Bellator 50

Didn't see any thread about this card. It's a big weekend in college football and we have a free UFC card so it can be easy to overlook this card. I think the MW tourney should be a good one. Really interested in Baker vs Hess. IMO if Hess wouldn't have suffered that brutal injury he would have won that tourney. He was dominating that fight.

MAIN CARD (MTV2)

Bryan Baker vs. Jared Hess (middleweight tourney quarterfinal)
Zelg Galesic vs. Alexander Shlemenko (middleweight tourney quarterfinal)
Sam Alvey vs. Vitor Vianna (middleweight tourney quarterfinal)
Victor O'Donnell vs. Brian Rogers (middleweight tourney quarterfinal)

PRELIMINARY CARD

Rad Martinez vs. Brian Van Hoven
Ailton Barbosa vs. Ryan Keenan
Valdir Araujo vs. Brett Cooper
John Kelly vs. Cristiano Souza
Martin Brown vs. James "J.P." Reese
Marcelo Goncalves vs. Dietter Navarro
Shah Bobonis vs. Marcos da Matta

fuck you guys, Bellator FTW!

Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce!

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce!

Maybe in views, wouldn't be surprised. Probably in attendance too.

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce!

Maybe in views, wouldn't be surprised. Probably in attendance too.

Bellator never do great gates even at Applebees and their numbers are lower than Strikeforce's with many less eyes on the channel. Bellator is third behind a cancer patient.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce!

Maybe in views, wouldn't be surprised. Probably in attendance too.

Bellator never do great gates even at Applebees and their numbers are lower than Strikeforce's with many less eyes on the channel. Bellator is third behind a cancer patient.

LOL you're a Bellator hater now? How pissed will you be when they are on SPIKE? Which is clearly just a matter of time at this point. Take your L like a man.

Do you still have any interest in non Zuffa MMA at this point?

Shlemenko FTW!!!

killerofchicken wrote:

Shlemenko FTW!!!

Hess was whoopin that ass before his freak injury.

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce!

Maybe in views, wouldn't be surprised. Probably in attendance too.

Bellator never do great gates even at Applebees and their numbers are lower than Strikeforce's with many less eyes on the channel. Bellator is third behind a cancer patient.

LOL you're a Bellator hater now? How pissed will you be when they are on SPIKE? Which is clearly just a matter of time at this point. Take your L like a man.

Hector Lombard has the best highlight package in MMA. Alvarez has been a favorite for years. But Bellator does less ratings that SF with more eyes on free TV, has 1/3 the talent and has issues selling out resturants. Not haterism. Just the way it is.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce!

Maybe in views, wouldn't be surprised. Probably in attendance too.

Bellator never do great gates even at Applebees and their numbers are lower than Strikeforce's with many less eyes on the channel. Bellator is third behind a cancer patient.

LOL you're a Bellator hater now? How pissed will you be when they are on SPIKE? Which is clearly just a matter of time at this point. Take your L like a man.

Hector Lombard has the best highlight package in MMA. Alvarez has been a favorite for years. But Bellator does less ratings that SF with more eyes on free TV, has 1/3 the talent and has issues selling out resturants. Not haterism. Just the way it is.

No coming into a thread about Bellator and declaring it weaker then SF is the definition of hating.

OU wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

Shlemenko FTW!!!

Hess was whoopin that ass before his freak injury.

Schlemenko meeleed his ass which caused him to fall on his knee wrong. No freak injury about it.

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce!

Maybe in views, wouldn't be surprised. Probably in attendance too.

Bellator never do great gates even at Applebees and their numbers are lower than Strikeforce's with many less eyes on the channel. Bellator is third behind a cancer patient.

LOL you're a Bellator hater now? How pissed will you be when they are on SPIKE? Which is clearly just a matter of time at this point. Take your L like a man.

Hector Lombard has the best highlight package in MMA. Alvarez has been a favorite for years. But Bellator does less ratings that SF with more eyes on free TV, has 1/3 the talent and has issues selling out resturants. Not haterism. Just the way it is.

