BELLATOR FEATHERWEIGHT FINAL COULD MIRROR WELTERWEIGHT FINAL
June 23, 2010 by searstapper
Bellator had an impressive offseason signing some of MMA’s most coveted free agents as well as little known up-and-comers ready to break out on a bigger stage. Many of those acquisitions have panned out, especially in the middleweight and welterweight tournaments. The finals of both divisions pretty much featured the matchups many thought would happen when the initial pairings were announced. Last week Olympic wrestler Ben Askren grounded and pounded his way past Total Fight Challenge & Sengoku veteran Dan Hornbuckle. On Thursday another Olympic caliber wrestler, Joe Warren, takes on undefeated Patricio “Pitbull” Freire.
DAN HORNBUCKLE’S KIMURA AT BELLATOR 19
May 24, 2010 by Matt
Dan Hornbuckle continues to thrill crowds with his exciting style of finishing fights. He had the legendary head kick KO of Akihiro Gono at Sengoku 9. He recently had another Killer Finish at Bellator 19, locking in a Kimura against Steve Carl.
That was Hornbuckle’s second submission victory of the tournament and now he moves on to the finals of the Bellator Welterweight tournament. Hornbuckle hails from Mahomet and got his start in local shows like TFC, Duneland Classic and Ironheart Crown.
CURRAN, HERRIG TO FIGHT AT BELLATOR XIV IN CHICAGO
February 27, 2010 by Matt
Bellator has added some popular Chicago-area fighters for it’s season 2 debut. Jeff Curran will take on Joe Doherty, and Felice Herrig’s match with Catia Vitoria has been added to the card. That fight was initially to take place in the Reality Combat Challenge, but now Herrig will have her home crowd behind her.
Bellator’s four first-round fights will take place as part of Bellator XIV on April 15th and Bellator XV on April 22nd. Bellator XIV will be broadcast live from the Chicago Theatre.
Here are the welterweight (170 lbs.) matchups:
April 15th
- Ben Askren (3-0) vs. Ryan Thomas (10-3)
April 22nd
- Dan Hornbuckle (19-2) vs. Sean Pierson (9-4)
- Jacob McClintock (6-0) vs. “Judo” Jim Wallhead (18-5)
- Steve Carl (12-1) vs. Brett Cooper (12-5)
Bellator will also conduct tournaments at 145, 155 and 185 lbs. during Season 2 with the winners in each division being declared No. 1 contenders to the current roster of Bellator champions. Fighter pairings for the 145 lbs. tournament were announced last week. Matchups for the remaining two tournaments will be announced in March.
Each of the fights will be broadcast live in prime time on FOX Sports Net. Highlights will be shown the following Saturday night in special action-packed shows on NBC and Telemundo.
“I can’t wait for our welterweight tournament to start,” said Bellator founder and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “It’s turned out exactly as I had hoped it would: world-class talent and well-known names coupled with some tremendous prospects in a tournament that anyone could win. This is what a tournament should be about.”
HORNBUCKLE SIGNS WITH BELLATOR
December 18, 2009 by searstapper
Dan Hornbuckle has been on a tear and that success has landed him a spot in the upcoming welterweight tournament of Chicago/Los Angeles based MMA promotion Bellator Fighting Championships.
KILLER FINISHES: HORNBUCKLE’S HEAD KICK
November 29, 2009 by Matt
Here’s local fighter Dan Hornbuckle putting Akihiro Gono to sleep at Sengoku 9. Hornbuckle hails from Mahomet and got his start in local shows like TFC, Duneland Classic and Ironheart Crown.
VIDEO: DAN HORNBUCKLE VS. JOE ALEXANDER @ TFC 14
March 10, 2009 by searstapper
This was the Main Event of Total Fight Challenge 14. Stay tuned to Chicago’s MMA for other featured fights from this event.
Read on for complete results of Total Fight Challenge 14
