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Jaguars VP Tony Khan denies report of interest in Bellator MMA

Tony Khan says there’s no truth to a report that he and his dad are interested in purchasing Bellator MMA.

Jacksonville Jaguars executive vice president Tony Khan vehemently denied a report that he and his father, Jaguars owner Shad Khan, are a party interested in purchasing Bellator MMA.

“I was surprised to see that report,” Tony Khan said, in part, via mixed martial arts reporter Jed I. Goodman. “I haven’t had any conversations with them about that, so I don’t know what that was about. My father hasn’t had any conversations with them either. I’m not even sure who you talked to. I don’t even know, honestly, who owns the promotion. Is Scott Coker the owner? Or the president? I’m not sure.”

On Wednesday, MMA reporter Ariel Helwani said on his show, The MMA Hour, that the Khan family were among the interested parties in Bellator.

“I can also tell you that the Khan family has looked into [Bellator],” Helwani reported on the show. “To what degree is unclear.”

Bellator MMA is a promotion that has existed since 2008 and is currently owned by Paramount Global. It is reportedly in talks to be sold with Professional Fighters League (PFL) among the favorites to acquire the organization.

In addition to the Jaguars, the Khans own Fulham Football Club of the English Premier League and All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Tony Khan serves as the president of AEW and has multiple executive titles with Fulham F.C.

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Yaroslav Amosov, campeón de Bellator, lleva su cinturón de campeonato a la guerra en Ucrania

Los cinturones de campeonato han sido parte de muchos momentos poderosos en la historia, pero éstos generalmente suceden en la jaula. Como resultado de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, el campeón peso welter del Bellator Yaroslav Amosov está en medio …

Los cinturones de campeonato han sido parte de muchos momentos poderosos en la historia, pero éstos generalmente suceden en la jaula.

Como resultado de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, el campeón peso welter del Bellator Yaroslav Amosov está en medio de una situación poco usual –  y trajo consigo su cinturón de campeón.

Amosov (26-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) estaba programado para ponerlo en la línea el 13 de mayo contra Michael Page (20-1 MMA, 16-1 BMMA) en el Bellator 281 en Londres. Sin embargo, cuando tuvo la elección entre defender su título o defender su patria, Amosov eligió ésta última. Después de evacuar a su familia a una zona segura, Amosov regresó a Ucrania a luchar contra la invasión rusa.

El Viernes, Amosov y Bellator compartieron un video y una imagen de el en Ucrania, en su uniforme militar de pies a cabeza. El título peso welter Bellator estaba con él. Amosov, saliendo de un espacio subterráneo en un video, abre una maleta para mostrar su premio. Una imagen posterior mostró a Amosov y otras tropas militares posando con el título.

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Por su compromiso con Ucrania, Amosov se retiró de su pelea en la jaula contra Page. Se implementará un cinturón provisional en la división welter. Con la guerra en curso, no hay fecha para su retorno.

“Amo este país, el nuestro,” Amosov dijo en febrero, cuando anunció que estaría defendiendo a su país. “Rusia vino a nuestra casa y comenzó una guerra aquí, muchas personas están muriendo – inocentes, mujeres y niños. Tenemos que defender a nuestro país, y triunfaremos, mis amigos. Y triunfaremos porque tenemos a la verdad de nuestro lado.”

“Quisiera dirigirme a aquellos que se suscribieron desde Rusia. Lo que les están mostrando en la TV, puede que no lo vean – esto no es cierto. Si yo fuera ustedes, ni siquiera vería sus noticias. Estamos en una guerra de verdad. No puedo entender a aquellas personas que no creen que tropas rusas entraron en Ucrania. Lo veo con mis propios ojos, lo escucho. Están pasando cosas terribles aquí. Podemos hacerlo.”

 

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Jake Paul teases a move to MMA with a video of just two kicks

Jake Paul teased a move to MMA with a video of just two kicks.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published at MMAJunkie.com.

