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Bellator MMA (formerly known as Bellator Fighting Championships) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the United States. Bellator was founded in 2008 by Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. Bellator features "The Toughest Tournament in Sports", which has a single-elimination format that awards the winner of each eight-person or four-person tournament a check for $100,000 and a guaranteed world title fight against the current Bellator world champion in the applicable weight class.
In December 2011, Viacom acquired a majority stake of Bellator and in January 2013, all Bellator events began airing on Spike TV. Bellator produced nearly 25 live events annually until 2015, as well as shoulder programming including fighter features, highlight shows and reality-based programming.
In May 2014, Bellator hosted the company's inaugural pay-per-view event from the Lander's Center. The event featured a Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament Final fight between Rampage Jackson and King Mo, Michael Chandler vs. Will Brooks for the Lightweight Interim World Title, Alexander Shlemenko vs. Tito Ortiz, the Bellator Season 10 Heavyweight Tournament Final between Alexander Volkov vs. Blagoi Ivanov and a feature fight between Ricky Rainey vs. Michael Page.
Galvão is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.
Coordinates: 26°27′18″S 52°41′09″W / 26.455°S 52.6858°W / -26.455; -52.6858
Year 156 (CLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silvanus and Augurinus (or, less frequently, year 909 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 156 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
The acronym "INS" can refer to:
Eduardo Dantas (born February 3, 1989) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Dantas has mostly fought for Shooto Brazil, where he has competed for the Shooto 132-pound world title. He is the former Bellator Bantamweight champion. Dantas is currently ranked as the #3 bantamweight in the world and the #1 bantamweight outside of the UFC by fightmatrix.com.
Dantas trains with Nova União. Dantas has also shown a tendency in his career to prefer the striking game.
After compiling a record of 3–1, including a win over Shooto champ Shinichi Kojima, Dantas main evented Shooto Brazil 5. Dantas attempted multiple striking techniques including flying knees, before finishing his opponent with punches to the stomach.
Soon after, Dantas won the Shooto South American 132 lb title, which he owned up going into his fight against Ueda.
Dantas would next compete for the Shooto 132-pound world title. At that time, his opponent, Masakatsu Ueda was ranked as the #2 bantamweight in the world.
The official weigh-ins for “Bellator 156: Galvao vs. Dantas 2” took place this afternoon in front of a packed house at the DoubleTree Hotel in Fresno. All competitors are now ready for action tomorrow at the Save Mart Center, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT. A Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title rematch pitting Marcos Galvao (17-6-1) against Eduardo Dantas (17-4) will headline a thrilling night of fights that includes a co-main event between Chidi “Chidi Bang Bang” Njokuani (14-4) and Thiago Jambo Goncalves (18-4) in a welterweight bout that will also serve as Jambo’s promotional debut. The main card also features a duo of electrifying middleweight showdowns, as former Fresno State University wrestler Brandon Halsey (9-1) prepares for John Salter (11-3) and...
¡Dos compañeros de el mismo equipo con sueños y metas opuestas chocan! ¡George X nos dice como Marcos Galvao y Eduardo Dantas se reúnen una vez más en la jaula en #Bellator156! Suscríbete para más videos Bellator MMA: http://bit.ly/SubscribeBellatorYT Mantente al día con el app de Bellator MMA: http://bellator.spike.com/app iTunes: http://bit.ly/1tHUGym Android: http://bit.ly/1OaBqDX ¡Únete a #BellatorNation para tener acceso a exclusivos eventos, preventa de billetes y mucho más! http://bellator.com/newsletter Sigue a Bellator MMA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA Twitter: @BellatorMMA https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA |@Bellator_ESP https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA_ESP Instagram: @BellatorMMA https://instagram.com/bellatormma/ Snapchat: BellatorNation Periscope: Bellator...
Vrijeme je za novu Bellatorovu priredbu. Nakon što je Joeu Warrenu oduzeo naslov prvaka u bantam kategoriji, Marcus Galvao kreće u prvu obranu pojasa. Njega će ovom prigodom sa suprotne strane dočekati bivši Bellatorov prvak Eduardo Dantas. U kavezu ugledne promocije će se naći i nekadašnji vladar srednje kategorije, Brandon Halsey, kojeg očekuje dvoboj s Johnom Salterom. Bellator 156: Galavo protiv Dantasa. Noć s petka na subotu 18. lipnja. Uživo na Fight Channelu.
Bellator MMA was back at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The main event featured a championship showdown between former teammates Eduardo Dantas and Marcos Galvao. Dantas would emerge victorious and earned the bantamweight championship. Who is your favorite bantamweight fighter?
