Former bantamweight champion, Brian Bowles, was expected to make his return to the cage at wec 52 in November, in hopes to bounce back from a disappointing loss to current title-holder Dominick Cruz at WEC 47. The once undefeated fighter tore his way to a title shot after dispatching some of the best in his weight class, in Will Ribeiro, Damacio Page and Marcos Galvao, en route to a title shot against then champion, Miguel Torres. Seemingly unbeatable, the Georgia boy made quick work of the mullet-wonder with a swift first round knockout, cementing his spot as the best bantamweight in the world--though his glory and accolades didn't hold up for all that long. ...

It was announced today that Bellator just inked 6-foot, 3-inch "The Beast" Bryan Baker (11-1) for the season two middleweight tournament. The constant announcements of signed fighters for the up-coming season means we will see plenty of exciting fights. Bellator is doing exactly what they need to in order to build the organization but will the fans show their support and buy tickets? ...

Fighters.com attended Wild Bill's Fight Night 16 in Atlanta 8 November where UFC vets Junior Assuncao (7-3) and Cale Yarbrough (1-1) anchored the event with impressive wins. Fighters.com caught up to Junior, Cale as well as UFC veteran and HardCore Gym owner Rory Singer (12-8) for some post-fight conversation.   Junior Assuncao: Cale Yarbrough: Rory Singer: ...

Saturday in Macon, south of Atlanta, the Revolution Fight League crowned a new king at 145-pounds. In the main event, Stephen Ledbetter (6-1) of "Version 2.5" Rory Singer's (11-8) Georgia-based Hardcore Gym wasted little time submitting Johnny Bedford (4-4-1) in a leg triangle in the first round. Bedford nailed Ledbetter with some hard shots before taking him to the mat, which was his mistake. Ledbetter climbed up Bedford's back with his legs and locked in the choke. Ledbetter is a veteran of Atlanta-based promotion Wild Bill's Fight Night and most recently went three rounds in the WEC with ranked featherweight "Big Frog" Jeff Curran (30-9-1), losing a unanimous decision. On the undercard, an exciting lightweight brawl ended in a slick submission victory for Kamrin Naville (1-3). Naville and Ben Pierce (3-5) slugged it out in round one; but, Naville took Pierce to the mat in round two and worked an arm triangle submission from side mount to tap Pierce. Note that Naville had missed weight for the fight. Light heavyweight "CT" Robert Turner (2-0) of Louisville TKO'd Neal Hayes (0-1) of Atlanta in a first round ground'n'pound. Middleweight Tony Hunter (0-3) got locked in a guillotine by Heath Davis (1-0) as Hunter shot for a double-leg takedown.  Davis tapped in under 30 seconds of round one. Lightweight John Cofer (1-0) choked out Lawson McClure (1-1) by rear naked in the second round. Bantamweight Bryan Goldsby (1-0) won a unanimous decision over Joey Marimberga (2-2) by scores of 30-27 twice and 29-38. Lightweight Shawn Snow (1-1) choked out Michael Gordon (0-1) by rear naked in round one. ...