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Bellator/WSOF/One FC etc events Thread

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    #452
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Is that Saul Rodgers with the afro sitting/standing in the front row?


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    #453
    ASOT
    Registered Users Posts: 7,733 ✭✭✭ASOT


    Paully D wrote: »
    Is that Saul Rodgers with the afro sitting/standing in the front row?

    Yep.


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    #454
    Devastator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,480 ✭✭✭Devastator


    Grrr missed most of that last round, tv just came back on about 5 seconds before the KO!


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    #455
    Paully D
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    Great to have Cage Warriors back and I enjoyed the fights, but is that it?

    Over in less than 2 hours and if they had more than a couple of hundred people in the arena I'd be surprised. I thought parts of the production left a lot to be desired too. For example, fighters in the cage within about 10 seconds of their entrance music starting to play which didn't allow much opportunity for the crowd to get pumped (BAMMA have this spot on with fighters stepping up on a podium before making the walk) and the venue felt like a community centre you'd watch the local school's annual nativity play in.

    I know it's easy for me to say from my couch, but I was a bit underwhelmed overall. I'm sure it'll get much better as they go on again though, especially with Fight Pass on board. Onwards and upwards.


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    #456
    RonanP77
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    I really enjoyed it, the fights were good and I even liked the town hall kind of feel to it. There were one or two fighters there that I'll definitely have to keep an eye on.


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    #457
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    Paully D wrote: »
    Great to have Cage Warriors back and I enjoyed the fights, but is that it?

    Over in less than 2 hours and if they had more than a couple of hundred people in the arena I'd be surprised. I thought parts of the production left a lot to be desired too. For example, fighters in the cage within about 10 seconds of their entrance music starting to play which didn't allow much opportunity for the crowd to get pumped (BAMMA have this spot on with fighters stepping up on a podium before making the walk) and the venue felt like a community centre you'd watch the local school's annual nativity play in.

    I know it's easy for me to say from my couch, but I was a bit underwhelmed overall. I'm sure it'll get much better as they go on again though, especially with Fight Pass on board. Onwards and upwards.

    To be honest, my assessment of it is this: They now have a completely different structure to the promotion. They used to be owned by the Jordanian royal family who were willing to throw money at it and rent big arenas, without even a tv deal for most of the time. Plus they used to do two main cards with 12 fights or so. It was well documented that they were losing money.

    Now they're owned by one businessman who knows the business very well but its working with a budget. So he had a short main card in a small arena with a couple of good quality fights and a few mismatches to get some highlight reels. And he has tv deals in place as well as fight pass. It seems like a more modest operation now but I think Boylan is a smart operator and he can build it up to be better than it was before the break but he's being sensible about it.

    I thought it was a very good card all the same. Coming back to the Helix in Dublin with a high-profile Irish fighter would be massive.


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    #458
    Devastator
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    Incase anyone is reading the threads today thinking "FFS who's this pimblett kid, wish I seen that fight" well don't be too disappointed ;)




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    #459
    Gamebred
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭Gamebred


    https://twitter.com/GrabakaHitman/status/721086009509851136


    Sick man.


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    #460
    Devastator
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    I remember watching this fight and somehow managing to stay awake. It was a mixture of laughing(because I can't stand kos) and frowning at Daley for being so stupid.

    Do I care about a rematch now about 5 years later? Nah


    CgREYr2WsAIm0tu.jpg:large


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    #461
    ASOT
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    Devastator wrote: »
    I remember watching this fight and somehow managing to stay awake. It was a mixture of laughing(because I can't stand kos) and frowning at Daley for being so stupid.

    Do I care about a rematch now about 5 years later? Nah


    CgREYr2WsAIm0tu.jpg:large

    I met Daley at the siam warriors show in cork he's a really nice lad, quality to watch as well. I'll be heading over to bellator show so I hope this gets sorted along with WVP and a fight for McGeary. That fight was so frustrating but it was a scum thing to do by Daley but you could understand his frustration. Would love to see him fight Diaz again, amazing fight that I'll never forget.


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    #462
    Devastator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,480 ✭✭✭Devastator


    ASOT wrote: »
    I met Daley at the siam warriors show in cork he's a really nice lad, quality to watch as well. I'll be heading over to bellator show so I hope this gets sorted along with WVP and a fight for McGeary. That fight was so frustrating but it was a scum thing to do by Daley but you could understand his frustration. Would love to see him fight Diaz again, amazing fight that I'll never forget.

    Im disappointed he has never got another opportunity in the UFC. Obviously Dana made a big statement that he would never fight in UFC again but when you look back at some of the other antics(PED failures, recreational drug failures, crimes,etc) of fighters and they've been able to fight again or are coming back to fight again this weekend ;) In comparison what Daley done is no comparison really.


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    #463
    ASOT
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    Devastator wrote: »
    Im disappointed he has never got another opportunity in the UFC. Obviously Dana made a big statement that he would never fight in UFC again but when you look back at some of the other antics(PED failures, recreational drug failures, crimes,etc) of fighters and they've been able to fight again or are coming back to fight again this weekend ;) In comparison what Daley done is no comparison really.

    He still one of the top WWs in the world and top 5 most exciting to watch, he will get back In when he wins the belt I'd imagine. But I'm not sure how much he'd want to now he'd make more money in bellator with mma and kickboxing for them, also the have looked after him very well.


