Curran e Macapá se enfrentaram no Bellator 184, em outubro do ano passado. Foto: Bellator

A bruxa das lesões atacou o Bellator 205, agendado para o dia 21 de setembro. Duas vezes campeão peso-pena da organização, Pat Curran se machucou durante o camp para enfrentar AJ McKee na luta principal do evento em Boise, e um brasileiro foi escalado para a vaga.

John Macapá, atleta da Nova União com 21 vitórias, três derrotas e dois empates foi escolhido para encarar McKee, como informou o MMAJunkie. A missão do brasuca será superar o jovem e ávido McKee, que chega para o duelo com cartel invicto de 11 sucessos para este duelo.

O card conta ainda com a disputa entre Patrick Pitbull contra Roger Huerta (este último que substitui Goiti Yamauchi), e também com o campeão mundial de Jiu-Jitsu Rafael Lovato. Confira abaixo o card completo do evento, transmitido com exclusividade pelos canais Fox Sports!

Bellator 205
Boise, Idaho, EUA
21 de setembro de 2018

AJ McKee x John Teixeira
Rafael Lovato Jr. x John Salter
Patricky Freire x Roger Huerta
Veta Arteaga x Denise Kielholtz

Card preliminar

Andrew Cruz x Nathan Stolen
Kyle Frost x David Rangel
Joe Aguirre x Stephen Stirewalt
Justin Hugo x Vince Morales

No primeiro encontro, Curran venceu em decisão polêmica. Desta vez, Patrício fez de tudo para não deixar com os jurados, dando o que tem de melhor no cage. Porém, após cinco emocionantes assaltos, o combate foi para os jurados, e o Pitbull ficou com o cinturão do Bellator.

Veja, no vídeo abaixo, os melhores lances da luta:

Pat Curran defendeu seu cinturão pela segunda vez e finalizou o russo Shahbulat Shamhalaev no Bellator 95. Foto: Bellator/Divulgação

A edição 95 do Bellator encerrou a oitava temporada do evento com 12 combates, realizados nessa quinta-feira, 4 de abril, em Atlantic City, e transmitidos pelo Spike TV.

A luta principal da noite contou com a disputa de título entre os pesos-penas Pat Curran e Shahbulat Shamhalaev. Curran defendeu seu cinturão, e ainda no primeiro round finalizou o adversário russo com uma guilhotina justíssima. Confira o duelo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWf_zNDnIZo

Frodo Khasbulaev e Mike Richman se enfrentaram pelo GP dos penas coevento principal da noite. Num combate repleto de trocação em três rounds, o russo foi mais contundente e levou a vitória por decisão unânime dos juízes. Dessa forma, Frodo poderá ser o próximo desafiante ao cinturão de Pat Curran. Veja os melhores momentos desta luta:

http://youtu.be/7ApGmaCAK3s

Ainda no card principal Doug Marshall sagrou-se campeão do GP dos médios ao se recuperar e nocautear Brett Cooper. Doug levava um atraso do adversário no ground and pound, mas ainda no primeiro round a luta voltou de pé, e foi quando ele aproveitou para conectar um balaço de direita que colocou Cooper para dormir. Assista:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoRe66YX4a4

Confira os resultados completos do Bellator 95:

Bellator 95
Ovation Hall at Revel, Atlantic City, Nova Jersey
4 de abril de 2013

Card Principal

Pat Curran finalizou Shahbulat Shamhalaev na guilhotina aos 2min38s do R1
Doug Marshall venceu Brett Cooper por nocaute aos 3min39s do R1
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev venceu Mike Richman na decisão unânime dos jurados
Rick Hawn venceu Karo Parisyan por nocaute a 1min55s do R2

Card Preliminar

Lyman Good venceu Dante Rivera por decisão unânime dos jurados
Sam Oropeza venceu Shedrick Goodridge por nocaute técnico aos 4min22s do R2
Tom DeBlass venceu Carlos Brooks por nocaute técnico (interrupção médica) aos 5min do R2
Phillipe Nover venceu Darrell Horcher por decisão unânime dos jurados
Jimmie Rivera venceu Brian Kelleher por decisão unânime dos jurados
Will Martinez venceu Michael Hess por nocaute aos 4min15s do R1
Kevin Roddy finalizou Brylan Van Artsdalen na chave de braço a 1min04s do R2
Liam McGeary venceu Anton Talamantes por nocaute técnico a 1min18s do R1

Shahbulat Shamhalaev e Pat Curran se enfrentam pelo cinturão dos pesos penas do Bellator. Foto: Bellator/Divulgação

Na noite desta quinta-feira, 4 de abril, o Bellator retorna a Atlantic City, New Jersey, para sua 95ª edição. Com 12 combates agendados para este card, o destaque fica por conta da disputa de título dos pesos penas. O atual campeão, Pat Curran, enfrenta Shahbulat Shamhalaev.

