Bellator and theScore® Announce Expanded Programming Partnership
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 1, 2012) —Bellator Fighting Championships today announces that it has extended its programming partnership with Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) through its upcoming sixth season, starting on March 9, it’s Summer Season as well as its seventh later in the year. The extension gives Canadian mixed martial arts fans access to another year of Bellator fights […]
Bellator Fighting Championships Continues Partnership with Armed Forces Network
AFN will air Bellator’s highly-anticipated Sixth Season starting March 9 CHICAGO, Ill. (January 30, 2011) — In a continuing effort to bring premier sports and entertainment to those who serve in the United States Armed Forces, Bellator Fighting Championships has once again partnered with the Armed Forces Network, extending a relationship that was formed in 2010. For […]
Bellator Signs World’s Top Welterweight Prospect Andrey Koreshkov
For 2nd straight year, Bellator signs long-term contract with world’s top welterweight prospect CHICAGO, Ill. (1/9/12) — As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares for its highly anticipated sixth season, the promotion has once again added a premier talent from across the globe, this time signing undefeated Russian welterweight phenom Andrey “Spartan” Koreshkov. Last year, Bellator signed highly-touted […]
Lightweight and Welterweight Tournament Fields Nearly Complete for Bellator Season 6
CHICAGO, Ill. (January 6, 2011) — As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares to make the jump to Friday nights, the tournament fields are beginning to take shape as the lightweight and welterweight tournament participants have been revealed. Bellator’s sixth season begins Friday, March 2nd LIVE on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX, with the preliminary fights […]
Bellator Adds Elite Japanese Bantamweights Masakatsu Ueda and Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura
Both will compete in Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament CHICAGO, Ill. (December 17, 2011) — In a continuing effort to scout and sign the world’s best talent, Bellator Fighting Championships has added two dynamic bantamweights in Masakatsu Ueda and Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura. Both will compete in the promotion’s upcoming Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament, joining Alexis […]
Bellator Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament Beginning To Take Shape
CHICAGO, Ill. (December 16, 2011) — After a Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament that saw Brazilian phenom Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas (@Dudantas22) secure a title shot against reigning Bellator Bantamweight Champion Zach Makovsky, eight of the world’s top 135 pounders are back for Bellator’s sixth season, eager to claim a title shot of their own. Bellator will […]
Bellator Fights Friday Nights: Season 6 Premieres Friday, March 2nd LIVE on MTV2 and EPIX
Promotion to Air Every Friday Night; Feature Five Tournaments CHICAGO, Ill. (December 5, 2011) — After a historic fifth season that saw Michael Chandler capture the Bellator Lightweight Title in a four-round classic that many critics labeled fight-of-the-year, and Eduardo Dantas, Douglas Lima and Alexander Shlemenko all earning tournament championships, Bellator will open their […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (12-5-11)
Bellator relocates to Friday for Season 6 USA Today By Sergio Non, USA TODAY Mixed martial arts‘ No. 2 promotion hopes moving up a day produces a bigger TV audience. Bellator Fighting Championships will shift its live events to Friday starting 2012 with its sixth season, CEO Bjorn Rebney told USA TODAY. … See all stories on […]
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