‘BELLATOR 33: ALVAREZ VS. HUERTA’ Tickets on sale Friday,

September 3, at 10 A.M. EST at ComcastTix.com

CHICAGO, Ill. — Philadelphia native and Bellator Lightweight World Champion EDDIE ÁLVAREZ (20-2) squares off against former UFC Super Star ROGER "EL MATADOR" HUERTA (24-4-1) in one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year Thursday, October 21st at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.

Bellator Fighting Championships today announced tickets go on sale for “Bellator 33: Alvarez vs. Huerta” this Friday at 10 A.M. EST on ComcastTix.com. Tickets for "Bellator 33: Alvarez vs. Huerta" are priced at $25, $45, $65, $85, and $150.

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Joe Warren KO's Joe Soto to become Bellator World Featherweight Champion in San Antonio at Bellator 27

SAN ANTONIO, TX. — Bellator Fighting Championships crowned a new Featherweight World Champion in front of a boisterous crowd at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio. Fans were treated to a full card of electrifying fights that included one of the best comebacks in the history of the sport.

In the night’s main event the Bellator World Featherweight Championship was on the line as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Joe Warren, took on defending Bellator World Champion Joe “The Hammer” Soto in the first ever defense of a Bellator World Title.

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JOE SOTO THE CHAMPION

Joe Soto an American Mixed Martial Artist of Mexican descent was born to a struggling family with a hard working father who worked as a garbage man and a mother earning a living as a house cleaner, is a true American dream.  Joe is slowly fighting his way to the top of the MMA world.  Coming into the Bellator Season 1 tournament he became the first Bellator Featherweight champion with a TKO win over Canadian Ben Geer in the Quartefinals, a decision win over Wilson Reis in the Semis and submitted Mexican fighter Yahir Reyes in the Bellator championship bout at Bellator 10 on June 5th, 2009.   A star was born. Still undefeated with a 9-0 professional MMA record he will put all that on the line to defend the Bellator Featherweight belt against season 2 winner Joe Warren.

Joe Soto went to Iowa Central Community College on an athletic scholarship.   There Soto wrestled with UFC top fighters Jon Jones and fellow Mexican American Cain Velasquez.  Soto and UFC phenom Jones were also roommates during their freshmen and sophomore years. 

Bellator 27 is a big event for the Joe's but even more for Joe Soto who is right up there to establish himself as one of the primier Featherweight figthers in the world.

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SEPTEMBER 2010 MMA EVENTS SCHEDULE (MAJOR EVENTS)

Here we go! September will be another month of great MMA events and the spotlight will be on the featherweight division in general.  The month starts of with a Featherweight title fight at Bellator and it ends with another one at WEC.  The first true Championship bout in Bellator will be held with the original Featherweight tournament winner Joe Soto defending the title against second season winner Joe Warren on Thursday September 2nd at Bellator 27.  And on September 30th we have the Featherweight king (world ranked # 1) Jose Aldo defending his title against Manvel Gamburyan at WEC 51.

The top dog UFC will have Fight Night 22 on September 15th and UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop on September 25th.  Bellator will continue its Season 3 tournament schedule which gives us a total of five Bellator events for this month every Thursday as usual. 

On the world stage Shooto (Brazil), M-1 Selection (Euro), KSW (Poland) and Martial Combat (Asia/Singapore) will all hold events.  No major events in Japan except for local Shooto.  All major events in Japan expected to pick up in October including K-1 Grand Prix.

As far as the regional USA events this month combatesmundial will pay special attention to Shark Fights.  It made its debut on October 24, 2008. On Septemb..........

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San Antonio, Tx. (September 1, 2010) — On the eve of Bellator Fighting Championships’ much-anticipated matchup between Joe Soto and Joe Warren, the fighters competing in tomorrow’s event participated in an official weigh-in earlier this evening -- all making weight.

 Bellator 27 will be broadcast live in prime time nationwide on Thursday on FOX Sports Net and during special Bellator highlight shows this Saturday night on NBC and mun2.

