Bellator/WSOF/One FC etc events Thread

Mellor · 04-10-2020 2:36am

Porthallian wrote: »

His jiu-jitsu is off the charts. Has to be one of the best in Ireland at his age.

Really? I know he was highly touted as a juvenile blue belt going to worlds. But nothing really came of that. Kinda assumed he reasonably focused on MMA after that.
At this point there are guy age focused fully on jiu jitsu.

Mellor · 04-10-2020 2:36am

Porthallian wrote: »

His jiu-jitsu is off the charts. Has to be one of the best in Ireland at his age.

Really? I know he was highly touted as a juvenile blue belt going to worlds. But nothing really came of that. Kinda assumed he reasonably focused on MMA after that.
At this point there are guy age focused fully on jiu jitsu.

Porthallian · 04-10-2020 10:59am

Mellor wrote: »

Really? I know he was highly touted as a juvenile blue belt going to worlds. But nothing really came of that. Kinda assumed he reasonably focused on MMA after that.
At this point there are guy age focused fully on jiu jitsu.

I meant in high-level MMA, not necessarily just world jiu-jitsu comps. Can you name anyone better?

Mellor · 05-10-2020 1:24am

Porthallian wrote: »

I meant in high-level MMA, not necessarily just world jiu-jitsu comps. Can you name anyone better?

I wasn’t talking about worldwide jiu jitsu either. I meant just among younger Irish guys. But not mma specific. There’s a few of young black belts it’s at ECJJ like Tom Halpin.
In MMA specifically I’m can’t think of too many bjj focused guys. Richie Smullen is pretty high ranked in SBG.

Tazzimus · 05-10-2020 11:08am

Mellor wrote: »

I wasn’t talking about worldwide jiu jitsu either. I meant just among younger Irish guys. But not mma specific. There’s a few of young black belts it’s at ECJJ like Tom Halpin.
In MMA specifically I’m can’t think of too many bjj focused guys. Richie Smullen is pretty high ranked in SBG.

Richie has solid BJJ.
Does Kieran Davern do MMA these days? He'd be fairly up there as well, along with a few non SBG heads like you mentioned.
I'd say there'll be a few good ones coming from Team KF with Tom and Chris teaching their ways.

Mellor · 05-10-2020 1:44pm

Davern is one of the top jiu jitsu competitors. Hasn’t fought in MMA in a few years.

Homelander · 05-10-2020 4:27pm

Well I obviously won't deny Gallagher put on a good dominant show, I just wish he would drop that cringe-inducing persona, it's so embarrassing to watch.....it's like watching a bad actor over-act in a soap opera, just so blatantly forced.

But yeah pretty good performance to be fair. Now time to start giving him some proper names in Bellator.

Was shocked at how bad Kiefer Crosbie looked. No Fight IQ at all, just walk forward, drop hands, and take shots over and over. Really weird performance. When the commentator was talking about how he said he had no game plan, I didn't think it was that literal.

Charlie Ward was...OK. Clearly lacking on the ground but actually didn't do too horribly considering his opponent should have had a massive advantage there but Ward had dominant control time. Manzolo was active from his back but not really threatening. So I think he deserved the win and usually he's an entertaining fighter to watch.

Missed Sinead Kavanagh's fight but glad she won, she's a good scrapper to watch.

I know it wasn't this event but great win for Brian Moore the other day as well, those uppercuts were amazing! He comes across as a nice, genuine guy, no rubbish talk, just entertaining fights.

ASOT · 05-10-2020 5:08pm

Kiefer graduated from the Cathal Pendred school of head movement with full marks.

themandan6611 · 06-10-2020 9:16pm

ASOT wrote: »

Kiefer graduated from the Cathal Pendred school of head movement with full marks.

Never a truer statement, he was close to being out at the end of Rd1 and it should really have been stopped. Fair play to Kavanagh, seems to be more focused and made weight easy enough which has not always been the case.

As much as I dislike Gallagher and the poor quality of the opposition he did what he does well, really well.

