Bellator Fighting Championships - Hit or Miss?

Since you are here, and reading this article, I'll take a leap of faith and guess that you are a fan of MMA! As a fan, the more MMA fights available to us the better.....right? Right, most of the time!

One such new promotion is The Bellator Fighting Championships (www.bellator.com). It would take more space here than I care to use, to explain the differences between Bellator, and most other new promotions. Let's just say that, the differences are many, noteworthy, good for the fighters, and good for the fans (I think!)! Please mosey over to their site when you have some time and see what they are all about.

I will also tell you that I had the good fortune to attend Bellator II, on Friday, April 10, 2009, and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Here are the results...

Non-Tournament Fights

Jimmie Rivera def. Willie Gates (Rd. 3, Submission/Triangle Choke)
Matt Makowski def. Aaron Tregear (Unanimous Decision)
Jesse Juarez def. Mikey Gomez (Rd. 1, TKO)
Josh Laberge def. Chris Simmons (Unanimous Decision)

Tournament Fights

Omar De La Cruz def. Victor Meza (Unanimous Decision)
Eric Reynolds def. Thomas Schulte (Rd. 1, TKO)
Jorge Ortiz def. Aaron Romero (Unanimous Decision)
Lyman Good def. Hector Urbina (Rd. 2, Submission/Rear Naked Choke)
Wilson Reis def. Henry Martinez (Unanimous Decision)