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FNU Combate Sports Concerto: Canelo/GGG controversy, Featured Guest Eddie Barraco

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This episode of the FNU Combat Sports Show features special guest Eddie Barraco. Eddie was a fighter who last connected with us when MySpace was still cool (confía Eddie’s Facebook page Here), and it’s been too long. We cover a wide range of issues and catch up on what he’s been up to as a first class MMA trainer in Las Vegas. Ton, Tony and Rich also discuss the abhorrent judging of Adelaide Byrd, who scored the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin fight 118-110 in favor of Canelo, who by most accounts lost a close fight at best. Additionally we touch on Ana Julaton’s transition from boxing to MMA, Conor McGregor’s upcoming appearance before congress, and former heavyweight champion boxer Michael Moorer’s new job punching out looters in Florida.

 

Part One and Show Close:

 

Eddie’s Interview:

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FNU Combate Sports Concerto, canelo vs. Golovkin Preview and Prediction, Jon Jones Stripped, Struve Knocked Out, Vista previa de UFC Fight Night

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We cover a wide range of combat sports topics in this week’s episode. From a $22 million settlement awarded to a debilitated boxer and his family to Jon Jones getting stripped of his belt again for a positive steroid test, Ton, Tony and Rich discuss it all. We also make our predictions for Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin. We recap Stefan Struve’s TKO loss to Alexander Volkov and preview UFC’s upcoming fight night event as well. We even spend some time discussing all the MMA fighters making the move to boxing.

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COMBATE AMERICAS NAMES SPORTS MEDIA SPONSORSHIP SALES EXECUTIVE MIKE PINE, FIRST-EVER CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

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Combate Americas has named Mike Pine (retratado) the company’s first-ever Chief Revenue Officer. Pine joins Combate Americas after a two-year stint with FanDuel, where he served as GM, Integrated Partnerships.

Former FanDuel GM, UFC, IRONMAN AND WWE Global Head of Sales
joins the world’s premier Hispanic MMA sports franchise
In its most explosive growth period to date

NEW YORK – Setembro 13, 2017 – Combate Americas announced today that it has named storied, sports industry business development and sponsorship sales leader Mike Pine, a principal artes marciais mixtas hispánicas (MMA) sports and media franchise’s first-ever Chief Revenue Officer.

Coming off a two-and-a-half-year tenure as GM, Integrated Partnerships for FanDuel, Pine, who was responsible for breaking unprecedented ground for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) by securing blue-chip advertising clients Bud Light and Harley Davidson, for the longest-standing MMA organization, will report to Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren.

“We are thrilled to welcome Mike Pine, an authentic trailblazer in the world of sports and entertainment brand partnerships, to Combate Americas,", Dixo McLaren, also the co-founder of the original UFC.

“Mike’s incredible track record,"Continuou McLaren, “and extensive book of high-level relationships with marketers from worldwide, renowned brands across a wide range of product categories, speak for themselves, and we are looking forward to having him spearheading our sales efforts as we continue to aggressively expand our footprint across the globe with a fast-growing schedule of live and special events, and television programming for 2018 and beyond.”

Pine will be responsible for building Combate Americas’ portfolio of sponsor partners which, ata a data, has included the U.S. Exército; Aspira A Mas, a Hispanic consumer-targeted offshoot of health insurance industry giant IHC; and consumer electronics pioneer Altec Lansing, across the organizations’ year-round live television event series in the U.S., Mexico and overseas.

Combate Americas television programming airs weekly, including once per month live, en máis de 137 million homes across the U.S. and Mexico on Azteca America and TV Azteca, respectivamente, and has been averaging over 3.5 million viewers per episode since “Combate Azteca” premiered in November.

The franchise’s monthly live events also air in an additional 47 million plus homes across Latin America on ESPN LATAM, and it’s most recent event, “Combate Clásico,” a partnership with Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross’ RSE Ventures that took place on Xullo 27, two days before RSE’s “El Clásico Miami” soccer match between legendary clubs Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, ushered the Latino flavored brand to national television in Spain for the first time ever with coverage of the nine-bout fight card in over 20 million homes on the country’s popular sports network, GOL TV.

During his stint at FanDuel, Pine compiled an impressive roster of first-ever landmark industry advertising partners for the online daily fantasy sports platform, including Bud Light, FORD Motor Company, Corona Extra, HBO Sports, Chef’s Cut and Bacardi.