No coming into a thread about Bellator and declaring it weaker then SF is the definition of hating.

It is weaker than SF. Truth telling isn't hating.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

Shlemenko FTW!!!

Hess was whoopin that ass before his freak injury.

Schlemenko meeleed his ass which caused him to fall on his knee wrong. No freak injury about it.

What? He fell wrong and his knee freakishly exploded. I'm not saying it was an unassisted injury but it was a freak injury without a doubt. A fight Hess was straight up dominating.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce!

Maybe in views, wouldn't be surprised. Probably in attendance too.

Bellator never do great gates even at Applebees and their numbers are lower than Strikeforce's with many less eyes on the channel. Bellator is third behind a cancer patient.

LOL you're a Bellator hater now? How pissed will you be when they are on SPIKE? Which is clearly just a matter of time at this point. Take your L like a man.

Hector Lombard has the best highlight package in MMA. Alvarez has been a favorite for years. But Bellator does less ratings that SF with more eyes on free TV, has 1/3 the talent and has issues selling out resturants. Not haterism. Just the way it is.

No coming into a thread about Bellator and declaring it weaker then SF is the definition of hating.

It is weaker than SF. Truth telling isn't hating.

LOL really? So going into a Vitor Belfort thread just to type "He's no Anderson Silva" isn't hating? Sure the fuck is.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce!

Maybe in views, wouldn't be surprised. Probably in attendance too.

Bellator never do great gates even at Applebees and their numbers are lower than Strikeforce's with many less eyes on the channel. Bellator is third behind a cancer patient.

LOL you're a Bellator hater now? How pissed will you be when they are on SPIKE? Which is clearly just a matter of time at this point. Take your L like a man.

Hector Lombard has the best highlight package in MMA. Alvarez has been a favorite for years. But Bellator does less ratings that SF with more eyes on free TV, has 1/3 the talent and has issues selling out resturants. Not haterism. Just the way it is.

No coming into a thread about Bellator and declaring it weaker then SF is the definition of hating.

It is weaker than SF. Truth telling isn't hating.

it WAS weaker than SF, not so much anymore to be honest... SF got ripped apart and Bellator is starting to make some moves.

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[quote="GDPofDRC"][quote="Wolfgangsta"][quote="OU"][quote="Wolfgangsta"][quote="OU"][quote="Wolfgangsta"][quote="OU"][quote="Wolfgangsta"]Yea, this card crushes Strikeforce![/quote

That is not what I posted at all...

Was saying SF even at this point is bigger than Bellator. SF in the big picture was and still is the 3rd biggest MMA promotion of all time. They are fading but not faded out. What they have that Bellator doesn't is a larger degree of high end depth at HW and LHW which appeals in a major way to MMA and non-MMA fans alike.

Bellator though is the successor stateside and maybe one day could begin to approche the significance SF once had. Ttheir BW and FW divisions are firmly legit to anyone paying attention and Ii think have surpassed JMMA. They have several top athletes in the sport but primarily lack high end depth. Their tournaments though are a tradeoff though in that they create out of both potential and experience in promotion challengers whose credibility is displayed and proven through the structure of the seasons.

They will be the firm #2 MMA promotion in due time and depending on what is able to happen in Japan and Europe/Russia, the firm #2 globally. If they reach an actual peek SF level is a discussion to be had in a year or two.

OU wrote:

fuck you guys, Bellator FTW!

I'm with you homie I just got on here Damn!

MMAEYES wrote:

OU wrote:

fuck you guys, Bellator FTW!

I'm with you homie I just got on here Damn!

United we stand.

Yeah I'll be checking this card out, Brian Baker is pretty good. Free mma is all I'm getting till oct 29th so I'll watch free mma all I can.

Reality is this weekend that this card is a bigger priority to watch for me than UFC. Bellator then UFC then Boxing Saturday.

I think it's pretty sweet how Bellator's show ends at the same time the UFC's starts. Just runs right into the other. I'll probably still just record both and watch football. OU vs FSU starts at 8.