Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 27, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2011 haha, totally agree. Gotta love Neil Grove though. The guy can claim to have whatever black belt he wants and say that he trains with some of the best heavyweights in the world but as soon as that bell goes the red mist comes down and he goes fucking nuts. Grove's gas tank will always be a problem because of the way he fights but for a couple of minutes i'd argue that Neil Grove is as dangerous a heavyweight as anyone in MMA. Â I was there the night Grove arrived on the MMA scene by knocking James Thompson out in London so i'll always have a soft spot for him. Â The show itself was a little disappointing. Â Sandro/Malegarie was a good fight. Sandro's a black belt who seems insistent on standing and trading, and that was Malegarie's problem here because he clearly wanted this on the floor, he just couldn't get it there though. It actually developed into a fun fight because Malegarie just accepted that he'd have to stand and trade, he had a little success too but Sandro was always in control. Sandro's great to watch. Â Mann/Curran was a poor fight. One of the most frustrating things to a fight fan is when you see someone blow a great oppurtunity and not leave it all in the cage. That's exactly what i felt here with Ronnie Mann. I don't know if he was intimidated by Curran's power or something but Mann was just very reluctant to let it go in the fight. Curran's safety first and tight style racked up the points and he won it comfortably. Â Curran/Sandro is going to be a good final because i can't see Sandro allowing Curran to dictate the pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Milano Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Eddie Alvarez vs Michael Chandler is set for Bellator 54. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 17, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 17, 2011 Rick Hawn's out of the next WW tournament Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Unit Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 This sucks big time I love rick Hawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 17, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 17, 2011 yeh, i wanted to see the Saunders fight too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 18, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 18, 2011 lack of MMA this weekend so there's no excuse not to watch Bellator 48  MAIN CARD (MTV2)  Pat Curran vs. Marlon Sandro (featherweight-tourney finale) Cole Konrad vs. Paul Buentello (heavyweight non-title fight) Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricco Rodriguez Juan Barrante vs. Rene Nazare  Good card to round out the summer series, can't wait for that tournament final. I'd love to see Buentello drop a bomb on Konrad's chin too, i can't see it happening, but it would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Edler Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Not sure if i need to spoiler tag thoughts or not, but just incase.. Â SPOILER - Highlight the black box to read Nazare looks pretty immense. How accurate was his stand-up? Wow. It actually made me sad when they said on commentary that they were wrong and there was no 155 tourney in Season 5. Â Petruzelli should be back based on that performance. He hasn't been to a decision in like 4+ years now, and that's the kind of fighter Bellator needs to be adding to the permanent roster. Â Surprised Cole Konrad decided he had to try and showcase his stand-up against somebody who's formerly so powerful in his hands. Buentello spent the entire fight backing up, i didn't give him a single round - could've been interesting if he'd've had a few more flash points like near the end of round 3 against Conrad though. Â Main was pretty sick. I accidentally saw a headline about the Head Kick KO on MMAJunkie before i watched this, which was a bit annoying, but was still pretty shocking even when i knew what was coming! First time Sandro's ever been stopped, and it was pretty emphatic. Can't say i'm looking forward to Warren/Curran too much (i'm pretty sure they barely even mentioned Joe Warren's name throughout the broadcast, which was a bit odd...), but i hope i'm pleasantly surprised when it comes around! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 23, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2011 * Curran's KO of Sandro was one of the best of the year, devastating kick. It was a pretty tentative fight, Curran is way to hesitant on his feet sometimes, they say he's counter-fighting but i see it more as he's afraid to let things fly, a KO like this can only help though. Sandro was f'n devastated. Curran's gotta be in the top 10 (possibly top 5) after this. Â * Konrad/Buentello started terribly but warmed up a little. Buentello seemed lost that Konrad actually decided to stand. When you have the wrestling credentials of Konrad it probably makes it easier to get into standup exchanges because Buentello was so afraid of the shot that he allowed Konrad to work his jab and win the first two rounds. Konrad definately has gas issues though and it's going to cost him eventually, the guy has one incredible skill but his lack of cardio is going be his undoing. I mean he was pretty fucked in this fight and not a lot happened. Â * Nazare looks like a freakin' beast. Similar to Marlon Sandro in that he's a black belt who decides to stand and trade. Can't wait for him to get into the 155 tournament. Â * Seth Petruzelli looked great against Ricco Rodriguez. Consideing Rodriguez is as experienced as he is he positively looked lost on the outside against Petruzelli, he looked horrible lunging in with punches and was getting hit by all of Seth's fancy shit. I got a lot of respect for Rodriguez getting his career back together and going on a great run but i think we might have seen the end on Saturday, he pretty much said his Bellator run was going to be his last hurrah and it got ended emphatically. It takes some shot to finish Rodriguez so it was massive for Petruzelli, he'll probably go into the 205lb tourney. Â Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 24, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 looks like Bellator will be putting on Alvarez/Aoki II in 2012, massive coop for the promotion if that happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Time to get the thread title updated Ebb! Season 5 is upon us! Â Bellator 49 sees the opening round of the Welterweight tournament; Â Dan Hornbuckle vs. Luis Santos Chris Cisneros vs. Ben Saunders Chris Lozano vs. Brent Weedman Steve Carl vs. Douglas Lima Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 9, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 9, 2011 yeh, Season 5 starting tomorrow...what a great weekend of fights!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 9, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 9, 2011 I'm gonna try and keep track of Bellator this season, looks really good, gonna try and follow it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 9, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 9, 2011 do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Bellator 49 thoughts; Â Douglas Lima looked decent, even if he did get caught with a great shot from Carl within the first 30 seconds of the first round. Lima is supposedly considered one of the top welterweight prospects in the sport at the moment, but I remain unconvinced by him at present. I'll wait & see how he does in the next round of this tournament before judging him further. Â Luis Santos looks like the real deal. He controlled the entire fight and never looked to be in trouble at all, and looked as though he could have got the finish at the end of the third. Superb performance. Â Not sure where this leaves Dan Hornbuckle right enough. He's riding a losing streak and must be close to falling out of contention as far as the welterweight division in Bellator goes. Â Ben Saunders looked good against Chris Cisneros, getting a third round stoppage. He'll take some stopping in this tournament, whilst Chris Lozano looked impressive as well in winning a decision against Brent Weedman in a good fight! Â We got the news that Kurt Pellegrino will be fighting for Bellator, and his first fight is against Patricky "Pitbull" Freire at Bellator 59 in New Jersey. What a fight to come out of retirement for! I can't see him faring that well against Pitbull! Â Also, did anyone notice that we had Ricardo Almeida judging in this event? Nice to see a former fighter make his way into the judging side of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 15, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 15, 2011 i missed this week's show too much shit going on. No real shocks in the tournament though. Â Think Hornbuckle's day's may be numbered in Bellator. Â Â that bad boy is this week, i wont miss this shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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