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BELLATOR 185 PREDICTIONS 10/20: Grocke’s updated odds and predictions for the Mousasi vs. Shlemenko headlined main card

October 20, 2017

Bellator MMA comes to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut for Bellator 185. The main card features former UFC middleweight contender Gegard Mousasi. Mousasi will be making his promotional debut when he steps into […]

BELLATOR 185 PRIMER: Garcia’s preview & predictions for the Gegard Mousasi vs. Alexander Shlemenko headlined main card

October 18, 2017

Bellator makes its way to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut this Friday, October 20th for the debut of former UFC star Gegard Mousasi.  He will be headlining the card facing former longtime middleweight […]

HYDEN: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 162, and thoughts on Conor McGregor giving up a title

October 25, 2016

Bellator 162 was this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. BELLATOR 162 GOOD – Hisaki Kato stops A.J. Matthews: This was a pretty close fight. Matthews hurt Kato but didn’t follow up and allowed him to […]

GROCKE’S BELLATOR 162 LIVE RESULTS 10/21: Shlemenko vs. Grove, Lashley vs. Appelt, Kato vs. Matthews, Yamauchi vs. Couture

October 21, 2016

BELLATOR 162 LIVE REPORT OCTOBER 21, 2016 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AT THE FEDEX FORUM LIVE ON BELLATOR.COM AND SPIKE Michael Grocke here with you to take you through Bellator 162. Alexander Shlemenko takes on Kendall Grove […]

FRIDAY TRIVIA: Shlemenko, who returns to Bellator tonight, trained which past or present Bellator Champion?

October 21, 2016

QUESTION: Former Bellator Middleweight Champion Alexander Shlemenko returns to the Bellator cage for the first time since Bellator 133, having had a three year suspension overturned. He is hoping to get back to winning ways […]

PREVIEW: Bellator 162 – Fight by Fight preview and predictions including Lashley vs. Appelt, Grove vs. Shlemenko

October 19, 2016

Bellator 162 comes to us live from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn. on Friday night. Former middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko returns to the Bellator ring to face veteran Kendall Grove in the main event of […]

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