Esta será a segunda defesa de cinturão do americano, que derrotou Patricio “Pitbull” por decisão dividida em janeiro deste ano.

Já o russo Shamhalaev busca sua quarta vitória seguida na organização. Vale lembrar que ele venceu todas as lutas no Bellator por nocaute, e este é o jogo que provavelmente tentará contra Curran.

Confira o card completo do evento:

Bellator 95

Atlantic City, Estados Unidos

Quinta-feira, 4 de abril de 2013

Card Principal

Pat Curran vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev
Frodo Khasbulaev vs. Mike Richman
Brett Cooper vs. Doug Marshall
Karo Parisyan vs. Rick Hawn

Card Preliminar

Anton Talamante vs. Liam McGeary
Kevin Roddy vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen
Michael Brent Hess vs. Will Martinez
Jimmie Rivera vs. Brian Kelleher
Phillipe Nover vs. Darrell Horcher
Carlos Brooks vs. Tom DeBlass
Shedrick Goodridge vs. Sam Oropeza
Lyman Good vs. Dante Rivera

Pat Curran contra Joe Warren no Bellator 60. Foto: Bellator/Divulgação.

O Bellator 85 rolou nessa quinta-feira, em Irvine, nos Estados Unidos, e não faltou emoção no cercado cinza. Estreando no canal Spike TV, o evento contou com ótimos combates e não economizou no quesito emoção. Para o Brasil a noite não foi das melhores, com três lutadores no card, apenas Cleber “Tomadinha” Luciano venceu. Depois de três rounds os jurados decretaram o triunfo do brasileiro por decisão unânime sobre Mario Navarro.

Apostando apenas na trocação, Patrício Pitbull acabou superado por Pat Curran, que manteve o cinturão dos penas do Bellator. Sem tentar levar o combate para o chão, o potiguar usou os punhos para acertar o americano, que respondeu na mesma moeda e avariou mais o rosto do brasileiro. Após cinco rounds com muitos socos e chutes, Pat Curran levou por decisão dividida.

Já Renato Babalu vinha bem contra Mikhail Zayats até o minuto final do primeiro round, quando tomou um soco giratório e sentiu o golpe. O russo aproveitou o momento e despejou uma sequência de socos, até o brasileiro cair. No chão, algumas marretadas sacramentaram o resultado.

Ainda na jaula do Bellator, Michael Chandler usou o Jiu-Jitsu e finalizou Rick Hawn com um mata-leão, mantendo o cinturão dos leves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZypofmbegc

Bellator 85: Chandler vs Hawn
Bren Center, Irvine, Califórnia
17 de janeiro de 2013

Michael Chandler finalizou Rick Hawn com um mata-leão aos 3min7s do R1
Jacob Noe venceu Seth Petruzelli por nocaute técnico aos 2min51s do R1
Mikhail Zayats venceu Renato Babalu por nocaute técnico aos 4min49s do R1
Pat Curran venceu Patrício Pitbull por decisão dividida dos jurados
Aaron Miller venceu Joe Camacho por decisão unânime dos jurados
Jason Lambert finalizou Hector Ramirez com uma chave de braço aos 3min59s do R1
J.J. Ambrose finalizou Brian Warren com uma guilhotina aos 50s do R2
Emanuel Newton finalizou Atanas Djambazov com um mata-leão aos 2min21s do R2
Savant Young nocauteou Mike Guymon aos 48s do R2
Joe Williams venceu Jamie Yager por nocaute técnico aos 4min2s do R1
Cleber Luciano derrotou Mario Navarro por decisão unânime dos jurados

Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney (left) stands with lightweight champion Mike Chandler (right). Photo by Erik Fontanez

IRVINE, Calif. — Mike Chander and Pat Curran successfully defended their Bellator championship belts at the company’s debut on Spike TV in Irvine, Calif., at UC Irvine’s Bren Center on Thursday night.

