Bellator MMA announced its first big event under the Scott Coker regime with Tito Ortiz facing Stephan Bonnar on Saturday, November 15th. The event was promoted on Friday’s Bellator 123 telecast with an in ring promo that was reminiscent of pro wrestling. The Bonnar-Ortiz segment can be seen here. It features a man in a […]
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UFC apologizes for judge removal
MMA Junkie reports that the UFC has issued an apology for the removal of a judge at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 48 in Macau. The statement apologized to judge Howard Hughes “for calling his professional judgment into question.” White removed Hughes after the first two fights on Saturday’s card after he believed that Hughes was […]
Le contributes sponsor money to orphanage
MMA Junkie reports that Cung Le will be donating a large part of his sponsorship money to a Vietnamese orphanage. Le bought rice, toys, candy and gave money to an orphanage in his native Vietnam. The 42 year old former Strikeforce champion faces Michael Bisping at UFC Fight Night 48 in Macau, China. Le put […]
War Machine terminated by Bellator after incident
Bellator acted swiftly in terminating the contract of War Machine (FKA Jon Koppenhaver) after he is being identified as the prime suspect which found his girlfriend and another severely beaten. Bellator President Scott Coker has issued a statement regarding Jon Koppenhaver, War Machine: “We have a zero tolerance policy here at Bellator when it relates […]
Rousey wins ESPY for Best Female Athlete
MMA Fighting reports that Ronda Rousey was named the Best Female Athlete of 2014 at the annual ESPY Awards handed out by ESPN. Rousey beat out the WNBA’s Maya Moore, Olympic gold medalist skier Mikaela Shiffrin and UConn’s Breanna Stewart. UFC fighters Chris Weidman and Jon Jones were up for best fighter but lost out […]