The official results of the weigh-in are as follows:

MAIN CARD:

Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe “The Hammer” Soto (144.8 lbs.) vs. Joe Warren (143.6 lbs.) @ 145 lbs.

Bryan Goldsby (135.8 lbs.) vs.  Ed West (135 lbs.) @ 135 lbs.

Nick Mamalis (135.8 lbs.) vs. Zach Makovsky (134.4 lbs.) @135 lbs.

Travis Reddinger (135 lbs.) vs. Uylsses Gomez (135.2 lbs.) @135 lbs.

UNDERCARD:

Andrew Craig (184 lbs.) vs. Rodrigo Pinheiro (185) @185 lbs.

Aaron Barringer(154.4 lbs.) vs. Gilbert Jimenez( 154.2 ) @ 155 lbs.

Dale Mitchell(264.2 lbs. ) vs. Richard Odoms(260.4 lbs.) @ 265 lbs.

Steven Peterson (145.5 lbs.) vs. Ernest De La Cruz (144.4 lbs.) @ 145 lbs.

Local Feature Fights Officially Announced for Bellator 27 at Majestic Theatre in San Antonio on Sept. 2nd

CHICAGO, Ill. (August 30, 2010) - Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the official Local Feature Fights line-up for Bellator 27 taking place in San Antonio at the Majestic Theater on September 2nd.
Headlining the local main event are undefeated Texas natives Rodrigo Pinheiro (3-0) and Andrew Craig (1-0). Pinheiro currently owns and operates his own Jiu-Jitsui gym in San Antonio, and looks to continue his impressive rise in the sport when he faces off with the hard-hitting Craig. 

Five additional Local Feature Fights join this already stacked card including:

San Antonio based Gilbert Jimenez (2-1) squaring off against Houston's Aaron Barringer(4-2) in the nights local co-main event.

Additionally, 11-year SAPD officer Richard Odoms (1-0) battles Dallas native Dale Mitchell (0-2) in heavyweight action.

Dallas-based Joe Christopher (10-3) will be taking on Houston fighter Andrew Chappelle (9-6) in a Welterweight contest. Both fighters have previous Bellator experience, with Chappelle notching an impressive rear-naked choke at Bellator 20 and Christopher locking up a fight-ending guillotine choke at Bellator 19.

Pasadena, TX native Jon Kirk (15-8) faces San Antonio's Shane Faulkner (3-2) in a middleweight fight.

UFC 118 RESULTS: FRANKIE EDGAR LEAVES NO DOUBT WHO THE NEW KING OF THE DIVISION IS!

UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2
August 28, 2010
Venue TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
FRANKIE EDGAR RETAINS LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE BY DOMINATING BJ PENN IN 5 ROUNDS TITLE BOUT

$60,000 bonuses:
Fight of the Night: Nate Diaz vs. Marcus Davis
Knockout of the Night: No knockouts
Submission of the Night: Joe Lauzon

Next Event: UFC Fight Night 22 /UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares on September 15, 2010 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The same night there will be the season premiere of The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck.

Main Event – UFC Lightweight Championship
BJ Penn (154) VS Frank Edgar (154)
Winner Frank Edgar R5 Decision - Unanimous
Edgar retains Lightweight title (1st title defense)

PPV
Heavyweight bout: James Toney (237) VS Randy Couture (220)
Winner Randy Couture R1 Submission

Middleweight bout: Demian Maia (184) vs Mario Miranda (185)
Winner Demian Maia R3 Decision - Unanimous

Lightweight bout: Gray Maynard (156) VS Kenny Florian (156)
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UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2
August 28, 2010
Venue TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar vs. B.J. Penn

Main Event – UFC Lightweight Championship
BJ Penn (154) VS Frank Edgar (154)

