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	<title>Fighting Words... &#187; Bellator</title>
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		<title>Bellator&#8217;s Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler challenge Shogun and Hendo for &#8220;Best Fight of Saturday Night&#8221; honours</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/11/21/bellators-eddie-alvarez-and-michael-chandler-challenge-shogun-and-hendo-for-best-fight-of-saturday-night-honours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Alvarez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Chandler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Just wow. Just as we&#8217;re beginning to answer the question of whether Mauricio &#8220;Shogun&#8221; Rua vs. Dan Henderson is the greatest MMA fight of all time when it turns out it might not even have been the best fight on Saturday night. I don&#8217;t want to spoil the outcome of the bout between Bellator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bruce Lee promotes Bellator</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/09/08/bruce-lee-promotes-bellator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a pretty compelling promo for Bellator&#8217;s fifth season. Of course, it&#8217;s all about the Bruce Lee narration. He would make any fight video seem cooler than it actually is. If only the fighters were better. Maybe that&#8217;ll change once the promotion moves from MTV2 to Spike TV.

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		<title>Video: Hector Lombard snipping Falaniko Vitale&#8217;s strings at Bellator 44</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/05/17/video-hector-lombard-snipping-falaniko-vitales-string/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/05/17/video-hector-lombard-snipping-falaniko-vitales-string/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 17:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bellator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hector Lombard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something about the way Falaniko Vitale reacts to Bellator middleweight champ Hector Lombard&#8217;s right hook, the way his body drops, immediately tries to stand and then realizes it better sit down, that is both brutal and comical. Definitely a highlight of last weekend&#8217;s Bellator 44.   

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		<title>Video: Bellator 39&#8217;s flying knee of unconsciousness</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/04/03/video-bellator-39s-flying-knee-of-unconsciousness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alvarez]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Imada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eddie Alvarez may have boxed his way to retaining his lightweight title with a unanimous decision over Pat Curran, but the highlight of Saturday&#8217;s Bellator 39 was this flying knee from Patricky &#8220;Pitbull&#8221; Freire to the chin of Toby Imada. It literally had Imada out on his feet, as though his body didn&#8217;t have sense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Crazy inverted triangle submission</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/03/27/video-crazy-inverted-triangle-submission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/03/27/video-crazy-inverted-triangle-submission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bellator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[triangle sub]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Korean Zombie&#8217;s twister is one of the most impressive submissions in UFC history. Maybe the most impressive. It was certainly good enough to win last night&#8217;s Submission of the Night. At least in the UFC. Bellator 38 may beg to differ with it&#8217;s second-ever inverted triangle sub. Toby Imada did it first.

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		<title>Bellator on MTV2 with Justin Bieber</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/12/14/bellator-on-mtv2-with-justin-bieber/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/12/14/bellator-on-mtv2-with-justin-bieber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bellator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MMA on MTV? Sure, the former music vid network is home the Jason &#8220;Mayhem&#8221; Miller&#8217;s Bully Beatdown, but it doesn&#8217;t exactly seem like a place you&#8217;d expect to find legitimate mixed martial arts. So the deal between MTV2 and Bellator Fighting Championships comes as a bit of a surprise. It just doesn&#8217;t feel like a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female Shinya Aoki tops Bellator 34 card</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/10/28/female-shinya-aoki-tops-bellator-34-card/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/10/28/female-shinya-aoki-tops-bellator-34-card/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bellator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megumi Fujii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoila Frausto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s really only one fight on Thursday&#8217;s season-ending Bellator 34 card: power striker Zoila Frausto vs. the 22-0 Japanese grappling phenom Megumi Fujii. It will result in the crowning of the promotion&#8217;s first women&#8217;s champ but more than that, it&#8217;s an opportunity to see the female Shinya Aoki in action.

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		<title>Alvarez and Huerta square off at Bellator 33</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/10/21/alvarez-and-huerta-square-off-at-bellator-33/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/10/21/alvarez-and-huerta-square-off-at-bellator-33/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bellator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvarez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huerta]]></category>

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If you&#8217;re looking for a little pre-Brocktoberfest actio, check out Thursday&#8217;s superfight between Eddie Alvarez and Roger Huerta at Bellator 33. Expect fireworks as the two 155-pounders throw down. Likewise, Ben Aksren and Lyman Good will tee it up in the welterweight division, although this one will likely spend a lot more time on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bellator title upset is what MMA is all about</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/09/04/bellator-title-upset-is-what-mma-is-all-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/09/04/bellator-title-upset-is-what-mma-is-all-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bellator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Soto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Warren]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is what makes MMA so great &#8211; that the tide of a particular fight can turn on a dime. Defending Bellator featherweight champ Joe Soto schooled challenger Joe Warren in the first round of their title bout on Friday. It was a striking clinic that left Warren dazed and confused, to say the least. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Dan Hornbuckle&#8217;s textbook kimura</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/05/21/video-dan-hornbuckles-textbook-kimura/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/05/21/video-dan-hornbuckles-textbook-kimura/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 00:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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This is one sweet submission. On Thursday, Dan Hornbuckle locked in a kimura from the bottom, dropped a leg across Steve Carl&#8217;s neck to hold the position, swept to top position and finished it off to earn himself a berth in the Bellator welterweight final against Ben Askren. Textbook.

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		<title>Video: Hector Lombard&#8217;s sick 6-second knockout at Bellator XVIII</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/05/15/video-hector-lombards-sick-6-second-knockout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/05/15/video-hector-lombards-sick-6-second-knockout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 15:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took a couple of days for this to show up on Youtube, Bellator middleweight champ Hector Lombard&#8217;s record KO of Jay Silva at Thursday&#8217;s Bellator XVIII event. The right hook started it, the left finished it. Simple and scary. It was Lombard&#8217;s 19th straight win, while Silva is probably regretting he ever stepped up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last night&#8217;s Bellator bored me. Sorry</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/04/23/last-nights-bellator-bored-me-sorry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Askren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Cooper]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Thomas]]></category>
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Thursday’s Bellator 15 card was, um, mezzo mezzo. A day later and nothing sticks.
I recall Steve Carl and Geico caveman Brett Cooper slugging it out for three rounds, with Carl walking away with a split decision. But mostly I remember Carl’s got his last name tattooed across his back like it’s a vanity plate. Maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Bellator offers Knockout of the Year contender</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/04/16/video-bellator-offers-knockout-of-the-year-contender/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat Curran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toby Imada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now this is a knockout. Eyes rolled back, out cold, get the smelling salts unconscious. Pat Curran did the damage. Rather, his overhand right did, laying out Georges St. Pierre protegé Mike Ricci at Thursday&#8217;s Bellator 14 event. Ricci crumpled like a puppet with its strings cut.


The win advances Curran, the cousin of MMA pioneer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somersaults and kneebars by Roger Huerta</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/04/11/somersaults-and-kneebars-by-roger-huerta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bellator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roger Huerta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you missed former UFC star Roger Huerta&#8217;s win over Chad Hinton at last week&#8217;s Bellator 13 event, here it is. It&#8217;s worth checking out for the last couple of minutes of the fight alone.  


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		<title>Video: Bellator 13 kicks off with Roger Huerta in the winner&#8217;s circle</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/04/09/video-bellator-13-kicks-off-with-roger-huerta-in-the-winners-circle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bellator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roger Huerta]]></category>

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Former UFC pretty boy Roger Huerta kneebarred Chad Hinton into submission during his Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight tournament debut on Thursday. Other tourney bouts saw Joe Warren and Carey Vanier advance to the semi-finals of the featherweight and lightweight divisions, respectively, while former soccer star Georgi Karakhanyan advanced to the semi-finals at featherweight with a [...]]]></description>
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