Dave Herman vs Ricco Rodriguez @Bellator 31 Is OFF (edited)

http://mmajunkie.com/news/20596/dave-herman-vs-ricco-rodriguez-booked-for-bellator-31-event.mma
A major heavyweight bout has been added to this month's Bellator 31 event.

During Thursday's Bellator broadcast on FOX Sports Net, officials confirmed a Sept. 30 booking between top heavyweight prospect Dave Herman (16-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC) and former UFC champ Ricco Rodriguez (44-11 MMA, 0-0 BFC), who's seen a career resurgence in recent years.

Herman and Bellator officials have been in a contract dispute.

Herman sued Bellator in July, as Sherdog.com initially reported, and the organization in turn counter-sued the fighter, who had been slated to fight at this weekend's Shark Fights 13 event before he was pulled from the card.

The Bellator 31 booking likely represents some resolution to the situation.

I got Ricco winning this don't know too much about Herman though

Ed Herman is one of those guys in the EliteXC prospect class that contained guys like Feijao and Lyle Beerbrom. Him beating Ricco would hardly be an upset.

Ricco is on a roll, and looks like he's in the best shape of his life. It should be a competitive fight though

excellent fight. Ive got Ricco.

winner here, probably faces the hwy tourney winner b4 too long.

Herman is game, but Ricco can pull this off.

Ricco wins, he should return to the UFC without a doubt

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Ed Herman is one of those guys in the EliteXC prospect class that contained guys like Feijao and Lyle Beerbrom. Him beating Ricco would hardly be an upset.

If Ed Herman beats Ricco it would be the biggest upset ever

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Ed Herman is one of those guys in the EliteXC prospect class that contained guys like Feijao and Lyle Beerbrom. Him beating Ricco would hardly be an upset.

If Ed Herman beats Ricco it would be the biggest upset ever

Hardly, have you seen DaveHerman fight? and Ricco has made a resergence but lets not pretend this is prime Ricco.

Mir beating Cro cop would be the biggest upset ever

I got Ricco.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Ed Herman is one of those guys in the EliteXC prospect class that contained guys like Feijao and Lyle Beerbrom. Him beating Ricco would hardly be an upset.

If Ed Herman beats Ricco it would be the biggest upset ever

Hardly, have you seen Dave Herman fight? and Ricco has made a resergence but lets not pretend this is prime Ricco.

Mir beating Cro cop would be the biggest upset ever

Yes, I have seen Ed Herman fight. He lost his last fight to Aaron Simpson at middleweight

And I was thinking Dave Herman................I'm rusty

Wait this is Dave Herman

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Wait this is Dave Herman

I know he's fighting Dave Herman but Wolf then yourself both wrote Ed Herman and instead of correcting you I played along.

Jesus now I see why he preferred Peewee.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/20696/knee-surgery-forces-ricco-rodriguez-out-of-bellator-31-fight-with-dave-herman.mma?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+mmajunkie+(MMAjunkie.com+Feed)

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A serious knee injury has forced Ricco Rodriguez (44-11 MMA, 0-0 BFC) out of a scheduled Bellator 31 matchup with fellow heavyweight Dave "Pee Wee" Herman (16-2 MMA, 1-0 BFC).

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the news with sources close to the Sept. 30 event, who said a search is underway for a replacement.

Rodriguez initially hoped to fight through the knee injury, but he's since learned multiple surgeries may be required.

auch that sux! wear and tear is a bitch!

That's what happens when you fight every other weekend i guess.

Shame. I was looking forward to this.

Pee Wee and Ron Sparks will never fight again. They can't buy a fight. If they show up to fight eachother I bet a suicide bomber will ruin the show.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Look at LA acting like he's too cool for a Bellator event.

captain organic wrote:

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Look at LA acting like he's too cool for a Bellator event.

Nothing to do with Bellator, it's already known I think Bellator could easily be the 2nd best Org in MMA.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

Pee Wee and Ron Sparks will never fight again. They can't buy a fight. If they show up to fight eachother I bet a suicide bomber will ruin the show.

Well not that I hope a suicide bomber blows up a bellator show, but Bellator bringing Sparks in to replace Ricco makes alot of sense imo.