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Bellator 280
''Bellator 280: Bader vs. Kongo 2'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on May 6, 2022, at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. Background After successfully defending his Bellator Heavyweight Title over interim champion Valentin Moldavsky, Ryan Bader made a quick turnaround and faced Cheick Kongo in his second defense in a rematch from their 2019 title bout at Bellator 226. That bout ended due to an accidental poke to Kongo's left eye in the opening round, resulting in a no contest. A featherweight bout between Pedro Carvalho and Khasan Askhabov was scheduled for this event. However, due to undisclosed reasons, Askhabov was forced to pull out and was replaced by promotional newcomer Piotr Niedzielski. A bout between Melvin Manhoef and Yoel Romero was scheduled to be the co-main event. However, Manhoef withdrew from the bout due to a hand injury while stopping burglars and was replaced by Alex Polizzi. A middleweight bout between Lorenz L ...
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Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) is an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California, owned and operated as a subsidiary of television and media conglomerate Paramount Global. It is the second largest in the United States and one of the largest combat sports, combat sport promotions in the world. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor'', the Latin word for "warrior". Bellator's first event was held in 2009, and the promotion had since held over 200 "numbered" events as of December 2019. The promotion features talents such as Vadim Nemkov, Kyoji Horiguchi, Yoel Romero, Yaroslav Amosov, Patrício Pitbull, Cris Cyborg, A. J. McKee, Michael Page, Douglas Lima, Usman Nurmagomedov, Gegard Mousasi, and Sergio Pettis. Fighters such as Eddie Alvarez, Michael Chandler, Ben Askren, Anthony Johnson (fighter), Anthony Johnson, Rory MacDonald (fighter), Rory MacDonald, and Fedo ...
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French Athletics Federation
The French Athletics Federation (french: Fédération française d'athlétisme - ''FFA''), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in France. History FFA is the heir to the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), founded November 20, 1887. In 1912, a French delegation was present at the conference in Stockholm that founded the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) with 17 national federations. Organisation The French Athletics Federation is governed by a president and seven vice-presidents, a general secretary, and a general treasurer. Board *President: Bernard Amsalem *General secretary: Doris Spira Kit suppliers France's kits are currently supplied by Asics. See also * Athletics in France *Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques *French records in athletics References External links *Official site France Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting e ...
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Mixed Martial Arts In France
Mixed is the past tense of ''mix''. Mixed may refer to: * Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category), an ethnicity category that has been used by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics since the 1991 Census * ''Mixed'' (album), a compilation album of two avant-garde jazz sessions featuring performances by the Cecil Taylor Unit and the Roswell Rudd Sextet See also * Mix (other) * Mixed breed, an animal whose parents are from different breeds or species * Mixed ethnicity Mixed race people are people of more than one race or ethnicity. A variety of terms have been used both historically and presently for mixed race people in a variety of contexts, including ''multiethnic'', ''polyethnic'', occasionally ''bi-ethn ...
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Bellator MMA Events
Bellator, warrior in Latin, may refer to: * Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States * Bishop Bellator of Sufetula (5th century) Taxonomy * ''Bellator'' (fish), a fish genus in the family Triglidae (sea robins) ** ''Bellator egretta'', the streamer searobin ** ''Bellator militaris'', the horned searobin * ''Anopheles bellator'', a mosquito species in the genus ''Anopheles'' * ''Blennidus bellator'', a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae * ', an insect species in the genus '' Clidicus'' * ''Eleutherodactylus bellator'', a frog species in the genus ''Eleutherodactylus'' * '' Etheostoma bellator'', the warrior darter, a freshwater fish species in the genus ''Etheostoma'' * ', a frog species in the genus ''Pristimantis'' See also * List of Roman cognomina __NOTOC__ This is a list of Roman cognomina. A Abercius, Abito, Abundantius, Abundius, Abundus, Aburianus, Acacius, Acaunus, Acceptus, Achaicus, Acidinus, Ac ...
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Bellator MMA Rankings
The Bellator MMA rankings, which was introduced in March 2021, is generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members are asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the Bellator MMA by weight class and pound-for-pound. Rules * New Fighter Eligibility: A fighter must have competed once inside the Bellator cage on a current term with the company to be eligible. * Inactivity: A fighter is eligible to be ranked for up to 15-months without competing. * Retirement: A fighter remains eligible for 60 days after an indication of retirement, with the organization ultimately determining if the fighter remains active and eligible. * Multiple Weight Classes: A fighter is allowed to be actively ranked in two different weight classes and is eligible to be ranked in an additional weight class once they have competed at least once in that division. ** A fighter must actively compete in each weight class – a period of inactivity longer than 15 months in a given ...
