CHICAGO, Ill. (February 16, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships, a first-of-its-kind mixed martial arts promotion that will debut its second season this April on FOX Sports Net, NBC and Telemundo, has announced a contest to recruit talented women to serve as the company’s official spokesmodels and round card girls – the Bellator Girls – in 2010.

Selected Bellator Girls will have the opportunity to travel around the country with Bellator Fighting Championships and will appear on the promotion’s nationally televised events, at various appearances for the brand and at various Bellator event related activities. Interested candidates must have excellent communications skills, a vivacious and outgoing personality as well as outstanding camera presence.  Appearing at all 22 live events, the Bellator Girls will be given national television and live event exposure on a weekly basis from April to November 2010.

Job responsibilities will include:

-          Serving as “round card” girls at Bellator events;

-          Appearing at promotional events such as fighter weigh-ins and press events;

-          Interaction with sponsors and making appearances at sponsor related events,  and

-          Professional photo shoots for Bellator promotional materials/videos, products, etc.

How to Apply Online:

1.     Visit www.Bellator.com/BellatorGirls

2.     Fill out all required information including name, address, and age

3.     Attach all required materials or links including photos and resume

4.     Attach or add link to video submission

5.     Read the terms and conditions and check, “I Agree to these terms”

6.     Press the Submit button

How to Apply Via Mail:

1.     Send all required materials including name, address, age, photos, resume and video to the following address:

Bellator Fighting Championships: Bellator Girl Search

445 N Wells St.

Suite 401

Chicago, IL 60654

Additional requirements:

-          All applicants must be at least 18 years old;

-          All applicants must be able to travel three days a week between the months of April and November 2010;

-          All applicants must be legal residents of the United States;

-          In their application video, applicants should provide a specific answer to the question of why they would be the best choice to become a Bellator Girl;

-          Pictures and videos must showcase physical and verbal talents; and

-          All applicants must be willing to submit to background checks and drug testing.

After receiving application submissions, Bellator will choose finalists who will be flown to Chicago for in-person interviews beginning in March 2010.  At the culmination of the interview process, three winners will be chosen along with two alternates.

Winners will begin traveling with the Bellator team in April 2010.  Compensation will be disclosed to finalists.

For more information, visit www.Bellator.com.

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Special Achievement Award: Charles “Mask” Lewis

It’s a sad day for male UFC fans everywhere as it appears both Natasha Wicks and Logan Stanton have been cut from the UFC as ring girls.  Stanton’s contract expired after UFC 107 and the UFC chose not to renew it. Wicks was cut before the expiration of her contract.

Rumors were confirmed by Logan and Natasha’s twitter accounts.

I just want to say thank you to all the fans and UFC for the support and the awesome opportunity!

-@natashawicks

Although I’m upset I won’t have front row seats to the fights anymore there are bigger and better things in store..

-@LoStanton

In honor of the lovely ladies, here are a couple of my favorite pictures.

One of the most important parts of running a top notch MMA promotion is having sexy ring girls to let the fans and the fighter in some instances know what round it is. Sure they post it on the TV screen and announce it, but those two methods are ineffective. It truly takes a bomb shell in a skin tight out fit, holding a round card to get the point across. Strikeforce is coming up these days and they know the value of hot ring girls. Watch out Arianny Celeste!

Photo Credit: Esther Lin/Strikeforce

Photo Props: SportsbyBrooks

Edith Labelle is arguably the hottest UFC Octagon Girl ever, and in many MMA fan’s eyes the hottest ring girl ever.  Unfortunately for all the UFC and MMA fans out there, Edith will no longer be strutting those long beautiful legs around the Octagon.  After a failed appearance at the UFC 100 event, many fans were left wondering what happened to Edith.  Did she quit, was something wrong or was she fired?  Rumors flew for weeks following UFC 100, especially with the unavailing of the UFC’s newest Octagon Girl, Natasha Wicks.  Finally, Edith has spoken out to MMA Fanhouse about what happened and why she will no longer be a UFC Octagon girl.  

“After the UFC Expo and weigh-ins [at UFC 100], I went to dinner,” she said. “Then I attended some of the pre-parties with some of the UFC management, some of the Octagon girls, some of the fighters. And then I started to feel ill — I wasn’t feeling good. So I decided to go to bed. I really wanted to be in good shape for the next day, obviously. Then I started to feel worse throughout the night and the next day.

“It was so bad that I couldn’t stop throwing up. Then it was kind of getting late that [next] day — I didn’t realize it was that late — so I contacted the proper UFC personnel to let them know of my situation, and I told them that I would get ready as quick as possible and I would be there. I didn’t want to miss that at all. They told me to stay in my room because they didn’t want to take the risk of anything happening because it was such a big event. So I had to stay [in my hotel room].

After the UFC 100 event, the UFC contacted Edith to let her go.

“They contacted me and they said that the rumor was that I was too hungover, that I partied too hard. I just wish … I was literally laying on the bathroom floor — I was so sick. Thinking back, I should have thought to see a doctor or ask them to send one of the UFC’s doctors to check up on me to see what was wrong. But I didn’t think about it before, and a day or two later, it was too late.”

