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• Fedor Emelianenko: Bellator Grand Prix is ‘right up there’ with Pride in terms of competition

  26-01-2019 23:00
  Fedor Emelianenko believes that Bellator’s heavyweight Grand Prix is every bit as formidable as the legendary tournaments he contested in Japan under the Pride FC banner.“The Last Emperor” saw off former UFC heavyweight champion, Frank Mir, with a first-round knockout in the quarter-finals of the bracket before booking his ticket to the finals against Ryan Bader with another first-round stoppage of Chael Sonnen.Speaking ahead of Bellator 214, the Russian claimed that the tourn
  
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• Juan Archuleta says T.J. Dillashaw ‘has moved on’ and will corner him at Bellator 214

  26-01-2019 21:00
  LOS ANGELES — Juan Archuleta will have T.J. Dillashaw in his corner when he meets Ricky Bandejas on Saturday night in a bantamweight main card bout at Bellator 214.So you better bet Archuleta, who was out in New York last week with Dillashaw for the UFC bantamweight champion’s loss to flyweight titleholder Henry Cejudo at UFC Brooklyn, has his teammate’s back about the fight which was ruled a TKO loss in 32 seconds.
  “Of course I thought it was stopped too soon,” Ar
  
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• Edmen Shahbzyan vs. Charles Byrd Added to UFC 235 Lineup in Las Vegas

  26-01-2019 20:51 via sherdog.com
  A matchup of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series alums has been added to UFC 235, as Edmen Shahbazyan will square off against Charles Byrd.
  
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• Bellator 214 live stream online

  26-01-2019 19:30
  Watch the Bellator 214 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card at 6:30 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows and can be watched below or on DAZN:
  A.J. Agazarm vs. Jesse RobertsWeber Almeida vs. Odan Chinchilla
  Jay Jay Wilson vs. Tyler BenekeSean Johnson vs. Art Rivas
  Jorge Juarez vs. David PachecoJesse Merritt vs. Thor SkanckeOsman Diaz vs. Christopher ReyesJames Barnes vs. Ryan Lilley
  Ian Butler vs. Craig Plaskett
  Steve Ramirez vs. Desmond Torr
  
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• Bellator 214 main event breakdown: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryan Bader

  26-01-2019 18:00
  Champ-champs are all the rage in modern-day mixed martial arts, and Ryan Bader makes his bid to join the esteemed group at Bellator 214 when he takes on the legendary Fedor Emelianenko. For Bader — already the Bellator light-heavyweight champion —it would be a career-defining accomplishment. Once viewed as among the most promising light-heavyweights in the world, his UFC run hit a speed bump upon losing to Tito Ortiz in a shocking July 2011 upset. That defeat caused long-lasting rep
  
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• Bellator 214: Pros predict Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryan Bader

  26-01-2019 16:00
  LOS ANGELES — Respect for Fedor Emelianenko runs so deep in the mixed martial arts community that even a fellow former world champion hesitates to pick against him.
  Former UFC lightweight titleholder Benson Henderson will be at Bellator 214 at the Forum in Inglewood, where he’ll corner Henry Corrales in his co-feature bout with Aaron Pico.
  Henderson, like so many others, became a fan of the sport during the heyday of the former longtime PRIDE heavyweight champion.So while none of th
  
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• Klidson Abreu signs with the UFC, meets Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Prague

  26-01-2019 15:30
  A pair of finishes in Russia earned Klidson Abreu a contract with the UFC, as the Brazilian light heavyweight steps in for injured Darko Stosic against Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Prague on Feb. 23. Both fighters confirmed the news on social media following reports by Russian outlets.
  Ankalaev (10-1) scored a first-round knockout win over Marcin Prachnio last September, bouncing back from a loss to Paul Craig in his Octagon debut in March 2018. It was a fight he was dominating before getting trappe
  
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• Bellator 214 start time, TV schedule for Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryan Bader

  26-01-2019 15:00
  The Bellator 214 start time, TV schedule for the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryan Bader fight card at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into two different parts and airing on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times
  Main card (9 p.m. ET on Paramount and DAZN)
  Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryan Bader
  Aaron Pico vs. Henry Corrales
  Jake Hager vs. J.W. Kiser
  Juan Archuleta vs. Ricky Bandejas
  Brandon McMahan vs.
  
