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Bellator 135-Pound Champion Zach Makovsky Defending In Mid April
It will be more than 17 months from when Zach Makovsky first won the Bellator bantamweight title to when he will first defend it, but that day will finally come on Friday, April 13, when recent tournament winner Eduardo Dantas challenges him at Bellator 65 in Atlantic City, NJ. Makovsky (14-2, 6-0...
Bellator Notebook: The Groin Kick From Hell, Dantas' Inferno, What's Next
As UFC President Dana White said several weeks ago regarding the short UFC on Fox main event, you can't control what happens in the cage. Bellator found that out at Bellator 59 last Saturday as a bizarre groin kick ended the promotion's strong fifth season on a flat note despite plenty of...
Bellator 59 Fight Card Primer: Alexis Vila vs. Eduardo Dantas
At 40 years old, the odds are against Alexis Vila becoming a force in MMA. But the Cuban-born Olympic freestyle wrestler is just one win away from winning Bellator's current 135-pound tournament and running his record to a perfect 12-0 in the process. A man 18 years his junior -- Eduardo Dantas --...
Bellator Announces Christian M'Pumbu Vs. Travis Wiuff, Mike Hayes Out Of Tourney
Bellator made two announcements Monday, one regarding their 205-pound champion and another on the future of one of their heavyweight tournament competitors. The promotion finalized their card for Bellator 55, confirming that Alexis Vila vs. Marcos Galvao and Ed West vs. Eduardo Dantas will be their...
USAT/SBN October MMA Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Brian Bowles 100 WEC 1 2 Miguel Torres 96 WEC 2 3 Masakatsu Ueda 89 Shooto 3 4 Takeya Mizugaki 87 WEC 4 5 Dominick Cruz 84 WEC 5 6 Akitoshi Tamura 75 WEC 6 7 Joseph Benavidez 72 WEC 7 8 Rani...
USAT/SBN September MMA Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Brian Bowles 100 1 2 Miguel Torres 96 2 3 Masakatsu Ueda 89 3 4 Takeya Mizugaki 87 4 5 Dominick Cruz 84 5 6 Akitoshi Tamura 74 6 7 Joseph Benavidez 73 7 8 Rani Yahya 63 8 9 Damacio...
USAT/SBN August MMA Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Brian Bowles 100 WEC 2 2 Miguel Torres 96 WEC 1 3 Masakatsu Ueda 88 Shooto 3 4 Takeya Mizugaki 87 WEC 4 5 Dominick Cruz 84 WEC 11 6 Akitoshi Tamura 74 WEC 6 7 Joseph Benavidez 67 WEC 5 8 Rani...
USAT/SBN July MMA Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Miguel Torres 100 WEC 1 2 Brian Bowles 94 WEC 2 3 Masakatsu Ueda 92 Shooto 3 4 Takeya Mizugaki 88 WEC 4 5 Joseph Benavidez 73 WEC 5 6 Akitoshi Tamura 69 WEC 6 7 Will Ribeiro 65 WEC 7 8 Damacio...
USAT/SBN June MMA Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Miguel Torres 100 WEC 1 2 Brian Bowles 94 WEC 2 3 Masakatsu Ueda 91 Shooto 3 4 Takeya Mizugaki 88 WEC 4 5 Joseph Benavidez 72 WEC 5 6 Akitoshi Tamura 69 WEC 7 7 Will Ribeiro 64 WEC 6 8 Damacio...
Hello, Japan: Shooto Never Sleeps
The dust has settled following Shooto's star-studded final 20th Anniversary celebration and it appears the show was a success on all fronts: there were some great scraps, tickets to Tokyo's JCB Hall were sold out well in advance, and the event drew the attention of a number of hardcore MMA fans and...
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