EddieVanHeineken wrote:Anybody watch Bellator last night?
Man what a clusterfuck for them! It was weird night of fights. I missed most of the undercard so can't comment on that too much. The Bader Davis fight went the same as the first, which is to say not much happened.
Sonnen Silva also went as expected. The people complaining about the fight are probably the same people who buy Mayweather fights expecting him to KO somebody. Chael is a wrestler. He's not going to KO anybody. He has to talk a good game to get interest in his fights bc the fights are not exciting. Silva hadn't fought in 4 years. He showed no ability to stop the take down or get up. He just looked at the ref waiting for him to stand up.
Mitrione Fedor went all Rocky. Both fighters knocked down at the same time. Mitrione just clobbered Fedor. I really hope Fedor stops. I don't care what the corrupt Russian officials did in his last fight with Maldonado, but he was beat in the first round of that fight and it should have been stopped. It should also have been a draw with that first round scored a 10-8. Fedor has no business fighting anymore. He doesn't have it.
Aaron Pico should not have been in their against a guy with several years experience. He did worse in his debut than CM Punk did. WTF is it with MMA and not being able to bring up fighters in the right way? This is the one area boxing does it right. It takes about 15-20 fights in boxing before they start high level so they get the experience and confidence. UFC did the same thing with Sage and Paige. Build up the fighters. The return on investment will be worth it.
Chandler Primus
This one was hard to watch. Not as bad as the Silva Weidman fight, but still bad. Chandler is one tough SOB. They need to do an immediate rematch. I have a feeling Chandler would run through this kid.
Watched the Bellator fights. Didn't buy it. Watched it by other means
. No way I would pay for the slop.
Overall I thought it was a silly night of fights. The Davis/Bader fight was right up there with the Holly Holm/GDR fight in boredom. Fights like that when it gets to the 3rd rd I lose interest & clean my bathroom or eat an apple.
I laughed out loud when Mitrione Fedor knocked each other down. It was like a SNL sketch or something.
The kurplunk for Chandler was when his corner pulled his stool out from underneath him & he didn't know it.
However, it was great to see and hear Goldy & Maro call a fight.
I really miss Goldy calling UFC fights. Yeah, he says some goofy & dopey things, but he makes the fights feel like an event. You could really tell that he was happy to be back calling a fight.
We've had what? 5 ppvs and a couple of Fox fights since Goldberg left? The 3 guys calling a fight does not work whatsoever. Several times throughout a card nobody is saying anything because
they are waiting for one of the others to talk. And most of the times the only thing Jon Anick says is "coming in June the movie blah blah" or "is brought to you by etc etc".
The Lee/Chiesa fight- Chiesa got robbed, but if he had survived there is no way it would've gone beyond 2 rounds. Kevin Lee was so much better than Chiesa.
After getting knocked out I was waiting for Johnny Hendricks to grab the mic to announce his retirement. Jeez, the guy couldn't even make weight. Please cut him,
and let him sign with Bellator.
Felice Herring looked really good. Should be interesting to see who she fights next.
Just read Kish crapped her pants while she was trying to escape the submission attempts-
Be warned there are pics-
https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/6/26/1 ... ps-herself
Was going to go to 214 in Anaheim, but all the cheap seats sold out really fast. The only seats left are $500 and up. Still might go. I don't know if the UFC releases seats as the fight gets closer.
If they release some cheap seats, or lower the price of the platinum seats I still might go.
