Bellator

[Kris P Lettus]

Their first show on Spike Bellator 85 (http://www.bellator.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23600&ATCLID=205823796) is Jan 17..

I have never watched a full Bellator show, cause I don;t have MTV 2 but I know it's tourney style.. This is the beginning of season 8.. I know alot of their fighters (even on this card) but don't really know much about it..

I am looking forward to their Spike shows though and hope the company does well..

[Krimzon7]

Oddly Enough Zuffa has nothing bad to say about them. Lorenzo Fertita seems content to let them be.

[Kris P Lettus]

After taking over WEC and Pride FC, Elite XC, Bodog Fights, and IFL all folded on their own and I think Dana White appreciates having some competition outside of Japan..

Also, it gives guys who "fizzle out" in the UFC a chance at redemption, which can only help out UFC in the long run.. They can just do what WCW did to ECW and take any talent they want..

[Next Big Thing]

I don't think it's about Dana appreciating the competition as much as it is him just not giving a fuck about them.

Strikeforce at least had an appealing roster with the likes of Overeem, Diaz, Barnett, Shields, Mendez, Fedor, Carano, Cung Le, Frank Shamrock, etc and Dana took his fair share of pot shots at the organization... partly because of how talent rich the organization was in my opinion. If Scott Coker had more of a backbone and made premier fights like Fedor/Overeem instead of allowing fighters to come and go as they please and dictate when/if they fought, Strikeforce probably would have emerged as the WCW to the UFC's WWE.

I'm pretty sure Arianny Celeste is more famous and recognizable than anyone on that Bellator roster and would probably draw a better rating sitting in her bathing suit. Maybe the move to Spike TV will help raise their profile, but until then, I don't think he gives two squirts of piss about Bellator.

[Kris P Lettus]

BABALU

[Savio]

Fight card
<table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <th colspan="8" style="background-color: #ccf; color: #000080; text-align: center;">Main Card (Spike TV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_TV))</th> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Weight Class</th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;">
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</th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Method</th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Round</th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Time</th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Notes</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Lightweight</td> <td>Michael Chandler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chandler) (c)</td> <td align="center">vs.</td> <td>Rick Hawn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Hawn)</td> <td>
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</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference">[a] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellator_Fighting_Championships:_Season_Eight#cite_note-6)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Light Heavyweight</td> <td>Renato Sobral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Sobral)</td> <td align="center">vs.</td> <td>Mikhail Zayats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Zayats)</td> <td>
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</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-LHWQuarterfinals_7-0" class="reference"> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellator_Fighting_Championships:_Season_Eight#cite_note-LHWQuarterfinals-7)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Light Heavyweight</td> <td>Seth Petruzelli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Petruzelli)</td> <td align="center">vs.</td> <td>Jacob Noe</td> <td>
</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-LHWQuarterfinals_7-1" class="reference">[b] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellator_Fighting_Championships:_Season_Eight#cite_note-LHWQuarterfinals-7)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Featherweight</td> <td>Pat Curran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Curran) (c)</td> <td align="center">vs.</td> <td>Patricio Freire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricio_Freire)</td> <td>
</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td align="center">
</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference">[c] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellator_Fighting_Championships:_Season_Eight#cite_note-8)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="background-color: #ccf; color: #000080; text-align: center;">[B]Preliminary Card (Spike.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike.com))</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Featherweight</td> <td>Aaron Miller</td> <td align="center">def.</td> <td>Joe Camacho</td> <td>Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">5:00</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Light Heavyweight</td> <td>Jason Lambert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lambert)</td> <td align="center">def.</td> <td>Hector Ramirez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Ramirez_%28fighter%29)</td> <td>Submission (straight armbar)</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">3:59</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catchweight (165 lbs.)</td> <td>J.J. Ambrose</td> <td align="center">def.</td> <td>Brian Warren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Warren)</td> <td>Submission (guillotine choke)</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">0:50</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Light Heavyweight</td> <td>Emanuel Newton</td> <td align="center">def.</td> <td>Atanas Djambazov</td> <td>Submission (rear naked choke)</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">2:21</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-LHWQuarterfinals_7-2" class="reference">[b] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellator_Fighting_Championships:_Season_Eight#cite_note-LHWQuarterfinals-7)</sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lightweight</td> <td>Savant Young (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_Young)</td> <td align="center">def.</td> <td>Mike Guymon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Guymon)</td> <td>KO (punch)</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">0:48</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Welterweight</td> <td>Joe Williams</td> <td align="center">def.</td> <td>Jamie Yager (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Yager)</td> <td>TKO (strikes)</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">4:02</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Featherweight</td> <td>Cleber Luciano</td> <td align="center">def.</td> <td>Mario Navarro</td> <td>Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">5:00</td> <td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>

I've never seen bellator before, lets check this out.

