It appears that Koppenhaver was released due to comments that he made via his MySpace page regarding the new President elect, Barack Obama.

As a new promotion, it should come as no surprise that Bellator decided to rid itself of any negative publicity it could've received by promoting a fighter who holds such a strong opinion.

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