Bellator 1st and 2nd Spike Cards Announced

Ninja wrote:

King Mo to face Przemyslaw Mysiala.


http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2012/12/king-mo-lawal-meets-przemyslaw-mysiala-in-bellator-86-tourney-fight

LOL I guess they don't want to take any chance of him losing after such a long layoff.

Wow I was just posting on another forum on a Bellator topic and one guy said he doesn't watch Bellator because he only watches high level fighters and when he watches he feels he can compete with those guys. Which totally blew my mind. He said he enjoyed Chandler vs Alvarez but that they weren't very good. I'm just in shock that a fan actually feels this way.

"I don't have time or interest in watching inferior fighters". How can someone judge the skill level of fighters they have never seen in action? I think people that don't watch Bellator(like Ali) aren't aware of the amount of overall talent there. They assume there is just a handful of good fighters in there outclassing a bunch of scrubs. They underestimate the depth they have in some of those divisions, especially the lighter ones.

OU wrote:

"I don't have time or interest in watching inferior fighters". How can someone judge the skill level of fighters they have never seen in action? I think people that don't watch Bellator(like Ali) aren't aware of the amount of overall talent there. They assume there is just a handful of good fighters in there outclassing a bunch of scrubs. They underestimate the depth they have in some of those divisions, especially the lighter ones.

I would favor Curran over everyone at 145 except Aldo and Frankie, same goes for Pittbull.

Chandler/Eddie I really do think are on the same level as Bendo/Cowboy/Pettis/Maynard/Gil.

Askren is top 10 WW.

Storm is top 10 MW

Dantas is a top 5 BW.

WW and MW have some good younger guys as well who could be big shit still one day. A few LW's also like Hawn.

captain organic wrote:

Ninja wrote:

bobbitt15 wrote:

KingsOwn19 wrote:

I hope Douglas Lima vs. Semtex is the matchup. I heard Bjorn say that War Machine vs. i think Saunders won the poll.

Daley vs War Machine won the poll

War Machine isn't fighting for awhile..tore his ACL.

Yet Bjorn said that fight is still going to happen. He didn't make it clear if Daley would wait for War Machine, or fight in the meantime, but he said Daley vs WM would still go down.

IMO Daley needs to be on that first card. Vs a slugger. He's one of their biggest names, and he fights in an exciting fashion. He has to be on there.

And where is shlemenko? Another guy that I feel needs to be on there in, if not the first card, then at least the top 2. Not a big name, but a champ, and a great action fighter.

Bellator 88, Feb. 7th vs. Falcao

http://www.tatame.com.br/falcao-disputa-titulo-do-bellator-contra-shlemenko-em-fevereiro-de-2013/

January 17
Michael Chandler vs. Rick Hawn - Lightweight Championship
Pat Curran vs. Patricio Pitbull - Featherweight Championship
Babalu Sobral vs. Mikhail Zayats - Light Heavyweight Tournament

January 24
Ben Askren vs. Karl Amoussou - Welterweight Championship
King Mo Lawal vs. Przemyslaw Mysiala - Light Heavyweight Tournament

February 7
Maiquel Falcao vs. Alexander Shlemenko - Middleweight Championship
Featherweight tournament quarter-finals

I might have to go see my boy Lima in action.

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2012/12/bellator-plans-three-events-for-oklahomas-winstar-world-casino-in-2013

Bellator is finally gonna start doing brackets instead of just saying as the tournament goes what the matchups are. LHW tourny as expected should be easy MOney but i guess you never know. There a couple unknowns there with nice records and it seems whenever somebody is supposed to breeze through the tourny, they don't. Bellator signed a couple really good brazilian prospects at 205 in Lins and Eduardo but they arent gonna use them for this tourny. Most of these guys are alright, but Mo just happens to be matched with by far the worst guy in the tournament who isnt even in on a hot streak on lower level shows.

To be fair Mo would probably run through any of those guys in the first round of matchups there, including Babalu. Though having him in a bracket opposite both Petruzelli and Babalu is kind of stacking the odds further in his favor.

Newton is probably a tougher fight for him than Seth anyway. He would body slam him all over the cage

bobbitt15 wrote:

Newton is probably a tougher fight for him than Seth anyway. He would body slam him all over the cage

Yeah, I'm guessing Seth and Sobral are the 2nd and 3rd(whatever order) biggest names in the tourney, but I'm doubting they are currently the 2nd and 3rd best fighters in the tourney.

I do like the brackets though.

And I do hope my buddy reappears. 1 hr 17 mins till midnite. Grateful dead tribute band show has already started. Dude is MIA.

2 UFC vets, Sick Dog vs Lambert.

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/01/jason-lambert-meets-hector-ramirez-at-jan-17-bellator-85-card
Jason Lambert (24-13 MMA, 0-0 BFC) will meet Hector Ramirez (9-4-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) at Bellator 85. The two fighters were announced for the card by Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney this past month, but they won't be in separate fights – they'll be fighting each other.

Quote :

The latest Bellator 86 card includes:

Champ Ben Askren vs. Karl Amoussou - for welterweight title
Muhammed Lawal vs. Przemyslaw Mysiala - light-heavyweight-tournament opening round
Ben Saunders vs. Koffi Adzitso - welterweight-tournament opening round
Douglas Lima vs. Michail Tsarev - welterweight-tournament opening round
Brent Weedman vs. Marius Zaromskis - welterweight-tournament opening round
Raul Amaya vs. Jose Gomes - welterweight-tournament opening round

cant wait for these fights, Bellator is looking to have a good January

The LW tournament is finished being set.

Bellator has signed Will Brooks(8-0) who is coming off an impressive dominating performance at DREAM 18. He will fight Ricardo Tirloni at Bellator 87

Anyone hear about the card for bellator 88 in atlanta? My girl got me tickets for the event and all I see is the main event listed and its less than a month away. Looking forward to it as I have only been to some small shows and nothing big time.

Maiquel Falcao vs. Alexander Shlemenko at Bellator 88, should be a good fight dude.