Bellator News

bjpenndotcom - January 16, 2015

It’s official: Georgi Karakhanyan is next in line to challenge Patricio “Pitbull” Freire for his Bellator Featherweight Championship.

bjpenndotcom - January 16, 2015

Tonight’s bout may go down as one of the most controversial championship fights in Bellator history. There were a handful of low-blows from both men and an eye poke from Straus led to multiple halts in action from referee John McCarthy. Straus was punished with a point deduction in the second round after he landed his third low blow of the fight in less than ten minutes.

bjpenndotcom - January 16, 2015

Georgi Karakhanyan put Bubba Jenkins to sleep in the first round and proved to be the superior grappler tonight.

bjpenndotcom - January 16, 2015

In a night full of finishes, Houston Alexander and Virgil Zwicker fought for the full fifteen minutes and put on an exciting bout.

bjpenndotcom - January 16, 2015

BJPENN.COM News - January 16, 2015

Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson has decided to come out of MMA retirement to sign with the Bellator MMA Promotion.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2015

  It’s a challenging task for any fighter to climb the ranks and earn a title shot. Then, it’s even more difficult to win and keep winning in order to stay the champion. When a fighter loses the belt it’s up to them to come back and earn a couple of wins  to get back to the title. For Bellator MMA’s featherweight fighter, Daniel Straus, that trek back to the top lasted all of 50 seconds.

BJPENN.COM News - January 14, 2015

The Bellator Mixed Martial Arts Promotion has a new ring girl, Summer Daniels (pictured).

BJPENN.COM News - January 13, 2015

This weekend’s Bellator 132 headliner, Daniel Straus talks about his upcoming title fight, a rematch against Patricio “Pitbull” in Temecula, California, with BJPENN.COM Radio’s Anton Skoro.

BJPENN.COM News - January 13, 2015

Every fighter has a foundation on which they stand. WATCH as Daniel Straus shares his biggest Bellator moment to-date in preparation for “Bellator: Pitbull vs. Straus” this Friday on Spike!

BJPENN.COM News - January 12, 2015

Earlier this week at a hearing, the NSAC suspended both James Wilson and Bryson Gutches for nine months each.

BJPENN.COM News - January 11, 2015

Bellator MMA champion Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire is never one to shy away from speaking his mind, and did so again recently when he was asked about the UFC’s new deal with Reebok.

BJPENN.COM News - January 9, 2015

A seven-bout preliminary card for Bellator MMA’s first event of 2015, “Bellator: Pitbull vs. Straus,” is now official with the middleweights Dustin Jacoby(10-4) vs. John Salter (10-3), a 220-pound catchweight contest of Hector Carillo (5-6) vs. Everett Cummings (8-0), lightweights Steve Kozola (4-0) vs. Jonathan Rivera (4-0), lightweights Derek “The Barbaric” Anderson (11-1) vs. Danny Navarro (12-4), featherweights Fabricio Guerreiro(20-3) vs. Nick “No Limit” Piedmont (10-5-1), bantamweights Fabian Gonzalez (2-0) vs. Albert Morales (0-0), and middleweights Luc Bondole (4-0-1) vs. Chris “The Crusher” Herrera (2-1). The seven new contests will serve as the Spike.com-streamed preliminary card of “Bellator: Pitbull vs. Straus,” which takes place Jan. 16 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif.

BJPENN.COM News - January 8, 2015

bjpenndotcom - January 6, 2015

BJPENN.COM News - January 6, 2015

Time to review 2014’s biggest moments including the year’s top knockouts with Jimmy Smith! Some of the best include KOs from Mike Richman, Emanuel Newton & more!

BJPENN.COM News - January 4, 2015

This is only one side of the story, though multiple eye witnesses attest some kind of fight did take place, no one credible and unbiased gave any account — so lets not bash tito, and make that clear to the reader.

BJPENN.COM News - December 29, 2014

Last night BJPENN.com Radio returned with the last episode of 2014, and what a great episode it was.