PPV
Heavyweight bout: James Toney (237) VS Randy Couture (220)
Lightweight bout: Gray Maynard (156) VS Kenny Florian (156)
Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis (170) VS Nate Diaz (171)
Middleweight bout: Demian Maia (184) vs Mario Miranda (185)

SPIKE PRELIMS
Lightweight bout: Gabe Ruediger (155) VS Joe Lauzon (156)
Lightweight bout: Nik Lentz (155) VS Andre Winner (154)

PRELIMS
Middleweight bout:John Salter (185) VS Dan Miller (185)
Welterweight bout: Greg Soto (170) VS Nick Osipczak (171)
Welterweight bout: Amilcar Alves (171) VS Mike Pierce (171)

BELLATOR 26 RESULTS OVERVIEW AND INFORMATION

Bellator XXVI event was held by Bellator Fighting Championships on Thursday August 26, 2010 at Kansas City Power & Light District in Kansas City, Missouri and broadcasted live on Fox Sports Net.  The event featured the remaining fights in the quarterfinal tournament matchups in the Heavyweight division and the Womens 115lbs division and the start of the Bantamweight tournament with two familiar faces facing each other for the third time.

Heavyweight Quarterfinal:
Alexey Oleinik def. Mike Hayes
via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Bantamweight Quarterfinal:
Jose Vega def. Danny Tims
via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Women's (115 lbs.) Quarterfinal:
Lisa Ward def. Aisley Daly
via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Non Tournament bout:
Steve Carl def. Tyler Stinson
via guillotine 2:30 Round 1

Local Feature Fights:
Jeb Chiles def. Demetrius Richards via kimura submission 3:51 Round 2
John Ott def. Brian Imes via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Zak Cummings (10-2) vs. Rudy Bears (11-5)
Kevin Croom (3-2) vs. Brian Davidson (5-2)

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As we approach UFC 118 this Saturday August 28th that takes place in Boston, MA the focus of discussion has been on the MMA debut of one James “Lights Out” Toney.  James will be taking on MMA legend Randy”The Natural” Couture in his first fight in the famed octagon.  While the fans of both Boxing & MMA will argue who the winner will be or what the outcome I decided to look at the transition from Boxing to MMA.

Toney’s debut is a first for UFC fans. This will be the first time that a boxer of this caliber brings his credentials to the Octagon. Toney is a multi-division champion who has won world titles from middleweight to heavyweight while defeating a who’s who of boxing. The future hall of famer is certainly the most accomplished boxer to make the change to MMA but not the first. Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing” Williams did the same in 2005. The former boxer who had a distinguished amateur career and who as a professional challenged for Heavyweight title knows what it takes to make the leap into MMA.

How much could Toney learn in less than a year worth of training? Is he prepared for the kicks, knees, takedowns and submissions of MMA? “It’s a completely different sport and completely different set of boundaries.” “It’s a hard realization that a punch is not the har..........

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THE REMATCH YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR:
NICK DIAZ VS. KJ NOONS IS SET
FOR SATURDAY, OCT. 9, IN SAN JOSE, CALIF.
 
Kaufman to Defend STRIKEFORCE Women’s Belt Against Coenen
Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT;
Ticket Pre-Sale Begins Today

 
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Aug. 25, 2010) – A grudge rematch that fans, media, and the confident fighters themselves have been clamoring for since the first fight ended in bloody controversy nearly three years ago, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 9, when KJ Noons (9-1), fresh off a knockout victory last Saturday, challenges STRIKEFORCE World Welterweight (170 pounds) Champion Nick Diaz (22-7, 1 NC) in the main event at HP Pavilion here, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
 
In the co-feature, undefeated STRIKEFORCE Women’s Welterweight World Champion Sarah Kaufman (12-0) will make the second defense of her 135-pound title against No. 1 contender and Dutch superstar Marloes Coenen (17-4).
 
Another featured fight will pit an emerging star from the STRIKEFORCE Challengers series, up-and-coming Luke Rockhold (7-1), against the vastly more experienced, 2000 Olympic Games wrestling silver medalist, Matt "The Law" Lindland (22-7), in a middleweight (185 pounds) contest.
 
