Bjorn Rebney takes a shot a Chael Sonnen

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Originally posted by: Sedulous
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:00 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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http://www.mmamania.com/2013/8/7/45...-lose-two-fights-and-bark-your-way-into-a-205
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney had some surprisingly strong words regarding a certain ex-realtor earlier this week.
Bellator MMA's motto has always been "Where title shots are earned, not given."
No matter how much you clamor for one publicly or build up hype around yourself, you still have to successfully make it through a tournament to earn your chance at the division champion, just like the champion had to do originally.
Nothing has changed in that model, other than the inclusion of four man tournaments and a potential rematch clause, ever since Bellator debuted in 2009.
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney was asked if the upcoming pay-per-view headlining bout of Tito Ortiz vs Rampage Jackson would change the way his promotion does business during Monday's press conference and he staunchly denied any rumors of the sort with a harsh rebuttal likely aimed at a certain mouthy ex-realtor in the UFC.
"Our point of difference is that we're real sports competition, and when it boils down to world title fights, when it boils down to crowning our champion at 170, or 55 or 45 or whatever weight class, guys are going to earn the right to fight for that championship and they're going to have to beat the champion. It's the toughest tournament in sports, it's real sports competition.We're not sitting around waiting for some wrestler to lose two fights straight and then bark his way into a 205 world title fight. That's just not the essence of what we do."
Ouch.
While Rebney never referenced Chael Sonnen by name, it's pretty obvious who he was talking about. What do you make of his claim about how his company and the UFC do business, particularly with title shots?
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Originally posted by: MMAFTM13
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:24 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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I love Sonnen and don't really care much for Rebney for the way he's treated Alvarez, but in all honestly he does have a point IMO. Chael was willing to step up to face Bones, respect to the dude. Jones turned it down so in reality that should've been the end of it. What happened next was Sonnen "barks" on twitter etc and despite him not having a win or fight in 5 years at 205, he gets the TUF gig then a title shot after a loss, WTF!!!
 
Originally posted by: BRF
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:27 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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bjorn is just upset cause he can't make the match ups that make money, because of his silly tournament format
 
Originally posted by: phoenix-mma
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:27 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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We're not waiting for some wrestler to lose 2 fights and then bark his way into a title fight at 205. What we ARE waiting for is ANY old washed up wrestler that is 5 yrs + removed from their glory days that we can dig out of the trash, dust off, and have headline a ppv card in hopes of making a few bucks. Because, let's be honest, we don't have any REAL competition for our title holders to compete against. Hell, Seth Petruzelli & Babalu were in oyr tourney for Christ sake. And THATS why we have the toughest tournament in sports!
 
Originally posted by: KZUFCchamp2013
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:28 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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That wrestler gets more viewers on ppv than bellator does on free tv
 
Originally posted by: TheVileOne
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:30 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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Rebney should be focusing on building their brand instead of doing things like this.
It's ironic for him to say this when he's got Tito Ortiz vs. Rampage on his PPV. Not only that but Bellator gave King Mo an easier path to get to a title shot.
 
Originally posted by: Sedulous
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:30 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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MMAFTM13 said:
I love Sonnen and don't really care much for Rebney for the way he's treated Alvarez, but in all honestly he does have a point IMO. Chael was willing to step up to face Bones, respect to the dude. Jones turned it down so in reality that should've been the end of it. What happened next was Sonnen "barks" on twitter etc and despite him not having a win or fight in 5 years at 205, he gets the TUF gig then a title shot after a loss, WTF!!!
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Bjorn does have a point but I think the way UFC does things is smarter business than the way Bellator does. Instant rematches need to happen in some cases. Sometimes fights don't make sense from a "fair" or "earned" title shot standpoint but they make sense money-wise. I think Bellator's rigidity will only hurt them. As long as the UFC doesn't overdue it they can avoid cheapening their titles.
 
Originally posted by: crashthecrease
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:31 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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Wasn't the toughest tournament in sports the one that just produced a guy to fight Askren that didn't even bring in any wrestlers or grapplers the entire training camp? That tournament?
 
Originally posted by: 2_1up2_4down
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:35 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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and this is why I feel Viacom/ Spike is behind all this smack talk from Bellator towards UFC. 1 year ago Rebney would take his "high road", now he's making these statements.
 
