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In the midst of a very ugly breakup with Eddie Alvarez, long the promotion's biggest star, the statements and actions of three fighters say a lot about where Bellator stands in the MMA world today.

UFC president Dana White announced the organization's strong support for efforts to keep wrestling in the Olympics on yesterday's UFC on Fox 7 conference call for media and challenged Viacom, the corporate owner of the UFC's rival promotion Bellator,

The New York Times has written a major feature article on the high-stakes battle between the UFC and Viacom to control mixed martial arts on American television.