As Global Head of Sales & Partnerships for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Pine forged and developed a host of relationships for the publicly traded, worldwide leading professional sports entertainment brand, with leading consumer electronic, retail and food brands, including Norelco, XBOX, Footlocker, KMART and General Mills.

Prior to his time with WWE, Pine led and oversaw the development of globally renowned agency IMG’s NCAA collegiate sports. His time at IMG was proceeded as IRONMAN Global Chief Sales Officer & Eight Years @ Turner Broadcasting.

Pine is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and served as Captain, U.S. Forza Aérea.

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FNU Combate Sports Concerto: Post-Fight Reaction to May/Mac, Vista previa de UFC Fight Night, Sign Tony’s Petition to Throw out First Pitch at a Phillies Game

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This week’s combat sports show covers a wide range of topics. Ton, Tony and Rich discuss the dud of a boxing match that proved McGregor needed about six more months of “proper fookin” training to be more competitive in. Mayweather cruises to 50-0, but Rich questions if that really eclipses the true 50-0 circumstances that would have made Rocky’s unbeaten streak more impressive. After all, Mayweather did not possess an active title belt at the time of the win and the “Money Belt” shouldn’t count as a true championship he was defending. Rocky retired undefeated, owning the belt at 49-0. To eclipse Rocky’s record Floyd would need to have a world title belt or multiple belts at the time of his 50th win being recorded. We also discuss everything else going on in the combat sports world, except Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne getting married.

 

 

SEGUNDA PARTE

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Como Mayweather vs. McGregor da forma ao futuro das loitas cruzadas?

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Por: Ricos Bergeron

Fight News Unlimited coñece ben o termo “MMA vs. Debate de boxeo.” Tivemos toda unha serie de programas de radio sobre o tema, culminando cunha discusión en toda regla entre Iceman John Scully (Antigo boxeador profesional e actual adestrador de boxeo) e Ken Shamrock (Un loitador profesional, UFC Fighter e adestrador de MMA). O punto de inflexión foi entón as mulleres no boxeo e MMA. Shamrock apoiou os seus esforzos mentres Scully asumiu o argumento de que non quería ver a unha muller golpeada na cara.

Esta noite estamos a piques de vivir a maior loita de corsarios da historia dos deportes de combate. Unha nova, famento, Un rabioso que loita contra MMA dende as malas rúas de Irlanda enfróntase a un estadounidense temerario que sae da súa xubilación despois dunha carreira profesional de boxeo durante moito tempo.. A experiencia favorece ao experto no seu oficio, o loitador defensivo máis talentoso da era moderna do boxeo. Floyd debería ir cara á vitoria, e o nocaut que prognostica é algo que moitos afeccionados e especuladores sitúan no rango da 6a a 7a rolda..

McGregor pode gañar en calquera escenario onde vexa a campá final, se a decisión lle favorece ou non. O único que ten que facer é entreter, empurrar a Floyd a puntos que nunca antes foi empuxado, e poñerse baixo a pel de Floyd. Aínda que sexa nun esforzo perdedor, Conor ten que ser un personaxe que poida vender outra loita. Floyd dixo repetidamente nos eventos da xira de prensa que a continuación loitaría contra Conor no Octágono. Isto é claramente Mayweather só intentando pensar no panorama xeral, pero unha derrota unilateral a McGregor non fará que os fans falen demasiado sobre un enfrontamento con Octágono. Algúns especuladores insisten que Floyd soltará o gas a propósito e deixará que McGregor teña o seu 12 roldas de acción. Canto máis Floyd fai que Conor pareza un pallaso, aínda, este enfoque non podería servir de nada aos dous loitadores a longo prazo.

Conor seguramente podería lograr o seu propio nocaut contra Floyd Mayweather nas catro primeiras roldas., como el predixo. Está dentro do ámbito das posibilidades. Con todo, o gran nocaut de calquera xeito que vaia a loita será como Conor manexa o seu negocio despois deste combate.