It was a rematch over three years in the making, it was a fight that was scheduled, cancelled and re-scheduled, and on Friday at "Bellator 156" inside Save Mart Center, Marcos Galvao (17-7-1) versus Eduardo Dantas (18-4) was also a barnburner of a main event with the Bellator MMA Bantamweight Championship on the line. Galvao, 33, walked into the arena with the belt in tow, riding high on his memorable victory at the expense of Joe Warren in 2015. But over the course of 25 minutes, Dantas put a halt to any momentum "Loro" had, peppering his former training partner's left-eye with punches, until it swelled shut. Galvao tried valiantly to slow the pace of "Dudu" through grappling, but the 27-year-old did enough to earn the nod from the California State Athletic Commission judges and take bac...
Two teammates with opposing dreams and goals clash, as Marcos Galvao and Eduardo Dantas meet once again in the Bellator cage. Will speed and talent beat out experience? Subscribe for more great Bellator MMA content! http://bit.ly/SubscribeBellatorYT Check out the Bellator MMA App: http://bellator.spike.com/app iTunes: http://bit.ly/1tHUGym Android: http://bit.ly/1OaBqDX Join #BellatorNation to gain exclusive access and benefits including exclusive access to fan-fests, pre-sales for tickets and much more! http://bellator.com/newsletter Follow Bellator MMA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA Twitter: @BellatorMMA https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA Instagram: @BellatorMMA https://instagram.com/bellatormma/ Snapchat: BellatorNation Periscope: BellatorMMA Vine: BellatorMMA Bella...
oin us tonight on Bloody Elbow for live results, streaming video of the preliminary card and detailed play-by-play as Bellator 156: Galvao vs. Dantas goes off from The Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA. In the sequel to February 2013's "teacher vs. student" match, bantamweight champ Marcos "Loro" Galvao defends the strap against electric talent and former pupil Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas. Dantas, who submitted Zach Makovsky in April of 2012 to become Bellator's alpha-bantamweight, defeated Galvao via strikes in his first successful title defense. The belt would later change hands when wrestler Joe Warren defeated Dantas by decision at Bellator 128 in 2014, and again after Galvao kneebarred Warren at Bellator 135 in March 2015. Also on the main card: former middleweight champ Brandon Halsey takes o...
Bellator 156 Live === http://bit.ly/1Y8IDJB Bellator 156 Galvao vs Dantas 2 Live Stream Fight Online On Friday, June 17, Bellator MMA will host its 156th event from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. In the night’s main event, bantamweight champion Marcos Galvao will rematch former training partner Eduardo Dantas. The pair met previously at Bellator 89 in 2013, with Dantas earning a second-round knockout of his countryman. Dantas would lose the title to Joe Warren in late 2014, which allowed Galvao to once again challenge for gold. He submitted Warren via kneebar to set up the rematch with Dantas. The pair were originally expected to meet at Bellator 150 earlier this year, but the fight was scrapped at the last minute due to illness. The event kicks off Friday at 8 p.m. ET with a l...
Bantamweights Galvao and Dantas headline the June 17 Bellator 156 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.
GALVAO VS DANTAS II Fight Preview and Picks: http://www.betdsi.com/events/sports/mma/bellator-fighting/bellator-156-betting Bellator 156: Galvao vs Dantas II Bellator 156: Galvao vs. Dantas 2 will be held in Fresno, California, and it is headlined by a rematch for the bantamweight title. Marcos Galvos currently hold the belt, but he has a loss to avenge against former champion Eduardo Dantas, who beat Galvos in February 2013. Marcos Galvao vs. Eduardo Dantas – Bantamweight Championship Bout The first time these two met, Dantas (17-4) won by TKO over Galvao (17-6-1) to defend the title, but then he lost the belt to Joe Warren. Galvao submitted Warren in March 2015 to win the belt, but a rematch between the two for Bellator 150 was rescheduled due to an illnes suffered by Galvao. These tw...
The official weigh-ins for “Bellator 156: Galvao vs. Dantas 2” took place this afternoon in front of a packed house at the DoubleTree Hotel in Fresno. All competitors are now ready for action tomorrow at the Save Mart Center, with the event airing LIVE and FREE on SPIKE at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT. A Bellator MMA Bantamweight Title rematch pitting Marcos Galvao (17-6-1) against Eduardo Dantas (17-4) will headline a thrilling night of fights that includes a co-main event between Chidi “Chidi Bang Bang” Njokuani (14-4) and Thiago Jambo Goncalves (18-4) in a welterweight bout that will also serve as Jambo’s promotional debut. The main card also features a duo of electrifying middleweight showdowns, as former Fresno State University wrestler Brandon Halsey (9-1) prepares for John Salter (11-3) and...