The Bellator Thread

[Perfect Zero]

Bellator XIX is the next city over from my place, so I'm going to be going tonight. My brother is a big MMA fan, but I prefer more Boxing action. In any case, it should be fun.

[Wobberknockle]

Bellator has a nice crop of young fighters. They're going to make an exceptional "feeder fed" for the UFC.

[feedthehorse28]

when does huerta fight, i always liked him in the ufc and still dont understand why he left after the maynard fight

[sven]

Huerta got beat in the second round of the LW tournament by Pat Curran.

Also that knee injury last night was NASTY AS ****!

[feedthehorse28]

Quote: Originally Posted by sven

Huerta got beat in the second round of the LW tournament by Pat Curran. Also that knee injury last night was NASTY AS ****!

wow. what happened to that guy? ever since the florian fight its like he just doesnt have it anymore

[sven]

He's always been more exciting than good. His wrestling is ok but any good wrestler will out-wrestle him. His stand up has always been sloppy and he lacks the KO power to make up for it. The UFC just fed him nothing but scrubs for his first 5 fights.

[Phillmattic]

Apparently Bellator wants a fight between their LW champion Eddie Alvarez and Strikeforce LW champion Gilbert Melendez.


Bellator has been very vocal about making the fight happen (which both fighters have already stated they would be interested in doing), to the point where they pretty much are calling out Scott Coker and Strikeforce.


http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/05/2...elendez-fight/

Quote: Originally Posted by MMAFighting.com

A couple of weeks ago Melendez mentioned that he thought Alvarez would be a good opponent for him, and since then Bellator has been banging the drum that it would be more than happy to get that deal done. During Thursday night's Bellator 20 show on Fox Sports Net, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney challenged Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker to book the fight. "I said it last week, I would love to see that fight happen," Rebney said. "I'd love to see it as a CEO, I'd love to see it as a fan. Gilbert asked for that fight. Eddie responded, just across the board, 'Yes, yes, yes.' For nine days we've been trying to reach Scott Coker -- who heads up Strikeforce -- a couple of times a day. We've yet to get a response. I remain eternally optimistic."

MMA needs this fight, it would be great for the fans. Let UFC be the #1 organization in the world as long as the other organizations can co-promote on big time fights and cards.

[feedthehorse28]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phillmattic

Apparently Bellator wants a fight between their LW champion Eddie Alvarez and Strikeforce LW champion Gilbert Melendez. Bellator has been very vocal about making the fight happen (which both fighters have already stated they would be interested in doing), to the point where they pretty much are calling out Scott Coker and Strikeforce. http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/05/2...elendez-fight/ MMA needs this fight, it would be great for the fans. Let UFC be the #1 organization in the world as long as the other organizations can co-promote on big time fights and cards.

i would love to see that fight, one of the few outside of the ufc that id be interested in