia (3-0) e hoki i roto i te mahi.
"Bellator 148: Daley vs. Uhrich” airs live and free on Spike at 9 p.m. AND/8 p.m. CT, ia ka awa pāngia tuatahi ora i runga i Bellator.com a Te Bellator Mobile App i 5 p.m. PT. tīmata tīkiti mo te takahanga i anake $25 and are on sale now at the Save Mart Center Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com.
Nōfo'i tēnei wā i roto i te pūkenga toa e wha-whawhai, tae atu ana fe'auhi tuatahi e rua ki Bellator MMA, Couture will look to start off 2016 on the right foot. Ko te tama o te pūrākau MMA Randy Couture, oti te whakataetae Strikeforce o mua kua katoa o nga whakauru i faahitihia mā tāpaetanga kowaowaotia muri-tahanga. Couture was slated to compete at "Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis," but his opponent missed weight by more than 16 pauna.
Standing opposite of Couture will be the elder “Pitbull” brother, who agreed to the fight on short notice after Derek Anderson was forced to withdraw due to injury. Freire competed during the last event of 2015 and will now make his 14th appearance for Bellator MMA during the first event of 2016. It’s worth noting that 10 of Freire’s wins have come before reaching the judges’ scorecards.
Oti "Bellator 148: Daley vs. Uhrich” Fight Card
Bellator MMA Welterweight Main Event: Paora Daley (37-13-2) vs. Andy Uhrich (11-5)
Bellator MMA Welterweight Co-Main Event: Chris Honeycutt (6-0, 1 NC) vs. Paora Bradley (22-6, 2 NC)
Bellator MMA Āhuahira Kōmāmā a'ee: Ryan Couture (10-3) vs. Patricky "Pitbull" Freire (14-7)
Bellator MMA taumahamaha Āhuahira a'ee: Raphael Butler (9-1) vs. Tony Johnson (9-2)
Kāri hukihuki:
Bellator MMA mā Āhuahira a'ee: Mark Dickman (10-2) vs. Thomas Diagne (5-5-1)
Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Ilima Macfarlane (2-0) vs. Amber Tackett (1-1)
Bellator MMA taumahamaha Āhuahira a'ee: Javy Ayala (8-4) vs. Carl Seumanutafa (9-6)
Bellator MMA mā Āhuahira a'ee: Anthony Avila (12-4) vs. John Reedy (11-6)
Bellator MMA mā Āhuahira a'ee: Art Arcienega (14-5) vs. Justin Smitley (9-7
Bellator MMA Welterweight Āhuahira a'ee: Mason Fowler (2-0) vs. TBA
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Feature Bout: Paora Ruiz (6-2) vs. Josh San Diego (5-1)
Bellator MMA Flyweight Feature Bout: Matt Perez (1-1) vs. Eugene Cancino (Tuatahi)
Bellator MMA mā Āhuahira a'ee: Nick Bustamante (3-0) vs. Salvador Becerra (4-2)
Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Feature Bout: John Paora Iraia (3-0) vs. TBA
Bellator MMA Light Heavyweight Feature Bout: Jermaine McDermott (1-0) vs. Eric Huggins (1-0)
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Toronto (Hakihea 9, 2015) — Whatunga Fight, pirimia o te ao 24/7 whakatapua pouaka teihana ki te whakaoti i kapinga o hākinakina whawhai, Ko te ūnga mō te ora UFC whawhai mua wiki, me te pou-whawhai kapinga, tae atu i te kāri matua ora hoki UFC Whawhai Night™: Namajunas vs. Kaihokohoko me nga prelims ora hoki Ko te Ultimate Fighter tërä: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber, e rua kia whakakitea anake i roto i Canada. Ko te wā e wātea ana i roto i te whawhai Whatunga arokite free i runga i te nuinga o kawe puta noa i Canada mo te marama o Hakihea.
Te reira katoa whana atu i runga i te Wenerei, Dec. 9 i 4 p.m. ET ki te whakaaturanga ora o te UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor whawhai-mua te amuiraa press i Las Vegas.
I Rāpare, Dec. 10 i 5 p.m. AND, Whawhai he hakari Whatunga te ora paunatia-mai hoki Ko te Ultimate Fighter tërä: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber, rite headliners Frankie Edgar ko Chad Mendes tahoro i nga pauna mua o to ratou pupūtanga mā faufaa rahi.
