Bellator/WSOF/One FC etc events Thread

DrPhilG · 27-11-2018 11:08am

cliggg wrote: »

James Gallagher will be back soon. I wonder what level of opponent he will get?

https://twitter.com/StrabanimalMMA/status/1067105632963182600

Lol, "the opponent is irrelevant".

Another donkey then so.

Subcomandante Marcos · 27-11-2018 11:10am

DrPhilG wrote: »

Lol, "the opponent is irrelevant".

Another donkey then so.

Hopefully being sparked by a nobody last time has humbled him a bit.

Tazzimus · 27-11-2018 12:12pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Hopefully being sparked by a nobody last time has humbled him a bit.

LOL, good one.

LollipopJimmy · 27-11-2018 6:11pm

Pedro Carvahlo added to Bellator 211, I really like this guy, such a hard worker

dulux99 · 27-11-2018 6:30pm

The opponent isn't so irrelevant when he's butchering you from start to finish en route to a crushing KO.

Autecher · 28-11-2018 9:48pm

Rumours online of Darrion Caldwell v Kyoji Horiguchi fighting on a Rizin/Bellator co-promoted card. There is a Rizin press conference tonight during which it's rumoured to be announced.

Autecher · 29-11-2018 9:29am

cliggg wrote: »

Rumours online of Darrion Caldwell v Kyoji Horiguchi fighting on a Rizin/Bellator co-promoted card. There is a Rizin press conference tonight during which it's rumoured to be announced.

Confirmed now though it's not a co-promoted card it's a Rizin card. The fight will be at Rizin 14 on New Years Eve for the new Rizin Bantamweight belt. Pretty good looking card actually with a few ex UFC flyweights making their debut and of course that weird Mayweather fight/exhibition thingy.

DrPhilG · 29-11-2018 10:22am

cliggg wrote: »

that weird Mayweather fight/exhibition thingy.

I thought that fell through?

Edit never mind, back on. Pointless fight.

TerrorFirmer · 29-11-2018 7:55pm

Ortiz vs Liddell was just beyond tragic to watch. There's fighters that keep on going too long after they're over the hill...and then there's that.

Ortiz looked alright but Chuck looked like he was moving and striking underwater, and that a rogue breeze from a door left ajar would knock him over. That fight could've been over in 5 seconds.

Overall a terrible card and event, apart from the co-main which was very respectable.

dulux99 · 29-11-2018 7:59pm

No wonder Hackleman refused to be involved in Liddell's return. It's insane to me that Liddell managed to find any corner men at all who were willing to train him and be in his corner. I got a chuckle out of Tito's celebration, you'd think he just regained the UFC LHW title the way he was carrying on.

dulux99 · 29-11-2018 10:31pm

I see Brendan Loughnane is fighting tomorrow night. crazy to me that he's never been called upto the UFC since his solitary fight following TUF. 15-3 overall and always extremely exciting when I've seen him

dave1982 · 29-11-2018 11:07pm

Seen rumours of ortiz hendo in works.. years too late but i will watch it

Subcomandante Marcos · 29-11-2018 11:08pm

dave1982 wrote: »

Seen rumours of ortiz hendo in works.. years too late but i will watch it

Hendo will KO him if he's back on the mexican suppliments.

Paully D · 30-11-2018 9:39am

dulux99 wrote: »

I see Brendan Loughnane is fighting tomorrow night. crazy to me that he's never been called upto the UFC since his solitary fight following TUF. 15-3 overall and always extremely exciting when I've seen him

Also clearly beat Duqesnoy at BAMMA a few years ago too. He was absolutely robbed.

He brings a good crowd around with him too so would add a lot to those European cards IMO.

MartyMcFly84 · 30-11-2018 12:25pm

Tito looked in good shape and was moving decently. His celebration was over to top considering the state of the fighter who he just beat. However throughout Tito's career Chuck was the man who unhorsed him and had decisive victories over him. I am sure there was a sort of vindication getting a win back over Chuck. Even though it was not well placed. The stewards in the trying to stop Tito's celebration just made it worse and way more awkward than it had to be. They were obviously clueless and had no idea what he was doing.

