BJJ INSTRUCTOR HELPS COPS IN FIGHT
NY politicians still think MMA is unsafe and does more bad than good in the community? First you had UFC Light Heavyweight Champ putting a robber down in Newark, NJ before the biggest fight in his career, then you had the New Yorker who helped captured a murderer on a NYC subway by using tactics he saw by purely watching UFC fights, and now this instructor in in San Francisco helps cops who are being attacked. See a trend of positive events?
Bellator Makes Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Official, Confirms NCAA Wrestling Champion Eric Larkin as First Participant
CHICAGO, Ill. ( January 24, 2011) —Bellator Fighting Championships officially announced today that it will hold a Featherweight Tournament in the promotion’s highly anticipated fourth season airing LIVE on MTV2. Eight world class 145 lb. fighters will face off for a chance at claiming the Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Championship, a check for $100,000, and more importantly, a shot at the title against current Bellator World Featherweight Champion, World’s #2 ranked Featherweight and self proclaimed “Baddest Man on the Planet,” Joe Warren.
While announcements regarding all eight participants will follow, collegiate wrestling phenom Eric Larkin has been confirmed for Bellator’s third Featherweight Tournament. No stranger to Bellator fans, Larkin (3-0) enters the competition fresh off of an impressive first round submission victory over the previously undefeated Marcus Andrusia at Bellator 28 (Watch Here: http://bit.ly/hstwoe). The decorated wrestler has wasted no time in his MMA career to date, finishing all three of his fights as a professional in the very first round.
“I’m thrilled to announce Eric Larkin as our first confirmed participant in our upcoming Featherweight Tournament,” said Bellator chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Eric has unlimited potential in this sport, and I’m excited to see how he does in this stacked tournament.”
Fighting out of the Lion’s Den in Scottsdale, Arizona alongside Bellator World Welterweight Champion Ben Askren, Larkin began his professional MMA training in early 2009. Before his journey into the cage, Larkin wrestled his way to a 2003 National Championship at 149 pounds for Arizona State University, earned the prestigious Dan Hodge Trophy, and picked up a 2003 ESPN ESPY Award nomination for best collegiate athlete. After nearly making the 2008 US Olympic squad, Larkin decided a new challenge was needed in his life, and MMA was the perfect opportunity. Now a confirmed participant in the Bellator Season 4 Featherweight Tournament, Larkin is ready to establish himself as one of the best in the division.
Fighters On The Radar and Coming Fast!
Nick “Pretty Boy” Pace and Uriah Hall of Tiger Schulmann’s MMA put on outstanding performances in capturing titles in there respective weight class at the Ring of Combat sponsored by Knockout Athletics on June 11, 2010. These two fighters are both on red hot undefeated streaks and are surely to make a impact as they make their way to higher competition in the premier MMA fight promotions of sport. It is only a matter of time before they join the growing list of over 30 fight careers that have been launched on the “big stage” by the Ring of Combat.
Nick Pace (left wearing Knockout Athletics) and Uriah Hall (right)
Roger Huerta signs with Bellator Fighting Championships
CHICAGO, Ill. (March 15, 2010) Roger Huerta, the top free agent in MMA and
one of the sports brightest young stars, announced today that he has signed
an exclusive contract with Bellator Fighting Championships and will compete
in the promotions upcoming Season 2 lightweight tournament.
The 26-year-old Huerta (20-3-1) comes to Bellator in the prime of his career
after a 3½-year run in the UFC, where he rose to international prominence
with wins over top talents like Clay Guida, Leonard Garcia and John
Halverson and became the first MMA fighter ever to be featured on the cover
of Sports Illustrated.
Bellator Fighting Championships signs former NYU wrestling star Shad Lierley
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 18, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships put yet
another piece in place for its upcoming Season 2 featherweight tournament
today with the signing of 5-2 Shad Lierley, a former International Fight
League (IFL) standout and elite-level college wrestler.
The 29-year-old Lierley-who was a top college wrestler while earning his
bachelor’s degree in economics and political science at New York
University-is perhaps best-known for his legendary 2007 fight against
one-time IFL poster boy Chris Horodecki. Despite his wrestling background
(and the fact that he was fighting at 155 lbs.), Lierley stood toe-to-toe
with Horodecki for three full rounds, delivering one of the most dramatic
and action-packed fights in the IFL’s short history.
Bellator Fighting Championships announces Bellator Girls spokesmodel search
Three winners will be featured on FOX Sports Net, NBC, and Telemundo
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 16, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships, a
first-of-its-kind mixed martial arts promotion that will debut its second
season this April on FOX Sports Net, NBC and Telemundo, has announced a
contest to recruit talented women to serve as the company’s official
spokesmodels and round card girls – the Bellator Girls – in 2010.
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World Champion wrestler, MMA prodigy Joe Warren signs with Bellator Fighting Championships
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 1, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships announced
today that three-time world champion Greco-Roman wrestler and
highly-sought-after MMA prodigy Joe Warren has signed a long-term
promotional agreement with Bellator and will compete in the promotion’s
upcoming featherweight (145 lbs.) tournament this April on FOX Sports Net,
NBC and Telemundo.