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Bas seems like he would be cool in person
Don Frye was the funniest...Bas was really cool. He helped me with my technique a bit.
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Bader just said on Ariel's show that he's down to fight...Tito Ortiz
And this is the problem with Bellator. For the casual fan sure u get to tune in and see sum dummy get dropped.
But as a mma fan you see a match like that or chael and Tito calling each other out and all u think is this is jus nonsense noise for a cash grab. And it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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mentioned Chael as well, dude got it made in Bellator cleaning out the senior living center.Bader just said on Ariel's show that he's down to fight...Tito Ortiz
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So Khabib is mad that his teammates who climbed into the cage and attacked Conor after the fight got punished and he's not gonna fight until their suspensions are up 
. He could be fighting in April but he wants to wait for MSG in November. UFC is so desperate for any big names that I have zero confidence they'll do anything but reward him. That said, I'd strip his title and let Ferguson/Poirier decide who the champion is. For one, I'm tired of these cats holding up divisions. Moraes/Assuncao is this weekend and I'm hype for that but both dudes have done more than enough to warrant a title shot, unfortunately TJ decided to hold them up for a concussion at 125 lbs. For two, let's be honest...Woodley couldn't do this, Colby got an interim title at the first sign Woodley might take some extra time off to heal an injury. What happened to champions fighting everybody? None of these dudes wants smoke unless it's completely forced on them or they get to handpick the circumstances. Shout out to the few that really do just take on the deserving number one contenders. Jones, Woodley and Stipe have had their issues but all three managed title runs where the number one contender who earns his shot, gets his shot as long as the champ is healthy enough to defend.
Khabib Nurmagomedov ‘done’ fighting in Nevada, eyeing November bout in New York
. He could be fighting in April but he wants to wait for MSG in November. UFC is so desperate for any big names that I have zero confidence they'll do anything but reward him. That said, I'd strip his title and let Ferguson/Poirier decide who the champion is. For one, I'm tired of these cats holding up divisions. Moraes/Assuncao is this weekend and I'm hype for that but both dudes have done more than enough to warrant a title shot, unfortunately TJ decided to hold them up for a concussion at 125 lbs. For two, let's be honest...Woodley couldn't do this, Colby got an interim title at the first sign Woodley might take some extra time off to heal an injury. What happened to champions fighting everybody? None of these dudes wants smoke unless it's completely forced on them or they get to handpick the circumstances. Shout out to the few that really do just take on the deserving number one contenders. Jones, Woodley and Stipe have had their issues but all three managed title runs where the number one contender who earns his shot, gets his shot as long as the champ is healthy enough to defend.Khabib Nurmagomedov ‘done’ fighting in Nevada, eyeing November bout in New York
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Stay strong KhabibSo Khabib is mad that his teammates who climbed into the cage and attacked Conor after the fight got punished and he's not gonna fight until their suspensions are up
Khabib Nurmagomedov ‘done’ fighting in Nevada, eyeing November bout in New York
I’ll never take Bader serious or put him in any top 5 of anything ever. To me, he’s the embodiment of the fact that Bellator is JV while the UFC is Varsity. I can’t get the image of him looking visibly afraid of Rumble and curling up like a battered woman as soon as he realized that he was going to get punched out of my head.
Bader just said on Ariel's show that he's down to fight...Tito Ortiz
Wants to avenge that embarrassing sub loss he has to him. I don’t mind. Outside minakov who does he face at either division
The cupboard is bare for both divisions. At light heavyweight, you have Vadim Nemkov (Fedor's protege) who beat Phil Davis and Liam McGeary, but that's it. He's the only legit "contender" they have. They could probably offer the Machida and Mousasi fights to Bader at 205.
Minakov is the only guy at heavyweight. Guessing the winner of the Kharitonov/Mitirione fight will get a title shot at some point, since most of the HWs in Bellator aren't actual heavyweights.
The Ortiz fight will probably happen. They just don't have that many draws right now. They peaked at 1 mil for Fedor/Bader, and they haven't reached that peak since Ortiz/Sonnen.
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1 of my top 20 fave fights. Favorite part is the look on frankly's face at the 2.25 mark of the round.
Anderson in peak shape, didn't have that small gut yet. Was physically so strong, just rag dolling rich around the ring in that clinch. His upper body jus looks so much thicker and stronger here. He made rich look like a nothing in this fight. And this is when rich was the King of 185lbs, like 8 fight WI Streak. 1 loss in last 18 fights and Silva went thru him like nuthin.
The look on Matt Hughes face at the 6:11 mark of video like wtf jus happened 2 my boy. And dayum, I'm so lucky Silva ain't in my weight class.
