[molson]

I hate conspiracy theories with a passion but I think there's a strong chance that the Kimbo/Shamrock and Sonnen/Ortiz fights were fixed. Not by Bellator, but by "gentleman's agreement" between the fighters. They wanted to make money without taking damage and took Bellator for a ride. Both fights followed a similar pattern. The loser gets to save face and look strong early, and then the winner turns the table and loses in a strange manner. You just don't see fights like that anywhere else - not in UFC, not in smaller regional promotions, they both looked like scripted fights. Sonnen didn't even try to get out of what was not even a locked in choke. Either he has reached late-state dementia already or he wanted to go home early.