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it makes it all feel a little dated to me, Golberg's lack of effort in researching the fights he's watching is obvious.  The tired "it is all over!" catch phrases dont work anymore either, its like he pushes a soundboard everytime a fighg ends.

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The thing is, those soundbites are exactly why he's there. Bellator aren't bringing him in for his in-depth knowledge of the sport, they have guys sitting next to him for that. They want the rub of that recognisable voice and the catchphrases that defined an era for the UFC.

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Interview with Borics:

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Adam Borics is entering his fight at Bellator 238 against Darrion Caldwell as confident as you can get. Borics, who is 14-0, is coming off a TKO win over Pat Curran to advance to the quarterfinals of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. There, he was fine with fighting anyone, but he says Caldwell purposely picked the other side of the bracket to avoid him and A.J. McKee until Patricio Pitbull matched Caldwell with Borics. “You know I was pretty sure he didn’t want to fight with me and didn’t want to be on my and A.J. McKee’s side [of the bracket],” Borics said to MMA News. “So nobody wanted to fight us.”

Entering this fight, many believe Caldwell’s path to victory is to take the fight to the mat and use his wrestling. Yet, Borics is confident in his takedown defense and submission game that even if he gets taken down he will pose a threat to Caldwell. “The knee is always there. If you remember when Pico took me down he couldn’t do any damage. Nothing. He couldn’t throw ground-and-pound, he didn’t throw because he couldn’t,” he explained. “Not because he didn’t want to, but he couldn’t because I was scrambling. I was so calm. Caldwell is a really good wrestler but if he takes me down I will get up. I have a ground game, too, I have a lot of submission wins. My first fight in the States I won by submission.”

Borics also trains with the likes of Chas Skelly and Logan Storley which helps his wrestling and submission game. He believes that will be crucial in this fight. Not only will that be important, but he thinks his cardio will be a factor as he says Caldwell gets tired in most of his fights. Borics also believes the former bantamweight champion isn’t as motivated to win this fight as he is, as evident by Caldwell partying on New Year’s Eve instead of training.

“He was tired and he was running. That fight wasn’t too much action. Caldwell got a takedown and just was on top. I saw the fight against Horiguchi and that fight was five rounds and he lost a decision because he didn’t do anything but takedown and hanging on top of them. He has to train harder, maybe it is mental,” he said. “I don’t care, I saw on Instagram he was out on New Year’s, I was in bed before midnight. It’s a different mindset.”

Adam Borics says he knows he will get his hand raised and earn the biggest win to date at Bellator 238 on Saturday (Jan. 25). How he will do it is simple. He promises to break Caldwell mentally and physically en route to a stoppage win. “I’m going to break him mentally and physically. In the first round, it is going to be hard with a lot of action,” Adam Borics said. “But, once I give him pressure and get him tired I will finish him. I really don’t need five rounds for this fight, but if it is five rounds he will be hurt really bad.” Should Borics win this fight, it would set up a battle between the two undefeated fighters in A.J. McKee vs. himself in the semis. “It is going to be a real final. It is one of the biggest fights in Bellator history. But, right now, I’m focused on Caldwell,” he concluded.

 

I'm currently leaning towards a Caldwell victory. But I would prefer Borics to win. 

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Yeah I’m looking forward to it. I don’t know what it is but I’ve got a feeling Budd might do it. That probably wouldn’t be the worst outcome either because if Cyborg just starts steamrolling everyone again, we’ve seen a lot of that over the years. Budd winning a good competitive fight would open up the possibility of a series of fights. There’s not a whole lot else for either to do outside the UFC so they kind of need each other. 

Caldwell vs Borics would be my ‘one to watch’ if I did threads for Bellator. Not that familiar with Borics at all but I’ve caught some bits and pieces this week and he looks ace. Looks like my kind of fighter. My initial impression was he had a little bit of a Petr Yan vibe and I love Yan. Caldwell is obviously a handful so I’m looking forward to seeing how they match up. 

Actually, Juan Archuleta vs Henry Corrales might’ve been my ‘one to watch’. The names looked familiar but I couldn’t really remember their faces. I looked them up and now I’m refreshed. Could be a bit of a banger this. I saw Archuleta knock out Dantas. Don’t think I saw the Pitbull fight but he did go the distance. And I’ll always have a soft spot for OK Corrales for sparking Pico right as Rogan and Schaub were furiously masturbating over him on the podcast. 

Elsewhere on the main card, Raymond Daniels is always worth tuning in for. Man’s a ninja. And I’m up for seeing what Sergio Pettis can do in Bellator. Think the fresh start could do him good. 

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I'm also thinking that Budd may nab this one to be honest. Cyborg is almost 35 years old, which is quite old for a female MMA fighter in the grand scheme of things, especially when she's spoken about wanting a family and so on. Is her heart still in it? How did that loss last time around affect her mentally? Should be interesting for sure.

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its a tremendous card, it highlights a load of the 'specialist' type fighters Bellator have. It usually doesn't make for ultra competitive fights but it gives it an old school feel for me. This card lost two as well in Danis & Gracie but still has a few in amongst the quality MMA fights.

Ive taken Cyborg on my betting slip but im having second thoughts, especially Budd is at such a good price. Seeing the weigh-in. Budd looks in great shape, is on an 11 win streak and is a natural 145. Makes me remember that Cyborg spent the majority of her career bullying smaller women. Budd's got a solid kickboxing background that i was unaware of also. Ive made the wrong pick 😫

Borics could be the real deal, 5-0 in Bellator. If gets past a wrestling spoiler like Caldwell it'll tell us something, he cruised by a washed Pat Curran last time out but this is the real test for him. I still favour the wrestler in these types of situations though.

Better card than the UFC for me.

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I'd actually say that Bellator has reached that rarified air where their events deserve threads of their own. I'm not putting it on Wand to create the full-on alphabetical masterpieces he creates for UFC events, but it would be nice if we could have the talk about separate events in actual event threads.

Thoughts?

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agreed, lets do it then. Does no harm does it? thats what the MMA thread is for :)

leave it go for this one and start from the next show is it? stick random Bellator news in the General MMA thread then because it always ends up in here.

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