Bellator MMA Releases 7 Fighters

Bellator MMA has trimmed their roster by cutting over a half-dozen fighters.

Mike Richman, Dave Jansen, Mikkel Parlo, Raphael Butler, Houston Alexander, Isao Kobayasho, Thiago Goncalves Jambohave all been cut from the company, and many have different paths for their immediate future.

Richman is serving a two year suspension after a failed drug test in June 2015, and managed to make it more than halfway through before being let go by Bellator. Goncalves Jambo announced his retirement after being cut.

Perhaps most surprising was Dave Jansen, who once challenged fo the Bellator Lightweight Championship. The 20-4 Jansen reeled off a seven-fight winning streak before dropping two fights in a row to Will Brooks and Marcin Held.

UFC veteran Houston Alexander was also released. The 44-year old famously knocked out Keith Jardine at UFC 71, and has practically made a career off of it since. He went 1-4-1 during his Bellator run, which lasted three years.

By Sean Ross Sapp