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Tezcatlipoca posted:He's going to retire without fighting anyone I've ever heard of. Right? I mean it's smart for Bellator to keep feeding him easy knockouts but it kind of feels like it's time to see how good he really is.
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The dude is 29 too. His competitive window is closing fast. This fight right now is a good scrap.
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Aug 27, 2016 01:29
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lol they've booked that Gonzalez fight like six times now
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Aug 27, 2016 02:47
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A 6'2 featherweight. Only in Bellator.
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Aug 27, 2016 03:07
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George Roop had multiple UFC fights as a 6'1 bantamweight.
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Bubba Smith posted:George Roop had multiple UFC fights as a 6'1 bantamweight. Oh god that guy was gross to look at.
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Le Saboteur posted:A 6'2 featherweight. Only in Bellator. George Roop fought at bantamweight in the UFC. Since I was beaten I'd like to add gently caress George Roop for somehow knocking out TKZ. And he apparently broke his leg in his last fight.
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Tezcatlipoca posted:gently caress George Roop for somehow knocking out TKZ Seconded. Also, just caught the AJ McKee fight. Is that antonio's kid? I very, very rarely watch Bellator.
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Also, does Knock-off Rogan have difficulty talking? I swear he called Bendo "Benson Henson" twice in the last segment.
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Le Saboteur posted:A 6'2 featherweight. Only in Bellator. Will Chope is 6'4" and got viciously knocked out once in the UFC before they realized he was a wifebeater and cut him
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Aug 27, 2016 03:34
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drat, he beat his time trial ghost
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I've only seen Bubba Jenkins lose to the Russian dude.
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These MVP who's next announcements would go a lot better if the person who was next wasn't some nobody every time.
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Aug 27, 2016 03:55
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Aug 27, 2016 04:01
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Rory MacDonald walking out to Korn.
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So bummed that Canadas best active mma fighter is stuck in Bellator now. But hey he's probably making a lot more money.
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Le Saboteur posted:Rory MacDonald walking out to Korn.
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Aug 27, 2016 04:08
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I like that Bellator has made stupid things like defending against strikes illegal in their rule set.
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Aug 27, 2016 04:16
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You know maybe the UFC just really tried to lowball Rory, but if Bellator really went all out to sign him then it was a weird decision.
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:You know maybe the UFC just really tried to lowball Rory, but if Bellator really went all out to sign him then it was a weird decision. If they're trying to bump local gates, Rory is probably a decent asset for when they do shows in Canada
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fatherdog posted:If they're trying to bump local gates, Rory is probably a decent asset for when they do shows in Canada True but if GSP is serious enough to be drug testes again, he's all you really need for that.
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Bluedeanie posted:True but if GSP is serious enough to be drug testes again, he's all you really need for that. Bellator is not going to sign GSP. They can sign Rory.
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"Not to mention that guy you fought who went on to do some amazing things of his own!" Just say Eddie Alvarez became UFC champ, man. There's no one watching Bellator that doesn't know what the UFC is.
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fatherdog posted:If they're trying to bump local gates, Rory is probably a decent asset for when they do shows in Canada Has Bellator been to Canada lately? All I can find quickly is they were there in 2014 and prior. Makes a little sense if they are planning on going back, which would be a good move for them anyway because Canada is such a good market for MMA. Rory is from BC and Bellator has previously only gone to Ontario but I don't know how Canadians from Ontario feel about that. Maybe they don't really care and will flock to see him anyway. I guess in the bigger picture, it's just hard to tell how much of Bellator's interest is TV ratings vs selling tickets in venues. They used to put a lot of money on people that could talk like Rampage and Tito in hopes that they could eventually get back out to PPV or something. Recently they've been poaching these one-offs like Ben Henderson and Rory with the intention of making them champions of two weight classes, which seems more like a storyline they can sell for ratings. I don't know if Bendo really puts a lot of butts in seats does he?
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:Has Bellator been to Canada lately? All I can find quickly is they were there in 2014 and prior. Makes a little sense if they are planning on going back, which would be a good move for them anyway because Canada is such a good market for MMA. Rory is from BC and Bellator has previously only gone to Ontario but I don't know how Canadians from Ontario feel about that. Maybe they don't really care and will flock to see him anyway. Canadians from Ontario would go to see Rory. They did in Ottawa. Once you're beyond home town or certain distinct regions, for most of Canada, Canadian is Canadian for this kind of thing.
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:I guess in the bigger picture, it's just hard to tell how much of Bellator's interest is TV ratings vs selling tickets in venues. In the long term higher ratings mean more ad revenue and the ability to more effectively cross-promote other Viacom properties so I think that's their overall goal, but in the short term higher ticket sales mean more revenue to them directly and immediately, so it's probably not a bad thing to concentrate on for the moment when you're already getting higher ratings than anything else on Spike.
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I feel like Benson is just gonna get sparked out of nowhere by this tiny dude.
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God drat Henderson is a tentative bore.
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Does Bendo think this is a 5 rounder or something?
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I'm struggling to describe how I felt about that round, so I think I'm going to go with "lol".
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Benson has become more and more inactive the older he gets. He also hasn't improved anything at all. All his punches except his hook to the body are useless and he still doesn't move his head.
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TastyAvocado posted:"lol".
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fatherdog posted:In the long term higher ratings mean more ad revenue and the ability to more effectively cross-promote other Viacom properties so I think that's their overall goal, but in the short term higher ticket sales mean more revenue to them directly and immediately, so it's probably not a bad thing to concentrate on for the moment when you're already getting higher ratings than anything else on Spike. Yeah I think that's kind of what I was getting at. Rory isn't the kind of guy to cross-promote (or promote in general) stuff on television so he's going to fall in more with a short term play to sell some tickets as they try to get back into Canada but they must've had to pay him pretty decently (unless the UFC really tried to underpay him) so I'm wondering if it really makes sense. Let's say they are paying Rory 250k/fight to try to sell out a venue in an attempt to get like 1.25mil in ticket sales. After production costs, other fighters, and venue fees they can't be making that much money on that kind of deal I think.
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Well, at least it was a bad fight
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