I muri mai i 9 p.m. AND, Whawhai E whakaatu ana Whatunga he ora i mua i-whakaatu hoki UFC Whawhai Night™: Namajunas vs. Kaihokohoko, ārahi ki te kāri matua ora i 10 p.m. AND anake i roto i te Canada. I roto i te hui matua, Kaua e. 3-nguha strawweight wahine a runga Rose Namajunas (4-2) whawhai huamo superstar me No. 7-runga Paige VanZant. (6-1). I roto i te tahi-āhuatanga, Kaua e. 14-runga hōia Kōmāmā Jim Miller(25-6, 1NC) titiro ki te haere tonu i tona pikitanga ake nga tūranga ki Ko te Ultimate Fighter Live toaMichael Ekalesia (12-2). Te whakaawhiwhi i te kāri, tino tauā taitama Kōmāmā Sage Northcutt(6-0) tamata ki te pupuri i tana buka maitai tonu ki Cody Pfister (12-4-1), Canada o tūturu iUltimate Fighter Nations whitu toa Iraia Theodorou (11-0) anga tona whakamātautau uaua ki te rā ki Beresiria Thiago “Patu” Santos (11-3). Whawhai ka televise ano Whatunga te pou-whawhai te amuiraa press ora, e haamata i muri tata mutunga te hui.
I Rāmere, Dec. 11 i 6 p.m. AND, te UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor paunatia-mai Ka teata ora i Las Vegas ki Jose Aldo me Conor McGregor haere kotahi te wā mata-ki-mata whakamutunga mua oRāhoroi o taupatupatunga angitū mō te motuhake UFC mā whitu aito.
E whai ake nei tonu te ora paunatia-mai, Whawhai E whakaatu ana Whatunga he ora i mua i-whakaatu hoki Ko te Ultimate Fighter tërä: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber i 7 p.m. AND, te tavini nei ei mata-i roto i ki teprelims ora i 8 p.m. AND anake i roto i te Canada. Ka rangi te kāri matua i 10 p.m. AND i runga i TSN1 ko TSN5. Prelims whakaatu ngā heavyweights Gabriel Gonzaga (16-10) vs. Konstantin Erokhin (9-2), featherweights Tatsuya Kawajiri (34-8-2) vs. Jason Knight (16-1) me flyweights Joby Sanchez(7-1) vs. Geane Herrera (8-1). Whawhai ka televise ano Whatunga te pou-whawhai te amuiraa press ora, e haamata i muri tata mutunga te hui.
Ko te wiki whawhai mahi-Kikī mai ki te tumutumu runga Rāhoroi, Dec. 12. I 2 p.m. AND, Whawhai E whakaatu ana Whatunga te encore o UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor i Hōngongoi 2015, i ngā Conor McGregor'S mahi fakangalongata'a ki Chad Mendes ki te hopu i te wā UFC taitara mā, me te kaitono runga hoki “Whawhai o te Tau” i waenganui i Robbie Lawler a Rory MacDonald mo te taitara Welterweight UFC. Kei te whānui i titiro te hui rite ki tetahi o te pai i roto i te aamu whakatairanga.
I 7 p.m. AND, Whawhai E whakaatu ana Whatunga he ora i mua i-whakaatu hoki UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor, āhuatanga arokite nei, matapae me te tātaritanga mō te hui, me te i runga i-te-scene pūrongo i Las Vegas. E whai ake nei tonu te haapurororaa utu-ia-tirohanga, Whawhai E whakaatu ana Whatunga he ora pou-whakaatui āhua 1 a.m. AND, tae atu ki ngā ngā, tauhohe me te pou-whawhai te amuiraa press ora i Las Vegas.
Whakaaturanga i mua, me te pou-whawhai katoa e ngā uiuinga motuhake i kaitätari Whatunga Fight JohnRamdeen a Robin Black i runga i-pae i roto i Las Vegas, me ngā pūrongo me te tātari i Studios Whatunga Fight i Toronto. Canadian whakauru pionie toi hōia, me te mauroa UFC hōia Sam Stout ka waiho i roto i-studio mo te UFC ora 194 whakaaturanga i mua, me te pou whawhai-.