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• Bellator 214 predictions

  26-01-2019 14:00
  Eight men entered. Only one man will leave.
  Okay, maybe the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix wasn’t that dramatic, but it certainly produced its share of fantasy matchups that fans never thought they’d see. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Chael Sonnen. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Frank Mir. Fedor vs. Sonnen. And now in the grand finale, Fedor vs. reigning light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader. Many expected Bader — the youngest fighter in the tournament at 35 years ol
  
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• Harvey Park Dispatches Jaleel Willis in Controversial Fashion in LFA 58 Headliner

  26-01-2019 06:54 via sherdog.com
  Harvey Park avoided a possible disqualification on his way to a controversial technical knockout of Jaleel Willis in the Legacy Fighting Alliance 58 main event on Friday at the Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  
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• Bellator 214 Results: Fedor vs. Bader

  26-01-2019 06:00
  MMA Fighting has Bellator 214 results for the Fedor vs. Bader fight card at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., live blogs of the top fights and live Bellator 214 Twitter updates Saturday night.
  In the main event, Fedor Emelianenko will square off against Ryan Bader in the final of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix.
  Aaron Pico will battle Henry Corrales in a key featherweight fight in the co-main event.
  Check out the Bellator 214 results below.
  Main card (9 p.m. ET on Paramount and DAZN)
  Fedor Em
  
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• Henry Corrales will be ‘disappointed’ if he can’t finish Aaron Pico

  26-01-2019 04:00
  Henry Corrales has finished 12 of his 19 opponents. Aaron Pico has never been out of the first round.
  When the two face off in the featherweight co-main event of Bellator 214 on Saturday, you get the sense that someone is hitting the canvas and staying there. Both fighters are on four-fight win streaks and a definitive finish would all but guarantee the victor a shot at champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire.
  MMA Fighting recently spoke to Corrales, who stressed that while getting his h
  
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• Bellator 214 ‘Fedor vs. Bader’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

  26-01-2019 03:42 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog's live Bellator 214 coverage kicks off Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
  
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• Practically born on a mat, Bellator’s Jake Hager feels his path to MMA will work out best

  26-01-2019 02:00
  The former college football player and wrestler, best known as WWE’s Jack Swagger, debuts in MMA at Bellator 214 while also wanting to stay in pro wrestling. In many ways, you can say Jake Hager was almost a born wrestler, since he competed in the sport since the age of five.
  But after a dozen years away from competition — many of those years spent performing as a professional wrestler — he’s trying to reclaim the instincts he developed from childhood, but adapt them to
  
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• Bellator 214 preview show

  26-01-2019 01:54
  LOS ANGELES — With Bellator 214 on Saturday night, MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi and Dave Doyle break down the top storylines.
  
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• Bellator 214 Countdown, Episode 3: ‘Ryan Bader is one of the strongest fighters I have ever met’

  26-01-2019 01:00
  On the third episode of Bellator 214 Countdown, Fedor Emelianenko reluctantly poses with championship gold, and Ryan Bader prepares to step into the cage with a legend in the finals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix on Jan. 26 in Inglewood, Calif.
  
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• Aaron Pico’s message to Patricio ‘Pitbull’: The time to fight me is now

  26-01-2019 00:00
  Aaron Pico is a nice guy. So accommodating that he’s trying to look out for the best interests of Patricio Freire. Or something like that.
  Pico, the biggest prospect in the history of mixed martial arts, will fight Henry Corrales in the co-main event of Bellator 214 on Saturday night in Inglewood, Calif. A victory could put Pico next in line for a featherweight title shot against Freire.
  If the victory does indeed go down, the 22-year-old Pico has a measure of advice for “Pitbull,&r
  
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