Bellator/WSOF/One FC etc events Thread

Jaysus I'd be worried if I was bellator and had poured alot of money into Dillon Danis. A cherry picked opponent with a white belt ground game looked like he was about to KO him.

Only catching up on this event now, skipped straight to Fedor - Mir. At this stage not expecting either of the two to set the world alight but pretty poor in my uninformed opinion from Mir. Number 1 Chael Sonnen fan here and can't wait to see him fight Fedor even if it is in what 6 months time?

Dalary Numerous Toad wrote: »

It was his MMA debut, what do you expect him to face? I get that the persona he's using is annoying but I'm sure it's nothing more than an act, he needs to fight "bums" for a while otherwise he'll get knocked out - I'm sure he's perfectly aware of this too. He can't have been training MMA much more than a year at this stage.

You can't have it both ways. You can't give it the Billy big bollocks and (apparently) be one of the highest paid guys in bellator and then expect people to look the other way when you're matched against a complete bum. When's the last time you've seen an MMA fight end in a toe hold? It's day 1 stuff. Look at CM punk - bit ridiculous that he was in the ufc in the first place but the ufc tested him against someone with a winning record. I would have expected to see Danis tested against someone with a winning record. Or atleast another 0-0 fighter who excelled in a particular skillset.

The fact we are here talking about the fight is exactly the justification behind his pay check.
The guy he fought was a bum. But he had more experience than Danis. I'm not sure who people where expecting him to face on his debut. A fighter with elite striking abd a 5-1 record would have been a ridiculous match up. He should progress as he takes up wins.

Mellor wrote: »

The fact we are here talking about the fight is exactly the justification behind his pay check.
The guy he fought was a bum. But he had more experience than Danis. I'm not sure who people where expecting him to face on his debut. A fighter with elite striking abd a 5-1 record would have been a ridiculous match up. He should progress as he takes up wins.

I fully understand that they had a debutant on their hands and had to treat him accordingly - but they clearly, blatantly hand picked someone who they thought would give him no trouble whatsoever. That deserves to be called out.

I'm all for giving him gradual steps up but when youre only matching him against someone you 100% know he'll beat, that's just being disingenuous. Then again, fight promoters are almost all inherently disingenuous, I appreciate that.

They picked a guy who was 2-4 and had lost his last two via sub, and put him up against one of the top BJJ guys in the world. They had no intention of testing him or putting on a good fight - and it very nearly blew up in their face. They'll have to trot out some line of absolute cans to try and hope that Danis improves, and fast.

dulux99 wrote: »

I fully understand that they had a debutant on their hands and had to treat him accordingly - but they clearly, blatantly hand picked someone who they thought would give him no trouble whatsoever. That deserves to be called out.

That's Belator standard procedure. Gallagher, Pico, MVP. Constant lobside matches for big names. I'm not justifying it, I've called it out in the past. Belator need to cope on with those guys at some point. I just don't expect any more atbthis point

Anthony 'pretty boy' Taylor had jumped over to BAMMA to fight Dean Barry in Dublin this month.

Cage Legacy is on this weekend, Newry Sports Centre.


Cage Legacy 8 – Newry.

Not running order – Subject to change.

Damien Rooney (Torres) V Alexandru Mezei (Gladiators Gym)– Professional Super Bantamweight Title – (3×5) Referee: Jonny Shiels

Decky Mcaleenan (Torres) V Julien Boutex (United Fight Team) – Professional Featherweight MMA Title – (3×5) Referee: Jonny Shiels

Karl MConaway (Shaolin MMA) V Caolan Loughran (Konfliction) – Bantamweight MMA Title – (3×3) Referee: Jonny Shiels

Micky Pereira (Torres) V (C) Patrick McNally (Belfast MA) – Flyweight MMA Title – (3×3) Referee: Jonny Shiels



Main Card above starts 7.30pm Sharp



Ruairi Lavery (Torres) V Nikola Ivanovic (SBG Ballina) – Bantamweight MMA Bout – (3×3) Referee: Jonny Shiels

Solomon Simon (Ryano Waterford) V Kestes Evstifejevas (Spartan) – Lightweight MMA Bout – (3×3) Referee: Jonny Shiels

Sean Boyd (Next Gen Dublin) V Ervins Linmeiers (Sanda MMA) – Light Middleweight MMA Bout – (3×3) Referee: Jonny Shiels

Aaron Reilly (Full Power) V Christophe Przywara (SBGi) – Featherweight MMA Bout – (3×3) Referee: Jonny Shiels

Sean Power (Ryano Dungarvan) V Nate Enright (SBG D24) – Welterweight MMA Bout – (3×3) Referee: Jonny Shiels

Gary Lavery (ZKJ) v Manu Muresan (Waterford Ryano) – 63kg Catchweight MMA Bout – (3×3) Referee: Jonny Shiels

Dave Phelan (Waterford Ryano) V Joe Jordon (SBG D24) – Catchweight MMA Bout – (3×3) Referee: Jonny Shiels



Prelims above starts 6.00pm Sharp

Shazard Ponde (One Art SMK) V Armand Herczeg (Sanda MMA) – Junior Super Lightweight K-1 Bout – (3×2) Referee: Wayne O’Broin

Adam Benazzouz (CBS) V Carl Byrne (Spartan) – 72kg Bout – (3×2) Referee: Wayne O’Broin

Ethan Mcaleenan (Newry MT) V Ciaran Stokes (Sanda MMA) – Junior Light Featherweight K-1 Bout – (3×2) Referee: Wayne O’Broin

Ryan Meehan (CBS ) V Darren O’Donagh (Sanda MMA) – Junior Super Welterweight K-1 Bout – (3×2) Referee: Wayne O’Broin

Adrian Bialkowski (Arena Wexford) V Cialam Dowdall (Sanda MMA) – Junior Flyweight K-1 Bout – (3×2) Referee: Wayne O’Broin

Doors open 3.30pm First fight 4pm sharp

What a fight between Crosbie and Plant. A 4 minute old school slobberknocker!

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

It was an enjoyable card overall I thought. Pity the place was only around half capacity

Yeah that's disappointing alright. If it was the UFC you'd have people falling over themselves trying to get tickets but BAMMA always put on great entertaining cards.