 

McGregor Sports and Entertainment converteuse nunha marca que mesmo Dana White representou cunha camiseta de marca a outra noite na rolda de prensa final. Inicialmente sentín decepcionado que White non colocou a ningún outro loitador de UFC na carteleira deste mega evento de boxeo.. Canto máis pensaba no enfoque, aínda, canto máis imaxinaba que as brancas buscan facer máis diso no camiño, pero só se McGregor pode sorprender ao mundo ou polo menos molestar o carro de mazá do boxeo dalgún xeito.

 

Varios boxeadores reclaman a oportunidade de enfrontarse a un loitador de MMA en pelexas cruzadas en todas as grandes divisións agora que May/Mac puxo a mesa.. David Haye e Anthony Joshua son só dous pesos pesados ​​que expresan interese en boxeadores de MMA. Joshua mesmo entraría na gaiola se non se permitía ningunha presentación. Tony Bellew quere pelexar con Michael Bisping. Roy Jones Jr. quere loitar contra Anderson Silva e leva anos buscando esa oportunidade.

 

O verdadeiro crossover ao que Conor podería aproveitar é un que me temo que non poderá sacar proveito, aínda. Hai un enorme potencial para conseguir o tipo de diñeiro que gañan os boxeadores profesionais para facer o cruce de contratos de loitadores de MMA. Houbo moitas especulacións sobre como as brancas poden escaparse co que o UFC promova un combate de boxeo cando as tácticas de xestión do UFC non cumpren os estándares descritos na Lei Ali., que obriga a ofrecer certas proteccións cruciais aos boxeadores profesionais.

 

En lugar de volver ao deporte de MMA despois desta loita e reclamar todo o diñeiro e premios para si mesmo, Conor debería ser a marea crecente que viva todos os barcos. Un verdadeiro heroe do seu deporte procuraría que non sexa o único que gaña cartos porque axudou a poñer a MMA no escenario do mundo real coa súa actuación desta noite.. Podería ser un portavoz incrible para cambiar a forma en que todos os loitadores fan negocios. O UFC e Dana White son notoriamente codiciosos cando se trata de controlar os intereses dos seus empregados pelexas.. Isto é o que fai que a demanda antimonopolio en curso contra a empresa sexa tan complicada.

 

Como certos loitadores aos que non lles gusta o contrato do UFC ofrecen un salto para Bellator, White e o UFC responderon co concepto Instant Ultimate Fighter: Serie Contender. Cada semana un novo loitador recibe un contrato. O exército está sempre crecendo é o seu enfoque obvio aquí. McGregor podería liderar a carga de loitadores máis grandes que a vida que din non ao UFC e loitan contra o desexo da compañía de darlle tan pouco aos loitadores a cambio de tan grandes esforzos..

 

A loita desta noite pode determinar se White e o UFC promoven ou non outra loita cruzada. Cada vez que o fan, aínda, probablemente será encabezado por só un loitador de MMA vs. un boxeador e non unha tarxeta apilada. Deste xeito, poden converter cada acontecemento nun evento importante, aínda que resulte unha broma como moitos auguran que vai ser esta noite.

 

Trátase de como McGregor manexa as consecuencias aos meus ollos. Dará un paso máis e falará por que os outros loitadores sexan inculpados nos seus contratos con UFC? Será capaz de conseguir ese diñeiro do boxeo sobre a mesa para el e os seus compañeiros de loita no UFC e no panorama das MMA?? As súas opcións seguramente aumentarán incluso nunha derrota competitiva, o que fai baixar por KO, DQ ou golpeando desigual os únicos xeitos de que non saia cheirando a rosas. Non importa o que pasa, ten que utilizar a atención de forma construtiva para mellorar ambos deportes.

 

O debate pódese resolver, pero creo que o futuro depara unha oportunidade para un novo formato de torneo. Primeiro hai un combate de boxeo, despois unha loita de MMA. Seis semanas de diferencia, ambos loitadores teñen seis meses para adestrar antes do primeiro combate. É o seguinte paso lóxico, e haberá un boxeador que asuma o reto.

 

Mayweather pode impresionar aos puristas con unha demolición 12 roldas ou un KO dentro da distancia. McGregor só ten que sobrevivir con valentía para volver máis cabezas e gañar máis popularidade. Se gaña elixe o seu propio destino e fai que un montón de expertos e críticos se coman as súas palabras. A pregunta é que pasa despois? Resolverase o debate pase o que pase ao final da noite?

 

OPORTUNIDADE GORDA….

