Bellator Continues Buying UFC Scraps with Viacom $$

If ain't broke, don't fix it. Bellator has cobbled together a brilliant hodge podge of faded UFC stars and former champs, disgruntled title contenders, and it's own legit talent. Full speed ahead!

Combat JiuJitsu World XShips Anncd. For Nov 12th

Because if you do it first and say it is, I guess it is the Worlds for this format. Good on 'em. I will say, it's a reputable roster of name recognition. Glad to see an interesting list of names on there. I still stand by my thoughts that I think slaps make the job a bit easier for a guy looking for submission opportunities as those strike attempts make a guy tempted to stick his hand in the cookie jar. 5 mma fights to my credit, I've never really cared about some slaps and the like as having trained and fought outnof bad positions and strikes and being flattened out et cetera. I'm glad if it does nothing else other than lure in some name grapplers with mma backgrounds who might not otherwise toss their hat in the mix:

Heather Hardy Returns at Bellator 185

How do I put this.....watching her struggle to put away a fighter with no wrestling or takedown attempts other than walking forward and grabbing....was hardly a splash for a Pro debut. That being said, she didn't get Aaron Pico'd, so I guess there's that. Watching her struggle to finish a very hittable fighter who was right in front of her didn't say much for her striking prowess or stopping power. It's going to be hard to find enough cans to bring her along slowly as her last opponent was about as  non-dangerous as could be. Fortunately, Bellator is short on legitimate female talent and she'll protected for some time to come, but I think she'll get taken down and finishes sometime in the next couple fights against an opponent with a half decent level change or enough cage generalship to clinch her against the cage and drag her down. 

UFC Fight Night 117 JAPAN Reveal

Well, it's got Rua in a rematch no one really asked for, and Gokhan Saki's UFC debut. Saki based on the current crop of LHW's will probably do fine given what I absolutely assume he's lacking a ground game and wrestling. Ishihara, Sasaki, and  Nakamura are there to round of Japanenae fanbase interest. Otherwise, it's got filler overall but who knows? That Mexico City card delivered a night of stoppages. 

Paulie Malignaggi Got What He Wanted

In retrospect, we all saw his coming. The dude talked himself into headlines before even coming in as a sparring partner and it kinda blew up Mayweather and Mac did: it was publicity that gained traction, and Malignaggi has always stoked the flames of any press he got, efen before this brouhaha. 

Malignaggi gets more spotlight than he ever did as a pro fighter, and dare I say it is more of a household name than he ever would've been otherwise. 

I'm fairly certain the management teams have corrected the PR minds to cobble together a string of reveals to stoke the flames of interest leading up to the PPV. Malignaggi was just another element 59 keep the hype train rolling after the flames of the press conferences died down. I'm sure there'll be another reveal next week sometime, a last minute pitch for PPV dollars to casual fans. 

The Best Description So Far of the Mayweather/McGregor Fight Thus Far

This. Read it and read it again. All these boxing purists boohooing this fight are hopelessly hypocritical. Go back and watch the first 15-20 guys in their pro career and add up their win-loss totals. It's a bunch of borderline lambs led to the slaughter to bring along the guy with the amateur pedigree and the promotional team and the real chance at making it long term. 

Lomachenko is a rare exception to this rule, and he picked up a Loss as a result taking on a veteran who was more than he was ready for at the early stage of his pro career. 

McGregor Teammate Discusses Malignaggi's Departure

Certainly makes him sound like a bit of a princess. I find it hard to believe documents weren't signed about what could or could not be released to media in an event of this magnitude.