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How Have Bellator Champions Fared in the UFC In the co-main event of UFC 257, Michael Chandler will make his long-awaited UFC debut against top contender Dan ‘The Hangman’ Hooker! Chandler has become the 8th Bellator champion to sign with the UFC and fans are excited to see if he can swim with the sharks that make up the organization’s stacked 155-pound weight class. Chandler’s debut will mark the first time since 2011 that he’s been the betting underdog. Although respected by his peers and the MMA community, there is a sense of doubt about the strength of his competition in Bella...

Over the last few years, former Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks has done his best to establish himself as the best lightweight in the sport outside of the UFC and as one of the best 155-pound fighters in the world overall. With an 18-1 record and two huge wins over Michael Chandler, who held the claim as the best lightweight fighter outside of Zuffa before Brooks, “Ill Will” has been one of the most dominant fighters on the Bellator MMA roster in terms of producing in the cage and in the headlines. However, his recent falling out with the company led to his release and the strip...

Last weekend’s cards in the two biggest organizations in North American MMA provided quite a few significant occurrences. The UFC’s 26th effort on its broadcast home of Fox and Bellator 191 on Spike TV delivered results that could have a big impact as we move forward. Valérie Létourneau: The Path to a Title UFC veteran Valérie Létourneau made her long-awaited debut in Bellator. Her fight against Kate Jackson was a fairly paint-by-the-numbers affair. Létourneau’s seasoning, physicality and work rate allowed her to control the center of the cage and dictate the pace of the fight on h...

What Impact Will New Additions Make to Bellator MMA and World Series of Fighting? Most promotions use UFC castoffs to bolster their own rosters. Sometimes these signings help improve a division. Sometimes they don’t provide anything more than name value for future opponents. The World Series of Fighting and Bellator MMA have each made a couple of significant signings in the last month. Now, whether these signings actually end up greatly improving the roster or simply add depth is something that can only be fully determined after these fighters make their debuts. However, we can always look ...

Avalanches trigger them by their own actions. watch as one skier literally skis for his life when the massive snow wall along the side of a mountain appears to crumble. for professional skier, will brooks, danger is part of the job description. >> i've definitely been close to danger, like, a number of times and probably a lot of times i don't even know it, but the one that sticks out the most is the avalanche i was in at micah creek. >> on the fateful day in british columbia, will and his crew find a location and begin to ski, occasionally triggering small avalanches amid the pristine snow. >...