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Bellator 214 Results: Ryan Bader KO's Fedor Emelianenko (VIDEO)
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
The Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Final took place tonight in Los Angeles, as Fedor Emelianenko squared off with Ryan Bader at Bellator 214. The former PRIDE champion, Fedor Emelianenko, advanced to the tournament final by defeating Chael Sonnen via first-round TKO this past October in New York.
Bellator 214 Results: Henry Corrales KO's Aaron Pico (VIDEO)
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
A featherweight bout between Aaron Pico and Henry Corrales served as the co-headliner of tonight’s Bellator 214 event in Los Angeles. After losing his professional debut to Zach Freeman via submission, Aaron Pico has since rebounded with four-straight first-round knockouts.
Bellator 214 Results: Jake Hager submits J.W. Kiser (VIDEO)
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Former WWE star Jake Hager (aka Jack Swagger) made his professional mixed martial arts debut against J.W. Kiser at tonight’s Bellator 214 event. The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Hager, announced that he had signed a fight contract with Bellator MMA back in November of 2017.
Darren Till takes aim at multiple welterweights including Rafael dos Anjos
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till recently took to Twitter where he called out former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, among others. Till, who is set to fight Jorge Masvidal on March 16 at UFC London, called both Rafael dos Anjos and Santiago Ponzinibbio “scared rats” on Twitter.
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan and UFC flyweight king Henry Cejudo trade shots on social media
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
WWE champion Daniel Bryan believes he could submit UFC flyweight champ Henry Cejudo faster than “The Messenger” finished TJ Dillashaw. Earlier today in an interview ABC 15 Sports, Daniel Bryan seemingly warned Cejudo to stay away from his sister-in-law Nikki Bella.
Bellator 214: Fedor vs Bader Live Results
Drake Riggs - January 26, 2019
Bellator 214 kicks off the new year for Bellator MMA and looks to do so in style from the famous Los Angeles Forum in Inglewood, California. Headlining the event will be the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix finals that features the greatest heavyweight of all time, Fedor Emelianenko as he looks to capture gold for the first time in 10 years.
EXCLUSIVE | After competing on Survivor, Bi Nguyen ready for ONE Championship debut
Cole Shelton - January 26, 2019
ONE Championship made some major moves in 2018 with the additions of Eddie Alvarez, Demetrious Johnson, and Sage Northcutt among others. In addition to those big names, ONE Championship also signed atomweight Bi Nguyen, a JacksonWink MMA product and a contestant on the last season of the hit reality TV series Survivor. Unfortunately for Nguyen, she suffered a knee injury which forced her to pull out of the popular TV show. Although the doctors said she could still compete, Nguyen didn’t want to risk suffering further damager to her knee.
Dillon Danis threatens to suplex Ben Askren if he doesn't 'pipe down'
Thomas Taylor - January 26, 2019
Earlier this week, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov discussed the upcoming UFC debut of former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight titleholder Ben Askren. “He never fight in the UFC,” Nurmagomedov told Submission Radio of Askren. “He has to fight in the UFC first of all. He has to show his levels because I see how someone smash him in ONE FC. Somebody like smashed him in ONE FC. He just signed to the UFC and tried talk, you know. But now everybody tries to talk and promote these things, but you have to compete in the UFC, then we’re gonna see his levels.”
Ronda Rousey responds to reports that she will soon leave the WWE
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Ronda Rousey has responded to the recent rumors that she will be leaving the WWE after Wrestlemania in order to start a family. According to the reports, the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Rousey, was going to put Becky Lynch over at Wrestlemania so that she could step away from the WWE in order to start a family with her husband Travis Browne.
WWE Champion challenges UFC flyweight title holder Henry Cejudo
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Nikki Bella is not the only professional wrestling star taking notice of UFC flyweight kingpin Henry Cejudo, so is the reigning WWE Champion. That’s right, the WWE champion Daniel Bryan, who is also the brother-in-law of the aforementioned Nikki Bella, recently issued a challenge to “The Messenger” in an interview with ABC 15 Sports.
Ben Askren fires back at UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov recently discussed the upcoming octagon debut of Ben Askren. Askren, a former Bellator and ONE champion, will square off with former UFC title holder Robbie Lawler at March’s highly anticipated UFC 235 event in Las Vegas.
Curtis Blaydes doesn't believe 'past transgressions' had anything to do with Greg Hardy DQ loss
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
Curtis Blaydes doesn’t believe that Greg Hardy intentionally broke any rules in his disqualification loss to Allen Crowder at UFC Brooklyn. The controversial former Dallas Cowboy, Hardy, made his octagon debut at last weekend’s UFC on ESPN+ 1 event against Allen Crowder.
Khabib Nurmagomedov says that Ben Askren 'has to show his levels' in the UFC
Drake Riggs - January 25, 2019
When it comes to amazing wrestlers in mixed martial arts, there are few if any that are better or more dominating than current UFC lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov and former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight champion, Ben Askren. Thus making a fight between the two something to salivate over. Whether or not we’ll ever see it come to fruition remains to be determined, however.
EXCLUSIVE | Juan Archuleta says teammate TJ Dillashaw was '100 percent' not affected by weight cut
Drake Riggs - January 25, 2019
At Bellator 214 tomorrow night, Juan Archuleta continues to push forward on his path to a title shot at the ranks of 135-pounds. Just a week earlier, however, his teammate, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw attempted to capture a title in a second weight class.
Bellator 214 salaries: Fedor Emelianenko and Ryan Bader to earn six-figure purses
Tom Taylor - January 25, 2019
Tomorrow night, Bellator MMA will make it’s long-awaited return to our screens with the stacked Bellator 214 card. This card will be topped by the final bout of the promotion’s action-packed Heavyweight Grand Prix, as Bellator light heavyweight champ Ryan Bader and heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko are set to collide with heavyweight gold on the line.
Bellator 214 weigh-in results: Fedor and Bader set to clash
Drake Riggs - January 25, 2019
It’s going down! The Bellator heavyweight title is set to get a new owner as the legendary Fedor Emelianenko (38-5) looks to prevent current light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader (26-5) from making history. Also in action will be the debuting former WWE star Jake Hager who tipped the scales for the very first time in MMA on Friday to hit within the heavyweight mark.
AJ Agazarm explains how Bellator MMA is just like Fortnite
Tom Taylor - January 25, 2019
Tomorrow night, at Bellator 214, grappling ace AJ Agazarm will make his anticipated MMA debut opposite Jesse Roberts. While MMA competition is still unfamiliar to the submission specialist, he doesn’t expect it to be all the different from a saloon in the Wild West — or a game of Fortnite. “The way I look at it is it’s a saloon full of gunfighters,” Agazarm told MMAjunkie on Thursday “Everybody’s got a story to tell, and everybody is really dangerous, and that’s what’s fun about Bellator. Because no matter who I’m going to fight, it’s going to be a show. It’s going to be crazy, and it’s going to be something that people are going to be talking about for years.
Miesha Tate gives interesting perspective on Cris Cyborg's loss to Amanda Nunes
Tom Taylor - January 25, 2019
After more than a decade of dominance, UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg’s reign came to a shocking end at UFC 232, when she was knocked out by reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes in just over a minute. In the opinion of former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, Cyborg’s shocking loss to Amanda Nunes can be attributed to the fact that she didn’t stick to her strategy. That being said, Tate feels Cyborg has never really needed a strategy before, so she can’t exactly be faulted for that mistake.