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 […]
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Preliminary Injunction continued until Tuesday in Bellator-Jackson lawsuit
MMA Junkie reports that the hearing on the preliminary injunction filed by Bellator against Rampage Jackson has been continued until Tuesday morning, April 7th when Judge Karen Suter will render her decision. There was no reason given for the delay according to the Junkie article. The injunction sought to preclude Jackson from fighting at UFC […]
Bellator 135 DVR bumps rating up to 670K viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the Bellator 135 adjusted viewership drew an additional 70,000 viewers for a total of 677,000 viewers. In addition, the peak for the show went up from the original 922,000 viewers to 984,000. Payout Perspective: The adjusted viewership average is approximately 740,000. The gains from the DVR […]
Bellator 135: 607,000 viewers
Bellator 135 drew an average viewership of 607,000 viewers on Friday night according to Nielsen sources. It was the lowest output for a Bellator event this year. In the main event, Marcos Galvao won the Bellator bantamweight title making Joe Warren submit to a knee bar. There was also an exciting undercard fight with Hideo […]
Two Bellator fighters fail Bellator 133 drug tests
MMA Junkie reports that Alexander Shlemenko failed his Bellator 133 drug test. In addition, The MMA Report reports that that Bellator 133 prelim fighter Emelio Chavez failed his drug test as well. California State Athletic Commission Executive Director Andy Foster relayed the discovery of Chavez’s failed drug test to The MMA Report. The CSAC has […]