Bellator News

BJPENN.COM News - July 31, 2014

During a recent Bellator media day, former Strikeforce champ, King Mo discussed his new gig at Bellator, the companies old president Bjorn Rebney and more.

BJPENN.COM News - July 30, 2014

Rampage Jackson, Tito Ortiz & King Mo just lost their part-time gig over at TNA wrestling.

BJPENN.COM News - July 28, 2014

Bellator’s newest fighter Melvin Manhoef competed in a kickboxing match this past weekend and was on the receiving end of a pretty brutal TKO. At around the 10:35 mark Manhoef gets rocked with a head kick, and it smashed until around the 10:45 mark where he falls face first on the canvas. Somehow the ref lets the fight continue and immediately Cesar Cordoba continues his onslaught, which eventually leads the ref to stop the fight, much to the frustration of Manhoef who can be seen wrenching himself away from the referee’s grip.

BJPENN.COM News - July 25, 2014

Tonight, from Southern California, Bellator 122 commenced with the action we’ve grown to love on SPIKE TV.

BJPENN.COM News - July 23, 2014

Bellator’s number one attraction, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson has had a rough go of things when it comes to authority figures.

BJPENN.COM News - July 22, 2014

After Paul Daley signed with Bellator yesterday, he explained his plan for eventually dethroning Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima. Today Lima fired back at Daley in an interview with MMAFighting.com saying:

BJPENN.COM News - July 22, 2014

Bellator MMA has announced that they have signed another fighter today, this time Melvin Manhoef got the contract.

BJPENN.COM News - July 15, 2014

Patricio Friere will get his rematch with Pat Curran at Bellator 123 on September 5th.

BJPENN.COM News - July 10, 2014

Viacom owned, Bellator MMA has gone under some major changes in the last month.

BJPENN.COM News - July 9, 2014

“I don’t think he’s going into business against us. I don’t think [Bellator’s] business is at the level that we’re at. I think he’s going in there to try to do whatever he can to keep that thing alive… (Former Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney) made this thing confrontational, and you know me, if you want to poke me, I’ll poke you back. And he’s gone, and there’s guys over at Spike that I like and respect. I did business with those guys, and I think if you asked them, they’d tell you I’m probably the best guy they’ve ever been in business with. I ate, slept and breathed Spike TV. I did everything I could to make it as successful as I could, and they’re not bad guys. They’re good guys. And Scott Coker’s not a bad guy, so I literally have nothing negative to say about him, and I don’t look at them as competing.”

BJPENN.COM News - July 2, 2014

The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’s head coach Rafael Cordeiro spoke to MMAFighting.com about Tito’s next fight under the Bellator banner after submitting Alexander Shlemenko in May.

BJPENN.COM News - June 26, 2014

Bellator light-heavyweight fighter, King Mo is still perfecting his pro-wrestling skills, as seen in the image.

BJPENN.COM News - June 21, 2014

“Not only do I know Scott (Coker) very well, I know the guys at Spike very well. I was in business with them for a long time and I think this is a much better fit for them than Bjork was.” No beef for UFC President Dana White and Scott Coker, at least not yet.

bjpenndotcom - June 19, 2014

With all this Scott Coker talk, let’s take a walk down memory lane and revisit the days of Strikeforce past. Strikeforce of course was the promotion that Coker founded and ran for its entire existence until Zuffa bought and eventually closed it down. March 12, 2011 is when Dana White announced the purchase, but explained that the rival promotion would still function as a separate organization and Coker would remain at his position.

BJPENN.COM News - June 19, 2014

“My plan is to go from a tournament format to a more traditional format, to more of a superfight format,” said Coker, in his first day at his new job after what he described was a very quick negotiation period. “We will do tournaments when the situation makes sense. I think a tournament can make sense, but it has to be the right time and the fighters have to be right.

bjpenndotcom - June 19, 2014

In case any of you missed the news earlier, here’s a recap of what went down with Bellator MMA. Goodbye Bjorn Rebney, hello Scott Coker.

BJPENN.COM News - June 18, 2014

Our good friends over at Middleeasy have got their hands on this video that Bjorn Rebney tried to push on SPIKE TV. Zeus, of Middleeasy shares the story:

BJPENN.COM News - June 18, 2014

Following a full day or reports, rumors and speculation, the Bellator promotion has announced that Scott Coker will take over as the company’s president.