[Savio]

5 fucking rounds.....ugh

[Kris P Lettus]

it was a championship fight..

O_o

[Kris P Lettus]

Is dude related to Jeff Curran??

[Kris P Lettus]

BABALU

[Savio]

Wasnt paying attention thought important fights were on last..... lol caught the Bablu fight though surprised to see him go down.

[Kris P Lettus]

Dude's chin has been suspect for years.. He prolly done..

[Kris P Lettus]

David Loiseau

[Droford]

I think king mo would be better suited in boxing..my first impression of him

[Kris P Lettus]

Good fights tonight..

[Kris P Lettus]

http://i.minus.com/iTmlZX111Rzg.gif

[Kris P Lettus]

That Schlemenko/Falcao title fight is tonight..

Looks promising..

[Kris P Lettus]

DAMN

Nice KO

[Kris P Lettus]

"Bellturd I am face n-one who want fight come in cage"

[Kris P Lettus]

That little Russian is the man..

[Kris P Lettus]

from: Dave Meltzer mmafighting.com

In its fourth week on Spike, Bellator looks to have leveled out in the range of what it should expect to do from this point forward.

Thursday night's show, headlined by the Alexander Shlemenko vs. Maiquel Falcao match for the vacant middleweight title, did a 0.64 rating and 807,000 viewers. The viewership was up 14 percent from the previous week's 705,000.

The show did a 0.7 rating in Males 18-49, the best of the four episodes to date.

The positives about the number is it was drawn with a Brazilian against a Siberian in the main event, and of the five televised matches, only one featured an American fighter. While Shlemenko has been one of Bellator's top fighters since his arrival in 2010, he was never one of the key fighters promoted due to his only basic understanding of English. Perhaps most important, Bellator's number increased even though its lead-in, TNA Wrestling, dropped 11 percent to 1,412,000 viewers which was closer to that show's normal range after being above average for three weeks.

However, the Bellator replay dropped from 17 percent from 323,000 viewers the prior week to 268,000 viewers on Thursday.

After a month in, a show that may start out strong with first show publicity is usually at around its normalized level. Bellator is probably going to be in the 675,000 to 825,000 viewer level consistently on Spike, close to five times the viewers it previously had on MTV2.

[Krimzon7]

Kris P, is this considered bad news? I don't think so.

[Kris P Lettus]

No, it's good..

UFC needs another organisation to be relevant cause they can feed UFC younger new fighters.. It also seems like Bellator has a deep international outreach specially in Russia and Brazil.. Also, it's a good spot for UFC fighters in slumps to go a la Nate Marquart.. Bellator gets a named fighter while that fighter has a shot to make it back to UFC..

It should work out nicely..

[Kris P Lettus]

lol Doug "the rhino" Marshall

I remember when Brian Stann KO'ed him for the WEC LW Title and started celebrating before the ref stopped it..

[Kris P Lettus]

sick ko

[Kris P Lettus]

Fam Cam

http://i.minus.com/ilmhfAj2ZOm0w.gif

[Kris P Lettus]

http://www.sherdog.com/events/Bellator-MMA-Bellator-90-27353

Good card tonight..

[Kris P Lettus]

TUF alum Ben Saunders

[Kris P Lettus]

sweet KO

[Savio]

Sick Knockout

[Kris P Lettus]

Bryan Baker used to be in WEC and he was featured on the short lived TapOut reality show..

[Droford]

Did they Fuck up showing the brackets with baker winning before showing the fight lol

[Kris P Lettus]

Yeah

The commentator said they made a mistake..

[Kris P Lettus]

damn another finish

2 siccccccccc

[Droford]

Lol Tna was making a big deal about her being on here and she's loading the t shirt gun..pft

[Kris P Lettus]

who

[Droford]

The knockouts ref taryn Terrell or however you spell her name

[Kris P Lettus]

OH SHIT

[Droford]

Lol

[Savio]

Glass <s>J</s>Mo

[Kris P Lettus]

Shonnie Carteresque

[Kris P Lettus]

Little Brian Stann

[Kris P Lettus]

http://i.imgur.com/EoY6yUY.gif

[Kris P Lettus]

another sick ko

entertaining night of fights as usual

[MoFo]

lol King Mo

Hope Ballator sign Rampage so they can continue their beef, was funny as fuck

[Next Big Thing]

Mo vs. Rampage would probably do big ratings and I want to see that fight too. Mo getting KTFO is enough of a sacrifice to the MMA Gods to ensure that Rousey won't be upset by Carmouche.