Tickets go on sale to the general public this Saturday, Aug. 28, at 10 a.m. PT online at Ticketmaster.com, at HP Pavilion t..........

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Local Feature Fights Announced for Bellator 26 in Kansas City, MO. Thursday Aug. 26th

CHICAGO, Ill.  — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the Local Feature Fights for Bellator 26 taking place in Kansas City, MO. at the Kansas City Power & Light District on August 26th. Headlining the local main event are Kansas City native and Bellator veteran Rudy Bears (11-5), who looks to avenge his 2008 submission loss to Springfield, MO’s own Zak Cummings (10-2).

The Kansas City rivalries continue with KC knockout artist Brian Davidson (5-2) taking on Columbia, MO’s Kevin Croom (1-1) in the Local Co-Main Event. Both Davidson and Croom will be looking for their first Bellator victories, so fans should expect an impressive display.

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MARTIAL COMBAT 7 AND MARTIAL COMBAT 8 RESULTS
August 18/19, 2010
Resort World Sentosa
Sentosa, Singapore
Next Scheduled events: September - Martial Combat 9 and 10

Filipinos Ole Laursen and Sabah Fadai (picture above) hard-fought victories at Martial Combat 8 showed once again that the Philippines is quickly becoming the hotbed of Asia’s Mixed Martial Arts. Following up on Angelo Manguray’s spectacular victory at Martial Combat 7, the two fighters made their mark at Sentosa Resorts World.

.Martial Combat 7: Middleweght Superfight Joe Ray KO's Chad Reiner

American Joe Ray connected with a right hand to KO compatriot Chad Reiner at Martial Combat 7 on Wednesday.  The 3-0 Ray (pictured in the black trunks) floored the 25-11 Reiner in round three. 

The fight started tentatively with both men looking to conserve energy. Reiner was then able to take Ray down early on in the round but he  popped straight back up and connected with some well timed uppercuts. Ray connected late in that round and was looking to finish the fight there and then but ended up in Reiner's half guard instead as the bell sounded.

Ray, clearly looking more comfortable standing up, was having success with his spinning back elbow. The two fighters clinch..........

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Sengoku Raiden Championships 14: Jorge Santiago retains Middleweight title and Akihiro Gono looses at Lightweight debut

Watch it on HDNet Friday August 27 at 10PM ET

World Victory Road held the Sengoku Raiden Championship 14 in Tokyo, Japan on August 22, 2010.  The main event consisted of a Middleweight Championship bout between Jorge Santiago (Brazil - reigning champ) and Kazuo Misaki (Japan). This was a rematch of their 2009 title fight in which Santiago was victorious.  These two fighters might have just saved the global appeal of Japan based MMA with another awesome performence by both fighters. The fight had all the drama needed for a classic battle from a champion in distress and loosing the fight but finding a way to win in the final round.  MMA veteran Akihiro Gono's experiment dropping to the Lightweight division was a disaster beaten by a very motivated Mongolian fighter Jadamba Narantungalag. In case you missed it you can whatch a rerun on HDNet on Friday August 27th at 10PM ET and Saturday August 28th at 3AM ET.

Middleweight Championship bout: Brazil Jorge Santiago vs. Japan Kazuo Misaki
Santiago defeated Misaki via TKO (corner stoppage) at 4:31 in round 5.

Lightweight bout: Japan Akihiro Gono vs. Mongolia Jadamba Narantungalag
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La dulce ciencia tiene de oponente a las artes marciales mixtas con Toney 'versus' Couture

Dos mundos paralelos en la brecha de los deportes de contacto parece por ser similares son como un volcán a punto de erupción. Así es el destino de U.F.C. 118 que en agosto 28 correrá la lava en mención de lo caliente del evento. James Toney quien aparte de su talento ha hecho brecha en el boxeo porque no tiene pelos en la lengua y esta infectado por el valemadrismo en referencia al uso del vocabulario está resuelto a debutar en una jungla desconocida para demostrar que su talento de puños hará historia más allá de la dulce ciencia.