 

McGregor pode ter unha gran man en todo o que se saque para o mercado de cruces. Será atractivo e lucrativo nos próximos meses e anos, ou esta loita pasará a ser unha moda que deixou amargamente decepcionados á maioría dos seguidores? Se fai que McGregor sexa máis famoso do que xa é, é unha vitoria, así que encantaríame velo facer que esa vitoria significase algo. Se pode atopar unha forma de axudar a todos os loitadores da lista de UFC a conseguir máis diñeiro sobre a mesa, Estou no seu recuncho.

 

 

 

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LFA LAUNCHING PAD: LFA SENDS 9 FIGHTERS TO UFC IN 30 DAYS

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THE SUMMER OF LFA

LFA ALUM IMPRESS IN THE UFC:
TITLE SHOTS, BONUSES and RECORD BREAKERS
4 SHOWS IN 4 WEEKS:
LFA SET TO VISIT 4 STATES IN 4 WEEKS
HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) has had a busy summer. In last month’s newsletter, it was reported that LFA alum accumulated $200,000 in UFC bonus money in the month of June, former RFA headliner Zach Freeman secured an “Upset of the Year” nominee in New York City, and three inaugural LFA titles were awarded to get the summer started.

LFA LAUNCHING PAD
The summer continued to heat up in July. The UFC hosted 5 events along with the first 3 episodes of UFC President Dana White’s new weekly web series titled “Dana White’s Martes Night Contender Series” throughout the month.
The number of LFA alum that participated in those events was staggering. 19 fighters that have fought for LFA or the two promotions that merged to create it (RFA and Legacy FC) competed in the UFC. UFC 213 headliner Valentina Shevchenko would have made that 20 loitadores, but Amanda Nunes withdrew from their title fight on the day of the fight.
The presence of LFA alum on Dana White’s new show was just as impressive. In the first three episodes that aired in July, 17 do 30 competitors (56.6%) had previously competed for LFA, RFA, or Legacy FC. Each of the three episodes also featured two “LFA vs. LFA” fósforo. The most impressive stat, con todo, is the fact that an LFA fighter was signed by Dana White off of each episode.
That trend carried over into August with a fourth LFA fighter being signed to the UFC off of the fourth episode of “Dana White’s Martes Night Contender Series”. The four LFA stars signed off of the show so far are Boston Salmon (Semana 1), Sean O’Malley (Semana 2), Geoff Neal (Semana 3), and Julian Marquez (Semana 4). There are currently 32 fighters from LFA scheduled to compete on theMartes might summer series. LFA also currently has 19 alum ranked in the latest UFC fighter rankings.
LFA ALUM IMPRESS IN THE UFC
While former LFA fighters impressed in the UFC last month with the sheer number of participants, what they accomplished in those bouts is even more important. Perhaps the biggest shining star of the bunch was former RFA featherweight champion Brian Ortega. O home coñecido como “T-City” improved his perfect record to 12-0 and saw his UFC fighter ranking move up to #6 no mundo.
Ortega did this by breaking his own UFC record at UFC 214 on July 29th. Going into his bout with fellow unbeaten star Renato Moicano, Ortega held the UFC record for most consecutive third round finishes. He extended that streak by submitting Moicano in the final frame with a $50,000 UFC “Performance of the Night” bonus winning Guillotine Choke.
The following Sábado no UFC Fight Night 114, RFA great Dustin Ortiz broke another UFC record to secure his own $50,000 UFC “Performance of the Night” bonus. Ortiz accomplished this feat by knocking out Hector Sandoval in 15-seconds to record the fastest finish in UFC flyweight history. His teammate and former RFA flyweight champion Sergio Pettis happened to headline the same card. Pettis won his marquee bout against Brandon Moreno unanimously in a pivotal battle between two Top 10 ranked UFC flyweights.
The UFC will be off for the next few weeks, but September looks to be just as big for the LFA greats competing inside the famed UFC Octagon. UFC 215 en 9 de setembro will feature two LFA alum challenging for UFC world titles. Legacy FC great Ray Borg will headline the card for a shot at the UFC flyweight title, while Shevchenko will finally get a crack at the UFC women’s bantamweight title in the co-main event. Seven other LFA alum have UFC bouts already announced for next month as well.
4 SHOWS IN 4 WEEKS
LFA started August with the first title defense in the promotion’s history. Two of the inaugural LFA champions that were just crowned in June (Eryk Anders and Roberto Sanchez) have already made their UFC debut, but LFA featherweight champion Kevin “Angel of Death” Aguilar was able to defend his title in the main event of LFA 18 ese pasado Venres. He did so by sweeping the scorecards against a very game challenger in #1 contender and world-class BJJ black belt Justin Rader.
LFA is now set to end the summer with four shows in four weeks in four different states. The quadruple-header starts next week in South Dakota at LFA 19. The promotion then heads east to Minnesota the following week at LFA 20. LFA kicks off first day of September in Missouri at LFA 21. Then the final leg of the four week trip will go down in Colorado at LFA 22.
LFA 19 – Michaud vs. Rodrigues ten lugar Venres, 18 de agosto no Sanford Pentágono, en Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The event will serve as the second LFA event to take place in the state of South Dakota. RFA visited “O Estado Mount Rushmore” four times before the merger. LFA 19 is headlined with a welterweight war between three-time UFC vet David “Bulldawg” Michaud (11-3) and Brazilian powerhouse Ciro “Bad Boy” Rodrigues (20-7).

