Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 14, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2015 Have they really? Nice nod to Japan that  Bellator is the shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 16, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 So does anyone believe Tito Ortiz has any chance of beating Liam McGeary on Saturday night? A title shot may be a little a unjustified if you want to break it down but if Tito can pull it off it'll be some story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirdobbo89 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 On paper he's got a punchers chance but I also remember that I would have bet the house that Bader would have destroyed him. You never know with MMA. Like you say, it'll be an amazing story if he pulls it off. But anyway, McGeary by TKO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2015 There's no logical reason why McGeary should be losing to 2015 Tito Ortiz. I'll be amazed if he does. This is just Coker building McGeary up by giving him a name to roll over. I'd give Tito no more than a very slim punchers chance. Â Love this card though. The MMA/Kickboxing mixed shows don't always work that well in practice but I love that Coker's willing to at least give it a bash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted September 17, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2015 If/when McGeary wins do we think we'll see another Tito retirement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 17, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) I think so. Tito made it quite clear that it was about one last run. I could see perhaps taking a big feud type fight if he loses like a Kimbo fight or something, but i don't see Tito dropping down and fighting other's on the Bellator roster. That 205lb division is picking up steam, i don't see Tito wanting to mix in that company. Even if Tito somehow wins Saturday i don't fancy his chances against any of the guys in 4 man Tournament. Â The only shot i give to Tito Saturday really is it's a Bader/Schlemenko situation where Tito lands a good shot or catches McGeary early in a submission. You could put a case forward for Tito putting in a classic ground and pound performance from the guard, but when was the last time Tito put in one of those performances? McGeary is active as hell off his back too so i don't see Tito of 2015 having much success there. McGeary really should have too much for him everywhere. Â Who does people fancy for the Tournament? I think the safe money is on there being a Phil Davis/King Mo final, it's a bit of a coin flip tournament though. Â There's plenty of pre-fight interviews and hype related stuff over on the official Bellator youtube channel. MMA Fighting are there too so they have their usual pre-fight interviews, always like it when they branch out and do shows outside the UFC, really does give it more of a big time feel for me. Edited September 17, 2015 by Ebb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 18, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 18, 2015 this is going to be epic... Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I caught the arse end of BAMMA 22 on Spike last night. it was kind of annoying where you had the commentators going on about how exciting the fights were and how close they were, but both of the fights I saw were just dull. The did announce that Bellator's Dynamite show is going to be on next Saturday at 10pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanz25 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Didn't see it but bammas been like that for a while now. Lackluster fights that are being built and told as amazing. Does damage really on the whole. There bubble burst back in 2008/09 tbf. They've lost all the momentum they had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 it was only because I was having a shufty through the EPG that I saw it was on. Normally there would've been some discussion about the show on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanz25 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 The actual MMA promotions over here are having a tough time IMO. None of them appear to have a TV deal. Excluding BAMMA's who seemingly get little to non-promotion for their shows, poor quality production for such a channel and really irregular time patterns. It's not even like you know there's another event this time next month sort of thing. Realistically though Saturday's a shit night for fight's without any build over here to, people go out or are watching La Liga football followed by Match Of The Day - A fight between two nobody's has little interest other than from the diehard fans. They should either pack it in and give up on it or throw some money at producing and airing a few build-up shows during the week similar to how Bellator/UFC do. But then again IMO they just don't have the fighter's either as anyone who's got a bit of a reputation over here seems to land a deal in one of the big three out in the states or head's over to Asia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 20, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 20, 2015 I was getting the impression that UCMMA was starting to get a bit more popular - I've heard a few casuals mention them recently. Not a guaranteed method to prove such things, sure, but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted September 20, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 20, 2015 UCMMA is still on TV. Â Showcase TV (Sky 261) air both the main quarterly 'Ultimate Challenge' cards and the second tier 'Warrior Challenge' shows (seems to be on most Fridays at 9pm). You can even spot former UKFF regular King Slim in the judges seat on the latter. Â I believe they also have programming on London Live (Sky 117 & Freeview 8 in the London area; manually tuneable on Sky in the rest of the country). Think it could be their Cage Fighter chat/interview/highlights show, but dunno. Â I'm afraid it's still all "OOOO, SOMEONE'S GETTING BANGED AAAAARRRTT!!" (that's also the show's theme tune. I am not making this up) with rough-looking strippers draped all over the cage, but it's strangely sleazily enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I'm afraid it's still all "OOOO, SOMEONE'S GETTING BANGED AAAAARRRTT!!" (that's also the show's theme tune. I am not making this up) with rough-looking strippers draped all over the cage, but it's strangely sleazily enjoyable. Just looked on Youtube and found the video, the song is fucking abysmal. https://youtu.be/mlXYmhVR_XY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 20, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 20, 2015 Did anyone catch WSOF 23?  Gaethje and Palomino did it again. Sometimes rematches don't live up to the first fight but this was some fight. Just watch the thing...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=IUU7Cfuq7ig  Undercard wasn't bad either. Brian Foster's 30 second KO was brutal and there was this nifty scissor choke finish from Phoenix Jones as well;   I've found WSOF a bit hot and cold all in all but this was their best show so far for me.  Only seen bits of the Bellator/GLORY Dynamite show so far. Can't say I'm in love with it. It's not bad, just nothing to write home about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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