Bellator matchmaker resigns

Matt Stansell, matchmaker for tournament-based fight promotion Bellator Fighting Championships, resigned his post on Monday.

Stansell and Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said the split was amicable, though Rebney said Tuesday that Stansell stopped working with the company two weeks ago.

The simplest way to put it is, as companies evolve and grow, sometimes that growth is best for certain parties to stay together and sometimes that growth requires that certain parties split, Rebney said. At this point, it wasn’t right fit as we continue to grow and expand.

I just chose to take a different path, that’s all, said Stansell, who manages several of Bellator’s contract fighters. He declined to elaborate on his reasons for leaving but said he would continue to work with the promotion on a manager-promotion basis.

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