Whakakitea puta noa i te wiki, hopu i te-haora kotahi UFC Tāmau: Aldo vs. McGregor motuhake, he katoa-uru, muri-te-scenes titiro i te oraraa e puni whakangungu o wha whawhai whiriwhiri ārahi ake ki te nui UFC 194 kaupapa i roto i te Las Vegas. Pūrongo tahi atu me ngā āhuatanga rangi ia i roto i Whawhai News Na. Whakarārangitia airings katoa e i www.fightnetwork.com.
I tua atu ki te ngā ora katoa, Whawhai Ko te ūnga mō te UFC ihirangi puna Whatunga, motuhake me raupapa, whai wāhi UFC tuku, UFC Na, UFC Ultimate Insider a matarohia UFC PPV ngā.
Tenei Rātapu, Dec. 13 i 9 p.m. AND, hopu i te whakaaturanga encore ki tonu i te UFC 126: Silva vs. Belforti tanguru 2011 i roto i te Las Vegas, i ngā he pupūtanga taitara whitu tino tūmanako i waenganui i reira-torchbearer Anderson Silva a No. 1 nguha Vitor Belfort, atu Forrest Griffinvs. Rich Franklin a Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader.
Hoki te rārangi ki tonu i te rärangi päho Fight Whatunga a, tirohia www.fightnetwork.com, te whai ia tatou i runga i Twitterfightnet, riro i te tahi i runga i Facebook, ka tirotiro i tatou ki runga ki Instagramfightnet.
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Toronto (Whiringa 26, 2015) — Whatunga Fight, pirimia o te ao 24/7 whakatapua pouaka teihana ki te whakaoti i kapinga o hākinakina whawhai, E whakaatu ana whānui kapinga o UFC Whawhai Night™: Henderson vs. Masvidal tenei Rāhoroi, Whiringa 28 i Olympic Gymnastics Arena i Seoul, Korea South.
Whawhai ka Air Whatunga te ora UFC Whawhai Night™: Henderson vs. Masvidal kāri matua anake i roto i Canada i 8 a.m. AND. Ka rangi Encores roto i te primetime i 9 p.m. AND a 10 p.m. PT mo kaimätakitaki i runga i te Tai Te Hau-ā-uru.
I roto i te hui matua, toa Kōmāmā mua UFC Benson Henderson (22-5) rapu ana te rua o tona win tika i 170 pauna ritenga hōia whakamatauria whawhai- Jorge Masvidal (29-9). Superstar Welterweight Paetata Dong Hyun Kim (20-3-1, 1NC) competes in the co-feature against late replacement Dominic Waters (9-3). Te whakaawhiwhi i te kāri matua, Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5, 2NC) hoki mai ki a South Korea mo te wa tuatahi mai 2007 for a welterweight matchup with undefeated grappling ace Alberto Mina (11-0), i taikaha toi knockout Tonga Korean Doo Ho Choi (12-1) looks to build on an impressive promotional debut last November when he faces off with fellow featherweight Sam Sicilia (15-5), te mauria he wikitōria karapīpiti e rua-whawhai ki te a'ee.
I Rāpare, Nov. 26 i 7 p.m. AND, Premieres Whawhai Whatunga he-haora kotahi UFC® Whawhai Night Seoul Pre-Whakaatu, āhuatanga arokite nei, matapae me te tātaritanga mō te hui, a te kaimahi ano hoki i rite te mata-i roto i ki te prelims ora.
I tua atu ki te ngā ora katoa, Whawhai Ko te ūnga mō te UFC ihirangi puna Whatunga, motuhake me raupapa, whai wāhi UFC tuku, UFC Na, UFC Ultimate Insider a matarohia UFC PPV ngā.
Tenei Rātapu, Nov. 29 i 9 p.m. AND, hopu i te whakaaturanga encore ki tonu i te UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez i nuku 2010 i roto i te Anaheim, Calif., headlined by a showdown between champion Brock Lesnar me te kaiwero Kaina Velasquez mo te taitara taumahamaha UFC, atu Jake Shields hanga i tona tuatahi UFC ki Martin Kampmann, Ko te Ultimate Fighter 1 toa Diego Sanchez tuki ki Paulo Thiago, pionie Tito Ortiz raruraru hoki ki akonga mua Matt Hamill,a Brendan Schaub whawhai Gabriel Gonzaga i roto i te mahi taumahamaha.
