Dai Posted October 31, 2023 Posted October 31, 2023 This is still baffling me alot. Is the Bellator video library really that desirable? They are going to be pissing money away on two companies now for the next two years. The whole thing just seems crazy. Quote
Paid Members WeeAl Posted November 1, 2023 Paid Members Posted November 1, 2023 Yeah I agree with Dai here, folding Bellator into PFL is the move, or not buying it at all and scooping up the bits you want after it folds. Bellator have lost their TV deal, so now the first port of call will be finding anyone that'll take a chance on a bust third brand at a time when all these media companies are cutting spending. Quote
d-d-d-dAz Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 19 minutes ago, WeeAl said: Yeah I agree with Dai here, folding Bellator into PFL is the move, or not buying it at all and scooping up the bits you want after it folds. Bellator have lost their TV deal, so now the first port of call will be finding anyone that'll take a chance on a bust third brand at a time when all these media companies are cutting spending. You’ll probably find they have non-transferable talent contracts, and don’t want some of their best fighters walking out. Or international distribution details they don’t want to pay out of. There’ll be a boring reason, as there’s no fun reason to keep Bellator running as a zombie promotion for 2 years. Quote
Dai Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 Again, it still makes no sense to me as there isn't anyone of real importance fighting in Bellator. So to buy a whole company and run it for 2 years just so you have Ryan Bader and Pitbull under contract doesn't make any sense. They could release the entire roster tomorrow and the UFC would hardly pick any of them up. The TV deals doesn't make sense either, as I just keep going back to why, if this was the case, they would buy it in the first place? They could of just waited until Bellator sunk, which surely was only a matter of time, and took the handful of decent fighters who would be free agents. Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted November 2, 2023 Paid Members Posted November 2, 2023 Ultimately, PFL have that Gulf money. It maybe nothing more than "because we can". Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 20, 2023 Paid Members Posted November 20, 2023 It's official: Quote
Kfogg1991 Posted November 20, 2023 Posted November 20, 2023 17 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: It's official: The deal sounds extremely positive and good for the sport. I couldn't find anything to give clarity about the future and what it meant for bellator. I really didn't want it to mean bellator is done and won't be running shows but it seems that's not the case and bellator will be continuing but the contracted fighters for bellator will also be allowed to fight over on PFL shows which means more opportunities and competition and that can't be a bad thing. I guess we will see how it works in the new year but if it is that way I'm really excited for the future of MMA next year outside the UFC Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted November 20, 2023 Paid Members Posted November 20, 2023 D'oh. Just noticed that the Bellator logo is a stylised Roman centurion's helmet. Love that sort of cleverness in design. Quote
Paid Members Jesse Posted November 20, 2023 Paid Members Posted November 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Carbomb said: D'oh. Just noticed that the Bellator logo is a stylised Roman centurion's helmet. Love that sort of cleverness in design. Much nicer than PFL's "Esports Team logo we bought off Fiverr" Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted December 21, 2023 Paid Members Posted December 21, 2023 @wandshogun09you got an appropriate gif. for this bullshit? Quote
Bruce85 Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 Not sure how true it is but Leon Edwards was at the Villa game yesterday and apparently said he’d defend the title at ufc 300 and then was hoping to fight in Birmingham in the summertime. Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted December 31, 2023 Paid Members Posted December 31, 2023 Yeah he specifically mentioned fighting at Villa Park. I highly doubt it actually happens but can you imagine if Leon Edwards of all people ended up fighting at UFC 300 and then headlining a stadium show for the UFC? You’d never have called that a few years ago. Quote
Bruce85 Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 1 minute ago, wandshogun09 said: Yeah he specifically mentioned fighting at Villa Park. I highly doubt it actually happens but can you imagine if Leon Edwards of all people ended up fighting at UFC 300 and then headlining a stadium show for the UFC? You’d never have called that a few years ago. Last time I went to Villa Park was for a Pokémon tournament on the original game boy but would definitely go back if they did a stadium show. Hopefully Belal dosent end up sparking him out at 300 and ruining it. Given how long it took for him to get a title shot I doubt he’d get a quick rematch! Quote
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