Heading to Bellator this weekend in Houston

[CexMashean]

This was by far one of the shittiest things to happen to MMA. Bellator and these freakish fights that we all know are fixed is just working at destroying any legitimacy the sport has. Scott Coker should be drawn and quartered for this shit. Stop trying to be the fucking McMahon of mma.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

Bellator and these freakish fights that we all know are fixed is just working at destroying any legitimacy the sport has.

I'm guessing he thinks any press is good press, and is trying to bank on the name power of the over the hill fighters he's signing.

[Tyrone Biggums]

Allegedly, Dada5000 was admitted to the hospital in critical condition yesterday. His heart stopped. That being said, that was the biggest shit show I've ever seen. They aired that fucking debacle and then didn't air Justin Wren's fight. Bellator needs to get their shit together and stop relying on freak show fights to pull numbers.

[lowthreeohz]

Fwiw, wrens fight wasn't that good either.

[abecx]

Bellator needs to get their shit together and stop relying on freak show fights to pull numbers.

Fwiw, wrens fight wasn't that good either.

These two quotes go together as question and answer.

They wont stop putting together freak show fights when it pulls ratings, especially since fighters like Wren do not stand out and never will. Their business model works, even if some viewers don't like it, they still end up watching it.

SC isnt stupid, he is trying to get his young and new talent to step up their game by getting them viewers, but they end up putting on boring ass fights. There was 18 fights on the card and I only remember 1 that wasn't on the main card. MMA is a business first and a meritocracy second, hopefully one day more fighters will realize that.

[lowthreeohz]

Also, reports I've read say Dada5000 was admitted for renal problems and dehydration.

[abecx]

Also, reports I've read say Dada5000 was admitted for renal problems and dehydration.

He had to drop about 50 pounds for this fight and had too much potassium in his system because of it. This lead to heart failure, they had to restart his heart in the ambulance and had him on a ventilator all night.

[lowthreeohz]

http://mmajunkie.com/2016/02/after-bellator-149-loss-dada-5000-hospitalized-due-to-renal-failure

You're right tho, just conflicting reports being spread.

Who you got on cowboy vs cowboy tonight?

[John -- '02 HAWK]

They wont stop putting together freak show fights when it pulls ratings, especially since fighters like Wren do not stand out and never will. Their business model works, even if some viewers don't like it, they still end up watching it.

by that reasoning k1 and pride would still be in existence. I also really doubt that it pulled in that good of numbers

[abecx]

by that reasoning k1 and pride would still be in existence. I also really doubt that it pulled in that good of numbers

That's some out there reasoning. Sounds like you don't know why pride failed. K1 is a different sport and that sport has never been big in the states.

http://mmajunkie.com/2016/02/after-b...-renal-failure

You're right tho, just conflicting reports being spread.

Who you got on cowboy vs cowboy tonight?

Cowboy

[abecx]

Kimbo vs Shamrock pulled something like 2.1 million viewers. I have a feeling this card pulled similar numbers. Their business model is working from a dollars perspective. Don't like it, don't watch it. I agree that it was a blah card, but it is absolutely up to the fighters to make it good or not, the promotion can only put it together. Bellators talent that is fun to watch is just to thin.


You can listen to Jimmy Smith tell you exactly what I said about 30 minutes in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tGk_tGSEoo

Friday night's Bellator show featuring Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock and Kimbo Slice drew an average of 1,964,000 viewers over the three hours, beating the company's all-time record by 24 percent.

The prior record was set on June 19, by the Shamrock vs. Slice match, which averaged 1,580,000 viewers, peaking with 2.3 million viewers live for the main event.

The Slice vs. Dada fight from 11:16 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. drew 2.5 million viewers, while Shamrock vs. Gracie from 11:54 p.m. to 11:57 p.m. drew 2.4 million viewers.

To put that in perspective, TJ vs. Cruz for bantamweight title did 2,288,000 and didn't come close to that 1.964m average rating. Bellator is doing right even if you do not understand it.

[OMEGA DOOM]

Tim Kennedy is doing a class? Where! I've been wanting to train and learn but have been swamped with work. I took a muay thai class and nearly died doing 1 hour of non stop cardio, bag and mitt work, it was fucking brutal. I didnt realize that you're not supposed to go 100% on every punch and kick you throw.

aaaaa while doing bag and mitt work in Muay Thai yes you are lol where did you take this class sir?

[OMEGA DOOM]

I got to watch shamrock train for two months before this fight and man this guy has already done great things but needs to hang it up hes just too old and needs to let go