Bellator/WSOF/One FC etc events Thread

Subcomandante Marcos · 26-06-2018 02:03PM

Mellor wrote: »

It's an 8 man tourney

Missed that bit. Who else should we expect? Benson? Maybe they'll use it as a carrot to get chandler to re-sign?

EagererBeaver · 26-06-2018 04:49PM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Not necessarily. Macdonald apparently to join the tournament after the Mousasi fight.

I thought the point of the tournament was to find the next person to fight McDonald for the 170lbs belt?

To add Rory they'd have to add 3 more fighters.

Is supposedly an eight man tournament and they've only named four.

Mellor · 28-06-2018 01:20AM

James Gallagher (7-0) dropping to Bantamweight, fights new signing Ricky Bandejas (10-1) at Bellator 204

Whelo79 · 28-06-2018 12:16PM

BAMMA live from 10pm tonight on ITV4. McKee v Brazier is the main event.

Whelo79 · 28-06-2018 11:06PM

Whelo79 wrote: »

BAMMA live from 10pm tonight on ITV4. McKee v Brazier is the main event.

2 real stinker fights on the BAMMA main card so far. 2 gun-shy heavyweights in the first fight followed by 13 minutes of top control with half hearted ground and pound.

Main event up now, I can't see this one being dull.

cletus · 06-07-2018 07:03AM

Anybody come up with a reliable way to watch the PFL each week

Ush1 · 14-07-2018 05:58PM

What's the story with Bellator tonight? Is it on really late and where can we watch it?

tinpib · 21-07-2018 07:59PM

Cage Warriors on tonight. Prelims on now and streaming on their Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialCageWarriors/videos/2002000316486792/

edit: Main card on Bt Sport 3 at 9pm.

dashoonage · 21-07-2018 08:08PM

This looks a bit....weird...

https://twitter.com/CageWarriors/status/1020741791023329280

Whelo79 · 21-07-2018 09:13PM

dashoonage wrote: »

This looks a bit....weird...

https://twitter.com/CageWarriors/status/1020741791023329280

Looked very very weird but I think the punch may have slipped between the gloves and his left glove covers our view of it.

tinpib · 21-07-2018 09:43PM

James Houston walking on to "Promentory" from Last of the Mohicans.

I'm up for him.

Mellor · 27-07-2018 02:23PM

One FC Live Stream
Garry Tonon, Renzo Gracie both fighter.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ3eGchBJqc&ebc=ANyPxKqS5K9rSb4RWvlda5nMcT4AEj42rmfSlnHnowqhWsubFNpKVtWbjA21NDCi1oumJS3tC33S0qSrPsBBPly9mk6av8laZQ

TireeTerror · 27-07-2018 02:31PM

My friend Ian Heinisch is fighting this weekend on Dana Whites Contender series. So looking forward to it and hoping he gets a contract from the UFC is he gets a win.

Some of you may remember I got him to make a video shouting out to boardsies a while back.

TireeTerror · 27-07-2018 02:33PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yqJgu6pMU4

dulux99 · 27-07-2018 07:42PM

Looks like Bellator are signing SBG lads left right and centre. Richard Kiely, Kiefer Crosbie and Richie Smullen. Good to see Smullen land on his feet after the thumping he got at the TUF finale.

Whelo79 · 27-07-2018 08:50PM

dulux99 wrote: »

Looks like Bellator are signing SBG lads left right and centre. Richard Kiely, Kiefer Crosbie and Richie Smullen. Good to see Smullen land on his feet after the thumping he got at the TUF finale.

There's even more than that, Dylan Logan, Claudio Conti, Pedro Carvalho and John Redmond all SBG lads too. Only two Irish non SBG fighters signed as far as I could see.

dulux99 · 27-07-2018 09:05PM

Whelo79 wrote: »

There's even more than that, Dylan Logan, Claudio Conti, Pedro Carvalho and John Redmond all SBG lads too. Only two Irish non SBG fighters signed as far as I could see.

That's good news. I don't know how so many of those sbg lads dedicate their whole lives to MMA as a career path. I know Conor is obviously a huge influence but he's a truly unique person in the entire world, not just Ireland. I worry for alot of those guys who don't "make it", I wonder do alot of them have much to fall back on.

