Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 18, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 to be fair, it aint hard to get hold of these shows the morning after they air. Dont let the lack of a UK tv deal stop you from watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 I've watched Bellator 89 in installments today in between doing other shit. You've pretty much covered my thoughts on the show, Ebb. Marshall vs Spang was exactly how I expected. I loved both the Dantas vs Galvao and Cramer vs Rogers fights. Best Bellator show so far this year for me. Â Somewhere in America Tim Credeur was wanking his cock off. Â Fixed that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted February 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) to be fair, it aint hard to get hold of these shows the morning after they air. Dont let the lack of a UK tv deal stop you from watching. Â Well, to be fair, I downloaded the majority of ufc and strike force last year so that's not really the issue. I guess when I really think about it it's actually the tournament format. I've never really liked it. Â When the next one airs I will give it a go. I never even got around to watching mo's debut either. Also, the more I read about Shlemenko the more I like him. Edited February 18, 2013 by lambyUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 18, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) i heard on Junkie radio recently that there are people that find the tournament concept confusing, not so much the structure of a single tournament but the fact that there's so many going on at once, i guess if you don't follow it closely it probably is a bit 'what the fuck is going on?' and they were also complaining about the amount of Russians fighting who have similar yet different names (though you cant deny the quality of those fighters). Â I don't find it confusing, the brackets are clearly laid out but if you just wanna watch some MMA you can pretty much ignore the tournament thing, the fights are still the same. Â It's Bellator's thing and they seem to wanna stay with it, it does keep fighters active though and i love that. Â Next show by the way is this Thursday, and it's King Mo again Edited February 18, 2013 by Ebb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 19, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 and they were also complaining about the amount of Russians fighting who have similar yet different names (though you cant deny the quality of those fighters). Â People are complaining about that? What a stupid thing to moan about. More exciting, potentially great fighters are coming up but people are whinging because their names always end in '...enko' or '...ov'? Â Silliness. I suppose these people are confused by Anderson, Wanderlei, Bigfoot, Thiago and Erick Silva as well. And let's not forget little Joe Silva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Next show by the way is this Thursday, and it's King Mo again I will be watching then. Â Anyone breakdown who he is fighting would be welcome. I have not kept up with Bellator since the Askren/Mo card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cum Doctor Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I was a bit worried about Dantas. He seemed to be really into a war with Galvao after the big knockdown in the second round and got clocked a couple of times. Took him a bit of time to realise that he should probably take another course of action, and he wound up standing off. If he continued down that road though, it looked like he was going to get knocked out. Â Enjoyed the show on the whole, and I absolutely loved Rogers/Cramer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 19, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 and they were also complaining about the amount of Russians fighting who have similar yet different names (though you cant deny the quality of those fighters). Â People are complaining about that? What a stupid thing to moan about. More exciting, potentially great fighters are coming up but people are whinging because their names always end in '...enko' or '...ov'? Â Silliness. I suppose these people are confused by Anderson, Wanderlei, Bigfoot, Thiago and Erick Silva as well. And let's not forget little Joe Silva. Â Â Bit of random trivia: surnames ending with "-enko" are originally Ukrainian, as opposed to ethnic Russian. But because the USSR used to move people around all the time, they've become prevalent throughout Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 19, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 Ha, fair enough. I was thinking of Russians in MMA and Fedor Emelianenko and Alexander Shlemenko were the first 2 who popped into my head. Followed by Kharitonov. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 19, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 Ha, fair enough. I was thinking of Russians in MMA and Fedor Emelianenko and Alexander Shlemenko were the first 2 who popped into my head. Followed by Kharitonov. Â They probably are Russian in terms of nationality, and even immediate parentage. It's a bit like how people here called McDonald or Corrigan might be English, but the surname suggests Irish or Scottish roots way back, from people moving around the UK so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 19, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 I think Fedor does have Ukrainian heritage actually so it makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Anyone breakdown who he is fighting would be welcome. I have not kept up with Bellator since the Askren/Mo card. Emanuel Newton is his opponent. Record of 19-7-1. Notable wins over James McSweeney & David Heath, with losses to the likes of Ryan Jimmo, Trevor Prangley, Mike van Arsdale & Brian Ebersole. Â He competed in the 2012 light-heavy Bellator tournament, losing at the semi-final stage against Attila Vegh (28-4-2). He has a 2-1 Bellator record. Â Personally I don't think he offers much in this fight. Lawal should put him away over the first two frames I reckon. I'd be very surprised if Mo doesn't go on to win the whole thing actually, as I don't see either of the other two semi-finalists offering much either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 21, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 21, 2013 I saw Newton fight a few times for the MFC but my memories hazy, hes a bit of a brawler from what i remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I saw Newton fight a few times for the MFC but my memories hazy, hes a bit of a brawler from what i remember. Yeah, he's middle of the road. I doubt he'd even get sniffed at by the UFC, so if Lawal can't beat this guy he's got some thinking to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 21, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 21, 2013 Yeah, I saw Newton in MFC and I think I saw one of his Bellator fights. Nothing sticks out in the memory. The fact we're all so hazy on him should indicate he's not the type of opponent Mo should struggle with. Â I'll have Mo to win the tournament as well. 205 is one of the weaker divisions in Bellator and to me Mo's head and shoulders above the rest from what I've seen. Hopefully they pick up Rampage soon. Mo vs Rampage would be the biggest fight in Bellator history so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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