Eric Prindle calls in sick, no HW tournament final at Bellator 61.

We are typically very liberal with the word "Ducking"..we mostly apply it to situations where we know it's not likely the case...but between Prindle escaping their last fight by selling what looked like a grazer like Santos kicked his dick off after being clearly overmatched early in their bout and now calling in sick the day before the rematch...i think Prindle is a true case of ducking. Just crown Big Monster the winner and give the Polar Bear a damn fight.

-Sherdog

Eric Prindle has been forced to withdraw from his Bellator 61 main event with Thiago Santos due to illness, Sherdog.com confirmed with a source close to the bout on Thursday.

Prindle, 35, has come down with flu-like symptoms that will prevent him from competing; the extent of his ailment is currently unknown. MMAJunkie.com first reported the news Thursday morning. The bout is expected to be rescheduled for an event later in the season, though the promotion has not yet commented on the matter.

Prindle was set to meet Santos in a rematch of their Bellator 59 clash this past November, which ended in a no contest after Prindle suffered a kick to the groin and was unable to continue. The contest served as the Season 5 heavyweight tournament final, and -- when completed -- will determine the next challenger for Bellator heavyweight king Cole Konrad.

Beaten just once in nine professional outings, Prindle had won seven consecutive fights before his bout with Santos ended in a no contest. Known for his heavy hands and large frame, “The American Soldier” owns three Bellator wins, posting victories over Abe Wagner and Ron Sparks to advance to the Season 5 tournament final.

Ten years younger than his foe, Santos had notched four straight wins prior to his first clash with Prindle. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, the Rio Heroes veteran owns half of his career victories via submission and owns notable triumphs over Geronimo dos Santos, Josh Burns and Neil Grove.

Smart of him. Santos was gonna smash da fuck out his junk.

Word is out that Thiago Santos was 300 pounds yesterday and was way over today, though the bout had already been nixed. So...either way, one of these guys would have prevented this bout from happening.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Word is out that Thiago Santos was 300 pounds yesterday and was way over today, though the bout had already been nixed. So...either way, one of these guys would have prevented this bout from happening.

Non Zuffa HWs

the fight is rescheduled for next Friday

How is Santos going to lose 35lbs in a week?

Ludo wrote:

How is Santos going to lose 35lbs in a week?

James Toney lost 28 pounds in 36 hours and fought Roy Jones

shit happens

also read that Prindle "showed obvious signs of sickness while doing interviews" so he is probably legit sick

Not everyone can be

I...







...never heard of either fighter before this thread.


BRB in an hour when I've watched all their Bellator fights and am an expert.

Prindle knocked your boy Ron Sparks duh fuck out

spoilin ass. Though I already spoiled that.

LMAO the first fight I watched was Jimmy Ambriz ruin his ass....written off 4lyfe

That was early in his career and he's defeated better fighters since then...but i was not exactly trying to hype the guy up.

Based on the Bellator fights and a couple others, Santos is an aggressive power puncher with good chokes, but he strikes very wild and wide. Prindle I guess is a five time boxing champion in the army and showed great counter punching against Sparks. But he looks like he might suck on the ground. Santos should get the takedown and sub/gnp

McCork needs to get in the next HW tourney and run this shit

He wants back to the UFC though.

Santos or Prindle and most of the guys in the last Belltor HW tourney would of wrecked McCorkle.

Besides Santos, I don't think the dudes in Bellator's tourney have any concept of the ground game

bobbitt15 wrote:

Besides Santos, I don't think the dudes in Bellator's tourney have any concept of the ground game

Blagoi Ivanov

*I don't think any of Bellator's HWs besides Santos and guys who are in critical condition following stab wounds have any concept of the ground game

That doesn't exactly make McCorkle any better. He would not make it to the finals last season.

He probably would have. Sexy is a pretty good fighter.

He might of beaten jensen and sparks, maybe even groove. Guys like Hayes prindle, Santos blagi, he they look way beyond him in 2011.