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LFA 20 – Curry vs. Barnes ten lugar Venres, August 25th at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, Minnesota. The event will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Minnesota. RFA e Legacy FC aloxado un combinado nove eventos en “terra de 10,000 lagos” antes da fusión. LFA 20 is headlined with a welterweight showdown between rising star Chad “Blitz” Curry and former RFA title challenger Nick “The Phoenix” Barnes.
LFA 21 – Noblitt vs. Branjão ten lugar Venres, September 1st at the Branson Convention Center in Branson, Missouri. The event will serve as the first LFA event to take place in the state of Missouri. RFA visited the “Show Me State” four times before the merger. LFA 21 is headlined with a light-heavyweight battle between undefeated American prospect Kyle James Noblitt (8-0) and undefeated Brazilian prospect Antônio Paulo “Montaña” Branjão (4-0).
LFA 22 – Heinisch vs. Perez ten lugar Venres, 08 de setembro at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The event will serve as the third LFA event to take place in the state of Colorado. RFA visited “The Centennial State” eight times before the merger. LFA 22 is headlined with an LFA middleweight title fight between Colorado’s own Ian “The Hurricane” Heinisch (8-0) and Brazilian dynamo Markus “Maluko” Perez (8-0).
The entire main card of these four events will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 p.m. E / 6 p.m. PT.
En setembro 2016, RFA and Legacy FC officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) a partir de xaneiro 2017. RFA e Legacy FC lanzaron as carreiras de máis de 100 deportistas que alcanzaron o auxe do MMA por competir no UFC.
Por favor visite LFAfighting.com for bout updates and information. LFA is on Facebook at Legado Combate Alliance. LFA is also on Instagram at @LFAfighting and Twitter at @LFAfighting.
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FNU Combate Sports Concerto: UFC 214 breakdown, Nobody Likes Dana White, Tom and Tony break down Broner vs. Garcia and Lomachenko vs. Marriaga

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This week’s combat sports show is a split personality situation. We had technical difficulties getting all of us together for the show, so we recorded Tom and Tony chatting with each other on Thursday night. I’ve added my portion today. It all worked out to some incredible insight about Mayweather vs. McGregor, Dana White’s growing problem with disgruntled stars in the UFC, Broner vs. Garcia and Lomachenko vs. Marriaga. We also break down Jon Jones beating Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 and the implications for a Brock Lesnar showdown in the Octagon. It’s far from likely, but it’s intriguing. We also touch on the retirements of Juan Manuel Marquez and Wladimir Klitschko.

Tom and Tony Talk Shop:

Rich Wraps it Up:

 

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FNU Combate Sports Concerto: Mayweather vs. McGregor, UFC 214 Visualización

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This week’s show features lots of Mayweather vs. McGregor discussion and a look back at the last two weeks in combat sports. We preview this weekend’s fights as well. Tune in to find out what Rich’s new favorite Conor McGregor insult is…and why it applies to Dana White as well. Psychic Tom gives his valuable insight and Tony the Tornado breaks down all the boxing angles in this episode.