EagererBeaver · 10-10-2020 9:04pm

Terry Brazier was a -300 favourite and just got absolutely demolished.

https://twitter.com/Bellator_Europe/status/1315011062882881537?s=19

Zero-Cool · 10-10-2020 9:08pm

Holy ****! That was so clean, ko stiff, the lack of follow up as there was no need and ref quick to step in, absolutely beautiful.

Whelo79 · 10-10-2020 10:12pm

I've been watching KSW tonight too. I'm always hugely impressed with show they put on. Visually it always looks amazing and tonight is no different. It looks like it's in a warehouse, fighters are coming down to the octagon from the upper level via a cage elevator, everything lit up in a real dim industrial orange colour. Few fans in attendance too just sitting at ringside seats. The fights have been OK, nothing special.

Starlord_01 · 12-10-2020 11:37am

Whelo79 wrote: »

I've been watching KSW tonight too. I'm always hugely impressed with show they put on. Visually it always looks amazing and tonight is no different. It looks like it's in a warehouse, fighters are coming down to the octagon from the upper level via a cage elevator, everything lit up in a real dim industrial orange colour. Few fans in attendance too just sitting at ringside seats. The fights have been OK, nothing special.

Khalidov KO was :eek::eek:

Whelo79 · 16-10-2020 12:04pm

I see Sinead Kavanagh pushing hard for the Cyborg fight lately. I only see that going one way. All Cyborg, and she finishes it whenever she wants (10 seconds, 1 minute, 2 rounds, whenever).

but1er · 16-10-2020 12:10pm

Whelo79 wrote: »

I see Sinead Kavanagh pushing hard for the Cyborg fight lately. I only see that going one way. All Cyborg, and she finishes it whenever she wants (10 seconds, 1 minute, 2 rounds, whenever).

think cyborg vs katie taylor is more likely atm

EagererBeaver · 20-10-2020 11:48pm

Mason Jones signed a 4 fight UFC deal. I know this as there was another totally original, absolutely in no way a faked or staged video where Boylan gives his fighter the good news.

Whelo79 · 11-11-2020 8:41pm

Pedro Carvalho (SBG) is up against Patricio Pitbull tomorrow night for the Bellator Featerweight title as part of the Featherweight Grand Prix. I'd love to see him get the win.

I remember watching him as the main event up in Drogheda on a Cage Legacy card only a couple of years ago. Some journey, that was in a small dance hall and most of the crowd had already gone home by the time his fight was on.

LollipopJimmy · 11-11-2020 9:51pm

Whelo79 wrote: »

Pedro Carvalho (SBG) is up against Patricio Pitbull tomorrow night for the Bellator Featerweight title as part of the Featherweight Grand Prix. I'd love to see him get the win.

I remember watching him as the main event up in Drogheda on a Cage Legacy card only a couple of years ago. Some journey, that was in a small dance hall and most of the crowd had already gone home by the time his fight was on.

Was there myself that night, pretty sure that was the night McGregor turned up too to support Lee Hammond. Such a well rounded fighter and nice guy. Hope he gets the win

Whelo79 · 11-11-2020 11:02pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Was there myself that night, pretty sure that was the night McGregor turned up too to support Lee Hammond. Such a well rounded fighter and nice guy. Hope he gets the win

Yeah that's right. There was a big SBG crowd in the audience that night.

Pedro does seem like a good lad. He was working as a cleaner in a hospital when he first game over here in order to pay his way.

13-11-2020 12:21am

Y'all v quiet esp as Bellator 252 live and free on youtube atm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7cMYlIcZXQ

Keri Melendez looked amazing (opponent not great to be fair) but still. Gill her corner

She wants to move up a weight class - makes sense. Aiming for Ilima Lei I guess, but good luck with that!
Pico looking crazy strong vs Jesus on now, and Patriky vs Carvelho coming up. Hopefully still on free to air?

LollipopJimmy · 13-11-2020 12:48am

Cali_girl wrote: »

Y'all v quiet esp as Bellator 252 live and free on youtube atm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7cMYlIcZXQ

Keri Melendez looked amazing (opponent not great to be fair) but still. Gill her corner She wants to move up a weight class - makes sense. Aiming for Ilima Lei I guess, but good luck with that!
Pico looking crazy strong vs Jesus on now, and Patriky vs Carvelho coming up. Hopefully still on free to air?