Chandler finished Rick Hawn in the second round by locking on a rear-naked choke at 3:07 of the frame, while Curran went the distance with Patricio “Pit Bull” Freire for a split decision win.

“It was a big night for us,” Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said during the post-fight press conference. “Man, did [the fighters] deliver … All praise to you guys.”

Chandler looked dominant in his performance, establishing a takedown early in the fight and working actively in the guard to score points with strikes. The champ controlled Hawn for a majority of the opening frame and appeared to win the round.

The Alliance MMA lightweight continued his push in the second round, getting a slam of Hawn in the first 60 seconds on the way to sinking in the submission to finish the contest.

“It hasn’t really all sank in yet,” Chandler told GRACIEMAG.com of his win on Bellator’s first Spike TV broadcast. “I just want to keep getting better, [train] and see how good I can be.”

With the win, Chandler maintains his undefeated record at 11-0, while Hawn drops to 14-2.

Featherweight champion Pat Curran sits with his championship belt. Photo by Erik Fontanez

Curran, the featherweight title holder, and Pit Bull Freire opened the main card with the 145-pound title fight. Both fighters kept a conservative approach, measuring each other before deciding to engage with more offense in the latter stages of the contest.

The champion wasn’t really surprised, he said, that his opponent didn’t come out guns blazing. It’s a five-round fight and the fighters needed to pace themselves, he added.

“If he was going to come at me really hard, I was ready for it,” Curran said at the press conference. “I knew he had to pace himself because he has gotten tired in the past. I knew that was in the back of his head.”

The fighters went back and forth before the fight went to the final round, but it was Curran that landed enough strikes to bloody up Freire’s nose. The contest was scored 47-48, 48-27 and 48-47 in favor of the Curran.

With the win, Curran improves his overall record to 18-4, while Freire drops his tally to 17-2.

In addition to the title fights, Mikhail Zayats and Jacob Noe each scored first-round technical knockouts in their main card performances. Zayats topped MMA veteran Renato “Babalu” Sobral at 4:49 of the opening round, and Noe beat Seth Petruzelli at 2:51 of their first frame.

The Bellator 85 prelim results are as follows:

• Aaron Miller def. Joe Camacho via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
• Jason Lambert def. Hector Ramirez via sub (inverted armbar) at 3:59, R1
• JJ Ambrose def. Brian Warren by sub (guillotine) at 0:50, R2
• Emanuel Newton def. Atanas Djambazov via sub (rear-naked choke) at 2:21, R2
• Savant Young def. Mike Guymon by KO (punch) 0:48, R2
• Joe Williams def. Jamie Yager via TKO (strikes on the ground) 4:02, R1 
• Cleber Luciano def. Mario Navarro by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

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Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney (Photo by Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images)

Bellator Fighting Championships will make their 2013 debut on Spike TV on Thursday, Jan. 17, and the broadcast will feature two title fights, the company announced on Tuesday.

Lightweight champion Mike Chandler will defend his title against Season 6 tournament winner Rick Hawn, and Pat Curran will defend his featherweight belt against Patricio “Pitbull” Freire on the Spike TV debut. The event will take place at The University of California, Irvine’s Bren Center in Irvine, Calif.

The company also announced that their second broadcast will be Jan. 24, which will feature welterweight champion Ben Askren defending his title against Karl Amoussou. Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal will also be on the second event, but an opponent is yet to be determined. Lawal will have specials dedicated to him airing between the first and second Bellator broadcasts on the network.

Bellator will air events every Thursday for 12 straight weeks, officials said, and broadcasts will start at 10 p.m. ET. Viewers on the West Coast with a dish can watch the fights live at 7 p.m. PT, but cable subscribers will have to wait for a tape delay at 10 p.m. PT.

Five tournaments will take place during the upcoming season, including those in the 145-, 155-, 170-, 185- and 205-pound weight classes. Fighters such as Lawal, UFC veteran Renato “Babalu” Sobral and Seth Petruzelli will be in the 205-pound tournament, while Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima will be in the 170-pound bracket. Others will be added in the near future.

