Bellator Fighting Championships

illmatick · 04-15-10, 07:27 PM

unreal, this shit is live on my tv right now

I had no idea

Educ8d Degener8 · 04-15-10, 07:37 PM

Originally posted by illmatick

unreal, this shit is live on my tv right now

I had no idea

Lucky you... I'm in LA, and apparently won't be able to watch this week's matches at all based on what I can tell from the channel guide... but hey, I can at least watch the Dodgers game replay

JuicedUp · 04-15-10, 07:50 PM

reis defeats lierley in case anyone cares...

illmatick · 04-15-10, 08:04 PM

LOL at Thomas's pre fight interview

brooks85 · 04-15-10, 08:29 PM

sounds like thomas just got ****ed by the ref

brooks85 · 04-15-10, 08:42 PM

apparently if you got to bellator.com at 10CST you can login and watch the post-fight press conference

JuicedUp · 04-15-10, 08:42 PM

Imada armbars krause.

The HOFF · 04-15-10, 11:45 PM

Pat Curran KTFO Mike Ricci. Holy shit that was brutal!

illmatick · 04-18-10, 08:37 PM

I assume there's another event this Thursday, anyone have a list of the fighters on the card?

The HOFF · 04-19-10, 05:45 AM

Bellator Fighting Championships 15
Date: Apr 22, 2010
Location: Uncasville, Conn.
Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena
Broadcast: FOX Sports Net

Dan Hornbuckle vs. Tyler Stinson (welterweight tourney first round)
Jacob McClintock vs. Jim Wallhead (welterweight tourney first round)
Steve Carl vs. Brett Cooper (welterweight tourney first round)
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire vs. William Romero (featherweight tourney first round)

Vaughany · 04-19-10, 12:08 PM

Guessing Hornbuckle will be heavy favourite - 400 range but he will defo win. Wallhead and Pitbull might be good bets.

Educ8d Degener8 · 04-19-10, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by Vaughany

Guessing Hornbuckle will be heavy favourite - 400 range but he will defo win. Wallhead and Pitbull might be good bets.

Keep in mind Wallhead is still stuck in Europe at the moment due to all the plane issues... So if he even makes it over here, he will not have had much time to acclimate. (if you think that matters)

Just throwing that out there.

Vaughany · 04-19-10, 02:15 PM

Originally posted by Educ8d Degener8

Keep in mind Wallhead is still stuck in Europe at the moment due to all the plane issues... So if he even makes it over here, he will not have had much time to acclimate. (if you think that matters)

Just throwing that out there.

Shit yeah! I presumed hed be out there already...usually need a week to acclimatise! Definitely could have an impact if he only gets ther on friday

illmatick · 04-19-10, 04:58 PM

thanks hoff, probably look for some youtube footage later tonight

The HOFF · 04-19-10, 07:02 PM

Like Vaughany said, Hornbuckle will probably be a big favorite. Guy is a stud though. His headkick of Gono is unbelievable.

The HOFF · 04-19-10, 07:04 PM

After a controversial stoppage in an opening-round welterweight-tournament loss to Ben Askren this past week at Bellator 14, officials today announced Thomas (10-4 MMA, 0-1 BFC) has replaced Jim Wallhead (18-5 MMA, 0-0 BFC) in a tourney bout with Jacob McClintock (6-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) at Thursday's Bellator 15 event.

Wallhead is grounded in England and unable to fly because of volcanic ash that's plagued European air travel.

The HOFF · 04-19-10, 07:05 PM

A bout featuring "The Ultimate Fighter 7" cast member Dan Cramer and Dennis Olsen is among some late preliminary-card additions to Thursday's Bellator 15 card.

A source close to the event today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com that bout, as well as Matt Lee vs. Ryan Quinn and Brylan Vanartsdalen vs. Richard de Los Reyes.

illmatick · 04-20-10, 01:22 AM

Jacob Mcclintock line getting pounded early, only footage I can find is of his grappling matches....

The HOFF · 04-20-10, 05:56 AM

illmatick · 04-20-10, 06:16 AM

Originally posted by The HOFF

After a controversial stoppage in an opening-round welterweight-tournament loss to Ben Askren this past week at Bellator 14, officials today announced Thomas (10-4 MMA, 0-1 BFC) has replaced Jim Wallhead (18-5 MMA, 0-0 BFC) in a tourney bout with Jacob McClintock (6-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) at Thursday's Bellator 15 event.

Wallhead is grounded in England and unable to fly because of volcanic ash that's plagued European air travel.

just now reading this, why are these bastards teasing us with the wrong line

sundin4prez · 04-20-10, 07:38 AM

im lovin hornbuckle , probably parlay masterial because i dont like anything over -300 but possibly i might just take hime by himself because i am that confident....

