The Bellator Fighting Championships may be relatively new to the fight game, but they are certainly making their impression felt as they prepare to head into their second season.

Hot on the heels of the announcement of Bellator’s featherweight tournament fixtures, the promotion has now released the welterweight match-ups as well.

Bellator have announced the first round fixtures for their forthcoming Featherweight tournament.

Watch the new documentary film from director Bobby Razak and the Ecko Unlimited brand, who put forward the case for legalizing MMA in New York and Ontario, Canada.

On the surface, the sport of mixed martial arts would appear to be well on it’s way to becoming a mainstream sport in the UK, but there is still a struggle to convince people that it is a legitimate sport.

On woman who has been doing as much as anybody to promote the sport in the UK in a positive way has been Rosi Sexton.

One of the most interesting promotions to appear on the MMA landscape in recent times has been the Bellator Fighting Championships.  Launched in April 2009, their tournament based format has generated a great deal of interest from mixed martial arts fans, but has up until now only been available to …