Originally posted by: KZUFCchamp2013
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:38 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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phoenix-mma said:
We're not waiting for some wrestler to lose 2 fights and then bark his way into a title fight at 205. What we ARE waiting for is ANY old washed up wrestler that is 5 yrs + removed from their glory days that we can dig out of the trash, dust off, and have headline a ppv card in hopes of making a few bucks. Because, let's be honest, we don't have any REAL competition for our title holders to compete against. Hell,
Seth Petruzelli & Babalu were in oyr tourney
for Christ sake. And THATS why we have the toughest tournament in sports!
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your entire post nailed it but this is the funniest part. is it really the toughest tournament in sports when half of it retired afterwords?
 
Originally posted by: C-Me-No-More
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:40 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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Fuk Bellator
 
Originally posted by: mabrown45
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:42 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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says the guy having Rampage vs Tito headlining over "multiple" title fights
sorry you lose all credibility there
 
Originally posted by: MMAFTM13
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:55 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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Sedulous said:
Bjorn does have a point but I think the way UFC does things is smarter business than the way Bellator does. Instant rematches need to happen in some cases. Sometimes fights don't make sense from a "fair" or "earned" title shot standpoint but they make sense money-wise. I think Bellator's rigidity will only hurt them. As long as the UFC doesn't overdue it they can avoid cheapening their titles.
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I understand bro, I don't like some of the things that Rebneys doing
 
Originally posted by: C-Me-No-More
Date: August 08, 2013 at 05:58 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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I'm actually trying to think of a way to Justify a promotion who built their name on not signing UFC cast offs, builds its own talent (Chandler, Curren and you could include Eddie) and some how creates an edge different to so many different promotions out there, with its Tournament format and earning a championship fight.
NOW signs two washed up former UFC cast offs to headline their first ever PPV AND on the under card will have title fights ?????
It diminishes the validity of their Championship belts, and every weight division that competes on this card and their fighters. Talk about going back on your word Bjorn but I don't blame you thats the thing I blame Viacom they are running what you built with everything you had to the ground and unfortunately history repeats itself on some things and we all know what happens when you try to compete with the UFC.
 
Originally posted by: Flound
Date: August 08, 2013 at 06:20 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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Sedulous said:
Bjorn does have a point but I think the way UFC does things is smarter business than the way Bellator does. Instant rematches need to happen in some cases. Sometimes fights don't make sense from a "fair" or "earned" title shot standpoint but they make sense money-wise. I think Bellator's rigidity will only hurt them. As long as the UFC doesn't overdue it they can avoid cheapening their titles.
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On top of that, if you look at some of the tournaments, the first round match ups are geared to getting the 'named' fighters through. Their tournament is a marketing gimmick - typical faux differientation.
I just watch it for the fights, don't really care for their efforts to be different.
 
Originally posted by: BigSexyVreeland
Date: August 08, 2013 at 06:22 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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I mean, isn't putting a guy into a title shot he didn't deserve exactly what Bjorn just did. He shortened a tournament and filled it was 2nd rate guys and his big named draw. So Mo builds up wins against nobodies before he gets the title shot, I don't see that as a large improvement. Would he have felt better about Chael's shot if he beat Vinny Mag and Cyrille Diabate first?
 
Originally posted by: magnuml
Date: August 08, 2013 at 07:00 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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phoenix-mma said:
We're not waiting for some wrestler to lose 2 fights and then bark his way into a title fight at 205. What we ARE waiting for is ANY old washed up wrestler that is 5 yrs + removed from their glory days that we can dig out of the trash, dust off, and have headline a ppv card in hopes of making a few bucks. Because, let's be honest, we don't have any REAL competition for our title holders to compete against. Hell, Seth Petruzelli & Babalu were in oyr tourney for Christ sake. And THATS why we have the toughest tournament in sports!
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As much as I hate to admit it I believe you are right. I lost a lot of respect for what I thought Belletor stood for . This whole Tito deal is going to cost him more than he thinks.
 
Originally posted by: Sapper
Date: August 08, 2013 at 07:01 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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I like Bjorn before he talked.
 
Originally posted by: Neonep
Date: August 08, 2013 at 07:09 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/bjorn-rebney-takes-a-shot-a-chael-sonnen.57079/
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Lol. This is just funny.
 
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