The HOFF · 04-21-10, 06:39 PM

The full weigh-in results included:

MAIN CARD

Dan Hornbuckle (170) vs. Tyler Stinson (170) - welterweight tourney first round
Steve Carl (169.5) vs. Brett Cooper (169) - welterweight tourney first round
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (144.75) vs. William Romero (145) - featherweight tourney first round
Jacob McClintock (170) vs. Ryan Thomas (167.5) - welterweight tourney first round

PRELIMINARY CARD

Dave Branch (189.5) vs. Derrick Mehman (191.75)
Matt Lee (170.25) vs. Ryan Quinn (169.75)
Dan Cramer (184.25) vs. Dennis Olson (184.75)
Rich de los Reyes (145) vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen (143.75)

ufcmma36 · 04-22-10, 01:07 PM

William Romero may very well win this fight! Def a play!

The HOFF · 04-26-10, 03:16 PM

BELLATOR FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS 16
Date: Apr 29, 2010

Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Venue: Kansas City Power & Light District entertainment complex
Broadcast: FOX Sports Net

MAIN CARD

Bryan Baker vs. Sean Loeffler (middleweight tourney opening round)
Alexander Shlemenko vs. Matt Major (middleweight tourney opening round)
Ryan McGivern vs. Jared Hess
Eric Schambari vs. TBA

PRELIMINARY CARD

Rudy Bears vs. Brent Weedman
Brian Davidson vs. Danny Tims
James Krause vs. TBA
Demi Deeds vs. Eric Marriott
Drew Dober vs. Nick Nolte

Educ8d Degener8 · 04-26-10, 06:05 PM

Dang these Bellator fighters come back after short rest -- even the losers who aren't in the tourney... Marriott, Krause, etc...

The HOFF · 04-27-10, 03:54 PM

terpkeg · 04-28-10, 09:48 AM

Anybody seen Jared Hess fight? Why is he such a large favorite? I havnt had any time to do any work lately, too busy.

brooks85 · 04-28-10, 10:05 AM

hess opened at -200 and the public pushed it.

also, mcgivern has been out of the cage for awhile.

Educ8d Degener8 · 04-28-10, 12:41 PM

All I know is the pedigree of Loeffler's record is ugly... And I've seen Baker a few times look decent. Those odds are pretty stiff though.

terpkeg · 04-29-10, 01:05 AM

Originally posted by Educ8d Degener8

All I know is the pedigree of Loeffler's record is ugly... And I've seen Baker a few times look decent. Those odds are pretty stiff though.

last time I saw Baker he was alomost finished by Rory SInger in deep arm bar and triangle if I recall. Showed a lot of heart, but I would be hesitent on his sub defense. But, cant base things on one fight. Need to watch as many as possible. All belator cards seem to see favs get steamed pretty hard, but lot of dogs showing up, Think many of these fights more evenly matched then people believe. That said, dont know anything about Loeffler.

Educ8d Degener8 · 04-29-10, 10:50 AM

Last I recall of Baker he looked pretty good against Art Santore... the line is now at Baker -1000 at 5dimes!!! Holy heck.

I'm just staying away from this card all together...

TheIceman · 04-29-10, 10:59 AM

Baker is a bum like Dave Herman , just a matter of time when they start raking up losses moving up in class . They are OK at most parts of MMA but not good at anything , just enough to beat people they have been facing .
Baker is strong but at some point it wont be enough to beat people , there are tons of these strong guys who will get beat by technicians , Gerrald Harris is one of guys like that in UFC .

TheIceman · 04-29-10, 11:12 AM

Originally posted by terpkeg

last time I saw Baker he was alomost finished by Rory SInger in deep arm bar and triangle if I recall. Showed a lot of heart, but I would be hesitent on his sub defense. But, cant base things on one fight. Need to watch as many as possible. All belator cards seem to see favs get steamed pretty hard, but lot of dogs showing up, Think many of these fights more evenly matched then people believe. That said, dont know anything about Loeffler.

Baker is sort of like LC Davis , they will beat most people they face but also will lose when facing legit opponents .
I don't think Baker looked any good against Santore who is a journeyman at best . As far as I can remember Santore was cut pretty bad but didn't stop coming and Baker had some dicy moments if I am not wrong , could be tho . It's been a while and most people don't rewatch fights like that other than for betting purposes close to the time one is about to fight again .
I am not sure if Baker has a wrestling background , I believe he doesn't or atleast it's not a high level . Like you stated I also remember watching his fight against Singer and he didn't look impressive until the final seconds when few punches pounded out Singer . As far as I remember his stand up didn't look great in this fight .
Hopefully he faces Lombard and we can find out how good he is , should be enough to win today against lesser caliber opponent but - 1000 is insane now just like young Gracie guy in UFC few events ago ...

illmatick · 04-29-10, 05:11 PM

matt major, LOL

played the opener on Shlemenko

playa420 · 04-29-10, 05:29 PM

going with hess -300 tonight, he should be able to get this fight to the ground pretty easy and pound out mcgivern or grind out a decision.