Subcomandante Marcos · 27-07-2018 09:13PM

dulux99 wrote: »

That's good news. I don't know how so many of those sbg lads dedicate their whole lives to MMA as a career path.

They don't. Most of them.have full-time jobs or are on the rock and roll. They're getting paid buttons by bellator too. Only SBG lad at bellator making ok money is Jimmy and even he isn't making much.

dulux99 · 27-07-2018 09:26PM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

They don't. Most of them.have full-time jobs or are on the rock and roll. They're getting paid buttons by bellator too. Only SBG lad at bellator making ok money is Jimmy and even he isn't making much.

Yeah that's kind of my point. Being on the scratch while trying to earning a living in a sport where its next to impossible to earn a living just seems insane to me. I guess that's why they're fighters and I'm sitting here drinking a can of Heineken.

Subcomandante Marcos · 27-07-2018 09:33PM

dulux99 wrote: »

Yeah that's kind of my point. Being on the scratch while trying to earning a living in a sport where its next to impossible to earn a living just seems insane to me. I guess that's why they're fighters and I'm sitting here drinking a can of Heineken.

You probably have an easier life and less money worries tbh.

Whelo79 · 27-07-2018 09:50PM

I presume all the cards BAMMA announced for Dublin over the next year will be joint BAMMA/Bellator cards and this is where we will see a lot of this lads fight.

http://www.bamma.com/news/2018/07/11/4-dates-1-city-destination-dublin

TireeTerror · 28-07-2018 01:32AM

When you think about going out there to get your head punched and kicked for small financial reward, its a hard pitch!

Paully D · 28-07-2018 01:38AM

TireeTerror wrote: »

My friend Ian Heinisch is fighting this weekend on Dana Whites Contender series. So looking forward to it and hoping he gets a contract from the UFC is he gets a win.

Some of you may remember I got him to make a video shouting out to boardsies a while back.

Good article on Ian here:

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/drug-trafficking-prison-mma-incredible-story-ian-heinisch-184605581.html?guccounter=1

TireeTerror · 28-07-2018 02:17AM

Paully D wrote: »

Good article on Ian here:

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/drug-trafficking-prison-mma-incredible-story-ian-heinisch-184605581.html?guccounter=1

Yeah its some story all right!

I met him when we both lived in Tenerife. He actually introduced me to watching MMA, I had wrongly assumed it was just another WWE kinda of affair. So he told me to download whatever UFC fight had just happened and he came to mine to explain it all. I couldnt believe the brutality and have loved it since!

His story was something he was naturally worried about as he started piling up wins and the UFC was a real potential option, fortunately the press coverage has been making it more dramatic than negative, so hopefully it works out for him.

cletus · 28-07-2018 02:46AM

TireeTerror wrote: »

Yeah its some story all right!

I met him when we both lived in Tenerife. He actually introduced me to watching MMA, I had wrongly assumed it was just another WWE kinda of affair. So he told me to download whatever UFC fight had just happened and he came to mine to explain it all. I couldnt believe the brutality and have loved it since!

His story was something he was naturally worried about as he started piling up wins and the UFC was a real potential option, fortunately the press coverage has been making it more dramatic than negative, so hopefully it works out for him.

Cool story. What year, out of curiosity?

TireeTerror · 28-07-2018 03:52AM

cletus wrote: »

Cool story. What year, out of curiosity?

Id say around 2009 or 2010. I left there to move to Ireland in 2011.

Whelo79 · 28-07-2018 09:24PM

Redser (Paul Redmond) had been signed by Bellator also. Delighted with that news, he's one of the nice guys.

bono_v · 29-07-2018 04:31PM

Whelo79 wrote: »

There's even more than that, Dylan Logan, Claudio Conti, Pedro Carvalho and John Redmond all SBG lads too. Only two Irish non SBG fighters signed as far as I could see.

How come John Redmond is with sbg now? Falling out with team ryano???

Whelo79 · 29-07-2018 05:20PM

He moved a few months ago, put out a video about it, said there was no falling out and that there was a better standard of sparing partners at SBG in his weight class.

bono_v · 29-07-2018 06:58PM

Whelo79 wrote: »

He moved a few months ago, put out a video about it, said there was no falling out and that there was a better standard of sparing partners at SBG in his weight class.

Can’t argue with that. It’s a short career but must’ve been a kick in the teeth at the same time to the team ryano lads. Best of luck to him.

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