MMA Fight Council at Bellator Fighting Championships XI

Well, Bellator Fighting Championships was at it again last night! What’s IT, you might ask? IT is putting on an incredibly well run show, with eight great fights!

Here are the results:

-David Branch d. Dennis Olsen, Submission (RNC) @ 2:27 of Rd. 1
-Jimmie Rivera d. Nick Garcia, Unanimous Decision
-Uriah Hall d. Edwin Aguilar, TKO @ 4:31 of Rd. 3
-Nick Pace d. Collin Tebo, KO @ 1:37 of Rd. 1
-Vagner Rocha d. Igor Gracie, Unanimous Decision
-Justin Torrey d. Matt Makowski, Unanimous Decision
-Jake Ellenberger d. Marcelo Alfaya, KO @ :42 of Rd. 1

Bellator Welterweight Championship
-Lyman Good d. Omar De La Cruz, TKO @ 1:47 of Rd. 1

MMA Fight Council Updates

Well, we at the MMA Fight Council have been REALLY busy, and some great things are happening!

I’ll catch you up over the coming days, about what’s going on. Please check back regularly to be sure that you don’t miss any of our exciting news.

OK, since my last post, on April 25, 2009, we have added a number of members to our Advisory Board.

Today, I’ll include our facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1178440648&ref=profile#/group.php?gid=45286009925&ref=ts) posts below to bring you up to speed JUST on our Advisory Board!

Just added Elvis Sinosic, former UFC fighter, from Australia to the MMA Fight Council’s Advisory Board! Welcome Elvis! 4/26

Just added Chuck Zito, The Italian Bad Boy and possibly one of the toughest men alive, to the MMA Fight Council’s Advisory Board! Welcome Chuck! 4/27

Just added Dr. Jeff Davidson, MD, World Famous/UFC Ring Doctor, to the MMA Fight Council’s Advisory Board! Welcome Dr. Davidson! 4/27

Just added “Doc” Hamilton, Legendary 3d Man In The Ring/Elite Combat Sport Referee and Judge, to the MMA Fight Council’s Advisory Board! Welcome Doc! 4/30

Just added John Hackleman, Owner/Trainer at The Pit, MMA Gym/School, to the MMA Fight Council’s Advisory Board! Welcome John! 5/10

Just added John Maalouf, Senior Partner at Maalouf Ashford and Talbot, LLP, to the MMA Fight Council’s Advisory Board! Welcome John! 5/15

Just added Sensei Ross Greenberg, Chief Instructor/ Owner at Chikara Dojo, to the MMA Fight Council’s Advisory Board! Welcome Ross! 6/1

GREAT NEWS! Bernard Kerik, the 40th Police Commissioner and in command of the NYPD on September 11, 2001, who was later appointed by President George W. Bush as the interim Minister of Interior for Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein, and holds an advanced rank in the martial arts, has just been added to the MMA Fight Council Advisory Board! Welcome Mr. Kerik! 6/10

Be sure to check back to see all the other new, and exciting developments, that I’ll post over the next few days!

Aaron Richman
MMA Fight Council
aaron@mmafightcouncil.com

The MMA Fight Council Has Arrived….

COMING SOON!! We will be providing you with a single place to come to on the web, in order for you to meet the many needs you have as a fan, and friend of our sport! We will offer individual, commercial, and corporate memberships, with details coming soon!

The MMAFC is currently developing an immersive web community oriented site, and will be providing you with many relevant, and worthwhile benefits of membership.

• As a member, you will enjoy unprecedented access to fighters, promoters, and those whom you are most interested in!
• You will enjoy the benefit of the most up to date MMA news, as well as exclusive content not found anywhere else.
• You will benefit from significant group discounts from hundreds (thousands eventually!) of vendors and businesses. These will be places that you would already be spending money, so why not spend less as a member of the MMA Fight Council?!
• You will receive your own copy of our MMA insiders guide!
• You will receive exclusive MMA Fight Council shirts, as well as preferred rates on other gear!

The MMAFC will be publishing an insider’s guide to MMA, later this year, that our members will receive as a part of their membership package. It will be an unparalleled, comprehensive guide to the sport that we all love.

Also, down the road, MMAFC plans to offer Certification/Standardization programs to various segments of our industry. If you are somehow in the business of MMA, this will become a powerfully differentiating opportunity for you!

MMAFC is forming its own Writer’s Guild, comprised of many of the MMA industry’s top writers. This Guild will provide you with exclusive content, as well as original rankings and yearly awards. We currently have writers on board from Yahoo, NBC Sports, ESPN, FIGHT! Magazine, and eight of the top MMA websites!

We are also in the process of forming MMAFCs Advisory Board! This is our volunteer board of sport and industry experts, that will help guide us in what we do. The Advisory Board currently consists of:

• Bas Rutten (MMA Legend/Champion)
• Master Alan Goldberg (Wing Chun Kung Fu Legend)
• Joe Lewis (Kick boxing/Karate World Champion and Legend)
• Ed Parker, Jr. (American Kenpo)-Scott Shaffer (NY Sports/Boxing/MMA Attorney)
• Scott Shaffer (NY Sports/Boxing/MMA Attorney)
• Dr. Adam Persky (The World Renowned “Fight Dentist”)

We value your partnership, and look forward to each of us sharing our passion for MMA together, in the MMA Fight Council community!

Aaron