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BELLATOR 186

HYDEN’S TAKE: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 186 and UFC 217

November 7, 2017

UFC 217 was this past weekend and it was a wild event full of surprising outcomes, including a triple-changer like the old Transformers toys where we saw three titles change hands in one night. Bellator […]

GROCKE’S BELLATOR 186 LIVE REPORT 11/3: Vassell vs. Bader, Ducote vs. Macfarlane, Dempsey vs. Ruth, Leite vs. Davis, Freeman vs. Awad

November 3, 2017

BELLATOR 186 LIVE REPORT NOVEMBER 3, 2017 UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA AT THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER ON BELLATOR.COM AND SPIKE TV   Keep it locked here all evening for live updates of Bellator 186. My name […]

BELLATOR 186 PREDICTIONS 11/3: Grocke’s updated odds & predictions for the main card

November 3, 2017

Bellator MMA makes its way to the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania for Bellator 186 on Friday night. The main event features a light heavyweight title fight between Ryan Bader and Linton Vassell. […]

BELLATOR 186 PREDICTIONS: Covington’s predictions for the Bader vs. Vassell headlined main card

November 3, 2017

A grain of salt? You better get a whole plate ready to take this…   Main card Zack Freeman vs Saad Awad I’m taking Saad; I gotta go with experience. Something’s telling me Awad has […]

ROUNDTABLE: Who wins the Ryan Bader vs. Linton Vassell fight and why?

November 2, 2017

Who wins the Ryan Bader vs. Linton Vassell fight and why? JOHN HARRIS, MMATorch Contributor I’ll go with Bader by unanimous decision. I just do not think Vassell will be able to handle Bader’s strong […]

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