Chuck looks like someone with dementia pugilistic-a. He doesn't move right his balance was off,, his eyes are not quite focused or he seems space out. That combined with his mumbled speech it's a wonder he got licensed to fight.

If you compare it to videos or him 15 years ago, he was extremely awake, bright (accountancy degree) and articulate. I am certain there is more going on there than old age.

He was promised a job for life in the UFC. He was on payroll until the new owners came in and cut non-essential staff. I have a feeling he was banking on that income for a few more years and probably needed a pay day to make up for it while he still could generate ticket sales.

Subcomandante Marcos · 30-11-2018 2:04pm

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

He was promised a job for life in the UFC. He was on payroll until the new owners came in and cut non-essential staff. I have a feeling he was banking on that income for a few more years and probably needed a pay day to make up for it while he still could generate ticket sales.

Chuck, Matt Hughes, and Forest were all given these jobs.

Forest showed up in the offices the first day, found himself a desk, found work to do, and made himself useful.

Chuck and Matt signed a few autographs every few months and showed up at UFC gym franchise openings a few times a year.

One of them was kept on and is now an executive within the company, the other two were let go.

At some stage you have to accept that you took the piss.

MartyMcFly84 · 30-11-2018 2:40pm

Chuck, Matt Hughes, and Forest were all given these jobs.

Forest showed up in the offices the first day, found himself a desk, found work to do, and made himself useful.

Chuck and Matt signed a few autographs every few months and showed up at UFC gym franchise openings a few times a year.

One of them was kept on and is now an executive within the company, the other two were let go.

At some stage you have to accept that you took the piss.

I don't know the details, but the above sounds very plausible. However I doubt Matt and Chuck would have been let go under the Zuffa banner. It was a jobs for the boys scenario, which changed very quickly under new ownership.

Forrest making himself useful obviously made him less disposable.

ASOT · 30-11-2018 3:14pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Chuck, Matt Hughes, and Forest were all given these jobs.

Forest showed up in the offices the first day, found himself a desk, found work to do, and made himself useful.

Chuck and Matt signed a few autographs every few months and showed up at UFC gym franchise openings a few times a year.

One of them was kept on and is now an executive within the company, the other two were let go.

At some stage you have to accept that you took the piss.

Exactly this, sure at UFC Dublin back in 2014 Chuck didn't even do any media stuff that he was suppose to do eg the media day on the Wednesday. Forrest was there and said Chuck was on the missing list after going drinking.

dulux99 · 30-11-2018 3:15pm

Chuck probably always felt his old dear friend Dana would sort him out, just like he had for years. I'm sure if Dana had his way he'd still be on the payroll. That was never gonna fly under WME

Autecher · 30-11-2018 8:19pm

cliggg wrote: »

James Gallagher will be back soon. I wonder what level of opponent he will get?

https://twitter.com/StrabanimalMMA/status/1067105632963182600

Scott Coker says this fight will be a headline fight in Dublin in early 2019 so expect an announcement soon. He didn't say who the "irrelevant" opponent is.

Autecher · 30-11-2018 8:23pm

He also said MVP v Daley is on February 16th. It's in America but will be on live UK television so will hopefully be accessible to us over here too.

ASOT · 30-11-2018 8:54pm

cliggg wrote: »

He also said MVP v Daley is on February 16th. It's in America but will be on live UK television so will hopefully be accessible to us over here too.

Been waiting for this fight for ages, it's a load of bollox that it's not in England though.

Autecher · 30-11-2018 9:08pm

ASOT wrote: »

Been waiting for this fight for ages, it's a load of bollox that it's not in England though.

Yeah it would have made for a great atmosphere in England. According to this tweet it was some Bellator's partners who wanted it in America (posted from my phone so I can't embed it)

https://mobile.twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/1068566390020296704

ASOT · 30-11-2018 9:12pm

cliggg wrote: »

Yeah it would have made for a great atmosphere in England. According to this tweet it was some Bellator's partners who wanted it in America (posted from my phone so I can't embed it)

https://mobile.twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/1068566390020296704

Hopefully they don't run into watershed time again haha