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REDDzone · Post #781 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Mar 2, 2014 2:37 am

I only saw the last two fights. Rampage sticking his finger in a KOd Mpumbu's face put him even more on my sh*t list than he already was. WTF was M'Pumbu even doing btw, trying to play deep half guard? Just seemed like terrible technique and it left him in a hugely vulnerable position. Sucks that the start of the end was a slip, fat Rampage looked winded walking around the cage after him.

And the fake beef between Mo and Page is cringeworthy. Speaking of Mo, I didn't think his fight was nearly so bad to warrant all the booing.

Shoot now I kind of want to catch the Richman/Nunes fights.

cowboyronnie · Post #782 » by **cowboyronnie** » Sun Mar 2, 2014 4:30 am

Eff Connecticut for booing that Mo vs Zayats fight. Those were some really violent combos being thrown. You could hear them hitting the meat of shoulders and whatnot, they were brutal. It wasn't a classic fight and maybe a stalemate but there was some frightening violence and tension. It sucks fighters have to hear that **** after a totally credible fight.

Nunes's kicking was awesome and that a great fight. I think giving the guy the third is controversial but hardly a robbery. Taken overall, the other guy won IMO. Scrappy, technical...awesome fight.

I thought Richman won his fight. But he also wasn't able to be effective at all...so little room for outcry. Green is Clay Guida-boring. Hopping around, stalling, throwing terrible techniques.

cowboyronnie · Post #783 » by **cowboyronnie** » Sun Mar 2, 2014 4:36 am

I don't care about the Rampage vs Mo agita but I hate it when commentators reiterate the fake talking points. Like Rampage was really offended by the retirement statement from M'Pumba... :roll:

"this is how he feeds his children", "crossed a line". F*** off, Jimmy.

REDDzone · Post #784 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Mar 2, 2014 4:44 am

Sticking your finger in the face of and yelling at a concussed dude who doesn't remember the last 5 minutes of his life is trashy as hell. What up Brock and Rampage.

Cammo101 · Post #785 » by **Cammo101** » Sun Mar 2, 2014 5:34 am

cowboyronnie wrote:Eff Connecticut for booing that Mo vs Zayats fight. Those were some really violent combos being thrown. You could hear them hitting the meat of shoulders and whatnot, they were brutal. It wasn't a classic fight and maybe a stalemate but there was some frightening violence and tension. It sucks fighters have to hear that **** after a totally credible fight.

Nunes's kicking was awesome and that a great fight. I think giving the guy the third is controversial but hardly a robbery. Taken overall, the other guy won IMO. Scrappy, technical...awesome fight.

I thought Richman won his fight. But he also wasn't able to be effective at all...so little room for outcry. Green is Clay Guida-boring. Hopping around, stalling, throwing terrible techniques.

I agree that booing that Mo fight was BS. Those guys brought it.

I thought Nunes clearly won 2 rounds and could have easily won the third as well. He dominated the majority of that fight IMO.

I thought Green won the fight, but he did so in Guida fashion. Move around, throw wild crap that doesn't land, and then take down and stall.

skflives · Post #786 » by **skflives** » Sun Mar 2, 2014 5:51 pm

I wonder if we'll see the Rampage vs. King Mo in a couple months or if they'll put it on the PPV.

Cammo101 · Post #787 » by **Cammo101** » Sun Mar 2, 2014 10:57 pm

skflives wrote:I wonder if we'll see the Rampage vs. King Mo in a couple months or if they'll put it on the PPV.

It is most definitely going on the PPV. That was the reason for the big TNA shoving contest. It will be the co-main on that card for sure.

Bernman · Post #788 » by **Bernman** » Sat Mar 8, 2014 4:04 am

Ridiculous sub by Dantas. One of the best you'll ever see. I can't recall ever witnessing someone backpeddle over an opponent straight into a locked in rnr. I love that guy.

He was too confident in his back game in the first round like one of my other favorite fighters, but he made the adjustment in the 2nd round.

Looking forward to watching him again in a couple months already against Warren. That's more the work rate I'd like to see from him. Hopefully he can step into the cage 4 times this year, vs. Leone, Warren, Silva, and TBA.

I think he should actually move up after the Silva fight in summer or so. There are a lot better fights for him at 145, and he's way too skinny at this weight. He was all sunken in at weigh ins. But unfortunately I think he'll stay because as we've seen Dede doesn't like his fighters to relinquish belts.

Jasen777 · Post #789 » by **Jasen777** » Sat Mar 8, 2014 4:55 am

I think that earned him his Nova União black belt in fence grabbing. Nice though.

Bernman · Post #790 » by **Bernman** » Sat Mar 8, 2014 10:13 pm

Jasen777 wrote:I think that earned him his Nova União black belt in fence grabbing. Nice though.

