BELLATOR NEWS: Richard "Rare Breed" Hale joins season four light heavyweight tournament

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Bellator is getting closer to filling up their season four light heavyweight tournament, as they announced on Wednesday the addition of Richard "Rare Breed" Hale to the field.

"Richard is another guy we have had our eye on for a while, and his size and experience should enable him to make some noise this season," said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney.

Hale brings a 15-2-1 record into the tournament, a record that includes fights from light heavyweight to super heavyweight. But the 6'4" fighter says 205 lbs. suits him best.

"I absolutely feel like I'm more powerful and explosive at 205 pounds,? said Hale. "My strength and my stamina is better, and just everything all around. With the weight cut and everything, it pushes me to be a better athlete."

"I'm looking at this tournament as an opportunity to display my skills to the world. I feel like this is my opportunity to make a statement and I'm absolutely going to take advantage of it. I'm not coming to Bellator just to put on a fight; I'm coming to put on an entertaining fight. This is an entertainment sport, so my opponents have to be ready for anything.

Hale joins Nik Fekete, Chris Davis, D.J. Linderman, and Tim Carpenter as the confirmed participants thus far for Bellator's fourth season light heavyweight tournament.

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