Coverage on sky sports at 12, don't know if still FTA

Podge2k7 · 13-11-2020 2:49am

That was too easy for Pitbull. Would love to see him in the UFC.

Whelo79 · 13-11-2020 2:19pm

Podge2k7 wrote: »

That was too easy for Pitbull. Would love to see him in the UFC.

Too easy alright. Shows the gulf in class. I had a feeling Pedro would get KO'd early. I checked PP to see if they were giving prices but they only had a market for the straight win and there was no value in it. Pitbull was 1/7 I think.

LollipopJimmy · 13-11-2020 2:39pm

Felt bad for Pedro. He works so hard and a great guy at the back of it too.

Fall_Guy · 13-11-2020 4:26pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Felt bad for Pedro. He works so hard and a great guy at the back of it too.

Yeah definitely seems like a good skin. He's only 24 in fairness, unbelievably tough fight for him at this stage in his career.

MartyMcFly84 · 17-11-2020 11:22am

It was a big step up for him in fairness, and he was unfazed by it.

But he didn't look completely out of place. He got out of some tough situations against the cage and on the ground with high level technique, and landed some nice shots himself.

To be honest most of the loss was his own doing, from lack of experience. He started in southpaw as the longer range fighter and was landing shots.

However he became overly aggressive and started moving forward switching into his natural orthodox stance. That was when Pitbull started clipping him, each time he changed stance from Southpaw to Orthodox he closed the distance, and its often when a fighter is vulnerable to an immediate attack which Pitbull took full advantage of.

The second strategic error from Pedro was pushing forward aggressively against a shorter opponent with knockout power.

By moving forward Pedro was closing the distance again for Pitbull to strike, making it easier for the shorter opponent to land.

I would have liked to see more patience from Pedro, to hang back in southpaw and pick away at Pitbull. To make Pittbull work to close the distance instead of Pedro closing it for him.

These are simple enough strategic errors to fix, which I think would have made it much more competitive. These things are learned with experience however and as mentioned above Pedro is still young and I am sure we will see him back fighting for a title again in the not too distant future.

Whelo79 · 10-12-2020 5:12pm

Cage Warriors is on at 8pm tonight and for the next two nights.

dashoonage · 10-12-2020 5:16pm

Whelo79 wrote: »

Cage Warriors is on at 8pm tonight and for the next two nights.

How does one watch cage warriors these days ?

Whelo79 · 10-12-2020 8:13pm

dashoonage wrote: »

How does one watch cage warriors these days ?

I think it's only possible through fight pass, which I believe is free this week?

Whelo79 · 12-12-2020 4:57pm

Ian Garry and Paul Hughes are up tonight on Cage Warriors. I think I've said it before, but I definitely see them as Ireland's two biggest prospects when it comes to any sort of success in the UFC.

The White Feather · 12-12-2020 5:55pm

Whelo79 wrote: »

Ian Garry and Paul Hughes are up tonight on Cage Warriors. I think I've said it before, but I definitely see them as Ireland's two biggest prospects when it comes to any sort of success in the UFC.

They are 2 guys that I get excited about watching fight and the fact that they are Irish makes it even better. Hope they can keep it going tonight

Whelo79 · 12-12-2020 9:21pm

Easy work for Ian Garry. I don't see anyone giving him any trouble in that CW division.

I reckon he beats Rhys McKee at 170 too. Rhys needs to drop back to 155 if he wants a run in the UFC.

Whelo79 · 12-12-2020 10:01pm

That Hughes fight was a great watch, two excellent fighters. Wrong decision for me though. I look forward to seeing that one run back again.

DrPhilG · 14-12-2020 8:31am

Whelo79 wrote: »

Rhys needs to drop back to 155 if he wants a run in the UFC.

Surely with 60 something cuts hitting the UFC soon, Rhys will be on his way?