I wouldn't call those fence grabs. More push offs and bracing. Yes, his fingers stuck through briefly once or twice. But that's inevitable as they are fingers. He didn't use the fence to keep himself up.

High 5 · Post #791 » by **High 5** » Sun Mar 9, 2014 2:39 am

I don't watch Bellator, but apparently this happened:

lolwut

Cammo101 · Post #792 » by **Cammo101** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:23 am

High 5 wrote:I don't watch Bellator, but apparently this happened:

lolwut

There was a similarly bizarre moment tonight where Burrell got floored by a body kick that landed near his armpit and finished with punches like he was hurt. It was so strange Jimmy Smith thought the kick may have caught his chin, but it didn't.

Cammo101 · Post #793 » by **Cammo101** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:25 am

Curran vs. Straus was a great fight, but Bellator has a huge problem now. Straus deserves a rematch a lot more than Curran did, but can they continue to allow these guys to fight each other as title shots pile up behind them? It would be a real shame if Straus had to go to the back of the line after winning 8 of 10 rounds from Curran over the 2 fights.

skflives · Post #794 » by **skflives** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:33 pm

Cammo101 wrote:Curran vs. Straus was a great fight, but Bellator has a huge problem now. Straus deserves a rematch a lot more than Curran did, but can they continue to allow these guys to fight each other as title shots pile up behind them? It would be a real shame if Straus had to go to the back of the line after winning 8 of 10 rounds from Curran over the 2 fights.

I agree. Straus won't get his rematch though. I think Straus and Pitbull were right on when they insinuated (some more openly than others) that Curran got special treatment. If anything they should let Curran take care of the next defense and give Straus a stay busy bout. Then let Straus fight the winner.

Bernman · Post #795 » by **Bernman** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:55 pm

LOL at 8 of 10 rounds for Straus. You're so biased. Curran won rounds 1, 3, and 5 last night alone (1 and 5 were not disputable). He shouldn't have lost round 3 on like a minute of top position when he discernibly won in the damage department. He was winning on 2 of the 3 official judging cards before the finish (btw, he got the finish). And he won a round according to every official judge in the 1st fight. So Straus won 6 of 10 rounds, and got finished in one of them, actually.

You're just trying to find a way to discredit Curran because he's their champion again and make it even more of an injustice if Straus didn't get a rematch, which apparently he will as confirmed by Bjorn. He is scheduled to face the winner of Pitbull/Curran. And I think that's fair because I like just about everyone else think Curran got his rematch on a very tenuous basis against him, although once again you're ignoring things that would have made Bellator look a little better like Curran's 2 defenses as opposed to Straus' none (that's obviously part of the UFC's criteria in awarding title shots or not too).

Bernman · Post #796 » by **Bernman** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:26 pm

Cammo101 wrote:There was a similarly bizarre moment tonight where Burrell got floored by a body kick that landed near his armpit and finished with punches like he was hurt. It was so strange Jimmy Smith thought the kick may have caught his chin, but it didn't.

I didn't see this comment before now. That's another ridiculous thing you've said to fit your agenda lately. Koreshkov's knee, intentionally or not, hit Burrell flush on the chin during the kick attempt. It was obvious in the last replay they showed, and the crowd reacted with a gasp to it when they saw it on the big screen. Just stop already.

Cammo101 · Post #797 » by **Cammo101** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:06 pm

Bernman wrote:
Cammo101 wrote:There was a similarly bizarre moment tonight where Burrell got floored by a body kick that landed near his armpit and finished with punches like he was hurt. It was so strange Jimmy Smith thought the kick may have caught his chin, but it didn't.

I didn't see this comment before now. That's another ridiculous thing you've said to fit your agenda lately. Koreshkov's knee, intentionally or not, hit Burrell flush on the chin during the kick attempt. It was obvious in the last replay they showed, and the crowd reacted with a gasp to it when they saw it on the big screen. Just stop already.

I thought that one first viewing but from what I saw the replays showed the kick nowhere near his face.

LOL at my agenda.

REDDzone · Post #798 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:59 pm

Just saw this, holy f*ck. Good on Bjorn for doing whatever he did to get this ref pulled from the event.

Cammo101 · Post #799 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 8:22 pm

Well if this doesn't make you buy the PPV, nothing will. I mean, Nate Jolly people. He is apparently...someone.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Bellat ... Card-65999

REDDzone · Post #800 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 9:10 pm

Cammo101 wrote:Well if this doesn't make you buy the PPV, nothing will. I mean, Nate Jolly people. He is apparently...someone.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Bellat ... Card-65999

That's almost as bad as Patrick Cummins!