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    #464
    ASOT
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    Kos v Daley set for Bellator London, along with Kimbo v James Thompson when his suspension is up, the event will be in July. Will head over for it anyway hopefully McGeary & MVP get on the card.

    http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/4/17/11448220/kimbo-slice-vs-james-thompson-2-in-the-works-for-london-event


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    #465
    Devastator
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    Kimbo? WTF? 90 day ban for high t/e levels? I've had milk in the fridge longer than that ban!


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    #466
    Mellor
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    Devastator wrote: »
    Kimbo? WTF? 90 day ban for high t/e levels? I've had milk in the fridge longer than that ban!

    It wasn't just t/e, he also tested positive for nandrolone.
    90 days is bloody retarded, on what planet was he ever going to fight within 90 days.

    Lol Texas, fck yeah


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    #467
    Devastator
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    Mellor wrote: »
    It wasn't just t/e, he also tested positive for nandrolone.
    90 days is bloody retarded, on what planet was he ever going to fight within 90 days.

    Lol Texas, fck yeah


    really? missed that lol but again refer back to our discussion few days ago about switching off my attention to cheats when they're caught.

    I wonder if UK customs,passport,visa could maybe stop him from entering England or fighting(making money) due to being caught.


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    #468
    Mellor
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    Devastator wrote: »
    really? missed that lol but again refer back to our discussion few days ago about switching off my attention to cheats when they're caught.
    Yeah popped for nandrolone, Shamrock popped for nandrolone and metadone, yup as in the stuff junkies are given to get off heroin.
    I wonder if UK customs,passport,visa could maybe stop him from entering England or fighting(making money) due to being caught.
    I don't think so as he hasn't broken the law, or to be technical was caught breaking it by the police etc


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    #469
    Lukker-
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    He only popped for some extra vitamins

    http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/4/11/11405556/kimbo-slice-fighters-should-be-allowed-to-use-a-little-extra-vitamins


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    #470
    Devastator
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    ASOT wrote: »
    Kos v Daley set for Bellator London, along with Kimbo v James Thompson when his suspension is up, the event will be in July. Will head over for it anyway hopefully McGeary & MVP get on the card.

    http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/4/17/11448220/kimbo-slice-vs-james-thompson-2-in-the-works-for-london-event


    https://twitter.com/SandhuMMA/status/722039103865430016

    https://twitter.com/SandhuMMA/status/722038110289272832


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    #471
    Paully D
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    Any full ticket price list for Bellator in London released yet please lads?


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    #472
    ASOT
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    Things didn't go smooth for Benson last night he got absolutely destroyed by Koreshkov, the size difference looked massive but it was even bigger when he rehydrated.


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    #473
    Paully D
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    Bellator are having a laugh with those ticket prices for London. They'll be lucky to half fill the place at those prices. They're actually charging more for some seats than the UFC did a couple of months ago and the top level ticket prices are the same. :eek:


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    #474
    riffmongous
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    ASOT wrote: »
    Things didn't go smooth for Benson last night he got absolutely destroyed by Koreshkov, the size difference looked massive but it was even bigger when he rehydrated.

    Henderson took some nasty hits, I am amazed he survived that flying knee.

    Good win for Cyborg Santos too, heel hook after 30 seconds


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    #475
    ASOT
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Henderson took some nasty hits, I am amazed he survived that flying knee.

    Good win for Cyborg Santos too, heel hook after 30 seconds

    The knee was sick, he's some man even if don't really like him I massivly respect him.

    Great win for Santos, like ward so hopefully be comes back strong.MVPs toe hold was class wswell.

    Polar opposite of the event with Kimbo etc I really enjoyed the card.


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    #476
    Devastator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,480 ✭✭✭Devastator


    Its been a couple of weeks since a bellator comedy fight is put on, so......
    One time fighter and full time reality tv star Alex Reid is fighting on the bellator London card in July. Reid was probably most well known for being (one of many) married to the Jordan but did tryout on TUF(didnt get through elimination fight).


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    #477
    Dtp1979
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    Devastator wrote: »
    Its been a couple of weeks since a bellator comedy fight is put on, so......
    One time fighter and full time reality tv star Alex Reid is fighting on the bellator London card in July. Reid was probably most well known for being (one of many) married to the Jordan but did tryout on TUF(didnt get through elimination fight).
    Who is he fighting?


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    #478
    Devastator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,480 ✭✭✭Devastator


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Who is he fighting?

    Ya know what? I didn't even care enough earlier to check. I just seen thats what he's changed his info on his twitter account to. He's a bum. Was only ever good in his own mind.


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    #479
    darced
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    #480
    Dtp1979
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    darced wrote: »
    Ever see his fight with Tom Watson? There was a very good fighter in there somewhere.

    He was an ok kick boxer. Ground was brutal.
    Watson was a stand up fight as far as I can remember. He held his own but lost the decision. It was fully expected that Watson would steamroll him too but that didn't happen


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    #481
    Devastator
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    darced wrote: »
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    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    He was an ok kick boxer. Ground was brutal.
    Watson was a stand up fight as far as I can remember. He held his own but lost the decision. It was fully expected that Watson would steamroll him too but that didn't happen


    I think by the Watson fight any fighter in him was pushed aside by "celebrity". Watson completely controlled him and was able to take him down with ease to see out each round.

    I fight some really easy money off that fight. I knew some foolish people who thought because they didn't follow MMA but had heard of Reid it should mean he's a good fighter, even after I pointed out to them the reason they had heard of him was because of who he was married to they still wanted to bet with me :eek::pac:


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