With their featherweight and welterweight tournaments quickly filling with notable talent, Bellator Fighting Championships officials today revealed the first competitor for its lightweight tournament: Mike Ricci.

Ricci, who trains with UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre under the famed Firas Zahabi at Montreal's TriStar gym, owns a 5-0 career mark.

Ricci competes in the eight-man lightweight tournament, which commences
in April with live Thursday-night events on FOX Sports Net Affiliates.

No related posts.

Tags: Bellator Fighting Championships, featherweight, Firas Zahabi, FOX Sports Net Affiliates, Georges St-, Georges St-Pierre, Mike Ricci, MMA Gear, Montreal, Montreal's TriStar gym, Pierre, Pro MMA Gear, ricci ricci, tournament, tristar gym, ufc welterweight champion, welterweight

This entry was posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 9:45 am and is filed under Contributors, MMA Blog, MMA Blog News, MMA Junkie, Syndication.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Author: MMAJunkie.com
This article was originally published at MMAJunkie.com. Copyright: MMAJunkie.com.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.