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[LinusCaldwell]

Koreshkov vs Rory will be

def like this match up I like the pick up by Bellator too only problem is is Rory is very mellow. Bellator needs someone with more character that's a free agent as well

 

[Roman Brady]

def like this match up I like the pick up by Bellator too only problem is is Rory is very mellow. Bellator needs someone with more character that's a free agent as well

Kongo, lowal, gulliard and rampage are "colourful" characters and what have they done to move bellator in to relevance? Bellator could sign the rock and it still wouldn't mean shyt, despite being owned by Viacom spike just doesn't have the juice

 

[trick]

def like this match up I like the pick up by Bellator too only problem is is Rory is very mellow. Bellator needs someone with more character that's a free agent as well

Not a lot of characters out there right now. I mean you could sign the Mayhem Millers of the world, but that's way too much hassle for them. They just have a really shallow talent pool right now, they need all the help they can get.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Kongo, lowal, gulliard and rampage are "colourful" characters and what have they done to move bellator in to relevance? Bellator could sign the rock and it still wouldn't mean shyt, despite being owned by Viacom spike just doesn't have the juice

Nah.... Kongo isn't, gulliard has way too many outside of the octagon issues. King Mo is the homie he's been very mellow for a while now. Rampage ain't doing press like that breh he's more about his production company. Hopefully I can kick it with him on Friday too. The Caveman is a colorful character to me he's a decent fighter. I think honestly Tito still attracts people. I am cool with Liam Mcgeary but he's been chilling too.

 

[pez]

Give it another year. Everyone said the same shyt about Strikeforce. And look at what the Strikeforce dudes are doing in UFC. A lot of them became champs and are still champs.

 

[Medulla Oblongata]

All of Silva's UFC finishes.

We ain't gon' never see this Silva again

 

[NasirJr]

Have they addressed Jon's situation and how long he's suspended for?

 

[trick]

Nah.... Kongo isn't, gulliard has way too many outside of the octagon issues. King Mo is the homie he's been very mellow for a while now. Rampage ain't doing press like that breh he's more about his production company. Hopefully I can kick it with him on Friday too. The Caveman is a colorful character to me he's a decent fighter. I think honestly Tito still attracts people. I am cool with Liam Mcgeary but he's been chilling too.

I wonder if Lorenz Larkin will join Bellator too. He's a free agent, has a relationship with Coker and he could go back to MW in Bellator.

 

[trick]

Have they addressed Jon's situation and how long he's suspended for?

No, but his suspension may be cut down from 4 years to 1 year

Jones, Lesnar facing shorter suspensions by USADA

Things are slowly beginning to look up for Jon Jones and Brock Lesnar.

According to the United States Anti-Doping Agency's policy, both fighters are facing a maximum one-year suspension for their recent failed drug tests, not the usual two-year ban.

The reason for the shorter suspension is because the banned substances the pair tested positive for -- Hydroxy-clomiphene, an anti-estrogenic agent, as well the Letrozole metabolite, an aromatase inhibitor, which was only found in Jones' system -- are considered "specified substances" under the World Anti-Doping Agency Code.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Give it another year. Everyone said the same shyt about Strikeforce. And look at what the Strikeforce dudes are doing in UFC. A lot of them became champs and are still champs.

It's not the skill it's the marketability

 

[charknicks]

Yeah.... DC vs Johnson at MSG then if no one is injured possibly turn around and have winner vs jones for nye card I think DC wins again tho Johnson wrestling TDD against DC was not good I know DC is a monster but...

There is NO WAY that the winner of Johnson/DC would turn around in a month and a half and fight Jones. No where near enough turn around time. That would put the Jones fight for Super Bowl weekend at the earliest, and thats pushing it. (Just 3 months). Sounds like Jones would still be suspended anyway, so it wont matter.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Bellator got Semtex and MVP two guys who should be making casual noise. I feel like casuals know MVP for his post fight antics than his KO's. Semtex has a fan favorite style and likes to talk trash he can be marketed.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

There is NO WAY that the winner of Johnson/DC would turn around in a month and a half and fight Jones. No where near enough turn around time. That would put the Jones fight for Super Bowl weekend at the earliest, and thats pushing it. (Just 3 months). Sounds like Jones would still be suspended anyway, so it wont matter.

I hear what you're saying. I think DC would tho. Maybe not Johnson but maybe he would too. Literally depends on the injuries sustained during training camp and the fight.

I think for DC the faster he can get that fast past him the better I don't think he wants to be emotionally drained in another 3-6 month process.

 

[Roman Brady]

Give it another year. Everyone said the same shyt about Strikeforce. And look at what the Strikeforce dudes are doing in UFC. A lot of them became champs and are still champs.

you don't remember strikeforce do you? A lot of the time their shows were more entertaining than the UFC and ppl would always wish the likes of shields, le and Gilbert could face GSP, Anderson and Penn the only group that crowned them as insignificant were threatened UFC fans. Bellator doesn't even have anyone outside of Chandler and probably page that ppl wonder how they'll fare in the UFC. And their shows are largely forgettable, not the same ball park at all

 

[The G.O.D II]

you don't remember strikeforce do you? A lot of the time their shows were more entertaining than the UFC and ppl would always wish the likes of shields, le and Gilbert could face GSP, Anderson and Penn the only group that crowned them as insignificant were threatened UFC fans. Bellator doesn't even have anyone outside of Chandler and probably page that ppl wonder how they'll fare in the UFC. And their shows are largely forgettable, not the same ball park at all

They have more then Chandler