BACK in the day Tito Ortiz was the biggest draw in the UFC. The bleach-dyed, loud-talking ‘Huntington Beach Bad Boy’ was the most polarising character in the UFC. You either loved him or you hated him. His ability to hype his fights helped take him, and the UFC, to new levels of popularity as his […]
CHAEL Sonnen is set to make his return to mixed martial arts, and he has big fights on his mind. And in a shocking twist, the former UFC middleweight title challenger is making his comeback with Bellator MMA, not the UFC, and is targeting bouts with the likes of Wanderlei Silva, Tito Ortiz, Fedor Emelianenko […]
FORMER UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson set himself up with a clash for the Bellator lightweight title with victory over Brazilian contender Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire at Bellator 160 on Friday night. Henderson claimed an injury TKO win after the ‘Pitbull’ suffered a broken leg after misplacing a kick mid-way through the second round of their […]
CANADIAN mixed martial arts star Rory MacDonald is now a Bellator fighter. The former number-one UFC welterweight contender and world title challenger’s contract with the UFC expired following his defeat to Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson in June. And after receiving a blockbuster offer from Bellator MMA, the UFC waived its right to match the offer, leaving […]
FORMER UFC lightweight champion Benson ‘Smooth’ Henderson will make his lightweight debut for Bellator in Anaheim, California on Friday night looking to steady the ship after a tricky start to his Bellator career. Henderson takes on heavy-handed Brazilian Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire at 155lbs looking to bounce back following his decision loss to welterweight champion Andrey […]