Bellator Owner will eventually go against his word....just like Dana White...

PunisherIND · 02-24-13, 12:00 PM

there was a ny times article just last week where the president of spike was saying that they dont want to be known as the guys who pick up ufc rejects. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/bu...anted=all&_r=0

im sure bjorn wants to pick these guys up, but his hands are probably tied. viacom running the show now.

PaperTrail07 · 02-24-13, 11:56 PM

ahhhh thanks for the info.....100%...

That UFC/spike Ordeal must have been bitter

THE_LOCKSMITH · 02-25-13, 12:18 AM

yea Rebney said they are not interested in signing Fitch. Even though when the fans voted for that fight earlier this year they chose War Machine

Sacrelicious · 02-25-13, 12:21 AM

There is a big difference between signing a fighter who happened to have a couple fights in the UFC and signing a "UFC fighter".

I think Bellator is being extremely wise in this decision, but it will not show for another 2 or 3 years until they have actually built thier own legit stars. Also, it saves them a ton of money.

I think Viacom is in this for the long run, and I also think that its best if Bellator:UFC is not what TNA:WWE/WCW, just my 2 cents.

Still sucks for Fitch though.

Imsmarterthanu · 02-25-13, 01:29 AM

I don't blame him for not wanting to sign fitch the guy is boring as hell but meticulous in his victories, he would probably wipe out the 170 division and sink Bellator.

It could have been Dana's strategy all along to get Jon Fitch cut so he could go to these other organizations squash their talent and bore their audience to death at the same time. Then when the ship sinks resign him.

PunisherIND · 02-25-13, 07:44 AM

Originally posted by Imsmarterthanu

I don't blame him for not wanting to sign fitch the guy is boring as hell but meticulous in his victories, he would probably wipe out the 170 division and sink Bellator.

It could have been Dana's strategy all along to get Jon Fitch cut so he could go to these other organizations squash their talent and bore their audience to death at the same time. Then when the ship sinks resign him.

PaperTrail07 · 02-25-13, 11:22 AM

Jon Fitch...assasin for hire

Grabaka · 02-25-13, 04:52 PM

Originally posted by PunisherIND

there was a ny times article just last week where the president of spike was saying that they dont want to be known as the guys who pick up ufc rejects. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/bu...anted=all&_r=0

im sure bjorn wants to pick these guys up, but his hands are probably tied. viacom running the show now.

I think they will try to get some of them but if the fighter is relevant and has a chance to come back to the UFC they wont be signing with bellator after Eddie's situation.

hobbesITD · 02-25-13, 06:37 PM

Realistically, Askren would probably wrestle all over Fitch the same way Maia and Penn did. Bellator's strategy right now seems to be focused on signing promising Russian and Brazilian prospects to three fight contracts. No reason to stop doing that just because Zuffa is firing all their dead weight.

Thor4140 · 02-25-13, 07:43 PM

Originally posted by Imsmarterthanu

I don't blame him for not wanting to sign fitch the guy is boring as hell but meticulous in his victories, he would probably wipe out the 170 division and sink Bellator.

It could have been Dana's strategy all along to get Jon Fitch cut so he could go to these other organizations squash their talent and bore their audience to death at the same time. Then when the ship sinks resign him.

Honestly i never thought the guy was a great wrestler at all. He outwrestled a bunch of guys who couldn't wrestle. His chin is what got him a ton of wins cause guys would smash it and he would keep on going. I was kinda stunned when Johnny Hendricks finally got thru that granite chin of his. Even when he beat the up and coming Silva. He just out wrestled the kid who couldn't wrestle and grind-ed him out. Look at his last twelve fights. He beat two guys who could wrestle. Pierce which was a 3 round decision and Diego which was a split decision and Diego isn't the greatest of wrestlers. The other guys couldn't wrestle at all and the two who could GSP and Hendricks both smashed him.