Tag: Bellator 238

Bellator 238 fight breakdown: Carldwell vs. Borics

Check out the MMA junkie’s John Morgan and Dan Tom’s analysis and predictions for the Bellator 238 co-main event between Darion Caldwell and Adam Borics.

Check out the MMA junkie’s John Morgan and Dan Tom’s analysis and predictions for the Bellator 238 co-main event between Darion Caldwell and Adam Borics.

Bellator 238 fight breakdown: Budd vs. Cyborg

Check out the MMA junkie’s John Morgan and Dan Tom’s analysis and predictions for the Bellator 238 main event between Julia Budd and Cris Cyborg.

Check out the MMA junkie’s John Morgan and Dan Tom’s analysis and predictions for the Bellator 238 main event between Julia Budd and Cris Cyborg.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Jan. 13-19)

All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels for news to break through, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie from Jan. 13-19:

Bellator 238: Jan. 24, Inglewood, Calif.

Welterweight: With Craig Plaskett out, David Pacheco (1-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) fights Miguel Jacob (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)

Featherweight: With Tyler Beneke out, Jarrett Connor (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) fights Tony Bartovich (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)

UFC on ESPN+ 24: Jan. 25, Raleigh, N.C.

Featherweight: With Josh Emmett and Nad Narimani out, Arnold Allen (15-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) and Nik Lentz (30-10-2 MMA, 14-7-1 UFC) get matched up

UFC 247: Feb. 8, Houston

Bantamweight: Andre Ewell (15-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) vs. Jonathan Martinez (11-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) (BJPenn.com)

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Bellator 238: Make your predictions for Julia Budd vs. Cris Cyborg

We want your predictions for Saturday’s Bellator 238 event in Inglewood, Calif.

We want your predictions for Saturday’s Bellator 238 event in Inglewood, Calif.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the Bellator 238 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. Bellator 238 takes place Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.

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Make your picks for all five main card fights inside.

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Injuries cancel Dillon Danis, Khonry Gracie’s fights from Bellator 238

Two of the bigger names scheduled for Bellator 238 are now off the card after suffering undisclosed injuries.

Next week’s Bellator 238 will proceed minus two of their more interesting personalities.

Two bouts were scratched from the card Friday due to undisclosed injuries to the fights’ respective A-sides: [autotag]Dillon Danis[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Kegan Gennrich[/autotag], and [autotag]Khonry Gracie[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Hector Saldana[/autotag]. MMA Junkie confirmed an initial report by ZThe Orange County Register through a source with knowledge of the situation.

Danis (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) the controversial associate of Conor McGregor and jiu-jitsu standout, was scheduled to meet Gennrich (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in a 175-catchweight main-card bout.

Gracie (2-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA), the son of MMA founding father Royce Gracie, was slated to meet Hector Saldana (3-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) in a preliminary-card welterweight bout.

The cancelations drop the numbers of fights on the card to 15. No word yet on which preliminary fight might be bumped up to the evening’s main card.

Bellator 238 takes place Jan. 25 at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.

The fight will be part of the Bellator 238 prelims, which stream on MMA Junkie prior to the main card on DAZN from The Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Cris Cyborg: Signing with Bellator opens opportunities for boxing or pro wrestling

Cris Cyborg is happy to be reunited with a boss as open-minded as Bellator president Scott Coker.

[autotag]Cris Cyborg[/autotag] sees many career options ahead now that she’s with Bellator.

Cyborg (21-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), the former UFC, Strikeforce and Invicta FC featherweight champion, will look to add another belt to her collection when she challenges Bellator 145-pound champ Julia Budd at Bellator 238.

With Bellator providing different opportunities with cross-promotion in the past year, Cyborg sees herself potentially competing in a boxing match or even in pro wrestling.

“You know I always like to challenge myself, and if I have the opportunity … I think it’s a big thing, signing a deal with Bellator,” Cyborg told reporters, including MMA Junkie, Monday at her gym in Huntington Beach, Calif. “It’s something I can be able to do, boxing fight, I can do WWE, pro wrestling, anything, and Scott (Coker) with me, behind me. He’s going to help promote Bellator, too. This is the good thing. I love a challenge, and if this opportunity shows up for me, for sure I’m in.”

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Having worked for Bellator president Scott Coker bfore, Cyborg is grateful to have him behind her. She’s confident Coker will back her in whatever she decides to do in her career.

“I think he opened a lot of things in my career,” Cyborg said. “When I fought Gina Carano, he opened the door for women’s MMA, and I think all the girls – most of the girls – at 145 are in Bellator now. They wait for me there, and I’m very happy. I’m not going to have to struggle to wait to fight and work with a boss that wants to work with you. It’s very nice. When they promote the fighters, I think it’s great.”

Bellator 238 takes place Jan. 25 at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.

To hear more from Cyborg, watch her full scrum in the video above.

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Cris Cyborg’s plan: beat Julia Budd at Bellator 238, then grand prix in Japan

Cris Cyborg is hoping to bring a grand prix to the Bellator women’s 145-pound division.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – [autotag]Cris Cyborg[/autotag] has a plan.

The former UFC, Strikeforce, and Invicta featherweight champion, Cyborg (21-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) looks to add Bellator gold to her trophy case when she takes on current champ [autotag]Julia Budd[/autotag]. The fight headlines Bellator 238.

The first part of Cyborg’s plan is obvious: win her promotional debut Jan. 25. Cyborg acknowledges Budd (13-2 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) will likely be a stiff test, especially given the Canadian’s credentials in the organization.

“I think she’s a great fighter,” Cyborg told reporters, including MMA Junkie at a Monday media day at her gym. “She’s the champion at 145 pounds and she’s been a champion a long time. She’s undefeated eight years. She’s going to be a great challenge for me … I always like to challenge myself if I have the opportunity. I think it’s a big thing to sign with Bellator.”

Following what she hopes will be a successful outing in Inglewood, Calif., Cyborg aims to check another item off her bucket list. The 34-year-old featherweight said it would be a dream come true to partake in a Bellator grand prix in Japan.

On the men’s side, Bellator’s heavyweight, welterweight, and featherweight classes have participated in grand prix in recent years. The company has yet to hold a grand prix in any of the women’s divisions.

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“My focus first is Julia,” Cyborg said. “If I had the opportunity, I think one dream I have is to make a grand prix. I think being in Bellator, Scott (Coker) would be open to that – making more than one fight a night.

“I think it’s going to be a Japan event. I mean, shoot boxing has a lot of fighters over there that do that. I think it’s going to be a dream – a dream coming true for me.”

Bellator 238 takes place Jan. 25 at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.

To hear more from Cyborg, watch the video linked above.

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