Ugh. I had hopes for Anastasia Yankova. Best go learn to grapple et cetera.
Phil Davis despite not being to keep Vassel on the mat picked up a head kick finish after the big man grew noticeably tired after the first round. Davis wants a shot at Bader, I thought he actually won that fight TBH, but it was razor close so I wouldn't mind seeing them roll it back. I dunno that beating Vassel equates to a title shot but the previous fight with Bader was so close I don't see why they shouldn't do it again.
Shipman fought a guy who looked a weight class smaller and took a punch like one.
The cross promotion of the UK's Jersey Shore guy's castmates in the crowd, the suspicious flop standing guillotine, and the 50 cent appearance just felt all very contrived. But hey, Bellator has come a long way since it's days on Fox Deportes. Scott Coker is building/has built a real Frankenstein of compelling TV with faded UFC legends, wrestling and other combat sports prospects, mid-tier disgruntled UFC employees, and the right mix of B level entertaining fights. Case in point: the show was virtually all stoppages. We got KO's, TKO's, flash dancing MV Page, some women's MMA, and were supposed to have a Pride/UFC Legends Match with Big Country and CroCop until the gypsy injury curse struck.
Rickels decided "no mas" because of MVP's incessant clowning and dancing. All in all, infinity gauntlet gimmick or not, it was a piss poor culmination of what could've been an exciting fight. Both fighters were/are to blame.
Mousasi obliterated champ Carvalho....and now who? Literally the only guy worth calling out for Mousasi is a welterweight, and thus the problem of taking his walking papers from the UFC where he had an already impressive hall of fame arguable level list of scalps on his resume. Sadly, Mousasi will now slide to irrelevance as there's just not any depth at 185, he's crushed the champ, and otherwise he has to with MacDonald the welterweight champ or go up to LHW which wouldn't surprised me either TBH.
Phil Davis despite not being to keep Vassel on the mat picked up a head kick finish after the big man grew noticeably tired after the first round. Davis wants a shot at Bader, I thought he actually won that fight TBH, but it was razor close so I wouldn't mind seeing them roll it back. I dunno that beating Vassel equates to a title shot but the previous fight with Bader was so close I don't see why they shouldn't do it again.
Shipman fought a guy who looked a weight class smaller and took a punch like one.
The cross promotion of the UK's Jersey Shore guy's castmates in the crowd, the suspicious flop standing guillotine, and the 50 cent appearance just felt all very contrived. But hey, Bellator has come a long way since it's days on Fox Deportes. Scott Coker is building/has built a real Frankenstein of compelling TV with faded UFC legends, wrestling and other combat sports prospects, mid-tier disgruntled UFC employees, and the right mix of B level entertaining fights. Case in point: the show was virtually all stoppages. We got KO's, TKO's, flash dancing MV Page, some women's MMA, and were supposed to have a Pride/UFC Legends Match with Big Country and CroCop until the gypsy injury curse struck.
Rickels decided "no mas" because of MVP's incessant clowning and dancing. All in all, infinity gauntlet gimmick or not, it was a piss poor culmination of what could've been an exciting fight. Both fighters were/are to blame.
Mousasi obliterated champ Carvalho....and now who? Literally the only guy worth calling out for Mousasi is a welterweight, and thus the problem of taking his walking papers from the UFC where he had an already impressive hall of fame arguable level list of scalps on his resume. Sadly, Mousasi will now slide to irrelevance as there's just not any depth at 185, he's crushed the champ, and otherwise he has to with MacDonald the welterweight champ or go up to LHW which wouldn't surprised me either TBH.
