Bellator Champions Series

[Egg Shen]

No spoilers, but just stuck last night's Bellator show from San Diego on. Jimmy Smith is back on commentary and Paul Buentello is refereeing the first fight. Think i'm gonna enjoy this one.

[Egg Shen]

I did enjoy it! Some good fights and showcases across the show.

Usman Nurmagamedov looks pretty unbeatable to me, unless you catch him and KO him I don't really see a path to victory against him.

Lorenz Larkin having a late career mad one too. He's just decided to start KO'ing everyone. He's now next in line for a crack at the 170lb belt.

[wandshogun09]

I’ve completely fallen away from Bellator. Can barely be arsed with a lot of the UFCs lately, to be honest. Meant to catch Usman’s fight though but never got around to it. Haven’t followed Shabliy at all lately but I remember he was highly thought of a couple of years ago when there was talk he was signing with the UFC. Sounds like Usman walked it though from bits I’ve seen.

Glad to hear Larkin is still doing his thing. Always been a fan since the Strikeforce days. Always fun to watch he’s just never quite found the consistency to put a strong run together without a loss or No Contest or whatever interrupting the streak. 

[Carbomb]

Looked at Larkin's Wiki, and he has a loss to Paul Daley in 2017!

Nobody should've been losing to Semtex around that time. 

[Egg Shen]

Why not? 

[Carbomb]

Sorry, bit of an exaggeration. But he was losing a fair bit. And I remember the commentary on here that his style just wasn't going to hold up with the newer fighters.

[Dai]

Not sure I remember that take on Daley. His only issue was against grapplers, so Larkin and his strike heavy approach was the perfect style for Semtex, even at that point in his career

[Carbomb]

Fair enough. Like a man wearing orthopaedic shoes, I stand corrected.