Taking place at the same time as the UFC 137 PPV, Bellator 56 takes place from the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The card features the semifinal round of the heavyweight tournament along with a welterweight title between Ben Askren and Jay Hieron.
The final semifinal round of Bellator’s fifth season takes place at this weekend’s Bellator 56 with the heavyweights taking center stage. Following the opening round at Bellator 52, the bracket was hit with a medical suspension and an injury that forced two semifinalists out of the tournament.
When you live on the edge there always comes a time when your luck runs out. So was the case last weekend at Bellator 55 when after 13 rolls of chance, the promotion finally hit snake eyes when the light heavyweight champion Christian M’Pumbu lost to Travis Wiuff in a non-title bout.
UFC 137 is finally upon us and although we won’t be getting to see GSP defend his title against Carlos Condit, we will get to watch BJ Penn go toe to toe with MMA’s true Bad Boy; Nick Diaz.
Some say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. What one could disregard and think of it as nothing, someone may have the need or desire for the item and feel a necessity for it. Today with numerous promotions vying for attention and respect outside of the goliath entity of Zuffa, brands like: Bellator, Dream, MFC or the resurrected ProElite are benefiting from the failures and losses of fighters careers’. It is almost as if there is a parallel fight between the fighters going for championships and their respectful brands fighting for dominance.
Rick Hawn and Jay Hieron have both made their way to the Bellator Season 4 Welterweight final. Now the undefeated Hawn meets the 21-4 Jay Hieron for the tournament championship and a chance to fight Welterweight Champion, Ben Askren.
The 40th Bellator event is now in the books and the season four finals for both the lightweight and welterweight divisions are all set. Following last week’s Bellator 39 where lightweight Patricky Freire and welterweight Rick Hawn punched their ticket to the tournament finals, Michael Chandler and Jay Hieron joined them with win last night at Bellator 40.
Coming to you from the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma, season four of Bellator continues with Bellator 40 this Saturday April 9th. The finals of the welterweight and lightweight tournament will be set as the last of the semifinal bouts will take place on the main card of Bellator 40.
UFC on FOX 7: Henderson vs. Melendez Weigh-in Pictures
Due to a previously scheduled Arena Football game at the HP Pavilion, today’s UFC on FOX 7 weigh-ins were held less than a mile away at the California Theater. The small theater was completely filled with cheering fans and all the fighters they came to see made weight.
The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale Weigh-in Pictures
Amidst everything else going on, the UFC has themselves a busy day today with the UFC on FX 6 taking place in Australia and The Ultimate Fighter 16 finale weigh-ins. All 24 fighters made weight today for tomorrow’s event that will crown The Ultimate Fighter 16 welterweight winner.
UFC on FUEL TV 4 Weigh-in Results and Photos
SAN JOSE, Cal. – Still recovering from Saturday’s UFC 148, MMAValor.com was inside the HP Pavilion for today’s UFC on FUEL TV 4 weigh-ins. A few of the fighters would need to step onto the scale behind a towel but all 22 fighters on the UFC on FUEL TV 4 fight card made weight.
TUF Live Finale Live Results and Event Pictures
The long grind of the first live version of The Ultimate Fighter ends tonight at the TUF Live Finale in Las Vegas. Featuring 12 of the 16 TUF Live contestants, the 10 bout card will be headlined by an important match-up in the welterweight division between Jake Ellenberger and Martin Kampmann.
TUF Live Finale Weigh-in Results and Pictures
All the fighters for tomorrow’s TUF Live Finale were on weight as they stepped onto the scales inside the Pearl at the Palms. The 20 fighters, including 12 of the 16 TUF Live fighters will begin entering the Octagon tomorrow starting at 2:45pm PT / 5:45pm ET.