Ko te kāri tonu hoki UFC Whawhai Night™: Henderson vs. Masvidal ngā:
Kāri Main (Ora i runga i te Whatunga Fight, 8 a.m. AND):
-Benson Henderson (22-5) vs. Jorge Masvidal (29-9) -Dong Hyun Kim (20-3-1, 1NC) vs. Dominic Waters (9-3) -Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5, 2NC) vs. Alberto Mina (11-0) -Doo Ho Choi (12-1) vs. Sam Sicilia (15-5) Kāri hukihuki (Ora i runga i UFC whawhai Pass, 5 a.m. AND):
-Dongi Yang (12-3) vs. Jake Collier (9-2) -Yui Chul Nam (18-5-1) vs. Mike De La Torre (13-5, 1NC) -Color Hyun Bang (17-9) vs. Leo Kuntz (17-2-1) -Seohee Hama (15-6) vs. Cortney Casey (4-2) -Yao Zhikui (2-3) vs. Fredy Serrano (2-0) -Ning Guangyou (6-2-1) vs. Marco Beltran (6-4) -Dominique Steele (13-6) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (13-6) Hoki te rārangi ki tonu i te rärangi päho Fight Whatunga a, tirohia www.fightnetwork.com, te whai ia tatou i runga i Twitterfightnet, riro i te tahi i runga i Facebook, ka tirotiro i tatou ki runga ki Instagramfightnet.
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Lewiston, Maine (Whiringa 18, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” tenei Rāhoroi, Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature a first for Maine – whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) bouts and professional boxing bouts on the same event with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. The fight promotion announced earlier today that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) whitu Tim “Ko te he Tautangata” Boetsch (18-9) would be the guest of honor at the event. It was further announced that Boetsch will be available to meet fans in attendance and sign autographs from 6:00 ki 7:00 pmmua ki te whawhai tuatahi.
Boetsch te tangata whenua o Lincolnville, Maine. He is a lifelong wrestler, having won four state championships while attending Camden Hills Regional High School. Boetsch was inducted into the Maine Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012. After high school, Boetsch e haere i runga i ki te whakataetae mō te Lock University Haven o Pennsylvania wahi parau tu'ite ia ki te tohu i roto i te ture toihara.
He is currently in his second stint with the UFC. Boetsch holds victories over many of the sport’s biggest names like Kendall Grove (22-15), Brad Tavares (13-4) ko Yushin Okami (30-10) just to name a few. Te nuinga tata, headlined ia “UFC whawhai Night 68” i roto i te New Orleans, Louisiana ki Rana Henderson (31-14). Boetsch is scheduled to face Ed Herman (23-11) i “UFC whawhai Night 81” i runga iJanuary 17, 2016 i roto i te Boston, Massachusetts. He is currently training with fellow UFC veteran Marcus “Ko te Irish Hand pohu” Davis i Davis’ Team Irish wāhi i roto i Brewer, Maine i roto i te faaineineraa no te te a'ee ka ū mai.
“Tino fiefia ki te tautoko Maine MMA,” ka mea Boetsch o tona ahua ka ū mai i NEF XX. “Titiro whakamua ki te mātakitaki i te kāri ki tonu i te nui whawhai me te whakatutuki i pā katoa i puta mai i roto ki te kite i te whakaatu whakaongaonga!”
"Kua ahau matakitaki ana Tim whakataetae ano he tangata whātōtō me te toi hōia whakauru mo tata 20 tau,"Tahi-rangatira NEF me matchmaker kī Matt Peterson. "Te tiaki ahau fakafefeka'i ia tona tukufakaholo i Maine runaruna nonoke mā te toa e wha taitara kāwanatanga te kura nui, ka ngakau ia i runga i rite ki whawhai ia tona ara ki hoko tetahi o nga tangata baddest i runga i te ao i roto i te Championship Ultimate Fighting. Tim, haere ki a Marcus Davis, Mike Brown me Tim Sylvia, hanga ake te Maunga Rushmore o Maine MMA, a ka waiho hei honore ki te whai ia ia, a Marcus e rua i roto i te haereraa i te i te 20th instalment o New England whawhai i runga i Noema 21st."
New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua,” tu'asino tuu tenei Rāhoroi, Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will mark the first time in Maine history a mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event and a professional boxing event have taken place together on the same show. Tikiti hoki “NEF XX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."
Mō New Ingarangi whawhai
New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.
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