Bellator’s biggest competitor, the UFC, has long presented itself as a Pay-Per-View company. Bellator, however, has made their reputation through cable networks, most recently with MTV2 and next year with Spike — a network that used to host UFC Fight Night cards. When asked, company CEO Bjorn Rebney said there are no immediate plans for a Bellator Pay-Per-View.

Officials said the company is currently casting for its first fight-based reality show, but plans for its debut are still being worked out.

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Wagnney solta a canelada nos tempos de WEC. Foto: Josh Hedges/Zuffa.

Ex-lutador do WEC, Wagnney Fabiano (Nova União) foi confirmado hoje no GP dos penas do Bellator em 2012. O brasileiro se junta a Marlon Sandro, que continua na briga pelo título que não conquistou na temporada, ao ser nocauteado por Pat Curran na final.

Já Wagnney tem 14 vitórias na carreira e não luta desde novembro de 2010, quando foi finalizado por Joseph Benavidez com uma guilhotina, no WEC 52.

Outros nomes aunciados para o GP são Ronnie Mann e Daniel Straus. O Bellator também planeja realizar no ano que vem torneios nas categorias galo, meio-médio, médio e leve.

Wagnney unleashes a shin kick back in the WEC. Photo: Josh Hedges/Zuffa.

Former WEC fighter Wagnney Fabiano (Nova União) has been confirmed to make his Bellator debut joining his teammate Marlon Sandro in the 2012 featherweight GP. Sandro fought in last year’s GP, coming up short against Pat Curran in the tournament final.

Now Wagnney holds a record of 14 wins and three losses, and he has not fought since submitting to Joseph Benavidez via guillotine choke in November 2010 at WEC 52.

Also in the running for next year’s GP are Ronnie Mann and Daniel Straus. Bellator’s promoters are also putting together bantamweight, welterweight, middleweight and lightweight tournaments for next year.

Now Marlon Sandro had been putting on a good performane the featherweight GP final against Pat Curran, until a lapse of caution cost him his consciousness and the win. Jiu-Jitsu black belt Renê Nazaré put in a fine standup display, resulting in his opponent Juan Barrantes being unable to continue after the second-round break.

Check out the whole story in pictures sent in by our collaborator Gil Gomes, from the BTT.

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Já Marlon Sandro vinha bem na final do GP de penas contras Pat Curran, mas um descuido custou ao lutador o nocaute. Faixa-preta de Jiu-Jitsu, Renê Nazaré mandou bem na trocação. O resultado disso, o oponente Juan Barrantes não conseguiu continuar depois do intervalo do segundo assalto.

Confira toda essa história nas imagens enviadas pelo colaborador Gil Gomes, da BTT.

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Renê Nazaré in action / Photo: Phillip Hays

Marlon Sandro started out well in the Bellator featherweight GP final against Pat Curran. The aggressor for much of the fight, but met with a kick to the head that abruptly ended the action, dropping an unconscious Sandro to the canvas, where Curran followed up with three more strikes before te referee stepped in.

Now black belt Renê Nazaré showed his boxing is up to speed. The Brazilian had a good showing in the first round that continued in to second, cornering Juan Barrantes and tagging him with strikes. Landing a takedown, he worked the ground and pound and tried for a guillotine, but it was his merciless use of the elbow that had the greatest effect, as manifest in the battered state of the Costa Rican’s eye. Following a doctor’s check, Barrantes was barred from returning to action. The win is the tenth in the Brazilian’s undefeated career.

In the all ex-UFC figher matchup, Seth Petruzelli got the better of Ricco Rodrigues, landing a lethal uppercut and following up with hammer strikes on the ground for the win over the former UFC champion.

(Collaborator Junior Samurai)

Complete results:

Bellator 48
Connecticut, United States
August 20, 2011

Pat Curran defeated Marlon Sandro via TKO in R2;
Cole Konrad defeated Paul Buentello via unanimous decision;
Seth Petruzelli defeated Ricco Rodriguez via TKO in R1;
Renê Nazaré defeated Juan Barrantes via doctor’s intervention in R2;
Nik Fekete defeated Mark Griffin via TKO in R2;
Saul Almeida defeated Tateki Matsuda via unanimous decision;
Jeff Nader defeated Dan Cramer via TKO in R3;
Ryan Quinn submitted Brett Oteri via guillotine in R1;
Andrew Calandrelli submitted Matt Nice in R1.