Newport Beach, Cali. (September 13, 2012) - As Bellator prepares for its explosive seventh and final season on MTV2, the promotion has finalized a stacked night of fights that include the highly anticipated lightweight showdown between Eddie Alvarez and Patricky Pitbull, as well as the Season 7 Featherweight Tournament and a host of International and Canadian talent looking to collect big wins in...

Here it is, folks, the final part of the submission GIF feature. Masakazu Imanari opens up the action at Cage Rage 25. His opponent Jean Silva tried an appeal to the gods of irony when he attempted a leglock on a man known for little else. Imanari countered with a sacrifice to the gods of "What were you thinking?" On top of that we've got a ton of action coming out of Japan from Dream and Sengoku...

Nebraska-based Resurrection Fighting Alliance has made a big push to sign highly touted prospects as well as UFC and even WEC and Bellator veterans. Their company President is Ed Soares, and this November they'll be making their Las Vegas debut at Texas Station Hotel and Casino with an absolutely stacked card for a small-time promotion. The main event features PRIDE and UFC veteran Gilbert Yvel a...

Resurrection Fighting Alliance's November card is nearly complete, and promotion officials have added a number of MMA notables.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with company executives that in addition to previously announced headliners of Marcio Cruz vs. Gilbert Yvel and Efrain Escudero vs. Tyson Griffin, RFA 4 will feature Alessandro Ferreira vs. Fredson Paixao, Phil Dace vs. Chidi Njokuani, Toby...

Bloody Elbow has looked back at the history of Japanese MMA to varying degrees, and included in that history has been a brief glance at Satoru Sayama and the formation of Shooto.

Sayama was an undersized pro wrestler that came out of the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo in the 1970's. Coincidentally Sayama made his professional wrestling debut in 1976, the same year his trainer Antonio Inoki -- and ...

Bloody Elbow has looked back at the history of Japanese MMA to varying degrees, and included in that history has been a brief glance at Satoru Sayama and the formation of Shooto.

Sayama was an undersized pro wrestler that came out of the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo in the 1970's. Coincidentally Sayama made his professional wrestling debut in 1976, the same year his trainer Antonio Inoki -- and ...

Nearly four years ago, Bellator Fighting Championships was announced as a weekly, tournament-style mixed martial arts (MMA) alternative to the pay-per-view-centric Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Their first season wasn't widely seen as it aired on the Spanish-language ESPN Deportes channel but the framework was there for continued success with the likes of Eddie Alvarez choking lightweigh...

It's unfortunate that this Saturday's (July 14) Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy show is flying under the radar. The card not only features divisional relevancy with a pair of championship bouts, but will stage the return of former UFC middleweight contender Nate Marquardt and is as rock-solid from top to bottom as a Strikeforce event can be -- especially the preliminary lineup.

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K-1 returns with its first major event since 2010, as the K-1 World MAX 2012 Final 16 is set to occur on May 27th in Madrid, Spain. The event centers on the first round of action in this year's super welterweight (70 kg. / approximately 154 lbs.) tournament, and also includes a number of non-tournament fights to be contested at the heavyweight limit an...

Without question, from a technical standpoint, one of the fighters I've grown to appreciate and admire is Bellator featherweight champion Pat Curran.

His resplendent rise to overtake the fourth slot in the USA Today consensus MMA rankings was anything but common. Initially slated as an alternate for Bellator's Season Two lightweight tournament, Curran filled in for teammate Mike Corey when he pu...

Without question, from a technical standpoint, one of the fighters I've grown to appreciate and admire is Bellator featherweight champion Pat Curran.

His resplendent rise to overtake the fourth slot in the USA Today consensus MMA rankings was anything but common. Initially slated as an alternate for Bellator's Season Two lightweight tournament, Curran filled in for teammate Mike Corey when he wi...

Live from the Laredo Energy Center in Laredo, Texas, Bellator 62 kicks off this Friday, March 23rd with the first round of the Season 6 lightweight tournament. Last season's heavyweight tournament champion will finally be decided in the show's main event, as Eric Prindle meets Thiago Santos.

While flat on his back, Prindle took a full-on groin kick from Santos that resulted in a No Contest in th...

Bellator Fighting Championships will head to "The Lonestar State" this Friday night (March 23, 2012) at the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas.

The main card will air live on MTV2 on fight night, beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

Headlining the main event will be a heavyweight tournament final that features two men with some serious unfinished business. Thiago Santos and Eric Prindle's original bout at...

Pat Curran's knockout of Joe Warren at Bellator 60 was quite the statement for the 24 year old Curran. Over the past two years in Bellator, Curran went from regional talent to the man who upset Roger Huerta and won the lightweight tournament to the man who won a featherweight tournament and then took the title from the dangerous champion.

It's enough that some, like Mike Johnston of Sportsnet.ca...

Making it to the 15th season of anything on television is an impressive feat. And if you have made it that far, the plan moving forward is usually “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But when it comes to playing it safe, UFC President Dana White is the wrong guy to talk to. So when he got a new broadcast partner in FX, it was time to shake things up, and tonight will be the first test of what prom...

Noticeably absent from the landscape since November of 2011, the Bellator promotion unveils its first event of 2012 this Friday (March 9th).

Featherweight madness will ensue at Bellator 60 from The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, as the event kicks off the opening quarterfinal round of this year's featherweight tournament and is captained by featherweight champion Joe Warren defending the ...

With the purchase of Strikeforce last year by Zuffa, Bellator Fighting Championship became the de facto number two mixed martial arts (MMA) organization in the world.

While we don't expect Bellator to instantly be challenging the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in bidding wars for fighters or going head-to-head in big ratings battles, the promotion has been doing many very smart things like...

Before dropping his 155-pound title to Michael Chandler last November, the last loss of Eddie Alvarez's career was on December 31, 2008. Eight fights and a rise as one of the top lightweight fighters in the game later, Alvarez will get a chance to avenge that loss as he will rematch Shinya Aoki at Bellator 66 on Friday, April 20th.

The 28-year-old Aoki (30-5-0-1) will make his promotional debut ...

Before dropping his 155-pound title to Michael Chandler last November, the last loss of Eddie Alvarez's career was on December 31, 2008. Eight fights and a rise as one of the top lightweight fighters in the game later, Alvarez will get a chance to avenge that loss as he will rematch Shinya Aoki at Bellator 66 on Friday, April 20th.

The 28-year-old Aoki (30-5-0-1) will make his promotional debut ...

With no Eddie Alvarez in the upcoming Bellator 155-pound tournament and with no chance at a rematch with current champion Michael Chandler, eight men will take a shot at creating their own fight of the year candidate with the champ starting at March 23rd's Bellator 62 in Laredo, TX.

Patricky Freire vs. Lloyd Woodard

Freire (10-2, 3-1 Bellator) lost to Chandler by unanimous decision in his first...