Edith holds no hard feelings for the UFC and remains a fan.  She is moving on to pursue her acting career as she will be playing a heroine in a web series produced by Movie Seals.

Check out some Sengoku Ring Girl Photos

Stats:   Age: 24, Height: 5′2″, Measurements: 34-25-36, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Blond

Photos Via CagePotato Via Las Vegas Sun and NatashaWicks.com

Age: 22 yrs old

Height: 5′4

Measurements: 34C, 24, 34

You would never know by just looking at her but this soft spoken ringside beauty from Framingham, MA. admits to have been some what of a “problem child” during her earlier years and often found herself in trouble at school.  Failing to pay attention in school she focused on having attention paid to her and so far it’s working.  I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Jessica, one of the WCF’s ring side attraction.

Me: Hi Jessica…can you tell us how you got into modeling?

JV: It was a dream since i was a little kid.  I loved being in the spot light and having my pictures taken.  My mom got me into a fashion show for TJ Maxx as a kid and since then I just knew it was what I wanted to do.  I started modeling about 2 years ago. I started off touring with Capristian swim wear shows across the country. Which lead me to some promotional modeling and more swimsuit modeling. I have been a featured model for PAS MAG( performance auto and sound magazine), Maxim radio, Playboy radio, Copa swim wear, modeled at the playboy mansion,  and much more.  I have an up coming feature in TAPOUT magazine.

ME: Wow, that’s a lot of jobs in just two years.  How did you get the WCF Ring Girl job?

JV: It was word of mouth and referrals which lead me to a great position with the WCF.  At the time they weren’t hiring when I submitted for it and then they called me out of the blue for one of their events. I think it was for WCF 4.

ME: How long have you been working with the WCF as a ring card girl?

JV: I’ve been with them since last year and loving every event!

ME: Have you worked any other MMA events?

JV: I’m a loyal girl to the WCF!  But I would love to work a UFC event as a ring girl.

ME: Tell me what’s the best part of being a ring girl?

JV: Getting Front row seats to all the fights and of course all our lovely fans.

ME: Any downside to being that close to the action?

JV: Putting a Medal on bloody men, you have to put a medal on a sweaty boy who’s bleeding and then they put their arm around and they are sweating and it can be gross.

ME: Do you practice any mixed martial arts yourself?

JV: I always wanted to train but never actually have. It would be kinda hot to be train to kick some serious ass! But I would never want to compete.

Me: That throws out my next question of “Would you ever consider stepping into the ring yourself”?

JV: I’m a lover not a fighter (laughs)!  It’s not very lady like.  Only to hold a ring card. 

Me:What do you think of Gina Carano?

JV: Gina Carano is definitely a beast! She is great at what she dose. I definitely Wouldn’t want to piss her off.

ME: Tell us who’s the nicest MMA fighter you’ve met?

JV: Rampage Jackson was very kind.   Also our WCF boy Greg Rebello, very gentleman like, very sweet and a great fighter.

Me: Ever come across any rude fighters?

JV: No one in particular, for the most part they all get quite excited to be greeted by beautiful girls.

Me: Any Favorite MMA submission move?

JV: I’d have to go with a gogoplata. Its quit an interesting maneuver

Me: When is the next time we can catch you at a WCF event?

JV: Our next event will be September. So stay posted for dates on www.Wcffighting.com and come say Hi!

ME: Let’s talk about you outside of the WCF.  What would you say is your dream job or modeling gig?

JV: To be a Victoria secret model but I’m way to short. I’ve always wanted to be in Maxim and Playboy. First Maxim and then Playboy.

ME: So if Hef comes calling what do you say to him?

JV: What’s up daddy!(Laughs) Just kidding I would say he waited too long to call and yes I would love to be on the cover! (Laughs).

ME: What have you been told are you best physical attributes?

JV: My eyes and butt.  My eyes I have been told are very mysterious and hard to read but also very innocent.  My butt on the other hand, the lady s seem to compliment the most about how nice and round it is!  So I guess the eyes and butt are were its at!

ME: Anything about yourself that you would change if you could?

JV: I would make my legs Skinner and a bit longer.  Who doesn’t want long sexy legs?!?
ME: Well Jessica, thank you for your time.  Any upcoming events you’d like to plug?

JV: Vote for me once a day until August 3rd!  Just go to http://max.im/63 or http://max.im/64

Also make sure to buy Maxim’s August issue I just might be in it!  Of course don’t forget to jump ahead and buy tickets for the next fight in September and check out the hottest WCF ring girls at  www.WCFFIGHTING.Com!  You can also catch me at www.facebook.com/JessicaValente and coming in August www.JessicaValente.com

Based on some tweets from Holly Madison’s Twitter account, Holly is preparing to be an Octagon Girl at UFC 100.  If you don’t know who Holly Madison is, she is one of the finest dames to grace the face of the earth.  This super beautiful lady is a former playmate and Ex-girlfriend of the infamous Hugh Heffner.   She also starred in two reality TV shows called “The Girl Next Door” and “Dancing with the Stars”.  

Here is what she Tweeted:

I’m going to b the first ever celebrity guest ring girl at UFC 100! So excited!
 

Had my ufc ring girl fitting today! Outfit looks bad ass!