[Kris P Lettus]

That argument that Rampage and Mo had in the 15 pass van when they were going to some MMA Elite event was mint..

"who you beat Mo?? Travif Wiuff?!?!"-Rampage

[Droford]

That fight shouldn't have needed 3 rounds..no idea how Fischer lasted it.

[Kris P Lettus]

Because Rickles isn't legit on the ground yet.. I only saw the 3rd round but, when he went deep for the kimura, he had the opportunity to also snag and inverted triangle that would have prolly ended the fight cause he would have had the arm in choke and his free arm locked up..

He also missed out on like a minutes worth of available armbar when Rickles had him mounted up high.. He didn't go for the arm till dude gave it to him to trey to switch to better his position..

[Kris P Lettus]

That prolly made no sense to you but I'm glad you have taken an interest in MMA..

[Kris P Lettus]

ill will

[Kris P Lettus]

got ktfo

[Droford]

I was shocked by brooks losing too

[Kris P Lettus]

This West dude is insane with the kicks man..

[Kris P Lettus]

TIMBER

[Kris P Lettus]

http://i.imgflip.com/p55s.gif

[Droford]

Pulling for rich man in the opener

[Kris P Lettus]

little brasilian is relentless

[Droford]

Richman jut has to stay off the ground in the 3rd to win

[Kris P Lettus]

good fight

the brazilian should have kept his shot going in the 2nd cause he was light years ahead of richman on the ground

[Kris P Lettus]

YUS FRODO

fucking love this little russian

[Droford]

Rooting for Cosmo but I'm not feeling him getting a win

[Kris P Lettus]

cram a few more commercials in here

[Kris P Lettus]

kramer is killing him with the plum

[Droford]

Oh damn it..

[Kris P Lettus]

holy shit

that was awesome

[Droford]

Why the hell is he crying

[Kris P Lettus]

Are you serious?? He was getting dominated for two and a half rounds of the biggest fight of his life and he ended up KOing the dude..

Huge comeback upset victory in the biggest competition of his life..

anyway, lol doug marshall kicked the kid with the pads in the face on live tv

[Droford]

I'll take Marshall in an upset..

[Kris P Lettus]

that wouldn't be the upset imo

marshal was the former wec 205 champ

this fight is at 185

[Droford]

Lol at Marshall right at the end

[Droford]

Ha..awesome called it

[Droford]

Lol he hit me like a little girl

[Kris P Lettus]

i really dont see how marshall won that fight but OK

[Droford]

Frodo should win

[Kris P Lettus]

lol

his reaction to the ball shot is hilarious

[Droford]

That didn't even look that bad

[Droford]

Outside the nutshot that was a good 1st rd

[Droford]

Sandro was toast after the 2nd

[Kris P Lettus]

he gassed pretty bad in his last fight too but he was able to grind out the victory

[Droford]

Frodo/rich man should be good

[Droford]

Bellator nut shot championships lol

/back on the first fight

[Droford]

Nothing like getting booed after getting a knee square in the nuts

[Droford]

Jesus..that guy Page is awesome..10 seconds

Actually upon further review, the white guy was a huge wimp..just barely caught him.

[Droford]

Not a night to get your money's worth

[Droford]

"If you're in a cage and you say what just happened? YOU LOST" lol

[Kris P Lettus]

eeeggghhhh karo parysian

[Kris P Lettus]

yes

fuck you karo

[Droford]

Marshall almost knocked the beard off his face

[Kris P Lettus]

woah

marshall said that after you posted it

drofordomous

[Droford]

Lol

"You know what I have to say about fighting the Russian? AMERICA!"

[Kris P Lettus]

you talkign about the 185 title fight or the main event tonight

if you are talking about the title fight, marshall is a douche and shlemenko is a killer

[Droford]

Marshall said that in the post fight

[Kris P Lettus]

i mute it when he is talking

have since the old wec days

he starts slobbering after the first few sentences

:(

[Kris P Lettus]

that was and awesome ko

[Kris P Lettus]

FRODO

[Kris P Lettus]

that was a great fight

got it 29-28 frodo

[Droford]

This seemed like a really good show..could have gone..oh well

[Kris P Lettus]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-72LGFAfDUck/UV49QUBBKLI/AAAAAAAAggQ/wFeH-3ybGls/s1600/Brett+Cooper+vs.+Doug++The+Rhino++Marshall+1.gif

[Kris P Lettus]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3mfKYXnValY/UV40uQ-nqiI/AAAAAAAAgf8/0ZBbhtqhXI4/s1600/Karo+Parisyan+vs.+Rick+Hawn+2.gif