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Bellator FC recently announced a new television deal with Fox Sports Net, NBC and Telemundo, which will begin airing in April 2010, but the organization has yet to finalize its broadcasting team.

Jon Anik, the host of ESPN.com's MMA Live and the English play-by-play man for the first season of Bellator FC action, told FanHouse on Tuesday that despite the fact that the events will be airing live Thursdays on FSN, which is the same day MMA Live currently tapes its weekly show, he was "confident" he will return to call the action once again.

On this week's edition of The MMA Hour, we were joined by Strikeforce commentator Mauro Ranallo to talk about his career in MMA media and the future of the organization.

Later in the show, we spoke to the host of ESPN.com's MMA Live, Jon Anik, about the evolution of the program and the UFC 103 vs. HBO boxing pay-per-view clash coming up on Sept. 19. Check out the newest episode below.

BRISTOL, Conn. – More than a year after ESPN.com launched its MMA Live studio show, the weekly half hour of mixed martial arts news and analysis has reached the point where it just feels like three buddies chatting about the sport they love – as long as the buddies consist of one professional broadcaster, one veteran print journalist and one UFC fighter.

Marcus Davis and Dan Hardy engaged in a long, drawn-out war of words prior to their fight at UFC 99 on Saturday, and Davis now says that verbal battle helped Hardy win their physical battle in the Octagon.