Bellator 73 Recap and Results: Attila Vegh KOs Wiuff in 25 seconds

Bellator Fighting Championship concluded their 2012 Summer Series with Bellator 73. In the main event, Light Heavyweight Attila Vegh knocked out Travis Wiuff 25 seconds into the first round. Vegh let loose with a left uppercut and right hook combination that sent Wiuff to the ground. Once down, he followed up with a ground and pound. Attila Vegh will next face Christane M’Pumbu for the Light Heavyweight title in a future match.Marcos Galvao faced Luis Nogueira in the co-main event in a fast paced

Bellator 72 recap and results: Amoussou defeats Baker for the Welterweight Title

Bellator Fighting Championships hosted Bellator 72 from The University of South Florida’s Sun Dome in Tampa on July 20. The fights will be broadcast live on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX. Karl “Psycho” Amoussou defeated Bryan “The Beast” Baker in the Main Event via tapout to an inverted heel hook at 56 seconds in the first round making Karl Amoussou, the Bellator Season 6 Welterweight tournament winner.Attila Vegh and Travis Wiuff won their bouts and will go on to

Bellator 71 Recap and Results: Brett Rogers is victorious in debut

This Friday night Bellator 71 took place at The Mountaineer Casino, Resort and Racetrack in Chester, West Virginia. Travis Wiuff, Attila Vegh, Emanuel Newton, and Tim Carpenter won their quarterfinal fights and will now move up to the semifinals. Strikeforce veteran Brett “the Grim” Rogers made his Bellator debut with a TKO win over Kevin Asplund in the Heavyweight fight attached to the Main card.Rogers and Asplund were former friends and training partners. Asplund came in off of a 19-fight win streak.

Bellator 71: Fight Card for Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinals

Bellator Fighting Championships has announced the fight card for  Bellator 71 and the start of the Bellator Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament. This card is set to take place at The Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in Chester, West Virginia on Friday, June 22 and will be broadcast on MTV2. Featuring a main card that includes Travis Wiuff vs. Chris Davis and Attila Vegh vs. Zelg Galesic; Bellator 71 will host the promotion’s debut of Brett Rogers.
As we reported last week, Brett

Pitbull Freire pulled from Bellator 73; Light Heavyweight bout in Main Event

Last week, we reported that Bellator Featherweight champion Pat Curran (17-4 MMA, 7-1 BFC) was forced to withdraw from this Friday’s card due to a broken orbital bone. Today Bellator announced that his opponent, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (17-1 MMA, 5-1 BFC), also been pulled from the Bellator 73 card as well. The main card will now be headlined by two undefeated Light Heavyweights: Matt Van Buren (5-0 MMA, 2-0 BFC) and Mike Mucitelli (2-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC).
Van Buren made his professional MMA debut two years

Bellator 72 weigh-in results for Friday night’s card in Tampa

Bellator Fighting Championships will host Bellator 72 from The University of South Florida’s Sun Dome in Tampa on July 20. The fights will be broadcast live on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX. The night will continue the Season 6 Welterweight Tournament Finals as Karl “Psycho” Amoussou takes on Bryan “The Beast” Baker in the Main Event. Bellator 72 will also showcase the debut of knockout artist Paul “Semtex” Daley as well as a bad blood welterweight trilogy