In the future though, yeah I agree if he wants to get back in.

dashoonage · 14-12-2020 8:38am

DrPhilG wrote: »

Surely with 60 something cuts hitting the UFC soon, Rhys will be on his way?

In the future though, yeah I agree if he wants to get back in.

Rhys is cheap( no offence to the lad), cheap is good at the moment.

but1er · 14-12-2020 10:31am

Ive watched the Paul Hughes fight back twice.. still cant understand how the decision went against him? was it the two cage grabs that helped his position surely not?

Whelo79 · 14-12-2020 1:38pm

but1er wrote: »

Ive watched the Paul Hughes fight back twice.. still cant understand how the decision went against him? was it the two cage grabs that helped his position surely not?

I don't think a judge has scope to take something like that into account if the ref has not pulled the fighter up on it.

The White Feather · 19-03-2021 10:37pm

Ian Garry with a fantastic KO at Cage Warriors 121 over a UFC Vet no less!

https://twitter.com/CageWarriors/status/1373022676667744262?s=20

Dtp1979 · 19-03-2021 11:45pm

Who?

Alf Veedersane · 20-03-2021 7:25pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Who?

Rostem Akman. Was 0-2 in the UFC.

yourdeadwright · 23-03-2021 3:07pm

The White Feather wrote: »

Ian Garry with a fantastic KO at Cage Warriors 121 over a UFC Vet no less!

https://twitter.com/CageWarriors/status/1373022676667744262?s=20

How good is he ?
He seems to think he would be a top 5 in UFC already at 25

I see he just moved in with presenter Layla Ann Lee life seems to be on the up for him fair play ,

Mellor · 23-03-2021 4:37pm

The White Feather wrote: »

Ian Garry with a fantastic KO at Cage Warriors 121 over a UFC Vet no less!]

“UFC vet” is a bit generous. 0-2 on two non-US cards then cut.
Nice finish though.

but1er · 23-03-2021 9:31pm

Blaine o driscoll fighting Thursday against Jose Torres in brave

callaway92 · 30-03-2021 12:36pm

Bellator have confirmed that every Bellator event will be aired live on Virgin Media in Ireland starting with Bellator 255 this weekend.

Interesting to see Virgin's push for things like this and also now having WWE on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Probably low cost-high gain.

Starlord_01 · 30-03-2021 1:01pm

What do you all make of Bellators new rankings?

https://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/bellator-mma-fighter-rankings-patricio-pitbull-cris-cyborg-top-pound-for-pound-lists-in-inaugural-tabulation/

Homelander · 30-03-2021 1:51pm

Heavyweight division seems a bit stale at this point. Full of very average or past-it fighters.

Up to LHW is solid enough for the most part.

James Gallagher #4 in Bantam despite having fought none of those top 10 guys and very few people of any real worth in general.

The great thing about these rankings is that the quality of fights should dramatically improve, I assume they will start to match-make using the rankings rather than throw #3 against some local nobody.

hots · 30-03-2021 1:55pm

Homelander wrote: »

James Gallagher #4 in Bantam despite having fought none of those top 10 guys and very few people of any real worth in general.

The great thing about these rankings is that the quality of fights should dramatically improve, I assume they will start to match-make using the rankings rather than throw #3 against some local nobody.

I really hope this is the case, I've always had the impression that Bellator makes awful matchups (mainly following irish or english cards), having rankings makes that harder to do at least.

Mr. Karate · 31-03-2021 12:00am

Homelander wrote: »

James Gallagher #4 in Bantam despite having fought none of those top 10 guys and very few people of any real worth in general.

More people will die from laughter at the thought of James "Discount Conor" Gallagher being in the top 10 than from Covid.

Starlord_01 · 31-03-2021 9:55am

Mr. Karate wrote: »

More people will die from laughter at the thought of James "Discount Conor" Gallagher being in the top 10 than from Covid.

Won't last long - Patchy Mix stops him in May.

but1er · 31-03-2021 11:17am

Starlord_01 wrote: »

Won't last long - Patchy Mix stops him in May.

lets see what this switch up does with Kanas for him.

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