El tres veces monarca de boxeo quien hizo sus pininos en lo ‘amateur’ como superwélter fue escalando en lo profesional desde mediano hasta caminar en 240 libras, 83 combates (72-6-3) y con la fecha de su próxima pelea de artes marciales completando sus 42 años.

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STRIKEFORCE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONS

NICK DIAZ & SARAH KAUFMAN RETURN TO ACTION

SATURDAY, OCT. 9 IN SAN JOSÉ

Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT

SAN JOSÉ, CALIF. – The STRIKEFORCE men’s and women’s Welterweight World Champions Nick Diaz (170 pounds) and Sarah Kaufman (135 pounds) will return to the cage on..........

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World Victory Road: Sengoku Raiden Championships 14
Sunday August 22, 2010
Ryogoku Kokugikan, Japan
Airs Live on HDNet starting at 2am E.T. (11pm P.T.)

Coconut Creek, FL based Top Team Brazilian fighter and current Sengoku Middleweight Champion Jorge Santiago will defend his belt against Japans own Kazuo Misaki.  The 29 year old Santiago has a record of 22-8 but has been on a rampage for the past 3 years winning 10 out of his 11 fights and also winning the Strikeforce 2007 Middleweight Grandprix tournament, Sengoku 2008 Middleweight Grandprix tournament and then in 2009 the Sengoku Middleweight Championship. This coming August 22, 2010 Santiago will defend his belt for the 2nd time against a familiar opponent Japan's Kuzuo Misaki.

The 34 year old Kuzuo Misaki is a veteran of the sport with 34 mma fights (22-10-2).  He was the the 2006 Pride Welterweight Grand Prix winner.  He had some big name fights and holds notable wins over Dan Henderson and Phil Baroni at Pride Bushido, another win at the very first Sengoku 1 over current Shooto champ Siyar Bahadurzada, a draw against ex-Strikeforce Middleweight champ Jake Shields at Pancrase, but did loose to Jorge Santiago on January 4th, 2009 for the Sengoku Middleweight Championship.  He will get another shot at Santiago this Sunday.

MMA veteran Akihiro Gono is dropping weight to make ..........

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 FEIJAO SHOCKS KING MO TO CAPTURE

STRIKEFORCE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE;

SOUZA WINS DECISION AGAINST KENNEDY

AT STRIKEFORCE: HOUSTON

Don’t Miss The Explosive Replay On Monday At 9:30 p.m. ET/PT On SHO 2

HOUSTON (Aug. 21, 2010) – Hard-hitti..........

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Strikeforce Houston: King Mo vs. Feijao
Saturday August 21, 2010
Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States
Airs live on Showtime at 10pm E.T. (7pm P.T.)

In the main event of a World Championship Doubleheader, undefeated STRIKEFORCE World Light Heavyweight Champion "King Mo" Lawal (7-0) will make the first defense of his crown against highly touted Brazilian Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (9-2).

In the co-feature, former Green Beret and American military hero Tim Kennedy (12-2) and world-class submission specialist Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (12-2-1) will battle for the vacant STRIKEFORCE Middleweight (185 pounds) title.

Unbeaten and rising heavyweight star Bobby Lashley will take on MMA veteran and Tucson, Ariz., firefighter Chad Griggs in a featured bout. Lashley (5-0) is a former collegiate wrestling star for Missouri Valley College and member of The United States Army. In another televised fight on SHOWTIME, ex-world champ KJ Noons (9-2) will face Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt Jorge Gurgel (13-6) in a lightweight (155 pounds) match.

Tickets on sale now at www.ToyotaCenterTix.com, by phone at 1-866-4-HOU-TIX, at select Houston area Randalls locations, and at www.strikeforce.com. The main card will also be televised live on SHOWTIME.

Main Card (televised)
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