Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 11, 2020 Paid Members Posted November 11, 2020 Your weekly Bellator card, if this one doesn't deliver, I don't know what to tell you, the main card is only 3 fights but they are legit, and a few sneaky good names on the undercard... Main Card (Live on Sky Sports Mix): Patricio Carvalho vs. Pedro Carvalho (Featherweight GP Quarterfinal/Featherweight Title) Daniel Weichel vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (Featherweight GP Quarterfinal) Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storley Prelims (Live on Youtube): Roman Faraldo vs. Pat Case Aaron Pico vs. John De Jesus Manny Muro vs. Devin Powell Jornel Lugo vs. Shyler Sootho Amanda Leve vs. Kara Hoad Keri Taylor-Melendez vs. Emilee King Gabriel Varga vs. Brandon Phillips Khonry Gracke vs. Trevor Gudde Lucas Brennan vs. Andrew Salas
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 11, 2020 Author Paid Members Posted November 11, 2020 Devin Powell is on the undercard, he had a 1-3 stretch in the UFC recently that i dont recall, but he did this in his Bellator debut:
Zebra Kid Mark Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 Am I right in saying the main event is for the title? What does the winner of the Grand Prix get? The title and a lump sum of cash?
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 11, 2020 Author Paid Members Posted November 11, 2020 Yeh, title is on the line. The Grand Prix Champion ends up with a big fuck trophy, cash and ideally the Featherweight Title (barring the Champion withdrawing). The title being involved is the reason all the Featherweight Tournament fights are 5 round fights.
jimufctna24 Posted November 12, 2020 Posted November 12, 2020 Main card bouts start at midnight. Bit nervous about the Amosov vs Storley bout. Coker and the Bellator matchmakers aren't giving Amosov a particularly easy time this year. Storley is a high-risk, low-reward, match-up for him. I don't get the raging boner that some get over Pitbull, but I hope he sparks Carvalho.
Zebra Kid Mark Posted November 12, 2020 Posted November 12, 2020 It’s annoying they have stuck Pico on the prelims. I always enjoy watching his fights. I don’t think the YouTube prelims are on demand after the live showing
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 12, 2020 Author Paid Members Posted November 12, 2020 yeh they are Zebra, i always add the video to my 'Watch Later' before the show and they are there to watch straight after they've aired. Save or click this link tomorrow and it'll work:
jimufctna24 Posted November 13, 2020 Posted November 13, 2020 That was a really good show. Pitbull and Sanchez both looked stunning. Amosov was lucky to get the decision over Storley. I just about scored it in his favour, as I had him edging round 1, but I wouldn't have really argued had Storley been given the decision.
jimufctna24 Posted November 14, 2020 Posted November 14, 2020 Ed Gallo wrote the following just before Amosov fought Storley: Quote His (Storley's) top game is promising. Storley utilizes the leg mount, cross-wrist and Iowa rides on top, keeping an anchor on at least one leg to begin to set up dangerous ground and pound positions. On top he has a nice feel for keeping his opponents flat, this is the strongest part of his game at the moment. If a wrestler really is the stylistic ideal to beat Yaroslav Amosov, I do believe that Storley will be a better test than Ed Ruth was. He is much more intentional about getting to his attacks, and Amosov did give up a few positions throughout the fight. From what I’ve seen, Storley’s top game is much more developed and control-focused at this point - he may be able to make those opportunities count. - https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2020/11/12/21558365/wrestling-breakdown-undefeated-welterweight-yaroslav-amosov-defeated-ed-ruth-bellator-mma He wasn't wrong. Still, I am very excited about Amosov's career going forward.
Zebra Kid Mark Posted November 14, 2020 Posted November 14, 2020 That was an enjoyable card. Probably the best Bellator Card of the Coronavirus era. I know the main didn't go anywhere close to 5 rounds but it was nice to have a 3 round fight sandwiched between two potential 5 round fights as opposed to having two 5 rounders consecatively after each other. It was a nice change in pace. Pico looked great!
jimufctna24 Posted November 15, 2020 Posted November 15, 2020 I like how Bellator's main cards only run for 2 hours. I don't like MMA shows to run longer than 3 hours, especially in the current climate where we are bombarded with fights every weekend and the sport is a bit overexposed. And given that Bellator is running weekly shows at the moment, and have a smaller roster than the UFC, it makes sense for them to run shorter main cards. If they ran 3 hour cards, the viewers would have to endure a lot more filler and regional talent, more so than they do already. Let's hope for more shows like Bellator 251 in the future. Next week's show looks very promising on paper.
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 16, 2020 Author Paid Members Posted November 16, 2020 'kin hell
jimufctna24 Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 @Egg Shen I've been waiting for you to watch this show. I wanted to update my profile picture, but for obvious reasons, it would have spoilt the result of one of the fights for you.
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 17, 2020 Author Paid Members Posted November 17, 2020 ? cheers Jim. Carvalho got found out didn't he? i listened to him in the build up and he convinced me in the build up that he knew something that we didnt, i know fighters have to have self belief, but his was next level. Dunno if this spurs him or shatters his confidence. Pitbull is a bad man.
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