*POST* Bellator 180 NYC Match-Making
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Chael- Fedor, Tito 2, or wild card Paulo Fihlo 3: Fedor fight makes since and suckering Tito out of retirement would be fun. And lastly a complete wild card would be giving chael the trilogy fight of WEC days and I'm sure Fihlo could use a pay check and it's Bellator so I could see them doing some sort of publicity fight that they know chael should win to get him on a little win streak
Wandy- Manhoef, Fedor, Chuck: Give him someone who will bang it out or a legend or both (side note Maldonado would be a good signing and a great fun fight for Wandy)
Mitrione- Lashley, Kongo, Nelson: Whoever you want fighting for the belt against Mitrione but he just became a big face for bellator
Fedor- Chael, Big Foot, Wandy, Cro Cop, Rampage: Idk but they'll think of something fun that's not a guy in their prime like Mitrione
Lima- Rory: Is going to happen
Larkin- Daley: win or lose I want to see this for Daley and for Larkin
Chandler vs Primus 2: needs to happen for all parties
Freeman- Couture: ride the Freeman train now and give him a big namer who isn't that big of a step up
Pico- 145 new comer. Let's build him up now and get him 2 more fights by the years end. Also he is way to small at 155 especially for facing big vets like Freeman... Get some young prospect with 2 or 3 fights
Bader- Lawal: Title fight big name makes sense
Davis- Krylov, Yusupov, or some high ranked debut guy: IDK what they do with him now
Gallegher- would say McKee but let that brew a little longer of young studs and keep feeding them marketable beatable names like former UFC/ TUF guys...
Machida- Sign some bigger name vet for him to fight and put on fun fight
Chael P Sonnen, The American Gangster vs Fedor The Last Emperor Emelianenko (US vs Russia build up)
Matt Mitrione vs Roy Nelson (with a win at B183) - heavweight strap fight
Douglas Lima vs Rory McDonald - 170 strap
Primus vs Chandler rematch - 155 strap (Chandlers a d---)
Zach Freeman vs Melvin Guillard
James Gallagher vs Justin Lawrence
Ryan Bader vs Linton Vassell - 195 strap
After Dillon Danis gets a win or two against cans id love to see Danis vs Nieman Gracie
Gallbladder said:
Chael P Sonnen, The American Gangster vs Fedor The Last Emperor Emelianenko (US vs Russia build up)
Matt Mitrione vs Roy Nelson (with a win at B183) - heavweight strap fight
Douglas Lima vs Rory McDonald - 170 strap
Primus vs Chandler rematch - 155 strap (Chandlers a d---)
Zach Freeman vs Melvin Guillard
James Gallagher vs Justin Lawrence
Ryan Bader vs Linton Vassell -
195
strap
After Dillon Danis gets a win or two against cans id love to see Danis vs Nieman Gracie
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They won't put Roy in a title fight. A) His recent fights have been deadly dull and B) He is 3-7 in his last ten fights. More likely is Matt vs. Kongo (Who puts on dull fights, but seems to be loved by the Bellator higher ups).
Based on what I have heard, Roy was not signed because they pursued him, he was signed because the UFC was not willing to keep paying him six figures, or anything close to that, at this point in his career. Bellator got him at a great price.
Sonnen vs
Fedor
Wanderlei vs
Vitor
... a farewell fight for both, Bellator:Brazil or something
Mitrione vs
Kongo II
Fedor vs
Sonnen
Bader vs
Mo Lawal
Phil Davis vs
Linton Vassell
Lima vs
Rory MacDonald
Larkin vs
Paul Daley
Primus vs
Chandler II
Chandler vs
Primus II
Gallagher vs
AJ McKee
Machida vs
Justin Lawrence
Zach Freeman vs
Adam Piccolotti
Aaron Pico vs
a young prospect at FW
Gracie vs
Couture
Couture vs
Gracie
Heather vs
Boxing match next
CoffeeAndBeer said:
Sonnen vs
Fedor
Wanderlei vs
Vitor
... a farewell fight for both, Bellator:Brazil or something
Mitrione vs
Kongo II
Fedor vs
Sonnen
Bader vs
Mo Lawal
Phil Davis vs
Linton Vassell
Lima vs
Rory MacDonald
Larkin vs
Paul Daley
Primus vs
Chandler II
Chandler vs
Primus II
Gallagher vs
AJ McKee
Machida vs
Justin Lawrence
Zach Freeman vs
Adam Piccolotti
Aaron Pico vs
a young prospect at FW
Gracie vs
Couture
Couture vs
Gracie
Heather vs
Boxing match next
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Surely Vassell would get Bader?
Just booking the divisions
HW Division
Roy Nelson vs
Fedor Emelianenko
Matt Mitrione vs Bobby Lashley - Title
Cheick Kongo vs Sergei Kharitonov
Augusto Sakai
vs Justin Wren
LHW Division
Wanderlei Silva vs Rampage Jackson IV
Tito Ortiz vs Ryan Bader II - Title
Linton Vassal vs Phil Davis
Chael Sonnen vs King Mo Lawal
WW Division
Douglas Lima vs Rory Macdonald - Title
Koreshkov vs Neiman Gracie
Lorenz Larkin vs Chidi Njokuani
Michael Page vs Paul Daley
Ryan Couture vs Josh Koscheck
LW Division
Brent Primus vs Adam Piccoletti - Title
Michael Chandler vs Josh Thompson
Benson Henderson vs Carrington Banks
Zach Freeman vs Melvin Guillard
Aaron Pico vs Jerome Mickle
Chael Sonnen vs. Fedor Emelianenko
Wanderlei Silva vs. Alessio Sakara
Neiman Gracie vs. Ryan Couture
Matt Mitrione vs. Sergei Kharitonov
Brent Primus vs. Michael Chandler II
Zach Freeman vs. Steve Kozola
Aaron Pico vs. scrub
Douglas Lima vs. Rory MacDonald
Lorenz Larkin vs. Koreshkov/Njokuani loser
Ryan Bader vs. Muhammad Lawal
Phil Davis vs. Linton Vassell
James Gallagher vs. AJ McKee
Chinas Machida vs. Gaston Bolanos
‘Mitrione is talking about fighting Miocic, but the only Bellator HW champ is me’ - Vitaly Minakov
Published time: 1 Jul, 2017 14:56
https://www.rt.com/sport/394922-vitaly-minakov-matt-mitrione-bellator/
Vitaly Minakov:
After his victory over Fedor, Mitrione became an interesting opponent for many fighters. And I am included. I would be happy to fight Matt in Bellator. But unfortunately we sort of lost our connection with Scott Coker. I was in Los Angeles last year to meet with him, and we had a good and productive conversation. I liked talking to him, he was very professional and very interesting interlocutor. I told him that I’ve have never refused to perform in Bellator, but talking about the financial conditions of my contract, I think I am on a different level already. And Mr. Coker agreed with it. It seemed like we had a good understanding at that moment. But then something suddenly changed and we haven’t spoke since my visit. I don’t know what exactly that was. I guess it could be rumors of my possible UFC move. But that is nothing more that just rumors, which have no grounds whatsoever. Although, I think we can come to an agreement. And if Mr. Coker is ready to return to our talk, I would gladly come to US once again to meet with him.
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