MMA - But Not UFC - Comes Back to Metroplex

No way it will be bigger than last summer when UFC took over American Airlines Center, but Mixed Martial Arts - in the form of Bellator - invades the metroplex again tonight. The BFC XIX will hold seven fights at the Nokia Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie, headlined by lightweight...

By Richie Whitt

May 20, 2010

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No way it will be bigger than last summer when UFC took over American Airlines Center, but Mixed Martial Arts - in the form of Bellator - invades the metroplex again tonight.

The BFC XIX will hold seven fights at the ~~Nokia~~ Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie, headlined by lightweight champ Joe Soto squaring off against UFC veteran Diego Saraiva. The event will also be televised on Telemundo and Fox Sports Net.

Though I'm convinced it's bigger and better than boxing, I'm still just learning my Brock Lesnar from my Tito Ortiz. Help me out ...

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