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Bellator/WSOF/One FC etc events Thread

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Fancy mitrone myself


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,304 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    ricero wrote: »
    Fancy mitrone myself

    I'd love if Meathead won. Mir was my favourite fighter when I first started watching MMA but I'd be happy if he got KO'd nice an early now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Just watched Bellator 187 there. Apart from McKee v Moore, pretty terrible event!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Just watched Bellator 187 there. Apart from McKee v Moore, pretty terrible event!

    I was impressed with Moore. 6/1 underdog and he had McKee in plenty of trouble in the second round. He certainly did himself no harm with that performance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,764 ✭✭✭ASOT


    ricero wrote: »
    Fancy mitrone myself

    I second this, meathead should have enough.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    I can't see this being completed by the end of 2018 at all. You need all 8 of these mostly 35-40 year olds with a lot of mileage on the body to survive injury for the entire year? No way that will happen.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 452 ✭✭Icelandicseige


    What kind of money do bellator fighters earn?
    Is it anything close to what ufc guys Get?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,890 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    As I understand it the top guys do pretty well, mainly because Bellator don't have the ridiculously sponsor rules that the UFC does.

    Ben Henderson, Rory McDonald etc make good money I'm sure. Not a patch on what the top dogs in the UFC earn but a good bit more than they were earning as top 5 guys in the UFC.

    But the bottom end is way lower. Bottom of the ladder generally in the UFC these days is $10k to fight and $10k to win. Plenty of prelim fighters in Bellator etc only pick up a few thousand.

    Here's one from September where the bottom paid guy only made $1k.

    http://mmajunkie.com/2017/09/bellator-183-salaries-payouts-fight-purses-patricky-freire


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Did anyone watch Bellator 188? Man that was bad. Four fights, first three over in the first minute of the first round basically - and even even in the sort of explosively impressive way, more just 'well, that was a terrible mismatch'.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Tournament fights are set
    Rampage vs. Sonnen - January 20
    Mitrione vs. Nelson - February 16
    Emelianenko vs. Mir - April
    Bader vs. Lawal - May
    I guess they put Bader vs Lawal together in the first round to eliminate the possibility of them humping each other for 15 minutes in the final!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭Easy Rod


    cliggg wrote: »
    Tournament fights are set
    Rampage vs. Sonnen - January 20
    Mitrione vs. Nelson - February 16
    Emelianenko vs. Mir - April
    Bader vs. Lawal - May
    I guess they put Bader vs Lawal together in the first round to eliminate the possibility of them humping each other for 15 minutes in the final!

    It might be the cynic in me but:

    Rampage vs. Sonnen - January 20 - Make sure one mouthy fighter gets through
    Mitrione vs. Nelson - February 16
    Emelianenko vs. Mir - April - Best fight for Fedor to get through
    Bader vs. Lawal - May - Remove a wrestler from the equation


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Easy Rod wrote: »
    It might be the cynic in me but:

    Rampage vs. Sonnen - January 20 - Make sure one mouthy fighter gets through
    Mitrione vs. Nelson - February 16
    Emelianenko vs. Mir - April - Best fight for Fedor to get through
    Bader vs. Lawal - May - Remove a wrestler from the equation
    I'd agree plus with Mitrione vs. Nelson it assures at least 1 "stand and bang" fighter gets through as well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,949 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    cliggg wrote: »
    Tournament fights are set
    Rampage vs. Sonnen - January 20
    Mitrione vs. Nelson - February 16
    Emelianenko vs. Mir - April
    Bader vs. Lawal - May
    I guess they put Bader vs Lawal together in the first round to eliminate the possibility of them humping each other for 15 minutes in the final!
    Badar V Nelson final for me,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Badar V Nelson final for me,

    Not possible. They'll meet in the semi's if they both win.


    My prediction;
    Rampage Beats Sonnen
    Fedor beats Mir
    Nelson beats Meathead
    Bader beats King Mo

    Fedor beats Rampage
    Nelson Beats Bader

    Nelson beats Fedor by KO to win the title baddest washed up heavyweight


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,394 ✭✭✭Porthallian


    Mellor wrote: »
    Not possible. They'll meet in the semi's if they both win.


    My prediction;
    Rampage Beats Sonnen
    Fedor beats Mir
    Nelson beats Meathead
    Bader beats King Mo

    Fedor beats Rampage
    Nelson Beats Bader

    Nelson beats Fedor by KO to win the title baddest washed up heavyweight

    People are seriously underestimating Mitrione.
    I see him winning the whole thing.

    He deserves it anyway. He's the uncrowned champ. He's 3-0 in Bellator. 3 KOs, including Fedor in his last fight.

    Sure Nelson KO'ed him before but he has improved a lot in 5 years whereas Big Country has deteriorated IMO.

    Mitrione v Fedor 2 in the final for me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Aaron Chalmers being matched up with a pro debutant who is 0-1 as an amateur in his next fight.

    ****ing hell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Paully D wrote: »
    Aaron Chalmers being matched up with a pro debutant who is 0-1 as an amateur in his next fight.

    ****ing hell.

    Desperate to get him a winning record.
    Pico is muck. The amount of people buying the BS hype about golden gloves and training his whole life


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    Pico muck? Way too early to tell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Pico muck? Way too early to tell.

    He's young and he could well become a champion in 5 years. But I'm talking about the way he was hyped as some sort of elite fighter training his whole life. It was way OTT.
    I just found it weird that he got more credit for failing get on the USA wrestling team, than the guy who on the team and subsequently qualified for the olympics.



    Also, I now realise that Pauly said Aaron Chalmers, not Pico. :cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭but1er


    Bamma got a deal for the newcastle show on ITV4 hope its to start of something.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,101 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    but1er wrote: »
    Bamma got a deal for the newcastle show on ITV4 hope its to start of something.

    All down to having Aaron Chalmers on it. All of their marketing will be around him for the card


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    4 fighters missed weight for tonight's 8 fight Invicta card, that must be a record. The much hyped Mackenzie Dern made weight. I see also Invicta signed 15 new fighters this week including Sarah Kaufman & Pearl Gonzalez


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    cliggg wrote: »
    The much hyped Mackenzie Dern made weight.
    About time. She missed her last two at straweight and ADCC.
    She only just scraped it this time too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Luka Jelcic was fighting tonight, making his Bellator debut. Quite a highly rated guy, he was 10-2 and had won his last 6 by finish.

    He
    lost to Brandon Gritz via KO early in the 1st.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,783 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    anyone see that insane knee ko? was going to be a switch kick, guy dipped down right into the knee


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,548 ✭✭✭tinpib


    Bamma popped up on my Facebook feed on the Unilad page, on live now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,764 ✭✭✭ASOT


    Rhys mckee had a good win earlier, its in itv4 now. Paddy holohan and David haye as analysts


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,764 ✭✭✭ASOT


    David haye bigging up your man chalmers is.fighting.... hes 0-1.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,304 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Guillotine him FFS!!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Chalmers the goat


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