Team Fight Nerd was in full force this past weekend in Ohio for Bellator 66, including our play-by-play commentary by Matt Leyshock, and these exclusive photos from Mike Wrobel. In the main event, Eddie Alvarez avenged the biggest loss on his career when he pummeled Shinya Aoki into throwing in the towel in their lightweight [...]
When Bellator Fighting Championships makes its first trip to Cleveland this month, it will bring with it a fight card for the ages. Former Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez will get his chance at revenge when he takes on top-ranked and world renowned grappler Shinya Aoki in a highly-anticipated rematch more than three years in [...]
When we caught up with Eddie Alvarez last month, he was pretty excited about his an upcoming rematch with Dream Lightweight Chamption, Shinya Aoki. Accoridng to Fighter’s Only, There seems to be some issues with his contract negotiation, with both parties being described as being “miles apart” on numbers. When Eddie spoke earlier this month to Heavy MMA, and [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); Fight Nerd reporter Hiroko Yamamura caught up with former Bellator FC lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez, at yesterday’s UFC on Fox 2 press workout to help with Michael Johnson during his last week of fight prep against Shane Roller. Eddie confirmed his bout against Shinya Aoki for us, saying the fight will be in April [...]
Shinya Aoki put a grappling clinic on Satoru Kitaoka at this weekend’s DREAM New Year’s Eve show, making his friend bleed and dominating him through the course of their bout. Impressing many with his new striking prowess from his training at Evolve MMA, Aoki’s harshest clinic has been himself. “I am grateful for the win, [...]
In March of 2012, former Judo Olympian and runner up in the Bellator season five welterweight tournament Rick Hawn will return to the Bellator promotion, this time at 155 pounds. While the tournament runner-up has had a great deal of success at welterweight, having only tasted defeat once in his MMA career with a razor-thin [...]
Everyone loves to see the underdog win, especially because they never expect it. In MMA, unpredictability is a constant variable that truly makes it one of the most exciting sports out there. Sometimes, it’s not even the underdog, but rather the fighter that most thought had zero chance at all to win, let alone survive [...]
The end of the year is quickly coming, and that only means one thing. Well, two things, if you count holiday shopping for you rabid MMA fans. Other than that, it also means end of the year awards, and what better place to start than with the company who just wrapped up their season not [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); The Fight Nerd caught up with Bellator CEO, Bjorn Rebney, after Bellator 59 in New Jersey. Rebney spoke to us about the events that night, including the sour ending to their heavyweight tournament, Kurt Pellegrino’s retirement, and the controversial decision that saw Marcin Held defeat Phillipe Nover. We also discuss the potential for Eddie [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); Fight Nerd correspondent Rodolfo Roman got to speak with newly crowned Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler after his four round war with Eddie Alvarez at Bellator 58 last Saturday. Chandler discusses winning his first national belt, preparing for Alvarez, and his future as champion. The fight had obviously taken a heavy toll on Chandler [...]
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