Bellator Mma Betting

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Bellator MMA was launched in 2008 and has quickly become popular in the mixed martial arts world. The promotion used to be called the Bellator Fighting Championship, but they changed the name recently and now go by the name “Bellator MMA”.

The promotion operates out of Newport Beach, California and the CEO is Bjorn Rebney. Initially Bellator hosted events in the US only, but they’ve since moved to Canada and have started to host regular events in Canada as well as the United States now.

Bellator is a tiny promotion when compared to the UFC currently, but they’ve been doing great. Bellator offers a unique product where fighters compete in tournaments to become the #1 contender and for the chance to fight for the title in their weight class.

There are also other fights on the card at each event, but the main card is often tournament or title fights only. Bellator also has a unique “Season” format unlike other promotions. Each season features a 1+ tournament with eight fighters in the bracket.

Not only does the winner of each Bellator tournament earn a shot at the title, but they earn a $100,000 check. Bellator doesn’t pay fighters nearly as much as the UFC, but with $100K on the line for tournament winners they get the best out of fighters.

Bellator has started to receive more attention this past year due to a new deal with Spike. Bellator became popular after they were able to sign a national broadcasting deal with MTV2 in 2011. Seasons 4-7 of Bellator were aired live on MTV2.

The new deal with Spike TV is much better for the promotion and the number of viewers should increase. This summer (2013) there is a new reality show called “Fight Master: Bellator MMA”, which is a knockoff of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF).

The reality show will air on Spike TV starting this summer and will bring more attention to Bellator. Bellator has quickly gained a reputation for being a stepping stone to the UFC for fighters that aren’t picked up by the UFC right away.

Young fighters are able to get national attention with Bellator and fight many seasoned veterans. The promotion doesn’t have the talent that the UFC has, but with Viacom owning a majority stake in the company Bellator isn’t short on marketing dollars.

Bellator Weight Classes & Current Champions(*April 2013)

• Heavyweight – Alexander Volkov

• Light Heavyweight – Attila Vegh

• Middleweight – Alexander Shlemenko

• Welterweight – Ben Askren

• Lightweight – Michael Chandler

• Featherweight – Pat Curran

• Bantamweight – Eduardo Dantas

In the past year Bellator has been able to lock-up a lot of young talented fighters in the promotion. The competition in all of the weight classes is increasing and now the tournaments are very competitive where any fighter could come out as the winner.

Bellator is unlikely to ever contend with the UFC, but they do a great job offering a unique product. Many fans like the tourney format that Bellator utilizes although there are also many critics because sometimes the best fighters don’t get title shots.

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Conor McGregor has been challenged to a fight and a $1 million bet by Bellator’s featherweight and lightweight champion.

‘The Notorious’ is currently in the process of picking himself up after a brutal loss to Dustin Poirier two months ago.

Being the star that he is, hungry eyes still look in from all sides craving a piece of the action. The latest in the queue is Bellator champion Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire.

‘Pitbull’ is set to appear at Bellator 255 on April 2, coming up against Emmanuel Sanchez in Bellator's featherweight tournament.

In an interview with MMA Weekly, Freire said: 'I'm a big fan of Conor McGregor and I know I can beat him, so that's the fight I want.

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'Michael Chandler is representing Bellator in the UFC. He beat Hooker so easily. That shows how good we are and what we can do there. So, it’s not about UFC or PFL, it's about fighters. Everyone deserves that cross-promotion.'

$1,000,000 Bet

Freire’s coach Eric Albarracin argued: “The original champ-champ versus the reigning champ-champ. The best against the best. Let’s see who comes out on top. We got a million dollars saying it’s going to be Patricio Pitbull. Are you willing to take the bet?”

It would be a surprise if McGregor even responds to such a measly bet. $1 million is pocket change to him, so it won’t get him out of bed in the morning. The quality of fighters is much stronger in UFC as well, so would McGregor even find it a challenging enough match-up?

Equally as big a stumbling block to any bout would come in the formidable form of UFC boss Dana White. The ever-stubborn White is against cross-promotional bouts, probably with the motive that it may harm the perception of UFC’s superiority if one of his top guys is beaten.

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UFC is doing well, so why would he risk it?

Bellator president Scott Coker is normally resigned to picking up fighters discarded by UFC, or offering inflated sums to notable free agents to lure them into his roster. Understandably, Coker has stated that he would be open to his stars facing off against their UFC counterparts.

McGregor's Last Few Years in MMA?

McGregor will probably not be fighting for that much longer, as his motivation looks to be falling in recent years, diminished by his rampant star-power, fame and fortune.

For his remaining fights, it is to be expected that McGregor will go after bigger fights with the biggest stars in the top promotion in the MMA world or even the boxing world.

Freire may not actually believe he has a chance of facing McGregor, but getting his name in the headlines alongside the Irishman won’t do his recognisability any harm at all!