At MMA Junkie, we hear about it every time there’s a story on the site about Jake Paul.

It doesn’t matter that he’s boxing high-level former MMA champions. In many eyes, Jake Paul content has no place on an MMA site.

Well, Paul may have found a way around the haters who say he has no business at MMA Junkie. Friday, the YouTube star-turned-boxer teased a move to MMA.

It was only three seconds and consisted of just two low kicks to a pad. But hey, it’s something – and he tagged Bellator and the PFL in his tweet.

“1st day training kicks,” Paul posted. “Doubted every step of the way.. but kick down the doors of the doubters. @bellatormma @pflmma”

Bellator president Scott Coker recently told MMA Junkie he’d welcome an opportunity to sign Paul. “This guy is just going to get better and better,” Coker said.

Paul has been feuding with UFC president Dana White in the wake of his brutal knockout of former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, which was his second win over him and was added to a KO resume that includes a starching of former Bellator and ONE champ Ben Askren.

His back-and-forth with White has had a lot to do with UFC fighter pay, but also included an accusation that White uses cocaine, after which White accused Paul of being on performance-enhancing drugs.

Who knows what Paul’s boxing future holds, let alone a possible move to MMA. But for now, the haters from the MMA fan base will have to endure one more Paul story – one that’s legit since he teased a shift to MMA.

The Blue Corner is MMA Junkie’s blog space. We don’t take it overly serious, and neither should you. If you come complaining to us that something you read here is not hard-hitting news, expect to have the previous sentence repeated in ALL CAPS.

Jake Paul teases a move to MMA with a video of just two kicks

Jake Paul teased a move to MMA with a video of just two kicks.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published at MMAJunkie.com.

At MMA Junkie, we hear about it every time there’s a story on the site about Jake Paul.

It doesn’t matter that he’s boxing high-level former MMA champions. In many eyes, Jake Paul content has no place on an MMA site.

Well, Paul may have found a way around the haters who say he has no business at MMA Junkie. Friday, the YouTube star-turned-boxer teased a move to MMA.

It was only three seconds and consisted of just two low kicks to a pad. But hey, it’s something – and he tagged Bellator and the PFL in his tweet.

“1st day training kicks,” Paul posted. “Doubted every step of the way.. but kick down the doors of the doubters. @bellatormma @pflmma”

Bellator president Scott Coker recently told MMA Junkie he’d welcome an opportunity to sign Paul. “This guy is just going to get better and better,” Coker said.

Paul has been feuding with UFC president Dana White in the wake of his brutal knockout of former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, which was his second win over him and was added to a KO resume that includes a starching of former Bellator and ONE champ Ben Askren.

His back-and-forth with White has had a lot to do with UFC fighter pay, but also included an accusation that White uses cocaine, after which White accused Paul of being on performance-enhancing drugs.

Who knows what Paul’s boxing future holds, let alone a possible move to MMA. But for now, the haters from the MMA fan base will have to endure one more Paul story – one that’s legit since he teased a shift to MMA.

The Blue Corner is MMA Junkie’s blog space. We don’t take it overly serious, and neither should you. If you come complaining to us that something you read here is not hard-hitting news, expect to have the previous sentence repeated in ALL CAPS.

Bellator boss would sign Jake Paul: ‘This guy is just going to get better and better’

Bellator boss Scott Coker said he’d gladly sign Jake Paul: “This guy is just going to get better and better.”

Editor’s note: This article was originally published at MMAJunkie.com.

Scott Coker is certainly open to doing business with Jake Paul.

While Paul continues to go back-and-forth with UFC president Dana White on fighter pay and the legitimacy of his wins, Bellator boss Coker has high praise for the YouTube star and his older brother Logan Paul for the noise they’ve been able to make in the boxing world.

Not only that, but Coker lauds their work ethic. Paul is coming off a highlight-reel knockout of former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in December, his most impressive win to date.

