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Bellator champ files lawsuit against former basketball coach

April 24, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Hawaii News Now reports on the lawsuit filed by current Bellator MMA flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, her sister and one other former student against a Punahou School basketball coach of sexually abusing them while they were students.  Notably, the coach, Dwayne Yuen, was never arrested on the claims. Macfarlane graduated from Punahou in 2009.  Her […]

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Bellator postpones 3 events in May

March 31, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Bellator announced on Monday that it was postponing three of its events in May due to Covid-19. Through a press release, Bellator announced the postponement of Bellator 242 which was scheduled to occur May 9th in San Jose, Bellator European Series London a week later on May 16th in London and Bellator 243 in Temecula […]

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Coker cancels Bellator 241 amid concerns over COVID-19

March 13, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Bellator MMA made the decision this morning to cancel its event set for this evening at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.  Originally scheduled to be fought in an empty arena earlier this week, Scott Coker decided to call off tonight’s event. We would like to apologize to our athletes and fans, as well […]

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Baby Slice ready for return to cage

March 13, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Kevin Ferguson, Jr, aka “Baby Slice” does not recall care what you call him.  He noted that he goes by about 10 different nicknames.  Baby Slice takes on Slice is 3-2 with one no-contest.  His last fight against Craig Campbell was declared a no-contest after Ferguson initially won via KO.  The Mohegan Tribe Department of […]

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As Leslie Smith returns to Bellator cage, she recalls trip to Cameroon

March 13, 2020 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

As Leslie Smith attempted to put her loss last fall to Arlene Blencowe this past November out of her mind, she decided to take a detour before getting back in the gym to train.  Africa. View this post on Instagram I got to spend a month in Batiè, Cameroon teaching MMA and helping out with […]

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Nico Ali Walsh breaks down the four major changes he wants included in the revised Zuffa Boxing Revival Act:

"In layman's terms, financial transparency is absolutely essential—UBO disclosures, fighter pay. You've got to be able to show what money is being made.

Free agency.

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Re: Haney/Davis

The WBO congratulates Top Rank, Inc. on securing the promotional rights for the WBO Welterweight Championship contest between Devin Haney and Keyshawn Davis with a winning purse bid of $8,550,000.

Purse Distribution:
• Devin Haney: $6,412,500 (75%)
• Keyshawn

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