Bellator has put together a long skein of great cards, and coupled with a series of highlight-reel quality outcomes, the BFC banner is making inroads into the space currently owned by the Ultimate Fighting Championship and sub-leased, at least for now, by Strikeforce.
Joe Warren put together a split decision victory over Patricio “Pitbull” Freire...
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Bellator invaded the Kansas City Power and Light District for the second time this year, and once again put on a simply amazing show.
Headlining the evening was the Bellator Season Two Welterweight Tournament final between Dan Hornbuckle and Ben Askren.
Askren put on an amazing performance en route to a decisive unanimous decision...
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Bellator Fighting Championships crowned its second Season 2 champion Thursday night as former NCAA wrestling superstar and U.S. Olympian Ben Askren put on a grappling clinic to neutralize knockout artist and rising MMA star Dan Hornbuckle in a dominating and well-rounded performance.
The 25-year-old University of Missouri product drew from the vocal support of an...
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Bellator 19 took place earlier this evening at the Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie, Texas. Notables Joe Soto, Diego Saraiva, Ben Askren and Dan Hornbuckle competed on the night’s card.
Results and recap after the jump.
Official Recap
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (May 20, 2010) – MMA star Dan Hornbuckle and former U.S. Olympian Ben Askren both booked...
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The ongoing war of words between Bellator Welterweight Tournament semifinalists Ben Askren and Ryan Thomas continued with Askren predicting that their much-anticipated rematch this Thursday night at Bellator 19 will end the same way as their first meeting—albeit in much more decisive fashion.
“I’m going to do the same thing I did...
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Ryan Thomas had a great opportunity in this season of Bellator as he was entered into the welterweight tournament. Unfortunately for Ryan, he feels as though his opportunity was taken from him after he lost via technical submission to Ben Askren in the early stages of the tournament, although he claims never to have...
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Following a controversial ending to their April meeting in the opening round of Bellator’s welterweight tournament, Ben Askren has predicted another submission of Ryan Thomas in their rematch at Thursday’s Bellator 19, but has vowed to “put him to sleep so he can’t complain about it”.
“I’m going to do the same thing I did...
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Ben Askren came away with an atrocity of a victory over fellow welterweight Ryan Thomas in the main event of Thursday’s Bellator 14 at the historic Chicago Theater. Askren went for a D’arce choke, but the referee stopped the fight without a tap or verbal submission from Thomas.
Referee said Thomas didn’t respond...
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Bellator Fighting Championships put the final pieces in place for its much-anticipated Season 2 welterweight tournament today with the signings of knockout artist Brett Cooper (12-5) and UFC veteran Ryan “The Tank Engine” Thomas (10-3).
Cooper and Thomas are the seventh and eighth confirmed participants in Bellator’s eight-man 170 lbs. tournament, joining Ben Askren, Dan...
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