MMA Payout has learned from Nielsen sources that Bellator 136 on Friday drew a viewership of 655,000 viewers. It is up slightly from last month’s event. The main event (which aired from 9:00-11:30pm ET on SpikeTV) had Will Brooks taking on Dave Jansen with the Brooks earning the unanimous decision. The event drew a 0.2 […]
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BAMMA USA sells out show down the road from Bellator event
BAMMA USA announced that it has sold out its MMA show Friday night at the City of Commerce Casino in Southern California. The event takes place up the road from Bellator’s show Friday at the Bren Events Center on the campus of UC Irvine. The event will be headlined by former TUF contestant Chris Saunders […]
Court opinion in Bellator-Rampage lawsuit made available
A copy of the court opinion by Judge Karen Suter which granted Bellator MMA’s injunction in its lawsuit against Rampage Jackson was made public. After oral argument on April 2nd, the Court issued its opinion on April 7th. MMA Fighting provides a copy of the lawsuit here. The court made it abundantly clear that it […]
NJ court grants Bellator MMA’s injunction; Rampage off of UFC 186
A New Jersey court has granted the injunction request of Bellator MMA in its request to prevent Rampage Jackson from fighting at UFC 186 later this month. Judge Karen L. Suter granted Bellator’s request for relief on Tuesday morning. Jackson was scheduled to fight Fabio Maldanado on April 25th as the co-main event of the […]
Shlemenko retains lawyer for upcoming CSAC hearing
Bloody Elbow reports that Bellator middleweight Alexander Shlemenko has hired attorney Howard Jacobs to represent him to dispute the findings of a positive drug test from his February fight against Melvin Manhoef. Shlemenko will appear before the California State Athletic Commission on April 28th to apparently dispute the findings. Shlemenko has denied using any banned […]