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  • King Mo On Difficulty Of Pro Wrestling, His MMA Return Tonight On Spike TV

    TNA Impact Wrestling star and Bellator MMA fighter Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal was recently interviewed about his upcoming fight against Jacob Noe on Wednesday evening, and as always, the subject of pro wrestling reared its’ head into the conversation.

    When discussing whether or not pro wrestling is taking away from his MMA training, Mo said, “I train year round. After the match in Ohio Valley Wrestling, I was right back in the gym on Monday. I don’t do training camps; I just train year round.”

    Further elaborating on the surprising difficulty of pro wrestling training, Mo continued, “I was surprised with how hard it’s been. I didn’t think the bumps, hitting the ropes, would be all that hard on you. I knew it was going to be hard, but I didn’t know was going to do a match and then be sore for four or five days later. I can fight and be sore for only like two or three days.”

    Check out the full interview, where King Mo talks more about balancing MMA and pro wrestling training, as well as his MMA return tonight on Spike TV, at MMAWeekly.com.

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  • Identity Of Lawyer On Impact, Rampage vs. Roy Jones Jr., Mr. Anderson Interview

    -The man who portrayed Bully Ray’s lawyer on Thursday’s edition of TNA Impact Wrestling was former long-time Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) announcer Dean Hill.

    -According to multiple mixed-martial-arts websites, Bellator plans to announce a Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Roy Jones Jr. fight as the headline attraction for a year-end pay-per-view. Other wrestling websites incorrectly reported that the Rampage vs. Jones bout would feature the biggest name boxer to ever attempt MMA, however, the plan is for the fight to be under boxing rules, not MMA rules.

    While the fight in general is unconfirmed at this point, the plan is to run the Rampage vs. Jones boxing match on pay-per-view head-to-head against UFC’s year end offering. UFC 168 will take place on December 28th, and will feature a double main-event of Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman II and Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate II.

    -The following is a new video interview with current TNA Impact Wrestling star Mr. Anderson. The interview was conducted at the San Diego Comic Con.

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  • TNA Executive Parts Ways With The Company, King Mo’s Return

    –TNA and Bellator star “King” Muhammad Lawal (King Mo) will be returning to mixed-martial-arts action, as he competes against UFC veteran and Kimbo Slice-conquerer Seth Petruzelli in the main event of Bellator 96 on Spike TV on Wednesday evening.

    –TNA executive Mike Weber, who headed up Marketing, has officially parted ways with the company.

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  • Spike TV’s Parent Company Buys Majority Stake In Bellator

    The following is an excerpt from USAToday in regards to Viacom’s plans to buy Bellator which will ultimately move the promotion to Spike TV:

    “MTV Networks’ Spike TV channel is getting out of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s business, but the broadcaster has increased its ties to mixed martial arts.

    Viacom, parent of MTV Networks, bought a majority stake in Bellator Fighting Championships and will start airing the promotion’s bouts on Spike in 2013, the companies told USA TODAY this week. They’ve had ongoing talks for about a year as they finished up various deals, and over the past month finally reached the point where they could announce the news, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said.

    Selling to Viacom’s entertainment conglomerate guarantees a stable future for Bellator, said Rebney, who will remain in charge of the MMA organization.

    “It puts all of those cornerstones of ownership in place for us,” he said. “Which is something that’s been so seriously lacking in the MMA space with so many different companies, including Strikeforce and the IFL and Affliction and all the different failures that have occurred. … It alleviates those issues.”

    Bellator is the No. 2 promotion in mixed martial arts behind market leader Zuffa, owner of UFC and Strikeforce.”

    To read the full article, USAToday.com

  • Bellator 59 Adds Lyman Good Vs. Michael Costa (Welterweight)

    CHICAGO, Ill. (October 25, 2011) — Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that former Bellator Welterweight Champion Lyman “Cyborg” Good will make his long-awaited return to the Bellator cage as the New York native squares off against promising Brazilian Michael Costa in a Bellator Season 6 Welterweight Tournament Qualifier fight on Saturday, November 26 from Caesars Atlantic City in New Jersey and LIVE on MTV2 and in commercial-free HD on EPIX2 beginning at 9 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. CT. First fight will take place at 7 p.m. ET and will be streamed LIVE and FREE around the world on Spike.com. The night will also feature the Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight final between Alexis Vila and Eduardo Dantas as well as two other spectacular fights that include Point Pleasant, New Jersey’s Kurt “Batman” Pellegrino taking on Patricky Pitbull and Brooklyn’s Phillipe Nover against Marcin Held.

    Born in Harlem and currently fighting out of Manhattan, the explosive Good brings an impressive 11-2 professional record to the cage, including five knockout victories. The Tiger Schulmann product marched through the Season 1 Welterweight Tournament and captured the title to become the first ever Bellator Welterweight Champion.

    Good was originally supposed to get back into the cage earlier this year against fellow welterweight Dan “The Handler” Hornbuckle, but a nagging hamstring injury forced “Cyborg” out of the fight. The New Yorker has been on a long layoff since coming off a tough split-decision loss at the hands of undefeated Judo Olympian Rick Hawn in the Bellator Season 4 Welterweight Tournament Semifinals and is eager to get back to work.

    “Coming off of that last fight, it really made me go back to the drawing board and start fresh,” said Good. “You’re going to see a new Lyman Good, but at the same time it’s going to be the old Lyman Good. I felt like I got away from some things that made me who I was as a fighter, and I needed to get back to my roots. I can’t wait to get into that cage, trade some leather and get back to my winning ways.”

    For Costa, the Royler Gracie trained black belt has been waiting to make his Bellator debut, and will have his hands full with the veteran Good. Costa currently trains and teaches alongside current Bellator Middleweight Tournament Finalist Vitor Vianna at Wand Fight Team in Las Vegas, and a meeting with Good should produce fireworks.

    “Lyman was our first ever Welterweight Champion and it’s going to be good to see him back in the cage and fighting for a shot in our next tournament,” said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Lyman always brings it, and Michael is the real deal with great skills, so this should be a very explosive fight””

    For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator