Bellator MMA announces seven-bout preliminary card for "Pitbull vs. Straus" featuring Dustin Jacoby vs. John Salter, as well as Fabricio Guerreiro, Derek Anderson and more (PRESS RELEASE) -- SANTA MONICA, California - A seven-bout preliminary card for Bellator MMA's first event of 2015, "Bellator: Pitbull vs. Straus," is now official with the middleweights Dustin Jacoby (10-4) vs. John Salter (10-3), a 220-pound catchweight contest of Hector Carrillo (5-6) vs. Everett Cummings (8-0), lightweights Steve Kozola (4-0) vs. Jonathan Rivera (4-0), lightweights Derek Anderson (11-1) vs. Danny Navarro (12-4), featherweights Fabricio Guerreiro...

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Bellator 131 Averages 1.2 Million Viewers on Spike TV, Peaks at 2 Million for Ortiz-Bonnar While Scott Coker has been on the job for a few months now, Bellator 131 was the first event that truly felt like it belonged to the new...

Tito Ortiz Takes Split Decision Over Stephan Bonnar in Bellator 131 Headliner SAN DIEGO -- Tito Ortiz defeated Stephan Bonnar by split decision after a heated build up to their Bellator 131 light heavyweight scrap at the...

Pros Pick: Ortiz vs. Bonnar Trainers, fellow fighters install Stephan Bonnar as a significant favorite ahead of his Bellator 131 showdown with Tito Ortiz.

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