“I always said, ‘Look, these guys are real athletes, and they’re young, they work hard, they’re grinding it out,’” Coker told MMA Junkie. “They’re putting in the work. You can’t take that away from them, and they’re getting better and better and better. What you saw with Woodley, that’s a lot of hard work to get to that point.

“I’ve never seen Woodley get knocked out like that, right? And so, is it just boxing? Yes. So, I always said, ‘Look, man, don’t underestimate these guys,’ and this was like a year-and-a-half ago.”

Paul also expressed interest in an eventual transition to MMA, claiming that he’s been in touch with American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez, who has coached the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez and Luke Rockhold to UFC titles.

If Paul is serious about competing in MMA, Coker is ready to do business with both brothers.

“If you want to come into MMA, we would gladly do it,” Coker said. “Think about this: He’s not saying, ‘I’m going to go train here. I’m going to go train there.’ He’s going to come to one of the best gyms in the planet, where Khabib is, where Daniel Cormier is still training, where Cain Velasquez is teaching there now, and he’s going to go into an environment that he is going to flourish, and he has a wrestling background already.

“He has great striking, obviously. You’ve seen it, and so this guy is just going to get better and better and better. The days of him fighting basketball players or whatever, those days are over. He wants to do it. The only thing I will say is, my understanding is he wants to get 10 fights into boxing, and then after that come over to mixed martial arts.

“I know certain people feel a certain way, but I tell you, don’t underestimate these guys because when they have their minds made up, it just seems like that they’re able to fulfill their destiny, and so to me, it’s something that if they want to make it happen, we would love to do something with them and put them in some big fights and really test them out.”

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Bellator boss would sign Jake Paul: ‘This guy is just going to get better and better’

Bellator boss Scott Coker said he’d gladly sign Jake Paul: “This guy is just going to get better and better.”

Editor’s note: This article was originally published at MMAJunkie.com.

Scott Coker is certainly open to doing business with Jake Paul.

While Paul continues to go back-and-forth with UFC president Dana White on fighter pay and the legitimacy of his wins, Bellator boss Coker has high praise for the YouTube star and his older brother Logan Paul for the noise they’ve been able to make in the boxing world.

Not only that, but Coker lauds their work ethic. Paul is coming off a highlight-reel knockout of former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in December, his most impressive win to date.

“I always said, ‘Look, these guys are real athletes, and they’re young, they work hard, they’re grinding it out,’” Coker told MMA Junkie. “They’re putting in the work. You can’t take that away from them, and they’re getting better and better and better. What you saw with Woodley, that’s a lot of hard work to get to that point.

“I’ve never seen Woodley get knocked out like that, right? And so, is it just boxing? Yes. So, I always said, ‘Look, man, don’t underestimate these guys,’ and this was like a year-and-a-half ago.”

Paul also expressed interest in an eventual transition to MMA, claiming that he’s been in touch with American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez, who has coached the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez and Luke Rockhold to UFC titles.

If Paul is serious about competing in MMA, Coker is ready to do business with both brothers.

“If you want to come into MMA, we would gladly do it,” Coker said. “Think about this: He’s not saying, ‘I’m going to go train here. I’m going to go train there.’ He’s going to come to one of the best gyms in the planet, where Khabib is, where Daniel Cormier is still training, where Cain Velasquez is teaching there now, and he’s going to go into an environment that he is going to flourish, and he has a wrestling background already.

“He has great striking, obviously. You’ve seen it, and so this guy is just going to get better and better and better. The days of him fighting basketball players or whatever, those days are over. He wants to do it. The only thing I will say is, my understanding is he wants to get 10 fights into boxing, and then after that come over to mixed martial arts.

“I know certain people feel a certain way, but I tell you, don’t underestimate these guys because when they have their minds made up, it just seems like that they’re able to fulfill their destiny, and so to me, it’s something that if they want to make it happen, we would love to do something with them and put them in some big fights and really test them out.”

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