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Patricky Freire, Rick Hawn Highlight Bellator Lightweight Tournament
While Bellator's welterweight tournament field is complete, the promotion's sixth season lightweight tournament is still awaiting one final name to round out the bracket. Among the seven that will look to make their names in the sport's deepest weight class include a former Olympian and a "Pitbull"...
Bellator Notebook: The Michael Chandler/Eddie Alvarez Classic, Season Finale Saturday
If you haven't yet seen it, everything you've heard about the Bellator Lightweight Championship fight between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez from last Saturday's Bellator 58 is accurate: a top five Fight Of The Year Candidate and arguably the best fight in the promotion's 58-event history. The...
Bellator Notebook: Douglas Lima Arrives, Countdown To Alvarez-Chandler, Ratings
Thanks to a power right hand, Bellator's welterweight division got a little deeper at Bellator 57 last Saturday as Douglas Lima finished Ben Saunders in the second round to win their 170-pound tournament and the right to lock horns with current champion Ben Askren in 2012. While much of the focus...
Bellator Announces Eddie Alvarez Vs. Michael Chandler For Mid-November
While some fans may malign Bellator for its lack of champions actually defending their titles, the promotion announced Thursday that Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez will put his title on the line in mid-November against Michael Chandler. Alvarez (22-2) will face Chandler (8-0) in the main event...
Quick and Dirty Results - Bellator 32
Cole Konrad def. Neil Grove via submission (keylock) - Round 1, 4:45 (for vacant heavyweight title)Zack Makovsky def. Ed West via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) for vacant bantamweight titleJim Wallhead def. Ryan Thomas via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)Eric Marriott def. Ryan...
Strikeforce Heavy Artillery Preview: Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro, Lyle Beerbohm Headline Locally-Supplied Undercard
Strikeforce re-enters the fold this weekend after a very disappointing event in Nashville nearly one month ago. After some very methodical and boring main card match-ups that featured many of Strikeforce's biggest stars, a post-fight brawl and talk of Jake Shields leaving the promotion didn't paint...
Reviewin' & Previewin' - Wrestling
The Musings trudges through another summer week (and changes names for the summer time) and brings us to another program high in the national rankings. July is my least favorite month of the entire year, and the only positive thing I have to say about it at this juncture is I am glad it is almost...
Mizzou Wrestling for a Title Tomorrow
All told, a pretty positive night for the wrestling Tigers, as they will finish the season with a team record five All-Americans and very likely a top-7 finish nationally. The wrestle-back finals will be tomorrow around noon on ESPN, and Mizzou will have four wrestlers participating, while Mark...
Mizzou Links, 3-17-09
As rpt mentioned in comments last night, what a difference a year makes. One great season, and suddenly Mike Anderson has seen his reputation skyrocket just like Gary Pinkel did not too long ago. They're just like peas and carrots... "He had to transition people, make them disciplined,"...
Big XII Wrestling Championship Wrap-Up
Another Big XII Championship has come and gone, and with an interesting twist this time around. As I talked about in this piece, Nebraska could potentially have had a shot at overtaking Iowa State this season, especially if 125 champion Paul Donahoe were still on the team. In the end, the Big XII...
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