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List Of Current Bellator Fighters
List of current Bellator MMA fighters records current Bellator MMA (Bellator) fighters' information, country origins, recent fighter signings and departures, fight schedules and results and the champion of each division. Unlike the UFC, Bellator does allow its fighters to compete in other promotions, so many fighters on this list may appear in MMA events outside of Bellator. Background Bellator MMA (formerly known as " Bellator Fighting Championships") promotion was started in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and Brad Epstein as a tournament based alternative to other MMA organizations such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Strikeforce. Prior to 2015, when president Scott Coker made the decision to drop the 8-man tournament format, Bellator fighters participated in a series of tournament bouts in a set weight class over a season (usually between 10 and 13 events over 3 or 4 months). The winners of these tournaments were crowned Bellator champions, with the winners of successive tourna ...
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List Of Bellator MMA Events
This is a list of events held and scheduled by Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships"), a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States. The first event, Bellator 1, took place on April 3, 2009. Upcoming fights are italicized. Events * Bellator 3 and 4 was entirely just one fight card on one night, but were divided in two half-hour episodes that aired on ESPN Deportes via tape delay later. Bellator 3 aired on April 18, 2009, and Bellator 4 aired on April 25, 2009. * There was no Bellator 8 fight card, instead Bellator ran a "Road to the Championship" episode that was entitled Bellator 8. Number of events by year Events locations * Total events: 292 These cities have hosted the following numbers of Bellator events as of Bellator 289 United States (243) *Connecticut (47) **Uncasville, Connecticut – 46 **Bridgeport, Connecticut – 1 *California (44) **San Jose, California – 12 **Temecula, California – 12 **Inglewood, Californ ...
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2022 In Bellator MMA
2022 in Bellator MMA is the fourteenth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Events list Scheduled events Past events Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Prix Tournament The eight participants of the tournament were revealed on December 3, 2021. They include current champion Sergio Pettis, the former Rizin and Bellator champion Kyoji Horiguchi, another former Bellator champion in Juan Archuleta, who captured the vacant bantamweight title in 2020 against Patchy Mix, who will also be in the tournament. The final four fighters in the Grand Prix are all ranked in the top six by Bellator at 135 pounds: Magomed Magomedov, James Gallagher, Raufeon Stots and Leandro Higo. Pettis and Gallagher would eventually pull out due to injuries requiring surgery. Due to the pull outs, two wild card qualifier bouts between Josh Hill and Enrique Barzola, with the winner meeting Magom ...
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Lucie Bertaud
Lucie Bertaud is a French amateur boxer and MMA fighter. She has won titles as the European Champion of Boxing (2007), five-time French champion between 2004 and 2010, the French champion of sambo (2015) and the Amateur MMA vice world champion (2015). Background She grew up in a small town in Maine-et-Loire. For the first time, she entered a boxing gym with her mother Chantal Bertaud. Her first trainer introduced her to martial arts. Integrating very quickly the technical baggage, the trainer sees in her a potential, he will thus register her for her first fight in December 2001. This last one concludes by a throw of the sponge of her opponent. At the end of her fourth year of boxing, the young girl left her home club to try a career in Paris. Boxing Lucie went by chance to the Boxing Beats of Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), the club has a solid reputation ("factory of champions"). With her new coach Saïd Bennajem, the beginnings are difficult since she loses in Decembe ...
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Thibault Gouti
Thibault Gouti (born February 27, 1987) is a French mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional since 2011, he has also competed in the UFC. Mixed martial arts career Early career Gouti was amassed a record of 11–0 prior signed by UFC with notable win over former UFC fighter Anton Kuivanen. The Ultimate Fighter 22 Gouti was selected as one of the contestants on The Ultimate Fighter 22 in 2015 and he lost during the entry round by split decision. Ultimate Fighting Championship On February 27, 2016, Gouti faced Teemu Packalen, replacing Łukasz Sajewski, at his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping. He lost the fight in the first round. His next fight came four months later on June 18, 2016, facing Olivier Aubin-Mercier, at UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson. He lost the fight via submission in round three. Gouti faced Chad Laprise on August 27 at UFC on Fox: Maia vs. Condit and lost via a technical knock ...
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