Bellator takes notice of La.

[visionary2g]

Bellator Fighting Championships has taken notice of the Louisiana fight scene. After hosting an event in north louisiana just a few short months ago, they have scheduled an event in New Orleans for its second endeavor in the bayou. New Orleans has a solid history of producing MMA talent including UFC veterans Melvin Guillard, Pat Barry, and Rich Clementi, with Kyle Bradley in Baton Rouge, Tim Credure in Lafayette, and recent transplant Ricco Rodriguez...the south louisiana fight scene has blossomed into a bloody blend of grappling and striking.

The Mahalia Jackson Theater will host Bellator 28th on September 9th. Two fights have been tentatively scheduled:

New Orleans-area native and beloved UFC veteran Rich "No Love" Clementi (36-16-1) vs. Bellator Season 2 veteran Carey Vanier (9-3) at 155 lbs.

Bellator Season 2 veteran Georgi "Insane" Karakhanyan (13-2-1) vs. undefeated Texas-based submission ace Chas Skelly (7-0) at 145 lbs.

http://www.bellator.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=23600&ATCLID= 204970108


According to www.mmafighting.com Ricco Rodriguez is in talks with Bellator to take on Dave Herman on this card .

[brainuse]

There's some conflicting rumblings on this. Herman and Bellator are in the midst of legal contract issues, and the thought was that this was part of Bellator's attempt to reconcile. However, reportedly there are people close to Herman saying this is all smoke and mirrors, and he hasn't actually been given any legitimate offer for this fight.

[visionary2g]

Yea...that's pretty much what I got from reading the attached articles. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Ricco's had a fight out here like two months ago and then went to japan for dream 15 with an offer to fight overeem, but overeem didn't take the fight. So he made the trip for nothing. He has a fight this weekend against John Juarez in Baton Rouge. So there are still alot of things that need to line up. I hope to see several local prospects take take that next step and get some exposure at Bellator 28.

[fightguy]

<---still a Ricco nuthugger

I hope he beats some ass!

[uberfighter]

war skinny ricco!

[Doktor Sharpness]

Clementi seems to be fighting every couple of months this year... Didn't he fight at the last Bellator show, and beat up Lance's friend between now and then?

[visionary2g]

i don't remember him fighting in bellator but i could be wrong. He defeated extreme couture product glenn cordoza last month at Cajun Fighting Championships: GFA 7.