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GEGARD MOUSASI TO DEBUT AT BELLATOR 185 AGAINST ALEXANDER SHLEMENKO ON OCTOBER 20

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‘KING MO’ MEETS LIAM MCGEARY IN LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT AT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA

LOS ANGELES – On the heels of his recent Bellator signing, Gegard Mousasi (42-6-2) will make his promotional debut against former champ Alexander Shlemenko (56-9, 1 NC) en Venres, Outubro 20 en Bellator 185: Mousasi vs. Shlemenko, an event that takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conner.

Alén, the co-main event of Bellator 185: Mousasi vs. Shlemenko will feature a light heavyweight contest pitting “King Mo” Lawal (21-6, 1 NC) against former titleholder Liam McGeary (12-2). Additional main and preliminary card bouts will be announcing in the coming weeks.

The event will be broadcast live and free on SPIKE at 9 p.m. E/8 p.m. CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and the Bellator Mobile App. Tickets for this massive event start at $30, with an exclusive Bellator Nation Presale offer on Mércores, Xullo 19 en 10 a.m. E A través dos Xoves, July at 10 p.m. E. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Venres, Xullo 21 en 10 a.m. E and are available at the Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster and Bellator.com.

Long-considered to be one of the elite two-division threats in MMA, Mousasi is set for his Bellator debut and is currently riding a five-fight win streak that includes recent knockout victories over two former world champions in Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort. Prior to his UFC tenure, Mousasi captured the STRIKEFORCE light heavyweight title, as well as the DREAM light heavyweight and middleweight titles in Japan. “The Dreamcatcher,” who currently trains out of The Netherlands, has earned victories over some of the sports’ biggest names, including Dan Henderson, “Jacare” Souza, Mark Hunt, Ovince Saint-Preux, Melvin Manhoef, Hector Lombard and “Babalu” Sobral.

 

Shlemenko, a former middleweight champion, has competed under the Viacom-owned promotion’s umbrella since Bellator 16 en 2010. Known for his vicious finishing ability, “Storm” ruled with an iron fist over Bellator’s 185-pound division, defending his belt on three occasions. One of the most dominant champions in Bellator history and currently riding a five-fight win streak, which includes a TKO victory over Kendall Grove en Bellator 162, Shlemenko has his sights set on earning a shot at once again becoming world champion.

 

It was only a matter of time before “King Mo” Lawal and Liam McGeary squared off inside the Bellator cage. On the heels of a unanimous decision victory over “Rampage” Jackson at Bellator 175, the king of Bellator’s “money-weight” division returns to meet Britain’s McGeary. Never one to shy away from a fight, the former STRIKEFORCE champion, has stepped inside the Bellator cage on 14 separate occasions and was also victorious during RIZIN’s first open-weight tournament in 2015.

 

Widely regarded as one of the top light heavyweights in the world, McGeary will enter his bout with Lawal looking to once again stake his claim on the division he once sat atop of. A member of Team Renzo Gracie in New York, McGeary brings his renowned jiu-jitsu skills to the table against an opponent who has yet to be submitted in 27-fights as a professional. Of the 34-year-old’s 12 vitorias, 11 have come before reaching the judges’ scorecards, a feat McGeary hopes to continue in the co-main event of Bellator 185: Mousasi vs. Shlemenko.

 

Actualizado Bellator 185: Mousasi vs. Shlemenko Tarxeta de loita:

Middleweight Main Event: Gegard Mousasi (42-6-2) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (56-9, 1 NC)

Light Heavyweight Co-Main Event: Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (21-6, 1 NC) vs. Liam McGeary (12-2)

 

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About Bellator:

Bellator is a leading mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization featuring many of the best fighters in the world. Baixo a dirección do veterano promotor loita Scott Coker, Bellator está dispoñible para case 1 billion people worldwide in over 160 países. Nos Estados Unidos, Bellator can be seen on SPIKE, the combat sports television leader. Bellator is comprised of an executive team that includes top industry professionals in television production, orquestación de eventos en directo, desenvolvemento loitador / relacións, Procurement local, creación de patrocinio / desenvolvemento, licenzas internacional, marketing, publicidade, publicity and commission relations. Bellator is based in Hollywood, Califa. and owned by entertainment giant Viacom, fogar de marcas de entretemento do mundo premier que se conectan co público a través de contido atractivo a través da televisión, filme cinematográfico, plataformas en liña e móbiles.

 

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