Bellator News

BJPENN.COM News - August 22, 2014

Bellator 127 is now set as the promotion will return to Southern California’s Pechanga Resort & Casino on Friday, October 3rd as Daniel Straus will battle Justin Wilcox in the main event live on Spike TV. Tickets for the event are on sale now and are available at the Pechanga Box Office, Pechanga.com or Bellator.com.

BJPENN.COM News - August 21, 2014

Just days after Bellator President Scott Coker reinstated the women’s division to Bellator by bringing in top featherweights Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd, Bellator has a new addition to the roster as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Talita Nogueira (6-0) has joined the promotion. Currently ranked in the Top 10 Featherweight rankings, the multiple-time jiu-jitsu champion will now call Bellator home and is excited about what the future has in store.

BJPENN.COM News - August 21, 2014

Longtime MMA Veteran, Phil Baroni has just been cut from his latest promotional home over at Bellator MMA.

BJPENN.COM News - August 21, 2014

“The first thing we had to change was the tournament format. Which we did. The second thing is we have to go and recruit the top talent and cultivate the talent we have here now. And the third thing was the staff running 10 shows in a row. Talk about a burnout. We had to reprogram it. “Look this is going to become a once a month show and we are going to have time to promote it and we are really going to have time to do it right.” This is a much different mindset than doing it every week. Because right now these guys were on the road for like 10 weeks straight. It’s like crazy.” … “Here is the thought. Right now they are doing like ten weeks in a row, which you can’t promote a fight every week doing that. It’s impossible. If you want to be Friday Night Fights sure. OK that’s one thing. But I don’t want to be Friday Night Fights. I want to be fights that matter, are relevant and people want to see. So we’re going to take a step back and we’re going to do 16 fights next year. We’ll do 12 good-sized shows and then we do four tent pole shows. Arena shows. Stacked cards, bigger venue, bigger production, bigger feel. So we’ll have a total of 16 fights next year.”

BJPENN.COM News - August 20, 2014

Former UFC champ, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson starts clowning while filming this music video.

BJPENN.COM News - August 19, 2014

Former Bellator MMA fighter War Machine had his day in court earlier today after being arrested and charged after beating and strangling his ex-girlfriend Christy Mack and her friend Corey Taylor.

BJPENN.COM News - August 19, 2014

After a long back and forth battle with the promotion he fought for, Eddie Alvarez has been unconditionally released by Bellator.

BJPENN.COM News - August 19, 2014

“They’re talking about a couple of different options. Right now, that’s where it is.”

BJPENN.COM News - August 18, 2014

“If you look at our past, we have always believed in female fighting. Whether it was back in the kickboxing days on ESPN, I was the first person to do female fighting in the state of California in mixed martial arts; which was the Gina Carano vs. Elena Maxwell fight. And we did some big fights, Ronda fought for Strikeforce and I believe in it. We were the pioneers for female mixed martial arts and it’s just a natural fit. We started getting contacted by camps around the world and Marloes and Budd became available and they wanted to come. Right now, we are talking to two other girls that we’ll hopefully have on board soon. We’re going to add another division in the next three or four months that will be in the lighter weight, but I can’t say which one.”

bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2014

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BJPENN.COM News - August 15, 2014

“If Gina is smart she will sign with Bellator. She can fight at 145lbs, she won’t have to cut to 135lbs, it is a more normal weight for her. She had a lot of problems making 145lbs and I have fought at 135lbs and I know how bad that made me feel, so for her… I think she can show her talent better at 145lbs and I really want to fight her.” “I think if she wants to kill her career she should take that 135lbs match with Ronda Rousey right away. I think for her it would be more interesting to go to Bellator and fight at 145lbs and win a few fights, then see where she is up to.”

BJPENN.COM News - August 15, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - August 14, 2014

It has been a rough week few weeks for the world of MMA, but former UFC champ Tito Ortiz is out there, showing the world that we aren’t all bad!

BJPENN.COM News - August 12, 2014

We have been following the beef between Dog the Bounty Hunter and someone claiming to be ‘War Machine’s brother’ very closely today, with extremely harsh comments coming from an account that claimed to belong to War Machine’s brother, Michael Koppenhaver.

BJPENN.COM News - August 12, 2014

Coker told me yesterday Carano hasn't signed w BMMA. Whatever the case, the reaction to yesterday's rumors proves she's still quite popular.

BJPENN.COM News - August 12, 2014

After trading shots with War Machine’s brother via Twitter, it appears Dog the Bounty Hunter is backing up his statements earlier that if War Machine didn’t turn himself in, Dog would start a manhunt against the former Bellator MMA fighter.

BJPENN.COM News - August 12, 2014

War Machine is wanted by the Las Vegas Police for the alleged beating of ex-girlfriend Christy Mack. Yesterday it was announced that the LVPD had issued 7 warrants for Machine’s arrest.

BJPENN.COM News - August 11, 2014

WMMA pioneer Gina Carano may have signed with Bellator according to several rumors. Dana White said several weeks ago that he was very close to reaching a deal with Carano which would lead to a fight with Ronda Rousey.