And Now He’s Retired: Bellator HW Champ Cole Konrad(?!)
(Believe it or not, Columbia Pictures saw this coming some 8 months ago, and chose Kevin James to star…
Cole Konrad, Bellator Heavyweight Champion hangs up his gloves
Bellator Heavyweight champion Cole Konrad (9-0 MMA, 7-0 BFC) has retired, the promotion announced today. Konrad walks away from MMA with an unblemished record and is set to become an agriculture commodities trader specializing in dairy products.
The Wisconsin-native stated: “This decision has been on my mind for a while, and the time was finally right to make the move.”
Konrad wrestled for the University of Minnesota, where he was a Division I national champ in 2006 and 2007, a four-time All-America
Team Death Clutch officially dismantled
With Brock Lesnar heading to the WWE and Cole Konrad retiring from Bellator, Pat Barry announces that Team Death Clutch is over.
Bellator Heavyweights and Wisconsin: Not So Boring If You’re Drunk
Last night, Bellator XXIX went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin (which I believe is a Native American word meaning “Dude,…
Pat Curran vs. Joe Warren, and four other great Bellator Season Six fights
If you have not been watching Bellator this year, then you have been missing out. When compared to the two larger MMA promotions: the fighters are different, they are on MTV2 instead of Pay-per-view or Fox/FX/Facebook and the purses and venues are smaller. However, their fights deliver without question.What they may lack in “flash” or “star power” they make up for in substance if not raw violence. To be fair, though, Bellator’s fighters are becoming stars in their own right. Personally, I feel
Bellator 70 Recap and Results
Bellator 70 took place in Harrah’s New Orleans, Louisiana, on Friday. Bellator 70 was the season finale for the promotion which featured the Lightweight division finals, the semifinal in the Bantamweight division and a Heavyweight title fight.Former US judo Olympian, Rick Hawn defeated Brent Weedman in the Lightweight Tournament Final Fight and will go on to face Michael Chandler. Luis Nogueira defeated Hiroshi Nakamura in the Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal via a third round TKO and will fight
Bellator 62 Weigh-In Results: Santos overweight, Prindle awarded Tournament Championship
It appears the long awaited Season Five Heavyweight Tournament final bout between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos will not take place. After their first encounter at Bellator 59 was declared a no-contest due to an “accidental kick to the groin,” the two were set to meet again at last week’s Bellator 61. That bout was eventually scratched as well when Prindle came down with “flu-like symptoms,” and the fight was again rescheduled for tomorrow night’s Bellator 62. The match-up has now been halted all